Brocken

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ODC-004 Brocken (ブロッケン) is a character in the World Heroes series of
fighting games. Dr. Sugar Brown recruited him from the year 1922 AD.

## Story

Brocken of Germany is a Nazi-militant turned cybernetic-organism whose body was remodeled by Dr. Suggar Brown to become a prototype model of the future of soldiers, with the body of unlimited strength and always running on oil.

This was done so he could be the ultimate fighting machine for his Führer and risk his life for Nazism to win the World War II as a lone wolf. He ascended to the rank of Sturmbannführer (Major) and became the pride of the country, While Brocken was fighting his own battles in Asia, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was initially successful, the Soviet resurgence and entry of the United States into the war meant that the *Wehrmacht* (German armed forces) lost the initiative on the Eastern Front in 1943 and by late 1944 had been pushed back to the pre-1939 border. Large-scale aerial bombing of Germany escalated in 1944 and the Axis powers were driven back in Eastern and Southern Europe. After the Allied invasion of France, Germany was conquered by the Soviet Union from the east and the other Allies from the west, and capitulated in May 1945. Hitler's refusal to admit defeat led to massive destruction of German infrastructure and additional war-related deaths in the closing months of the war. The victorious Allies initiated a policy of denazification and put many of the surviving Nazi leadership on trial for war crimes at the Nuremberg trials.

After their defeat, Dr. Brown reprogrammed Brocken to be a force of good and help him take part in the first World Heroes Tournament and defeat Geegus. Really proud of his technology, Brocken didn't even broke a sweat against his opponents. He also took part in the second World Heroes tournament, where Dr. Brown cooperated with him to further power up his body as a present for his help. Brocken received a body a thousand times stronger, but didn't like how it wasn't presentable for a date. He comes back with his old body in the third World Heroes, intending to prove that beneath his cold, mechanical body beats a warm heart. To show to Dr. Brown how his German technology is the best in the world, Brocken enthusiasticaly demonstrates his abilities to dr. brown, flying away. the doctor, however, wonders if he's breaking down.

## Personality

Brocken has a cold heart, having no emotions for the most part; a recurring error in his systems can cause feelings to surface on rare occasions. He is also quite proud of his cyborg body and abilities, as well as the technology of his country.

## Powers and Fighting Abilities

As a result of being remodeled by Dr. Brown Sugar, Brocken has abilities and judgment comparable to that of a high performance computer. His body has been rebuild with state-of-the-art weaponry that is hidden in every part of his body and even the ability to activate rocket boots, combined with his newfound skills involving combat skills fused with extendable and mechanical limbs, he is a formidable opponent. From his fingertip alone, Brocken can give a shock of 100,000 volts.

## Cultural References

While not directly inspired by any historical figure, Brocken is loosely based on other fictional cyborgs such as:

* Rudol von Stroheim from Part 2 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with his speech pattern in text being a homage to Stroheim, including his boasting loudly about German technology.
* Brocken Jr. the Nazi, in the pro-wrestling Superhero-comedy anime and manga series Kinnikuman, because of his name and likenesses, as well as having the "Heil, Brocken!" win quote, which might be a reference to Brocken Jr.'s theme song.
* The T-800 the Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 from The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, as Brocken pays homages such as being made of living tissue under a metal endoskeleton, as well as having Gargoyle-like sunlasses with dim red-eyes flashing beneath them.
* The Evil Commander, Count Brocken from Mazinger Z since episode 39 bares the original concept to Brocken Jr., Stroheim, and Brocken. He has a removable head.
* Brocken also has multiple built-in weapons and extendable limbs is faintly reminiscent of Inspector Gadget.

## Music

* **Cyber General** - World Heroes
* **Sophisticated Effector** - World Heroes
* **German Armored Division Requiem #9** - World Heroes 2
* **Brocken, Upside-Down** - World Heroes 2

## Game Appearances

* World Heroes - Playable
* World Heroes 2 - Playable
* World Heroes Perfect - Playable
* ADK World - Playable character in the side-scrolling shoot 'em up game "19YY". This game takes place inside a movie.

## Trivia

* Brocken is the first fighting game character ever to glide across the screen without command inputs.
* The Neo-Geo MVS release of *World Heroes* (1992) includes a bug where Brocken could catch his opponent in a stun loop with his long range crouching kick, allowing him to spam the technique and easily win any match.
* In the planning stages, early concepts for the game featured Brocken as a cyborg Adolf Hitler (similar to Wolfenstein 3D’s final boss) and his weapon of choice being poison Zyklon-B gas; this was dropped early in development. having His initial background concept dropped, Brocken retained his toxic gas attack and has a "Heil, Brocken!" win quote in the Japanese versions of World Heroes 2 Jet and Perfect. His emotionless aspect was also heavily toned down later in the series.
* Due to Brocken’s obvious references towards Nazism, the European version of World Heroes put this German character’s appearance under censorship in order to change his design so he could not resemble the infamous soldiers who dons the signature Waffen-SS uniforms and peaked visor-caps with Luftwaffe insignias pinned on each of the cap’s crown.
	+ Brocken received a drastic redesign in the European SNES version of *World Heroes*, with a different outfit more akin to a cyborg, spiky hair, and without a hat, similar to Captain Commando.
* In World Heroes Perfect, his format number is ODC-004. "ODC" stands for "I (Oira) am a German (Deutsch-no) Cyborg (Cyborg)"

## Gallery

### World Heroes

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### World Heroes 2 / World Heroes 2 Jet

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