Mad Rat

* Mad Rat
* Mad Rat (Alive)

“I'm Mad Rat! A rat that's gone completely mad!”

ー Mad Rat*, owning who he is.*

**Mad Rat** is the titular protagonist of *Mad Rat Dead*. He is a lab rat on the verge of death, granted a chance to relive his final day in order to fulfil his life's dream and die happily -- in his case, taking revenge on his human scientist owner for giving him such a dismal existence. Teaming up with Heart, his literal (and sapient) heart with a musical beat, he embarks on an rhythm based adventure that takes him far beyond the laboratory in which he spent his life.

## Appearance

Mad Rat is a rat of normal stature, with a light and dark-grey coloring, with several stitches littered on his body. A yellow ear tag is affixed to both of his ears. Unlike the other lab rats featured in in the game, he has "angry eyes" with a sharp-toothed smile. Featured on his chest is a gaping, cartoonish, circular hole with a cartoon heart (that is known as Heart) in the middle and ribs sticking out on either side. Mad Rat always wears yellow and orange gloves, with yellow facing outwards and orange on the inner sides, which could of been inspired by cartoon gloves by how they contrast the body color and match his accents.

When he is alive, his appearance within the game is relatively the same, although he has no stitches on his body, nor does he have the gaping hole that is in his dead form, and his body only consists of one lighter shade of gray.

## Description

Mad Rat's promotional description:

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*Mad Rat died in the middle of the night.*

*He was just a lab rat, born and raised.*

*After Mad Rat's death, the Rat God appeared to give him the chance to relive his final day.*

*And so begins Mad Rat's adventure to achieve his dream before his time runs out.*

*His dream? To take revenge on the cruel human who experimented on him his entire life.*

*What sort of ending will Mad Rat's dream bring about for him?*

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Although hot-tempered and impatient due to his hatred for humans, he can also be compassionate in that he cannot ignore someone in need.

His favorite thing is cheese (which he has never eaten). He hates humans, other beings not listening to him (like the Mob Rats and sometimes heart) and cats.

## Abilities

Mad Rat is depicted with several basic platforming capabilities: jumping, dashing, charging and dropping. He is able to best utilize these skills when staying "on beat" with Heart, a rhythm-based mechanic that forms the core of Mad Rat Dead's gameplay. In addition to his basic set of actions, Mad Rat is able to perform "homing attacks" in the air, "grind" on slopes and "wall-kick" off the sides of various structures.

He also possesses the ability to rewind time, however it should be noted that this skill is shown to be carried out through Heart -- Mad Rat simply triggers it. It is not clear if Mad Rat's original rodent heart was capable of this as it is never mentioned or clarified to be the case.

Prior to the transplant in which he received Heart, Mad Rat is depicted to have lacked stamina and dexterity, walking slowly and struggling to climb out of his cage (a feat that he accomplishes with ease with Heart in tow). It is implied that his poor physical fitness is largely a result of him being on his deathbed; his athletic capability prior to the deterioration of his health is unknown. Its not known how long it took him to get to this point in his existence as there is no marked date in this game.