Shadow Creatures

* Shadow Person
* Shadow Bat
* Shadow Snake
* Shadow Jumper
* Shadow Ogre
* Shadow Blob
* Guardian
* Shadow Reaper/Mantis

The **Shadow Creatures** are enemies that appear in *Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2* and in *Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3*. They are a variety of creatures serving the Entity and inhabiting the Underworld.

## Overview

The Shadow Creatures are divided into five different subspecies:

### Shadow People

The Shadow People are the first variety of Shadow Creatures to be met. They are humanoid beings whose only facial traits are a pair of white eyes. They will attack with pitchforks.

A harmless variety of them appears during the Entity's chase and in the Underworld. These particular Shadow People emerge from walls and lack pitchforks.

### Shadow Bats

The Shadow Bats are the second variety of Shadow Creatures to be met. They are beings resembling bats, although they lack an actual body and simply possess a head, a pair of ears and wings. Their only distinguishable facial trait is their white mouth.
They are particularly dangerous due to their ability to fly, which allows them to reach any place they want.

### Shadow Snakes

The Shadow Snakes are a variety of Shadow Creatures met exclusively in "Hopp Horde".
They are snake-like beings with a humanoid torso and head. Their only distinguishable facial trait is a white mouth.
They are quite dangerous due to their ability to shoot green fireballs, which allows them to be a threat even if they aren't close to the player.

### Shadow Jumpers

The Shadow Jumpers are a variety of Shadow Creatures met exclusively in "Hopp Horde".
They are small beings with a pair of ears (or horns) and long limbs. Their only distinguishable facial trait are a pair of white eyes.
Their method of attack consists in using their limbs to jump on the player.

### Shadow Ogre

The Shadow Ogre is a single new Shadow Creature introduced in *Mr. Hopp Playhouse 3*. It's a massive, purplish ogre-like creature holding giant clubs. Despite its strong, muscular physique, it has a skeletal torso in contrast to normal, if bulky limbs. It also wears a belt with replicas of the Three Curses' heads on it.

## History

### Origin

It's possible that the shadow creatures are the souls of people captured by the Entity, as a totem says that the entity "corrupts" upon the souls of the living to turn them into the shadow creatures that serve him and do malicious deeds without hesitation.

### *Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2*

The Shadow Creatures are the main threats in the Underworld. They will continuously materialize and attempt to attack Esther. Fortunately, through the Six, Esther will be able to fight them off, some shadow creatures will appear in the final boss but they are mostly unable to get you if you stay on the rocks.

They also appear in the minigame "Hopp Horde" as the sole enemies.

### *Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3*

The Shadow Creatures appear as enemies for Esther and Ruby as they try to escape the underworld, but two of the shadow creatures are special and more important: the shadow ogre and the shadow mantis, the shadow ogre appears as a boss and fights Ruby as she tries to free Esther from her jail in the underworld, and the shadow mantis appeared at a much later point in the game as a boss fight, guarding the third medallion and tries to hurt Esther with its claws and eggs, but after Esther defeats the entity and becomes the new ruler of the underworld they all obey her.

## Trivia

* While in the second game the Shadow Creatures look like actual living shadows, in the third they look more physical, having a purplish color and being even somewhat skeletal. This is likely because of the redesign the Entity himself had.
* The Guardians are the only Shadow Creatures with a confirmed name.
* The Shadow Ogre seems to take inspirations on Japanese Onis.
	+ Its grotesque faces, large stature, and similar stereotypical weapon could also support this theory.

## Navigation

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