In this mini article i decided to add some of my personal canons to why the game's bosses made a the titular Deal with The Devil, my plan was to put them in my own Headcanon Thread, but what i could get supprased the scope, with all said...
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Baroness Von Bon: A kingdom of Candy
Von Bon as a kid never got to eat candy, her parents denied it due to excess sugar and her hyperactivity, that pent up withdrawal make her to grow an candy obssesed madwoman, and that's before the Devil offered her something real sweet, a kingdom of candy all for herself, anyone can eat it, but she is a Zealot, so she won't exactly share
Beppi Thw Clown: Clients for his park
Let0s be real, even if the park is the best of the world, a mascot like Beppi would cause anyone to run away, that caused his park to collapse in bankrupcy, looking for money and to get some audience that loved him, he made the deal for the sake of his park and being loved, sadly he came to be loved... by utter cretins
Djimmi the Genie: No deal
Fearing a wish granting genie will make people stop making deals, King Dice decided to seek for the lamp of the Genie, his three wishes were:
No more wish granting
The wish can only be reversed by his (King dice) defeat
And he will defend both as long as the Devil still has the Contracts
Wally Warbles: To be able to care for himself and his son
Wally is the only boss with a sort of family shown, in this case his son, but no wife, maybe *A cooked bird appears* let's not think it, the point is that following that, Wally asked the Devil for his son to be able to defend himself in case he wasn't able, as seen in his fight, said powers was giving his son a powerful mind, what makes you wonder since he is one of the many bosses that doesn't reappear in the ending and considering his state... *shudders*
Grim Matchstick: Friends
Easly the tragicest contractor, Grim has been alone since hatching, being a humoungous dragon that spits fire haven't helped, said loneliness evolved into stuttering that make it even harder to communicate, sad and alone in a huge castle he couldn't share with anyone, he literally sold his soul to have anyone to talk to, in a bit of extra cruelty, The Devil decided his power as a dragon could grant him a powerful guard dog for free, so he granted him two heads that was friends, but toxic ones, encouraging him into releasing his pent up frustration into anyone thatr dared to defeat The Devil, his kind side still remains thought, hence why his game over quotes are from apologies to begging the brothers to flee
Rumor Honeybottoms: A manual for being a proper Queen
Rumor's beehive isn't exactly peachy, her queen is too vain and lazy to do actual royal duties, so she created a police force to impose her views, that worked to keep order, but make honey productions to pummel, despaired, she realizd that she is to blame, so she asked for a way to fix her screwups, a certain die face hid a book in her library that called Rumor's attention quicky, so she read it, not caring aboout the chant that triggered her change will bind her to Old scratch's whims, she improved her kingdom back to bussiness, and said book remains as a weapon to keep her kingdom beehive safe
Captain Brineybeard: a ship that could sustain damage
Captain Brineybeard is known as the Davy Jones' Locker, a intimidating name for someone that sends ships to the sea's bottom... if only said ships were the enemies'
Captain Brineybeard is a mess driving ships, when they don't sink due to lack of manteinance, they crash due to his poor navigation skills, at the risk of being homeless and with no sane Inkwell Islander willing to hire him, he asked for a ship strong enough to withstand the sea he blamed for his poor navigation skills, after his ships got destroyed, a fed up King Dice decided to give him a ship that literally navigtated itself, the cost being the final phase being overtaken by it, fed up as well of Brineybeard's poor Captain rights
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Goopy Le Grande: His deal was for being a better Boxer
In the fight's first two phases he tends to use boxing glove themed attacks, one being a transformation and the next one a straight jab
My Headcanon is that he wanted to be a boxer as a kid, but being a literal blob he could not give a hit, let alone resist it, so he made a deal for being able to be a boxer, note that in the phase 2 transition he drinks a mysterious pill, ¿what if it was steroids that he uses in his matches? also in the second form, after taking them, he uses the jab with a glove rather than merely transforming, his final phase seems to back the steroids theory, since he "Dies" (He is fine in the credits) with his tombstone being the opponent
The Root Pack: Being Most respected
Being most likely the first bosses you fight, they seem to be barely a threat, heck, Ollie Bulb (The onion) cries during the fight, so they may got the wish for more assertiveness, Ollie, being the only one that was fine with his lot, only fights due to being fought first, and in a late update if you don't shot them, they happily scram, forcing the carrot to send a backup in the turnip
Hilda berg: To see what's up there
Hildaberg is a astronomy fanatic, as seen by her constellation themed attacks, however that caused her scorn and rejection by her peers, she begged for someone to believe her theories, unfortunatelly the Devil was the one that listened, so he granted her literal alien Knowledge, note how her first phase has "mere" astronomy themed attacks, however in her second phase she seems to suffer before becoming a literal ship, ¿Peraphs the knowledge has finally overrun her mind?
Ribby and Croaks: N/A
They never made a deal perse, bur rather they tried to join the Devil, blindly believing that if they directly made the deal they will be in danger, but if they merely made a bussiness deal, they would be safe, either the Devil or King Dice had none and decided to force them into a partnership, hence the slot machine final form
Cagney Carnation: Extra Power
Easly Inkwell Isle 1's most evil debtor, the only one whom's wish is not misguidedly evl, he craves to conquer, however he is a mere plant, barely at knee's heighted, so his wish was to be as terrible as anyone would fear, his innocent facade in the battle's intro is his form pre-deal, note how he is the most aggresive of the entire Inwell Isle's Repertorie, and let's not talk about his terryfing final form (or his defeat pose)
In the fight's first two phases he tends to use boxing glove themed attacks, one being a transformation and the next one a straight jab
My Headcanon is that he wanted to be a boxer as a kid, but being a literal blob he could not give a hit, let alone resist it, so he made a deal for being able to be a boxer, note that in the phase 2 transition he drinks a mysterious pill, ¿what if it was steroids that he uses in his matches? also in the second form, after taking them, he uses the jab with a glove rather than merely transforming, his final phase seems to back the steroids theory, since he "Dies" (He is fine in the credits) with his tombstone being the opponent
The Root Pack: Being Most respected
Being most likely the first bosses you fight, they seem to be barely a threat, heck, Ollie Bulb (The onion) cries during the fight, so they may got the wish for more assertiveness, Ollie, being the only one that was fine with his lot, only fights due to being fought first, and in a late update if you don't shot them, they happily scram, forcing the carrot to send a backup in the turnip
Hilda berg: To see what's up there
Hildaberg is a astronomy fanatic, as seen by her constellation themed attacks, however that caused her scorn and rejection by her peers, she begged for someone to believe her theories, unfortunatelly the Devil was the one that listened, so he granted her literal alien Knowledge, note how her first phase has "mere" astronomy themed attacks, however in her second phase she seems to suffer before becoming a literal ship, ¿Peraphs the knowledge has finally overrun her mind?
Ribby and Croaks: N/A
They never made a deal perse, bur rather they tried to join the Devil, blindly believing that if they directly made the deal they will be in danger, but if they merely made a bussiness deal, they would be safe, either the Devil or King Dice had none and decided to force them into a partnership, hence the slot machine final form
Cagney Carnation: Extra Power
Easly Inkwell Isle 1's most evil debtor, the only one whom's wish is not misguidedly evl, he craves to conquer, however he is a mere plant, barely at knee's heighted, so his wish was to be as terrible as anyone would fear, his innocent facade in the battle's intro is his form pre-deal, note how he is the most aggresive of the entire Inwell Isle's Repertorie, and let's not talk about his terryfing final form (or his defeat pose)
Baroness Von Bon: A kingdom of Candy
Von Bon as a kid never got to eat candy, her parents denied it due to excess sugar and her hyperactivity, that pent up withdrawal make her to grow an candy obssesed madwoman, and that's before the Devil offered her something real sweet, a kingdom of candy all for herself, anyone can eat it, but she is a Zealot, so she won't exactly share
Beppi Thw Clown: Clients for his park
Let0s be real, even if the park is the best of the world, a mascot like Beppi would cause anyone to run away, that caused his park to collapse in bankrupcy, looking for money and to get some audience that loved him, he made the deal for the sake of his park and being loved, sadly he came to be loved... by utter cretins
Djimmi the Genie: No deal
Fearing a wish granting genie will make people stop making deals, King Dice decided to seek for the lamp of the Genie, his three wishes were:
No more wish granting
The wish can only be reversed by his (King dice) defeat
And he will defend both as long as the Devil still has the Contracts
Wally Warbles: To be able to care for himself and his son
Wally is the only boss with a sort of family shown, in this case his son, but no wife, maybe *A cooked bird appears* let's not think it, the point is that following that, Wally asked the Devil for his son to be able to defend himself in case he wasn't able, as seen in his fight, said powers was giving his son a powerful mind, what makes you wonder since he is one of the many bosses that doesn't reappear in the ending and considering his state... *shudders*
Grim Matchstick: Friends
Easly the tragicest contractor, Grim has been alone since hatching, being a humoungous dragon that spits fire haven't helped, said loneliness evolved into stuttering that make it even harder to communicate, sad and alone in a huge castle he couldn't share with anyone, he literally sold his soul to have anyone to talk to, in a bit of extra cruelty, The Devil decided his power as a dragon could grant him a powerful guard dog for free, so he granted him two heads that was friends, but toxic ones, encouraging him into releasing his pent up frustration into anyone thatr dared to defeat The Devil, his kind side still remains thought, hence why his game over quotes are from apologies to begging the brothers to flee
Rumor Honeybottoms: A manual for being a proper Queen
Rumor's beehive isn't exactly peachy, her queen is too vain and lazy to do actual royal duties, so she created a police force to impose her views, that worked to keep order, but make honey productions to pummel, despaired, she realizd that she is to blame, so she asked for a way to fix her screwups, a certain die face hid a book in her library that called Rumor's attention quicky, so she read it, not caring aboout the chant that triggered her change will bind her to Old scratch's whims, she improved her kingdom back to bussiness, and said book remains as a weapon to keep her kingdom beehive safe
Captain Brineybeard: a ship that could sustain damage
Captain Brineybeard is known as the Davy Jones' Locker, a intimidating name for someone that sends ships to the sea's bottom... if only said ships were the enemies'
Captain Brineybeard is a mess driving ships, when they don't sink due to lack of manteinance, they crash due to his poor navigation skills, at the risk of being homeless and with no sane Inkwell Islander willing to hire him, he asked for a ship strong enough to withstand the sea he blamed for his poor navigation skills, after his ships got destroyed, a fed up King Dice decided to give him a ship that literally navigtated itself, the cost being the final phase being overtaken by it, fed up as well of Brineybeard's poor Captain rights
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