Cancerous Rodent

> *Who's our friendly rodent pal who lives in Reactor 3? C-A-N-C-E-R M-O-U-S-E!*
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> *Whose irradiated fur is slowly killing me? C-A-N-C-E-R M-O-U-S-E!*
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> *Cancer Mouuuuse~*
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## Attributes

### Other/Misc

Absolutely harmless creature that deserves nothing but death. At least, that's what it WANTS you to think.

**Cancerous Rodent** is a secret "boss" enemy that appears in the mission **[ 1-2: THE BURNING WORLD ]**. It can be accessed by breaking a cracked wall in the lava room that contains a Soul Orb. Afterward, another cracked wall must be broken to access the Cancerous Rodent's arena. Cancerous Rodent is a reference to popular boomer shooter YouTuber Civvie11, who has a reoccurring character named Cancer Mouse that claims to be a children's entertainer but is actually an alt-right political pundit.

## Appearance/Details

Cancerous Rodent is a collection of roughly 15 polygons vaguely arranged in the shape of a mouse. It is found at the end of a tunnel that is modeled after what is shown in the Civvie's Dungeon intro with the arena taking place in Civvie's Dungeon Cell. It slowly moves towards V1. It is the weakest enemy in the game, with the lowest health and no attacks. Despite the Rodent being incredibly weak, it is a herald of what's to come, as killing it and moving back out of the Dungeon will pit you against the Very Cancerous Rodent, a boss that poses some amount of a threat to V1.

## Rending Apart

While the Cancerous Rodent is a very intimidating foe, it can easily be dispatched with a well placed hitscan attack. Just be sure not to use coins. Ground slamming also works, though, it can take a couple tries. Using the Attractor Nailgun is recommended, but bringing the Cancerous Rodent to the trap will take some time.

You don't have to worry about the Cancerous Rodent's attacks, because V1 is immune to cancer via being a machine.

## Trivia

* Cancer Mouse was first featured in Civvie11's video titled FROM DUSK TILL DAWN - FEARFUL SYMMETRY and was used as a break from how dumb the game was.
* Cancerous Rodent, Very Cancerous Rodent and Mysterious Druid Knight (& Owl) share a unique battle track that is not present in any current OST release.
* The Cancerous Rodent completely ignores collision and has no gravity, clipping through all walls, stairs, and slopes in its endless pursuit of V1. If spawned and allowed to walk off a ledge, it will simply ignore gravity and continue its pursuit towards the player.
* The Cancerous Rodent is the smallest "entity" in the game, while the Drone is the smallest enemy.
* The Cancerous Rodent is immune to some attacks:
	+ The Cancerous Rodent is one of two enemies that doesn't get targeted by Coins from the Marksman Revolver. The other is the Idol.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent is immune to all explosions.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent cannot be grappled with the Whiplash.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent does not take damage from being slammed.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent doesn't burn in the Gold dust in Greed.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent cannot be bit by KITR.
	+ The Cancerous Rodent cannot be killed by soap if thrown via Whiplash.
		- Using the soap normally, however, *does* kill The Cancerous Rodent.
* If you are patient enough, it is possible to lead the Cancerous Rodent into the lava room, where the Rodent will walk into the lava of its own volition and die.
* Killing the Cancerous Rodent outside of its arena causes the Very Cancerous Rodent to spawn. The player must make contact with a spawn trigger at the entrance to the Cancerous Rodent's arena to trigger the spawn.
* Killing the Cancerous Rodent with the "Kill All Enemies" Cheat will cause it to "ragdoll" instead of its usual death animation of combusting into a disproportionately large cloud of blood.
* If multiple rodents spawn and get near each other, they will stack onto each other. This is incredibly buggy, and killing some will cause others to float.

* The Cancerous Rodent can be protected by Idols but since it ignores collision, most if not all attacks will push it into the ground.

* The rodent, Idols, Streetcleaners, and Stalkers are currently the only four enemies in the game to not have parriable attacks.
* Unfortunately, cancer is one of the most terminal diseases known to man and sadly cannot be parried. However, you can help change that.

Cancer Mouse as seen in his debut video.