Endings

**Endings** are animated cutscenes that play after the player successfully completes a run. Depending on the player's progression through the game, different endings will play.

## Endings

### Ending 1

Ending 1 plays upon the first completion of Sewers of Dross.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo opens a chest containing Bum-bo the Nimble.

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**Transcript**

And with his final bit of punch, Bum-bo smash big bad guy into bits.

Finally, Bum-bo have coin. But Bum-bo notice a thing: weird box in back of room.

"What in there?" Bum-bo think. "Spider with long butt?" "Big long bone?" "Bean with magic powers?"

It a mystery. With no thinking, Bum-bo bash open scary box!

What this? Another Bum-bo?! What a twist!

### Ending 2

Ending 2 plays upon the first completion of Forlorn Hollow when playing as Bum-bo the Nimble.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo opens a chest containing Bum-bo the Stout.

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**Transcript**

And with his final bit of punch, Bum-bo smash big bad guy into bits.

Finally, Bum-bo have coin. But Bum-bo notice a thing: weird box in back of room.

"What in there?" Bum-bo think. "Someone's stinky mom?" "A dog with human face?" "A hot dog with teeth?"

It's a mystery. With no thinking, Bum-bo bash open scary box!

What this? Another Bum-bo?!

### Ending 3

Ending 3 plays upon the first completion of The Halls of Belial when playing as Bum-bo the Stout.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo opens a chest containing Bum-bo the Weird.

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**Transcript**

And with his final bit of punch, Bum-bo smash big bad guy into bits.

Finally, Bum-bo have coin. But Bum-bo notice a thing: weird box in back of room.

"What in there?" Bum-bo think." A lady made of hair?" "Three warts filled with fudge?" "A dancing can?"

It a mystery. With no thinking, Bum-bo bash open scary box!

What this? Another Bum-bo?! What happening?

### Ending 4

Ending 4 plays upon the first completion of The Halls of Belial when playing as Bum-bo the Weird.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo enters a trapdoor leading to The Basement.

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And with his final bit of punch, Bum-bo smash big bad guy into bits.

Finally, Bum-bo have coin. But Bum-bo notice a thing: trapdoor under Bum-bo.

"What down there?" Bum-bo think. "More bigger coin?" "More better trash?" "Even more bigger coin?"

It mystery. With no thinking, Bum-bo throw open tiny door and throw Bum-bo down into the unknown depths below.

### Ending 5

Ending 5 plays upon completion of The Basement unless the player has done the following before starting the current run:

* Beaten The Basement twice as all characters except Bum-bo the Lost.
* Gotten 10 successful jackpot endings.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo celebrates his victory against Bygone and the retrieval of his coin. However, he is interrupted when Isaac's mother enters Isaac's room; Bum-bo and the various enemies of the game are revealed to be cardboard playthings Isaac has created, much to the disapproval of his mother. Upon discovering that Isaac retrieved the cardboard after she threw it out, Isaac's mother tells him that his father left and that he never loved them.

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And with a extra hard bash, Bum-bo crush that dead boy to mush.

Finally, Bum-bo happy. Now, Bum-bo can be alone. Alone with coin.

But Bum-bo hear something. Something mean, something huge, something—

**Mom:** Isaac. Who were you talking to? ...Where did you get that stuff? I thought I threw it out!

**Mom:** He **LEFT** us, Isaac. He's **GONE**. He **NEVER** loved us! Don't you get it!?

**Isaac:** No, no, Mama please!

**Mom:** Isaac, listen to me. It's just us now. It's just us now, Isaac, You and Mama...

### Jackpot Ending

The jackpot ending plays upon completion of The Basement if the player has not won the jackpot ending ten times before. The jackpot ending will change depending on whether the result is success or failure, and is determined by chance.

Specifically, the chance for the ending to be successful is (95 - (5 \* X))%, where X is the number of successful jackpot endings the player has gotten so far.

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Each successful jackpot ending places a coin at the back of the character select screen and unlocks a new collectible.

#### Success

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#### Failure

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### Ending 6 (Final Ending)

Ending 6 plays upon completion of The Basement if the player has done the following before starting the current run:

* Beaten The Basement twice as all characters except Bum-bo the Lost.
* Gotten 10 successful jackpot endings.

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**Transcript**

And with coin in hand, Bum-bo make his kingdom.

A big wide world filled with adventure for Bum-bo.

All kinds of big fat monsters to smash and even small ones to bash.

And this world of Bum-bo's will grow and grow and always be there for you as a way to escape from the real world.

There is no end to your imagination, no limit to what you can create.

When things get difficult, you can go there.

When you feel weak, you can escape into this world we created and become powerful.

Always remember this, Isaac.

Your imagination knows no bounds, and I'll always be here waiting for you in our next adventure together.

## Other Cutscenes

### Prologue

The prologue plays upon launching the game.

In the cutscene, Bum-bo's simple life is disrupted when a monster steals his coin and escapes down a hole. Bum-bo quickly follows down the hole, bringing his bag of trash with him. Bum-bo uses his trash and his fist to fight the monsters in hopes of retrieving his coin.

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Bum-bo live in a box behind the house on the hill.

Bum-bo have trash, Bum-bo have coin, life good; Bum-bo happy.

That till Bum-bo hear a voice from above: "That nice coin you have there, Bum-bo."

"That not you coin," Bum-bo yell, "go away from it!"

Suddenly, bad guy come and take coin. Then, vanish down hole.

Bum-bo think fast, grab trash, and jump down hole after coin.

Monster try and stop Bum-bo, but Bum-bo smart. Bum-bo use trash and fist to fight them.

Nothing stop Bum-bo! Bum-bo want coin!

### Alternate Prologue

The alternate prologue plays before the prologue upon launching the game if the player has done the following:

* Beaten The Basement twice as all characters except Bum-bo the Lost.
* Gotten 10 successful jackpot endings.

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**Dad:** Okay, so Bum-bo lived in a box behind a hill.

**Dad:** Bum-bo had his trash and his coin—

**Isaac:** No Daddy, do it in the voice!

**Dad:** You want me to do the Bum-bo voice?

**Isaac:** Yes!

**Dad:** You got it. (ahem)

### Credits

The credits play upon completion of The Basement.

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**Transcript**

♪ Someday, Bum-bo lucky Bum-bo someday the Bum-bo's a bad Bum-bo ♪

♪ He get coin, and Bum-bo lose coin ♪

♪ He gets it, he lose it, Bum-bo want coin! ♪

♪ Bum-bo got coin ♪

♪ Oh, Bum-bo got coin ♪

♪ He got it, oh ♪

♪ He got the coin ♪

♪ Inside himself, himself he got the coin yeah ♪

♪ Wuh-oh ♪

♪ Don't you know it's a coin that he's got ♪

♪ Wuh-uh oh yeah ♪

♪ Don't you know he wants it wants it yeah ♪

♪ Wuh-oh yeah ♪

♪ Bum-bo's got coin ♪

♪ He's got that special coin and he smash that dead boy and he got his coin too ♪

♪ He got a coin, oh-oh yeah ♪

♪ Coin, wuh-oh yeah ♪

♪ Himself he got a coin ♪

♪ Woah ♪

♪ Coiny coiny-noiny-noiny-noiny-noin ♪

♪ Wuh-oh ♪

♪ Coin, yeah the coin ♪

♪ Coin ♪

♪ Don't you know he got a coiny-woiny coin ♪