Stinkoman 20X6
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Stinkoman 20X6 (twenty-exty-six) is a popular video game on the Homestar Runner website. It was released on March 21, 2005 with only the first three levels playable. Levels four through nine were released individually over a period of several months. Stinkoman 20X6 is a side-scrolling video game and is ostensibly a parody of Capcom's Mega Man series, as well as Japanese video games in general.
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[edit] Characters
Stinkoman - The main character, and Strong Bad's game equivalent. He just loves fights and will go anywhere for them.
1-Up - Homestar's equivalent in the game. 1-up wants to be "the guy", like Stinkoman, but his idol disagrees because 1-Up is still a kid.
Pan Pan - Pom Pom's equivalent. He resembles an inflated panda, and is the first character to be kidnapped in the game. Pan Pan has a habit of squashing people at inopportune times.
Shadowy Figure - The main villain of the entire series. It is debated that he is Coach Z's equivalent in the game.
[edit] Levels
- 1 - "Go Home!" - Stinkoman defeats Tampo (a robot with a visible organic brain) and decides to go home. Tampo's brain then rises up from its defeated body and appears in front of Stinkoman at the end of the level. The brain is the first boss of the game.
- 2 - "Pick A Bone!" - Stinkoman accidentally finds a chicken bone in his soup, ignoring 1-Up when he says Pan Pan's been kidnapped. Enraged, he leaves and goes to fight through a massive kitchen, seeking revenge on the chicken that the bone belongs to. The chicken is Brody, a giant chicken with long legs that bears a resemblance to Big Bird.
- 3 - "Dumb Wall!" - Stinkoman leaves the soup kitchen and finds a wall in his path. He tries to jump over it, but jumps so hard he launches himself into the stratosphere where (for some inexplicable reason) he has to collect gold nuggets from rain clouds on the way up, and bread on the way back down. He lands behind the wall only to find out that it is part of a giant robot submerged in the ground named Stlunko. It attacks by rolling Stinkoman around on a conveyor belt, trying to crush him with its giant, levitating stone hands. When Stinkoman defeats it, he grabs one of its hands and declares it his new powerup.
- 4 - "Fisticuff" - Stinkoman goes back home, where 1-Up announces that he is leaving to save Pan Pan. He states that he is taking a shortcut through the lava zone, and takes Stinkoman's "power crunch" (a cassette of some kind, possibly for use with a Bally Astrocade), which apparently is quite valuable to Stinkoman. Not wanting anything to happen to his power crunch, he guides 1-Up through the level, pressing switches that activate platforms for 1-Up to walk on and protecting him from cascading lava falls. At the end of the level they are encountered by Saargtsson, a lava snake that sometimes calls upon the help of fiery-hot. Stinkoman breaks Stlunko's hand defeating him.
- 5 - "Oh, the Moon" - 1-Up goes to save Pan Pan by himself on the moon, after Stinkoman tells him he helped him out of level 4. He encounters Nebulon, a recurring character in Homestar Runner, who is an alien. After defeating him, he is kidnapped by the same guy who kidnapped Pan Pan.
- 6 - "StratosFEAR" - Stinkoman, frustrated by a video game, decides to take a vacation and leaves for the "Pink Cloud Zone" looking for other things to challenge. Fighting his way through spark plugs, buzzsaws and electrical outlets, he is encountered by The Liekand, a tornado with sunglasses that shoots bubbles and controls lightning. At the end, he's revealed to be a fat rat that bears resemblance to Mouser, a boss from the game Super Mario Bros. 2.
- 7 - "Ice 2 Meet U!" - Stinkoman is "red-buttoned" by the same shadowy figure that kidnapped 1-Up and Pan Pan and is transported to an icy place filled with robots and breakable ice blocks. The boss of the stage is a giant ice machine.
- -0 (8) - "Negatory!" - Stinkoman is "red-buttoned" again into a wall and ends up stuck, but "double deuces" his way out by firing a large, Kamehameha-esque beam from his hands, which destroys the surrounding wall and opens up a pathway. It leads into a glitchy-looking level (reminiscent of Blue Hell) where the graphics are severely buggy and distorted, and the music is a glitchy mix of every level theme up to level 7. This level is difficult solely because of the "glitchy" nature of everything that causes unexpected things to happen (enemies appear out of thin air, things that normally hurt you don't, you can walk on thin air, etc.). The boss is a pile of random junk named Ekersby. In the end, Stinkoman finds out 1-Up and Pan Pan's whereabouts: at the end of level 10. The entire level is a reference to glitch levels such as the Minus world in Super Mario Bros. and Pokémon's Glitch City.
- 9 "Turbolence"-Stinkoman decides to fly through the Jungle in his Stinkowing to reach level 10. The Opening scene parodies the NES version of Ninja Gaiden and the shooting level parodies R-Type and Gradius. The boss is Harvax XVII, a giant floating mafia gangster wielding a tommy gun. This level has the most confusing opponents, because even though Stinkoman is flying in the jungle, the opponents are all robotic sea creatures. The level ends with a "LAST LEVEL TO COME" screen, but, as of present, no level 10 has been revealed.
[edit] Bosses
[edit] Tampo
Tampo is a large organic brain that belonged to the robot Stinkoman fought in the beginning cutscene. He begins as a very small brain but transforms into a giant brain. His weakness is the red orb that shoots lasers. He moves similarly to Krow, the first boss from Donkey Kong Country 2.
Stinkomanual Entry: Tampo is mean as he is delicious! Stinkoman already beat Tampo before you started playing the game only now his brain has decided to get revenge! Dodge his attacks and shoot him, or you'll never amount to anything.
[edit] Brody
Brody is a giant chicken that was apparently the one whose bone was in Stinkoman's chicken dumpling. This is the only reason Stinkoman wanted to fight him. He just tries to stomp on him and his weakness is his eye.
Stinkomanual Entry: Brody is stompin' mad! Keep from squished, ya know? Shoot him in the eye when he tries to come in for the kill. You're not chicken, are you?
[edit] Stlunko
Stlunko is a large robot with floating fists. Part of it was sticking up from the ground, and Stinkoman tries jumping over it, but jumps far too high. After he lands, Stlunko emerges from the ground. Its weakness is the wall. Some rumor that he is the 20X6 equivalent of the Visor Robot. After defeating him, Stinkoman uses Stlunko's fist as a powerup.
Stinkomanual Entry: Stlunko ganna pound you!! Shoot the wall on top of Stlunko's head to send him packing. His fists hurt you, but you can't hurt thems.
[edit] Saargtsson
Saargtsson is a snake that lives in the lava zone. He goes up to Stinkoman and challenges him. He uses the power of a flame from the ceiling of the cave called "Firey-Hot". He is hurt when Stinkoman hits his head by making rocks fall by banging on the floor with Stlunko's fist.
Stinkomanual Entry: Saargtsson rarely plays fair. He'll often employ the help of his fiery-hot friend, Fiery-Hot. Smash his tail bit by bit by bit by bit until he doesn't have a head to stand on. Watch out for those fierce laser blasts, and you'll be sure to have a blast with Saargtsson.
[edit] Nebulon
Nebulon is a large green alien that is a recurring character on the series. His weakness is his eyes. Some believe that this is the 20X6 equivalent of the present-day Nebulon. Some also call this Nebulon NEB-1, from Coach Z's "PBTC" (Powered by The Cheat) "Hip Hop Dance" music video.
Stinkomanual Entry: Nebulon's been working out, and it shows. He's had it with the scenes and cliques! He's ready to be accepted for WHO HE IS!!
[edit] The Liekand
The Liekand is a tornado wearing sunglasses that lives in the "Pink Cloud Zone". He shoots bubbles and can blast Stinkoman with lightning from the sky. His weakness is his sunglasses. After defeating him, he is revealed to be a fat rat and is kicked into the sky.
Stinkomanual Entry: You will probably not be able to beat this guy. I'm sorry. He is a truly great warrior with firm resolve and sweet shades. And I mean, come on, he shoots bubbles. BUBBLES!
[edit] An Ice Machine
An Ice Machine is just that: an ice machine. His weakness is his eyes.
Stinkomanual Entry: An Ice Machine shoots ice and frozen style at you. Cryptic messages in the sand. Shoot him in the eyes like most bosses in this game.
[edit] Ekersby
Ekersby is a pile of random sprites that lives in the "Negative Zone". His main weapons are sporks in his head, and Brountants, Uptants, and Downtants (enemies from the game). His weakness is apparently the ham in the refrigerator.
Stinkomanual Entry: Poor Ekersby. He's a jumble of good, good graphics from the rest of the game. Don't let his ham-heartedness get you down!
[edit] Harvax XVII
Harvax XVII is a robot gangster in a purple suit. He wields a tommy gun. His mouth is his weakness. His head is filled with giant shrimp enemies called Prudenches.
Stinkomanual Entry: Named after the moon on which he was born, Harvax XVII is a small but speedy octopus or squid. His ink won't come off so dodge carefully. His beak might hold the key.
