Pierce Gorske

**Pierce Gorske** is a Thanager of the Toxic Food-Processing Department and a enemy in *Have a Nice Death*.

## Pierce Gorske

### Occupation

Thanager (Personal Development Coach, Martial Arts Expert)

## Description

**Pierce Gorske - Personal Development Coach, Martial Arts Expert**

In his lifetime, Pierce Görske was determined to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by becoming the first martial artist to hold the record for most burgers eaten in less time than it takes to say, "These fries are too greasy." Görske was well on his way; in 1988, he defeated the one nicknamed "Lucky Wheeler" in the International Championships for *light contact*. He got as far as 22,476 Waldo Patties eaten, but a toothpick planted too deep in the bun of the 22,477th bested him by perforating his stomach. Traitors, those toothpicks.

Görske is one of the top Thanagers at Death Inc. As an entrepreneurial life coach, he excels in all practical methods of reviving a weakened team: "gamification" of employee tasks and ninjutsu techniques applied to office work. According to him, a good minion at Death Inc. must always surpass their own limits to stay competitive. "If you can eat an extra-large Waldo Supreme in two minutes, you can do it in thirty seconds. Like me: I can do the splits, so I can ALSO do them between two trucks going 80 mph down the highway."

"The true mentality of a *worker* is to let nothing go. You need to *visualize* a pyramid, you see. The first level: serious. The second level: sport. Sport is very important. The third level: *try to have fun*. It's also essential to keep your mind in a positive mood. *Bright spot flavor*. In short. Remember that if you don't apply the three levels in your work, I'll come by with a couple of atemi for you. Bang-bang! And then you're absolutely *aware* of productivity." *- P. Görske, extract from a seminar on Competitiveness, Development, and Ninjutsu*.

## Appearance

Gorske appears to be a cheeseburger with a whole wheat bun and a cherry tomato sticking out of his head. He consists mostly of just cheese and meat, but he seems to also have some sauce and a pickle slice for a tongue. His arms and legs are probably made of sauce or cheese and are black. Gorske has glowing red eyes fixed in a determined stare with thick eyebrows. He wields two glowing red toothpicks that he sticks in his head when not using them.

## Mini-Boss Battle Attacks

* **Toothpick Combo**: Gorske sticks both his toothpicks one at a time into the ground in front of him before spinning around, in an AOE. The best way to dodge this attack is to get behind Gorske because he only moves forward during this attack and after you can get some hits in.

* **Swing Combo**: Gorske will swing his toothpicks in front of him and then spin in a damaging circle before finishing in a pose. Like toothpick combo, the best way to dodge this attack is to get behind Gorske as he moves forward the entire time. If you can't get behind him, stay away from him as his first swing has a fairly long range.

* **Super Bomb Dash**: Gorske will teleport to one end of the arena and do a very fast damaging dash to the other end, leaving a red haze in his wake. A few seconds after the dash the red haze will erupt into explosions that end very quickly. A way to damage Gorske and dodge this attack is to jump up in the air when Gorske dashes at the other end of the arena and do a scythe combo while the explosions are happening. This leaves you ready to slam down on Gorske at the end of the attack.

* **Parry**: Gorske cross his toothpicks in front of him in a guarding stance and remains still for a few seconds. If the player hits his toothpicks while he is guarding, it will do no damage and Gorske will instead retaliate very quickly with a forward dash that is hard to dodge. The best thing to do when Gorske parries is to get behind him as you can hit him from behind without triggering his retaliation.

* **Toothpick Projectile Throw**: There are two variations for this attack:

1. If you are close to Gorske then he will run and flip over you. As he is in the air he throws four spaced-out Projectiles on a 45 degree angle at the player before landing on the ground. This can be dodged by going to Gorske's point of origin before he started running as the projectiles won't reach there.
2. If you are far away from Gorske then he will instead teleport to one end of the arena and throw three projectiles which travel across the arena in a scattered fashion. This attack can be dodged by simply dashing through the projectiles.

## Gallery

Toothpick ComboSwing ComboSuper Bomb DashGorske In-GameToothpick Projectile ThrowParryToothpick Throw Alternate
## Trivia

* When Gorske yells in his intro, you can see only a burger and cheese for his insides. However, when he teleports he splits into several different ingredients.