Changes: Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke

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Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke (イーグルワシサブノスケ lit: Eagle Wasabnosuke^?) is the Stage 2 boss of Parodius Da!, and is fought in every port of Parodius Da!

Description

The boss is a large Bald Eagle dressed in Sam's clothing, and is a parody of the Phoenix boss, but features a different set of attacks.

It later showed up in the Boss Rush stage of Sexy Parodius. A smaller version also appeared in Gokujō Parodius! and in the Special Stage of Sexy Parodius as a recurring enemy. These enemies drop either 4 Power Capsules or 5 Bells when defeated, depending on their color of their hat's star stripe. Blue-hatted ones are more common mostly, while the green ones appear in the special stage or before some bosses, if the player has died in the checkpoint of the boss.

Certain ports of the game replaced the bosses' graphics with something less controversial, by making the eagle almost green in whole, much to censor the character parody intentions. It's weakpoint is the head, but it can be hit only when he is not attacking.

Attack patterns

Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke has mostly the same attack pattern in all its appearances. Unlike the original boss, the Eagle will fly around the screen, as opposed to warping, removing what some viewed as a unfair attack.
Sabnosuke's main attack is to release a randomized spread of feathers, although in the NES version these are aimed towards the player, and move very slowly. It will also fire a volley of Ripple Lasers from its beak, which, unlike the fireballs of the Phoenix, cannot be destroyed. In the NES version these take up a very large portion of the screen.

Gallery

Trivia

Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke appears to be a parody of Sam the Olympic Eagle, who was used by Konami to promote the release of Hyper Sports, the second game in the Track & Field series.
It is generally believed this boss was the reason that the Parodius games never made it to US, seeing how it parodies an American icon.
This boss, based on its attacks, could be a mix of Death and Phoenix.
In the PAL versions of Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack (PSX/Saturn), Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke's colours were changed to green feathers with a red and white hat. Strangely, this change didn't happen on the SNES version of Parodius, which was released in PAL regions.
In the NES and Famicom versions of Parodius Da!, Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke is given a blue hat instead of his American hat.

Parodius Da!
Characters	Tako • Vic Viper • Pentaro • TwinBee
Stages	Pirate Island • Las Vegas • Omake Stage (PSX/SAT) • Labyrinth • Amusement Park (FC) • Crystal Cave (GB) • Japan • Moai Battleship • Pachinko • Clouds and Bubbles • Ice Cave • Night of the Living Dead • Public Bath (SNES) • Zeo's Fortress
Bosses	Cat Battleship • Captain Penguinovski the 3rd • Chichibinta Rika • Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke • Hot Lips • Pig Tide • Yoshiko • Viva Core • Honey Miyako • Pooyan • Iron Maiden MK III • Yoshiwara Dayuu • Showering Beauty • Golgotha Takobee
Port Exclusive	Miss Mishitarina • Madam of Yotsuya Q • Viking Moai • Woon Botton • Tako Hyuuma • Penguin Bomb • Crystal Golem • Penguin Conducter • Pinwall • Marvelous Green Mantle • Great Gourmet King Manjiri Kun • Super DX Emperor Penguin

Sexy Parodius
Characters	Vic Viper and Lord British • Ivan and Toby • Hikaru and Akane • Mambo and Samba • Michael and Gabriel • Koitsu and Aitsu • Option and Multiple • Shooting Star and Black Viper (Ace) • The Old Lecher Tako
Stages	Farm • Bath House • Underwater Palace • Castle Dracula • Girl Factory • Coal Mine • Sweet Sky • Boss Rush • Taj Mahal • Special Stage
Bosses	Corn Chiwa • Finally Penguin • Otohime • Medusa • Transporting Crane • Tanuko the Tanuki • Candy Core • Capsule Monster Cappuccino • Captain Penguinovski the 3rd • Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke • Hot Lips • Yuko • "Mon" • Kaori • Sexy Star

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 ==Description==
-The boss is a large Bald Eagle dressed in Uncle Sam's clothing, and is a parody of the [[Phoenix]] boss, but features a different set of attacks.
+The boss is a large Bald Eagle dressed in [[wikipedia:Sam (Olympic mascot)|Sam]]'s clothing, and is a parody of the [[Phoenix]] boss, but features a different set of attacks.
-It later showed up in the [[Boss Rush]] stage of ''[[Sexy Parodius]]''. A smaller version also appeared in ''[[Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~|Gokujō Parodius!]]'' and in the Special Stage of ''Sexy Parodius'' as a recurring enemy. These enemies drop either 4 Power Capsules or 5 Bells when defeated, depending on their color of their hat's star stripe. Blue-hatted ones are more common mostly, while the green ones appear in the special stage or before some bosses, if the player has died in the checkpoint of the boss.
+It later showed up in the [[Boss Rush]] stage of ''[[Sexy Parodius]]''. A smaller version also appeared in ''[[Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~|Gokujō Parodius!]]'' and in the Special Stage of ''Sexy Parodius'' as a recurring enemy. These enemies drop either 4 [[Power Capsules]] or 5 [[Bell Power-Up|Bell]]s when defeated, depending on their color of their hat's star stripe. Blue-hatted ones are more common mostly, while the green ones appear in the special stage or before some bosses, if the player has died in the checkpoint of the boss.
 Certain ports of the game replaced the bosses' graphics with something less controversial, by making the eagle almost green in whole, much to censor the character parody intentions. It's weakpoint is the head, but it can be hit only when he is not attacking.
 ==Attack patterns==
-Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke has mostly the same attack pattern in all appearances. Unlike the [[Phoenix|original]] boss, the Eagle will fly around the screen, as opposed to warping, removing what some viewed as a unfair attack.<br />
+Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke has mostly the same attack pattern in all its appearances. Unlike the [[Phoenix|original]] boss, the Eagle will fly around the screen, as opposed to warping, removing what some viewed as a unfair attack.<br />
-Sabnosuke's main attack is to release a randomized spread of feathers, although in the NES version these are aimed towards the player, and move very slowly. It will also fire a volley of [[Laser#Ripple Laser|Ripple Laser]]s from it's beak, which, unlike the fireballs of the Phoenix, cannot be destroyed. In the NES version these take up a very large portion of the screen.
+Sabnosuke's main attack is to release a randomized spread of feathers, although in the NES version these are aimed towards the player, and move very slowly. It will also fire a volley of [[Laser#Ripple Laser|Ripple Laser]]s from its beak, which, unlike the fireballs of the Phoenix, cannot be destroyed. In the NES version these take up a very large portion of the screen.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
-EagleSabnosuke.png|Artwork from Parodius Da! (NES)
+EagleSabnosuke.png|Artwork from ''[[Parodius Da!]]'' (NES)
-SabnosukeX68k.jpg|Artwork from Parodius Da! (X68000)
+SabnosukeX68k.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Parodius Da!]]'' (X68000)
-EagleSabnosuke.jpg|Artwork from Parodius Da! (SNES)
+EagleSabnosuke.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Parodius Da!]]'' (SNES)
-ParodiusBoss2bSNES.gif
+ParodiusBoss2bSNES.gif|Sprite in ''[[Parodius Da!]]'' (SNES)
 ParodiusBoss2bSNESattack.gif|Ripple Laser Attack
-ParodiusBoss2bSNESdeath.gif|When defeated, the explosion burns it's feathers and clothes off.
+ParodiusBoss2bSNESdeath.gif|When defeated, the explosion burns its feathers and clothes off.
-Eagle Sabu PAL version.jpeg|Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke in the PAL version of the Parodius Deluxe Pack.
+Eagle Sabu PAL version.jpeg|Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke in the PAL version of ''[[Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack]]''.
-Eagle Sabu NES.jpeg|Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke In The NES/Famicon Versions Of Parodius Da!
+Eagle Sabu NES.jpeg|Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke in the NES/Famicon versions Of ''[[Parodius Da!]]''
 </gallery>
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 *It is generally believed this boss was the reason that the ''Parodius'' games never made it to US, seeing how it parodies an American icon.
 *This boss, based on its attacks, could be a mix of [[Death]] and [[Phoenix]].
-*In the PAL versions of ''[[Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack]]'' (PSX/Saturn), Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke's colours were changed to green feathers with a red and white hat. Strangely, this change didn't happen on the SNES version of ''Parodius'', which was released in PAL Regions.
+*In the PAL versions of ''[[Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack]]'' (PSX/Saturn), Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke's colours were changed to green feathers with a red and white hat. Strangely, this change didn't happen on the SNES version of ''Parodius'', which was released in PAL regions.
-* On the NES and Famicom versions of ''Parodius Da!'', Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke is given a blue hat instead of his American hat.
+*In the NES and Famicom versions of ''Parodius Da!'', Eagle Eagle Sabnosuke is given a blue hat instead of his American hat.
 ==See also==
-* [[Phoenix]]
+*[[Phoenix]]
 {{Parodius Da!}}