The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
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Developer(s)	High Voltage Software
Publisher(s)	Midway Games
Designer(s)	Cartoon Network Interactive
Platform(s)	GCN, PS2, PC, GBA, Wii
Release	September 25, 2006(GCN, PS2, PC, GBA) November 19, 2006 (Wii)
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy is a fighting game based on the television series of the same name it was developed by High Voltage Software and published by Midway. It came with a DVD with behind the scenes footage and the season one episode Little Rock of Horror. The game was released only in the United States.

Storyline

When Grim's Mojo Balls get unleashed into the city, causing normal people to senselessly fight each other, It's up to Grim, Billy, Mandy, and Irwin to save the world. However, the other characters they run into aren't about to go down without a fight...

Gameplay

In the game you can execute light and heavy style attacks. It will support 4-player multiplayer and solo or co-op story mode. The environment is very interactive. For example, you can deform objects in the environment. There are different weapons scattered through all the levels such as an axe or a club. Treasure chests contain weapons, cupcakes, hamhocks, (which are health restorers) and orbs which fill up your mojo meter. when you fill up the mojo meter twice, you can perform a mojo meltdown, which is an instant KO to everyone. The fights will also begin with a banter from each player on the playing field. Though it is unknown how they will fit ingame there will be creatures which will enter the arena and attack, the currently confirmed creatures are Cerberus, the four-legged pumpkin, the brain eating meteor, Norse warriors, the mutated chickens, and Jack's pumpkin ghouls. Through video the current confirmed weapons are an axe, a club, Scythe 2.0, a vacuum, a mace and a magic wand that turns the opponent into a toad.

Characters

The game features 15 playable characters and 5 horde characters:

Primary characters:

• Billy - A very fast character with a mallet. Automatically available.
• Mandy - A mercilessly strong character with poor reach. She attacks with her fists and feet. Automatically available.
• Grim - A well-balanced fighter with no weakness or strength. He uses his scythe as a weapon. Automatically available.
• Irwin - A weak character with strong defense and good speed. He smacks opponents with the spellbook from Beast and Barbarians. Automatically available.
• Mogar/Harold - A slow and strong warrior. He attacks with his guitar unless he is wearing his fisherman suit. He then uses a swordfish. Automatically available. Mogar is actually Billy's dad, Harold. (Beat Story Mode once with any character to unlock his story.)
• Eris - Well balanced attack, low defense, but is fast. She uses her Apple of Discord. Automatically available. (Beat Story Mode once with any character to unlock her story.)
• Nergal - A weak fighter with super defense. He smacks with his tentacles/snakes. Automatically available. (Beat Story Mode once with any character to unlock his story.)
• Fred Fredburger - Slow with strong defense and strength. He uses a frying pan in fights. Automatically available. (Beat Story Mode once with any character to unlock his story.)
• Hoss Delgado – Slow, but extremely powerful, he has low defense. He uses his cyborg hand's chainsaw. Beat Mission 9 of Tier 1 in Mission Mode.
• Dracula – Slow and weak, but with strong defense. He smacks with a cane. Beat Mission 5 of Tier 2 in Mission Mode.
• Jack o' Lantern - Well balanced like Grim. He strikes with his sack of pranks.(Or possibly a Trick-or-treat bag.) How to unlock: Beat Mission 9 of Tier 2 in Mission Mode.
• Nergal Jr. - Speedy, weak, and sneaky. He fights with his tentacles/snakes like Nergal. Beat Mission 9 of Tier 3 in Mission Mode.
• Boogey - A strong character with bad defense. He slaps other fighters with his hands. Beat Mission 9 of Tier 4 in Mission Mode.
• General Skarr - A quick, strong, and unexpected character. He strikes with his sword. Beat Mission 6 of Tier 4 in Mission Mode.
• Lord Pain - Very powerful, ok speed and bad defense. He uses his mace. Beat Mission 9 of Tier 5 in Mission Mode.

Horde Characters: Horde Characters can only be played as in Vs. mode. They can't use items or pick things up, but other than that they are strong fighters.

• Mutant Chickens Beat Story Mode once with every character and have played a total of ten hours or more.
• Evil Clowns Beat Story Mode once with every character and fight a total of 100 Vs. Mode matches.
• Nergling Beat Story Mode once with every character.
• Pumpkin Beat Story Mode once with every character and accumulate a total of 100,000 damage in Vs. Mode.
• Olaf the Viking Beat Story Mode once with every character and destroy every letter during the credits game.

(The Brain-Eating Meteor appears as the final boss in Story mode, but he is not playable.)

Costumes

Billy

• Zoot Suit Billy (Little Rock of Horror)
• Robot Billy (Game-only costume)

Mandy

• Clown Mandy (Attack of the Clowns)
• Robot Mandy (Game-only costume)

Grim

• Clown Grim (Attack of the Clowns)
• Princess Grim (Terror of the Black Knight)

Irwin

• Banana Irwin (Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween)
• Bo Peep Irwin (Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween)

Mogar

• Harold (All episodes)
• Fisherman Harold (Li'l Porkchop)

Eris

• Flab Burger Eris (Complete and Utter Chaos)
• Black Clothes Eris (Game-only costume)

Nergal

• Naked Nergal (Something Stupid This Way Comes)
• Carnival Nergal (Something Stupid This Way Comes)

Fred Fredburger

• Elvis Fred (Game-only costume)
• Hawaiian Fred (Game-only costume)

Hoss Delgado

• Sir Boss Del Guapo (Dumb-Dumbs and Dragons)
• Sasquatch Hoss (Bearded Billy)

Dracula

• Disco Dracula (Game-only costume)
• Bat Dracula (Game-only costume)

Jack

• Head Jack (Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween)
• Vine Jack (Game-only costume)

Nergal Jr.

• Billy Form (Son of Nergal)
• Mandy Form (Son of Nergal)

Boogey

• Pirate Boogey (Billy and Mandy's Big Boogie Adventure)
• Super Star Boogey (Game-only costume)

Skarr

• Garden Skarr (Herbicidal Maniac)
• Robot Skarr (Game-only costume)

Lord Pain

• No Shirt Lord Pain (Everything Breaks)
• Cowboy Lord Pain (Game-only costume)

Note: Horde Characters Have No Costumes.

Arenas

• Fight For Your Afterlife
  • Egyptian Tomb
  • The Mead Hall
  • The Battlefield
• Orange Terror
  • The Pumpkin Patch
  • Downtown Rush
  • The Rooftop
• Deep in Evil
  • Down Under
  • Slithering Ascent
  • The Parapets
• Clucking Doom
  • The Lab
  • Chicken Mines
  • The Highway
• Burning Down the House
  • Clean House
  • Cerberus' Rampage
• Coliseum of Chaos
• Boogey Down the River
  • Boogey Bay
  • The Waterfall
• Warlockery and Sorcerizing
  • The Classroom
  • The Desk
• Billy's Backyard (Story Mode only)

Quotes

The game has plenty of recorded speechs for every character, before, after and during the fight.

When a character defeats another, they usually say something.

• Billy
• (vs. Irwin) "Take that, nerd-o!"
• (vs. Eris) "Eat dirt, lady!"
• (vs. Nergal) "My fist is your friend!"
• (vs. Nergal Jr.)"Eat fish, ya' fried freak!"
• (vs. Mogar) "I don't dig your rules, man."
• (vs. Mandy) "Eat it, Ms. Know-It-All."
• (vs. Jack) "I hate pumpkins!"
• (vs. Grim) "I want to be like you one day Grim. KNOCKED OUT!"
• Mandy
• (vs. Eris) "Get up again, and I'll knock out the rest of your teeth."
• (vs. Hoss) "Mr. Delgado, meet my fist."
• (vs. Grim) "I beat you at your own game, bone head."
• (vs. Billy) "Hasta la vista, stupid."
• Grim
• (vs. Billy) " [laughing] I've wanted to do that for years!"
• (vs. Eris) "That's the last time you reject me for a date!"
• (vs. Irwin) "Take that, Billy's ugly friend."
• (vs. Fred Fredburger) "It's time you learn some manners!"
• (vs. Mandy) "When I left you I was but a learner but now I am the master."
• (vs. Hoss) "It seems that the exterminator has been exterminated!" [laughing]
• (vs. Jack) "Next time I will take more than just your head!"
• Irwin
• (vs. Billy) "Oops, are you OK, Billy?"
• (vs. Mandy) "Oh, Mandy! I'm so sorry! I'm so so sorry!"
• (vs. Grim) "I beat the Reaper yo!"
• (vs. Mogar) "Punching adults is wrong. Fun, but wrong."
• (vs. Fred) "Fred Fredburger, no!"
• (vs. Lord Pain) "A slap from my Grandmama can give more pain than you!"
• (vs. Hoss) "Maybe you should be my sidekick, Hoss."
• (vs. Jack) "Pumpkins SUCK!"
• (vs. Nergal Jr.) "I kinda feel bad for that kid."
• Dracula
• (vs. Billy) "Dracula wanna bite yo nose!"
• (vs. Mandy) "Dracula see ya on the cliff side!"
• (vs. Grim) "Hey skeleton man... Dracula's teeth sharper than yo stick thang!"
• (vs. Irwin) "Dracula need yo glasses! Dracula not seeing so well no more!"
• (vs. Mogar) "Dracula HATE rock! Dracula a soul man."
• (vs. Nergal) "Dracula gonna send you back to the center of the earth!"
• (vs. Fred Fredburger) "Dracula love elephants, Dracula wanna feed 'im peanuts!)
• (vs. Jack) "Dracula love pumpkins, gonna bite yo head off!"
• (vs. Skarr) "Dracula wanna bite you in the eye, then he gonna steal yo hat!"
• (vs. Chicken) "Dracula like his chicken tenderized."
• (vs. Clown) "Dracula don't wanna see clowns laughing, he wanna see 'em screamin!"
• (vs. Olaf the Viking) "Vampires HATE vikings, that's a fact!"
• (vs. Nergal Jr.) Dracula usually don't bite children, he just kick em!
• Mogar
• (vs. Mandy)"It feels good to push little kids around!"
• (vs. Nergal Jr.) " Hasta-la poo-poo Nerd-o Jr!"
• (vs Dracula) " Me rock you like a hurrican!"
• (vs. Skarr) "Mogar smash!"
• (vs. billy) "Tough love son, tough love."
• (vs. Irwin)"Did I break your glasses yet?!"
• Boogy
• (vs. Nergal)"You're uglier than your son, and that's saying something!"
• Fred Fredburger

(while on fire) Fire, Fire! (wins)Gosh, I won!

• Eris

(on fire)"This really burns me up!"

Trivia

• In the game, the arena "Boogey Bay" can be seen in concept art, along with the River Styx, it appears the main villain of the movie is Boogey, plus he wears a pirate costume (must be going for a pirate theme) in the game.
• When the player beats Irwin he says "Raggle Fraggle", a recuirring gag from the show.
• In the scenery of the Asgard Palace, you see a bear-skin rug which looks like Boskov of (Evil Con Carne), another joke between this show and the other.
• Dracula's Mojo Move consist of disco dancing, similar to in Home Of The Ancients.
• Cerberus from Mandy Bites Dog appears in the scenery of Billy's house. During the "Cerberus' Rampage" part of the battle, Cerberus literally tears through the backyard, where a fighter can get into a chair strapped to Cerberus, take control, and make it breath fire from its left head, middle head, right head, or any combination of the three, as well as grabbing an opponent in its mouth, chewing on them, and spitting them out.
• The announcer of the game is "Weird Al" Yankovic, who has played the Squid Hat in the Nigel Planter episodes of the show.
• At least once in most levels, Pud'n can be seen tied to something, or in some other form of peril. Sperg can also be seen twice during "Deep in Evil".
• At "The Desk" you can see a checker board with Nigel Planter and Lord Moldybutt pieces.
• Most Costumes come from episodes of the cartoon.
• When Irwin defeats Jack, he says "Pumpkins SUCK!"
• In Attack of the Clowns, the same music in the scene where Billy is chasing Grim and Mandy due to his inner frat boy telling him to do so is used (only sightly extended) in the first part of the stage "Boogey Bay".In the second part, the Dinobonoids fanfare song is used from Toys will be Toys, and in the first portion of the stage "Fight for your Afterlife" music can be heard from the part of the episode The Secret Snake Club where the Junior C.I.A chases Leaky Cologne.
• Darkness by SPF1000 from Battle of the Bands is the theme song.
• In the beginning of pumpkin pickle, there is a gravestone with "M. Atoms" on it. It stands for Maxwell Atoms, who created the show.
• When you fight the evil meteor in the end of story mode, the music from the original episode is playing.

External links

• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy at IGN
• Gamespot's Preview of the Grim Adventures
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Offical Website)