Stage 1/Design reference and trivia

Enemy Trivia

This page contain the explanation of each enemies appeared in Stage 1, Stage 1 (Hard) and the 2nd half of Stage 3 (Hard), their origin and how they relate to the talents they are referencing.

## Major Bosses

### Fubuzilla

*Main article: Fubuzilla*
Fubuzilla is a mascot belonging to Shirakami Fubuki. It originated from Hololive 3D Anime series Holo no Graffiti.

### Smol Ame

*Main article: Smol Ame*
Smol Ame is a character created by popular chibi artist Walfie for Amelia Watson.

### Halloween Bae

*Main article: Halloween Bae*
Halloween was one of the official 3D model commission by Hololive English for their 2021 Halloween VR Chat stream. This character only appears in the Hard version of Stage 1.

## Canon Fan Mascot

This category consists of enemies that are directly based on official fan mascot design use by Hololive Talents.

List of canon fan mascot designs: Shrimp, Dead Beat, KFP Employee, Takodachi, Kronie, Investi-Gator, Baerat Bros. and Bread Dog Sanallite.

### Shrimp

Shrimps (or Chum Buds as they're officially called) are the fans of Gawr Gura. The name Shrimps came from Gura's attempt at being unaware of the meaning of Simps which is why it is typically use to refer to Gura's paid member. They are typically depicted as little shrimp in a fishbowl. The design in-game came from Calliope Mori's "Q" music video created by Kay Yu which make it both an official design and something created by the dev for the game. The Q variants of this enemy  are therefore a direct reference to Kay's work.

### Dead beat

Dead beats are the fans of Mori Calliope. Usually, they are represented by generic skeleton 3D models that Calli found online. The design in-game came from Calli's "Q" music video created by Kay Yu which make it both an official design and something created by the dev for the game. The Q variants of this enemy  are therefore a direct reference to Kay's work.

### Takodachi

Takodachi are the fans of Ninomae Ina'nis. While the fandom as a whole are called Takodachi, individual fan and mascot are called Tako. Takodachi along with Myth's other general mascots (Kotori, Death-sensei, non thicc Bubba but not Bloop) are designed by Ina herself. The mascot are one of the few mascots that is both a fan mascot and a general mascot.

### Teamate Investi-gator

    Teamate are the fans of Watson Amelia. Investi-gator are specifically fans who subscribed to Amelia's membership. However, the mascot has been use to represent all Ame's fan and not just the Investi-gator despite their appearance.

* They replaced the Thicc bubba in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4.

### KFP Employee

    KFP are the fans of Takanashi Kiara. KFP, short for Kiara Fried Phoenix, is the fast food restaurant founded and ran by Kiara hence the individual fans are called employees. The KFP uniform chicken are frequently use by Kiara in various role and are commonly seen in her Pre-start waiting screen. Individually they are usually called either Chimken, Chicken or Employees.

### Baerat

    Baerats (or Brats) are fans of Hakos Baelz. Similar to the Investi-gator, the Baerats sprite is based on Bae's paid members, specifically Rat Bros which is Bae's first membership tier. All three tiers(Rat Bros, Rat Boss, Rat God) have their own design drawn by Bae herself.

* Their current design was introduce in Version 0.4 and replaced an older design which was based on Bae's general mascot Mr. Squeakz.

### Sanallite Bread Dog

    Sanallites are fans of Tsukumo Sana. Their mascot itself is called Bread Dog and was designed by Sana based on her love for bread and as a reference to fairy bread.

* They replaced Yatagarasu in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4.

### Kronie

    Kronies are fans of Ouro Kronii. Their clock like appearance is based on the Kronii's lore as the Warden of Time.

### GuyRys

    IRyStocrats are fans of IRyS. They are represented by GuyRyS the stickman who typically appear in roleplay streams. Sometimes, IRyS herself will be the one voice acting the GuyRyS figure, especially on rebroadcasts of those aforementioned stream.

* This enemy only appears in the Hard version of Stage 1.

### SSRB

*Main article: Stage 2/Design reference and trivia § SSRB*

SSRBs are fans of Shishiro Botan. Introduced in Version 0.4, players will first encounter them in the Normal version of stage 2.

* This enemy only appears in the Hard version of Stage 1.

## Canon Mascot

This category consist of enemies based on mascot associated with a Hololive Talent including fan designs that are acknowledge by the talents themselves.

List of canon mascot designs: Thicc Bubba, old Baerat, Bloom and Gloom, Hooman and Yatagarasu Sanallite.

### Thicc Bubba

    Thicc Bubba was based on the thicc Takodachi drawn by Ame that was use as a cursed gift for Myth 2020 Christmas gift exchange. Thicc fanarts of Myth's other mascot would appear including a Bubba version. Ame would later commission two 3D models of the design, one based directly on the original and an de-cursed version for use for tech support/cameraman duty during VR Chat stream.

* They were replaced by the Investi-gator as regular enemies in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4 while also replacing the Cursed Bubba variant  as Smol Ame mobs. They  would also reappeared in the hard variant of the stage.

* Cursed Bubba  have since reappeared in Version 0.6 in Stage 3(H) as part of the Halloween Myth theme of the stage.

### Bloom and Gloom

    Bloom and Gloom are the mascot of IRyS and was co-design by IRyS and Sana with Sana providing her knowledge as a professional illustrator. Bloom and Gloom are not meant to represent IRyS's fanbase, the Irystocrats, as IRyS already have a design to represent them, GuyRys the stickman.

* They replaced the Fairy Irystrocrats in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4.

### Hooman

    Hoomans are fans of Nanashi Mumei. Their in-game design is based on Hootsie, an owl mascot introduce in Mumei's new year outfit being carried by Mumei in a bag. The owl was unnamed at reveal and only receive the name Hootsie from Mumei later on.

* Hoomans (the fans) does have a separate design that was used in Mumei's Dan Dan Don Don MV created by fan animator Kanauru. However as that is it only appearance, the canonicity of that particular design is still in question.

### Yatagarasu

    Yatagarasu is the general mascot of Tsukumo Sana and is based on Three-Legged Crow of Asian Mythology specifically as the amalgamation of the Chinese Sun-Crow and the Japanese Yatagarasu. The reason why Sana's Yatagarasu is in the shape a Cheetos-color worm is that its true form would melt the brain of any human who dare lay eye on it. The Yatagarasu in-game are also wearing a Sana wig.

* They were replaced by the Bread Dogs in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4 but would reappeared in the hard variant of the stage.

## HoloCure Original

This category consist of Enemies that were created by the HoloCure team for the game. This category can include a range from entirely original design to designs that are inspired by other mascots or popular fan interpretation.

List of HoloCure original designs: Fairy IRyStrocrat, Sapling.

### Sapling

Saplings are fans of Ceres Fauna. Despite not being canon, their in-game design still follow the general design style seen in fanarts, a green puff ball with a single stem growing on its head.

* The stationary turret variant  and Gold variant  only appears in the Hard version of Stage 1.
* A canon version of the Sapling exists with the same design as the fanart version mention above. It is different from the HoloCure version as it lacks any appendage aside from its leaf stem.

### Mr. Sqeaks Baerat

    Baerats original sprite is based on Bae's mascot Mr. Squeaks.

* The design has been completely replace in game by the Ratbros in Version 0.4 and had not reappeared in any stages since.

### IRyStocrat Fairies

At launch, the fairy IRyStocrats were the only enemy design to be entirely original to the game.

* In the game files, the sprite for the Light IRyStocrat was "IRyStocratsDevil" despite the angel halo. Accordingly, the Night version were called "IRyStocratsAngel".
* They were replaced by the Bloom and Gloom in the normal version of Stage 1 in Version 0.4 but would reappeared in the hard variant of the stage.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Calliope Mori. Q.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kay Yu. Twitter.
3. ↑ Takanashi Kiara Ch. hololive-EN (2021, March 3). 【HoloMyth】Half Year Anniversary with the girls...AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 【Don't Starve Together】.
4. ↑ Watson Amelia Ch. hololive-EN. 【MEMBERSHIP】Become an Investigator today!.
5. ↑ Hakos Baelz (2022/04/03). This is the design for ma precious rat bros! Look at that drip!!.
6. ↑ Hakos Baelz (2022/04/10). RAT BOSS AND RAT GODS IN VISUAL FORM!.
7. ↑ Rinney Rin. Ina dying from Ame's christmas present.
8. ↑ IRyS Ch. hololive-EN. 【MASCOT DESIGN】Creating an Official Mascot with Tsukumo Sana.
9. ↑ Holozilla. 𝑮𝒖𝒚𝑹𝒚𝑺 𝑯𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒆....
10. ↑ IRySimp. IRyS Plans to DRINK THE IRYSTOCRATS.
11. ↑ Nanashi Mumei Ch. hololive-EN (2022/01/16). 【NEW OUTFIT REVEAL】New Owl Fit.
12. ↑ PINHEAD Ch. (2021/08/23). Sana Speaks to Yatagarasu in the Forbidden Language.