Devil Dancer

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The **Devil Dancers** are the main antagonists of the *Stikman* series, with the main goal of capturing the Golden Sticks. In *Stikman Scratch* and *Stikman's Legend*, the Devil Dancers act as the final boss enemies, with the ability to fly and throw stars.

## Profile

### Appearance

Devil Dancers have yellow bodies with spikes at the bottom. There are also marks on their bellies similar to a closed eye. Their heads are also yellow with spikes on top, and two strongly closed eyes. The Devil Dancers' arms are skinny and brown with yellow spheres for hands. They are around four feet and four inches tall.

### Abilities

Devil Dancers are able to float above the ground and teleport freely. They can create small stars to throw, dealing damage.

## Appearances

### *Stikman Scratch*

After entering the first goal in Madeline's Mansion, Stikman must fight a Devil Dancer. The Devil Dancer has 50 health, and takes 5 damage every time they are damaged, meaning they must be damaged 10 times. Once the Devil Dancer has 30 health or less, they periodically throw a star at Stikman every 1.67 seconds. These stars fly at a fast rate of 450 pixels-per-second, assuming the game is running at its maximum 30 frames-per-second.

After the Devil Dancer is defeated, they will blink on-screen before exploding. This explosion created a goal for the player to complete the level.

### *Stikman's Legend*

The three Devil Dancers fought in *Stikman's Legend* have 10 health each, represented with different minerals: Diamonds, Emeralds, and Lepidolite. All three are fought simultaneously, and the ground and water below begin cycling colors. During their first phase, "Hopes and Dreams" from *Undertale* plays in the background. In the game's code, each Devil Dancer is marked as Devil Dancer A, B, or C. As the Devil Dancers lose health, they also start moving faster.

Devil Dancer A periodically dashes towards Stikman in a straight line. After dashing for long enough, they lie down to take a two-second break before dashing again. Devil Dancer B backs away from Stikman slower than the other two, while shooting stars. Devil Dancer C chases him, and once close enough, pulls out Stike's Wooden Sword then swipes, shooting three spike projectiles. Both Devil Dancers B and C teleport near Stikman when far away from them.

When a Devil Dancer is defeated, they explode. After the total of the Devil Dancers' health reaches 15, the Devil Dancers realize how strong the Golden Sticks really are and assume that the chief Devil Dancer has already "dealt with Stike", presumably killing him. After this short dialogue, the second phase of the fight begins. The background track changes to "SAVE the World" from *Undertale*, and Rolling Boulders now spawn.

## Main story

### *Stikman Scratch*

*Stikman Scratch* begins with the Devil Dancers arriving in the Devilship at Stikman's cave of Golden Sticks and steal it. Stikman is in the cave while the Devilship is carrying it away. Stikman eventually falls out, presumably landing near Tourmaline Outlook.

After the Devil Dancer is defeated, Stikman runs toward Ormali City, away from the Devilship. He then enters the Deep Jungle of Esmara.

### *Stikman's Legend*

In *Stikman's Legend*, the Devil Dancers kidnap Stike before the events of the game. Handboss refers to the Devil Dancers as the "embodiment of doom" after being defeated, and the Bootrap Mage mentions that the Devil Dancers are using the Golden Sticks for "a greater purpose".

After the player sleeps in the tent for the first time, four Devil Dancers can be found in the Magma Chamber. Once the player finds the Devil Dancers, the player's two plates of Golden Sticks appear and the chief Devil Dancer, who is holding Stike, points towards the player and tells the other three Devil Dancers to kill them. The chief Devil Dancer then flies upwards, while the other three prepare to fight.

After all three Devil Dancers are defeated, the chief Devil Dancer falls down to the left of the player defeated, and explodes after hitting the ground. Stike also falls down next to the player, and tells them that the Devil Dancers threw out all his items after capturing him, using the notes to try to get the player to obtain the rest of the Golden Sticks.

### *Stikman Adventures*

The plot of *Stikman Adventures* is the same as *Stikman Scratch*. The Devil Dancers steal Stikman's cave of Golden Sticks, and Stikman falls out trying to retrieve them. However, not only does he fall out, but his Golden Sticks do as well, flying across Stikopa.

## Gallery

Official artwork.The Devil Dancer's unused idle sprite in *Stikman Scratch*.The Devil Dancer's sprite in *Stikman's Legend*.Stikgirl's Devil Dancer form.The Devil Dancer's defeat animation in *Stikman Scratch*.
## Trivia

* There is a bug in *Stikman Scratch* where knocking the Devil Dancer into the edge of the screen before it throws a star will cause the star to immediately despawn. This is because the stars are scripted to despawn once they touch the edge of the screen.
* The Devil Dancer's idle frame in *Stikman Scratch* goes unused, as only the flying and injured frames are used in the Devil Dancer fight.
* During the Devil Dancers' fight in *Stikman's Legend*, the tracks "Hopes and Dreams" and "SAVE the World" from *Undertale* play in the background. "Gallery" from *Deltarune* plays before the fight.
	+ This may be a reference to the fact that both the Devil Dancers and Asriel Dreemurr are final bosses of their respective games and use shooting stars as an attack.
	+ "Gallery" also plays before fighting King, the final boss in *Deltarune*.
* Devil Dancer A, the Devil Dancer in *Stikman's Legend* that periodically dashes towards Stikman, is the fastest boss enemy in all *Stikman* series games up to now, moving at speeds of 375 pixels-per-second when they have 1 health remaining.
* The Devil Dancers' bodies are made of celestial felt known as star felt.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Chikorita Lover*. "The Bootrap Mage, Leafeops, Anchreed, and Devil Dancers are around 4/3 meters tall" *Discord*, February 16, 2021. Accessed March 26, 2021.
2. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "During this, the Golden Sticks fly out as well, landing all over Stikopa!" *Discord*, February 23, 2020.
3. ↑ *Chikorita Lover*. "This is just some minor trivia, but the Devil Dancers are made of special, celestial felt known as star felt." *Discord*, January 16, 2021.