Fly Goon
The Fly Goons are members of the Moonshine Mob, serving as grunts and underlings and are enemies in Bootlegger Boogie on Inkwell Isle Four.
Appearance
The Fly Goons are stout flies wearing red shirts, teal pants, brown shoes, yellow gloves. On their heads are teal bowler hats with an orange rim similar to that of the Anteater's. They have a single gold tooth, and they smoke brown cigars.
Intro
One can be seen pumping in the air. After a while, he picks up the Announcer Snail and flies off. In Simple Mode, he and the Snail do not appear.
Characteristics
Phase 1
During this phase of the fight, Fly Goons can be summoned from the telephone by Spider Mobster; they fly from the background and front flip into the stage. They then fly off to the sides of the stage. Their poses vary, with some of them charging, holding the back of one wrist around the waist, flying sleepily, and flying backwards, but this is just aesthetic. They can be defeated, causing their bowler hats to fly off.
Phase 3
After Anteater licks up some Fly Goons and Ant Cops with his tongue, they are spit out and start fighting, with their scuffle forming a ball that bounces around the screen as an enemy or hazard. The whole fight can be defeated with their hats and cigar flying off.
Phase 4
When the fake-out Knockout announcement is made, two Fly Goons are stuck on the fly paper trap.
Gallery
Seen at the start of the battle (Regular and Expert mode only)
Pumping in the air
Picking up Announcer Snail
Flying off with him
Fly Goon in background
Holding the back of his wrist around the waist
Sleepy
Flying backwards
Fly Goons and Ant Cops in a scuffle
Stuck on fly paper
A pair of Fly Goons in the epilogue
A injured Fly Goon being taken care of by Cuphead and Co.
Trivia
- A fly goon first appeared in puppet form in the DLC Release Date Trailer shown at The Game Awards 2021.
- The second phase of the fight versus the Moonshine Mob is the only phase where the Fly Goons do not appear; their role in the first phase is as a summoned enemy as well as a cameo; in the third phase, they can get into a fight with some cops, forming a hazard which must either be shot down or avoided; in the final phase, they make a minor cameo appearance at the start where they get stuck on some flypaper.
Inspirations and similarities
- The Fly Goons bear a resemblance to the Beagle Boys.