Pyrope

Hot!! HOT!! Hotter!! HOTTER!!

Pyrope

Pyrope (JP: パイロープ) is a mischievous, heat-loving enemy that the protagonist can encounter in Hotland.

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Appearance

Pyrope's head appears to be burning with a mischievous smile on its face. Its body consists of rope and on the bottom of its body is what appears to be its feet.

Personality

Pyrope likes heat and never feels warm enough. It becomes increasingly excited when the protagonist cranks up the thermostat.

Etymology

Pyrope's name can be seen as a portmanteau of pyro (Greek for fire) and rope. However, since pyrope (from the Greek words for fire and eye) is also the name of a dark red gemstone in real life, a variety of garnet, it is more likely that Pyrope's appearance is a play on its name rather than the other way around. Pyrope's name and appearance may also be a play on the term "rope burn".

Pyrope also shares a name with but does not reference Terezi Pyrope from Homestuck, which is a webcomic that Toby Fox produced music for.

In battle

Appears with

• Pyrope

Attacks

• Bombs drop into the bullet board from all sides. They bounce around and explode when hitting the sides of the bullet board.
• Rope with a burning fire travels horizontally from right to left. The fire is orange, which means that the SOUL must run through the fire to avoid taking damage.

Strategy

A double Pyrope encounter.

The screen can get very distorted if the Heat Up option is selected over and over.

• Selecting the Cool Down option first permanently lowers Pyrope's AT.
• To spare, Heat Up at least twice. Each time after selecting Heat Up, the screen becomes increasingly distorted and wavy, but it returns to normal after selecting it enough times.

Quotes

• Burn, baby, BURN! [Neutral]
• Hot enough for ya!? [Neutral]
• Feel the heat. [Neutral]
• Is it cold in here? [Neutral]
• Hot!!! Error. [Neutral; unused]
• Hot!! HOT!! Hotter! HOTTER!! [Heat Up]
• BRRRR! What's the deal!? [Cool Down]
• Sorry!! I'm all tied up!! [Invite]

Flavor text

• This mischievous monster is never warm enough. [Check]
• Pyrope bounds towards you! [Encounter]
• The rare and threatening Double Davis. [Encounter with another Pyrope]
• Pyrope is protected by its winsome smile. [Neutral]
• Pyrope is pretending to pull the fire alarm. [Neutral]
• Pyrope is chuckling through its teeth. [Neutral]
• Pyrope is pretending to be a candle. [Neutral]
• Smells like rope burn. [Neutral]
• You blow on Pyrope. Its flames die down. Pyrope's ATTACK dropped! [Cool Down]
• You crank up the thermostat. Pyrope begins to get excited. [Heat Up]
• You crank up the thermostat. It's super hot! Pyrope looks satisfied. [Heat Up #2]
• You crank up the thermostat. It's SOOOO hot! [Heat Up #3+]
• You invite Pyrope to hang out. [Invite]
• Pyrope wants more heat. [After Heat Up]
• The room is sweltering! [Spare conditions met]

Trivia

• Pyrope is one of the few monsters who rewards more GOLD if the protagonist spares it instead of killing it.
• Pyrope is the only randomly encountered enemy that uses orange attacks.