Invictus Maneo/Eustace

**“**Stupid dog! I'll make ya look bad!**”**
— Invictus Maneo selection quip
**Eustace Bagge** is an elderly farmer known for his irritable demeanor and greedy ways, usually seen seated down in his favorite red chair either reading a copy of the Nowhere newspaper or watching his prized television. He is the jaded husband of Muriel Bagge, who he loves but gets frustrated with for paying more attention to their dog Courage than to him, the latter of whom he regularly mistreats out of jealousy. He is the unsuccessful younger brother of the late Horst Bagge, a once-famous explorer who he continues lives in the shadow of to this day.

Eustace originates from the 1999 animated show Courage the Cowardly Dog, and his home stage is Nowhere, Kansas.

## Fighter Info

### Basics

Eustace always fights in his favorite red chair, reading the Nowhere news and ignoring the fight. As such, he is a heavyweight character and moves slowly, with Muriel pushing around his chair. He gets forced out of his chair for his air game, becoming much more mobile yet fragile until he's back in his seat.

Eustace rolls up his newspaper and bats his enemies with it for his attacks, able to aim enemies below ledges with his low-aiming attacks and hitting enemies right above him with his high-aiming attacks. Muriel and the back of his chair sponge all damage, meaning for as long as he's grounded he can only be stricken from the front or from above. In his dash attack, he makes a lunge attack with his mallet, resulting in Muriel having to rush over to him and hit anyone between her and Eustace pretty hard. In the air, Eustace is more nimble and has surprisingly great range with his newspaper weapon. In Eustace's down heavy tilt, he makes his chair spin violently, locking foes inside until the attack is finished. He throws out Courage for his grab game, who will try to bite onto a foe and pummel them before throwing them away comically.

Eustace is far from perfect, though. He is extremely easy to K.O. if left unprotected in the air, he has the lowest ground speed of any character, many of his attacks don't impressively hit hard (although they all rebound projectiles), and he can be knocked up and out of his chair.

### Specials

* **Special A: Farmer's Scope**
Eustace will aim a shotgun forward and fire it straight across the screen. There is a cooldown period after he shoots the bullet, but it launches foes back by a respectable distance and has K.O. potential at high percents, but the fact it fires so quickly makes it an essential part of his pressure game. It also stalls him mid-air.
* **Special B: Mallet Smash**
Eustace wields an oversized mallet, standing up and holding it around his back, generating flames the longer the player charges it. If released uncharged, Eustace will swing once for a hard-hitting K.O. weapon. If fully charged, Eustace will spin around with his mallet while moving forward, trapping foes in before sending them flying.
* **Special C: Hothead Burst**
Eustace will feel his head swell up with indescribable anger before he bursts, sending him flying up in the air. The player has to settle on his trajectory before he gets flung in the air though, since Eustace will have no control over his trajectory once he's sent flying. A potentially dangerous recovery.
* **Special D: Ooga Booga!**
Eustace will reach behind himself and into his pocket, pulling out the Ooga Booga mask and wearing it over his face while shouting "OOGA BOOGA!". Anyone that's immediately in front of him will become instantly solidified for a few moments, allowing Eustace to barrage them with attacks while they're trying to recover.
* **Showstopper: King Ramses' Curse**
Eustace wields King Ramses' slab, summoning him from his tomb and demanding Eustace to return the slab. He throws it over to any nearby foe, who will get stricken first by rapid floods, then blistering sonics from a phonograph, and then bunches of locusts, King Ramses taking his slab back before disappearing. Eustace will gloat in victory.