Tenuki Tenuki Buzz

Tenuki Tenuki Buzz
Tenuki Tenuki Buzz's artwork from Parodius.
Japanese name	テヌキテヌキボーズ Tenuki Tenuki Bōzu
Abilities	Releases several smaller teru teru bōzus
Location(s)	Annoying Star
Appearances	Parodius

Tenuki Tenuki Buzz (テヌキテヌキボーズ, Tenuki Tenuki Bōzu) is the Stage 3 boss in Parodius.

Description

He is a gigantic teru teru bōzu with a drawn face and hanging from a strand of rope. Although he can be damaged by being shot anywhere, his main weak point is the rope he's hanging from. He'll fall once it breaks.

Attack patterns

Tenuki Buzz will attack by releasing small ghostly versions of himself, known as Kotenukis, which will continue to chase the player until killed. The player has to take care of the ghosts as they will swarm if there are a lot of them.

Gallery

Remake sprite.

Kotenuki

Trivia

• This boss is based on the teru teru bōzu, a doll made of a piece of cloth and hand-drawn face, used as an amulet to ward off bad weather.
• It is unknown who is controlling him from the rope or where the rope is hanging from.
• The Disco Ball boss from Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius shares a slight resemblance to this boss, right down to the weakness (SNES version only, it can be hit anywhere in the remakes).