King Hippo

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## **Boss Info**

Living on Hippo Island and suspected to be it's king, King Hippo spends his days eating large amounts of food before sleeping the day away. At least that is when he's not boxing. King Hippo is a towering foe for Little Mac to take on and believes Little Mac not to be any kind of serious challenge. King Hippo does have a rather fatal flaw in his boxing abilities, his pants... they're just not tight enough. When he opens his mouth and jiggles his belly his pants will loosen and slip down his legs causing King Hippo to have to stop and pull them back up allowing Little Mac to get in some free punches against him.

## **Boss Fight Details**

King Hippo fights almost like a playable character with the capability to run and jump (not very well) around a flat grounded stage. King Hippo however will only ever take a minor amount of knockback from attacks and cannot be knocked out through the blast zones. King Hippo will function similarly to his appearances in the Punch-Out!! games where at random points throughout the match he will pause his attacks to laugh and taunt his opponent. This has the effect of causing King Hippo’s belly to jiggle from the laughter and his pants to fall down somewhat revealing the Smash Bros-themed underwear underneath them. King Hippo will then have to take a couple seconds to pull his pants back up which leaves him incredibly vulnerable to attacks.

King Hippo has considerably less health than most other bosses in Smash, however this is a deception. When King Hippo’s health is brought to 0 he’ll fall onto his back bruised before standing back up and duct taping a large manhole to his chest. This manhole reduces the damage that King Hippo takes from attacks on his stomach by a large amount however if the manhole takes enough damage it will fall off and King Hippo will lose his enhanced defenses. While King Hippo has the manhole attached to him, his pants cannot fall, however he will still take the chance to taunt his opponents from time to time.

## **Attacks**

### **Jab**

King Hippo will raise up a fist before punching forwards with a very fast jabbing attack.

### **Guillotine Punch**

King Hippo will scream at his opponent before winding up and punching forwards with gusto as he slams his fist towards their torso. This move has some windup to it, but if it connects then King Hippo’s opponent will fall to the ground in a crumple state.

### **Hippo Squeeze**

King Hippo will grapple forward and if he can reach you he will pull you up against his chest and envelop you in a strangling bear hug dealing a lot of damage before throwing you down onto the ground.

### **Hippo Flop**

King Hippo will leap higher up in the air than you could ever expect and then flop back down on the ground aiming for the player. A small shockwave will fire off from around King Hippo as he lands damaging you if you are too close to him.

### **Charge**

King Hippo will duck his head down into his arms and charge forwards to the opposite side of the stage head first. This move is potentially dangerous since King Hippo’s charge can easily knock fighters right past the blast zones.

### **Ear Clap**

King Hippo will growl and hold up both his fists before clapping them against each other in front of him. On top of being a melee attack, this attack has a windbox to it that can push anything in front of him away even if they didn’t get caught in the actual attack.

### **Star KO**

This attack can only be used when King Hippo’s opponent is at 100% damage or more. A star icon will appear by King Hippo’s portrait indicating that this attack is available and that players should watch out. King Hippo will only use this attack when a fighter is within his melee range. With a hippo-like snort, King Hippo will go for an uppercut and if it connects this move will knock the fighter up above the blast zones and into a guaranteed Star KO. King Hippo only has one shot at this attack during the entire boss fight so if players can bait it out of him and get him to miss then they’ll never have to worry about it again.

## **Soundtrack**

* **Punch Out!! (2009)**
	+ King Hippo