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| Bobby Zilch |
–Bobby to Raz before Basic Braining
Robert "Bobby" Zilch is a 12-year-old psychic camper at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp. He's regarded as the camp bully along with his right-hand man, Benny Fideleo.
Personality[]
Bobby Zilch is aggressive and enjoys putting others down to make himself feel better. Although he puts up a tough persona, he has a softer side that he shows to Chloe Barge. A more sentimental side of him is momentarily shown during the ending cutscene where; after Ford mentions that Raz got his powers from his dad, Bobby lets a tear out of his eye and cleans it right away.
Appearance[]
Bobby has orange hair styled in an afro, orange eyebrows, blue skin, one red eye, one green eye, red eyebags, and crooked yellow teeth. His nose is pink. He has a very long neck and four fingers on each hand. He wears blue shoes, patched red pants, green and yellow wristbands, and a white sports shirt.
Psychonauts[]
In the opening cinematic, Bobby attempts to frighten Dogen by warning him about the "giant monster" of Lake Oblongata, establishing himself as the camp bully.
Before Raz enters Basic Braining, Bobby and Benny interrupt his conversation with Maloof Canola to extort arrowheads out of him for a "protection service". When Raz stands up to Bobby, he informs Raz that he's the "strong man around here", to which Raz replies he seems "more like the cotton candy", which causes Bobby to order Benny to put Raz's death on his "to-do list". During Basic Braining, Bobby attempts to get revenge on Raz, first by kicking him off of a platform and doing a victory dance, second by using one of the course's cannons to fire at Raz, (when reached, Bobby exclaims "classic Zilch!" and runs off); and lastly, during the course's rail segment he attempts to knock Raz off the rails. Not only does he fail in all three attempts but also gets taunted by Raz who then copies Bobby's victory dance.
After completing Basic Braining, Bobby gets into an argument with Razputin until Sasha Nein appears, causing Bobby to leave, seemingly jealous that Raz will be receiving "advanced training." He can then be found in the parking lot of the Main Campgrounds, taunting Maloof about locking him in the GPC earlier; to which Mikhail steps in, levitating him off the ground and threatening him to use his "Deadly Nelson" technique to break his bones. Intimidated, Bobby runs off and stops targeting Maloof, but now he goes to torture fish by the docks with Benny and blocking the way to the Bathysphere.
In Milla's Dance Party, Bobby appears during the levitation race segment and is the most skilled opponent, however Raz beats him in a levitation race. After Milla's Dance Party, Bobby can be found back on the docks where Raz can taunt him about winning the race. He also appears during a scene in the GPC and Wilderness area, where Bobby finds Nils flirting with an uninterested Chloe and insults Nils' compliments to her. He then scares away Nils with threat as Chloe watches, it is then revealed that Bobby has a crush on Chloe, stuttering when asking how she is doing. Chloe tells him that she needs to "work on [him] a little", as they walk off together.
After defeating the Brain Tank, Raz encounters a de-brained Bobby at the beach, who mutters "TV" and walks past Raz, stopping to slap him compulsively before walking away. Once Bobby has been re-brained, he asks Raz if he (Raz) thinks he's better than him, to which Raz says yes. Bobby says he knew it and tells Raz to "have fun dying". He can then be found hanging out with Chloe in Oleander's classroom to help her search for alien help with "kicking the Coach's ass" via the radio. In the end cutscene, Bobby is seen sitting next to Chloe and tears up when Ford tells the campers that Raz received his courage from his father; this is followed by him comically gaping in shock when Raz is declared a Psychonaut by Ford.
Psychonauts 2[]
Bobby appears in the Psychonauts recap animation in Psychonauts 2 and as a figment in Fatherland Follies.
Boss Fight Strategy[]
–Ford Cruller advising Raz from the bacon about the Race.
Bobby Zilch along with Crystal and Clem will be facing Raz in a large cylindrical racetrack where the first one to reach the goal wins. While the two cheerleading campers are no threat in the slightest, Bobby on the other hand is. The important element to defeat Bobby is to be careful with the environment (specially the orange pillars or any other structures); crashing with any of these will waste a lot of time and give bigger chances for Bobby to outrun Raz. PSI Blast is somewhat a good option but you have to be exactly behind him (bunny hopping is also another good trick to gain more speed but requires at least remember the positioning of certain obstacles).
Abilities, Obstacles and Health[]
- Levitation: Bobby Zilch rides in his thought bubble, first slowly but after 6 seconds and after passing the first speed booster, Bobby moves super fast taking him "01:48.02" (approximately) to reach the goal.
- Glowing Pillars (Obstacle): The Glowing Pillars vary from small, medium and big. They’re across the entire racetrack and they can deviate Raz if he crashes with any of them.
- The Heels (Obstacle): The Heels are huge obstacles that cover a good portion of certain points in the racetrack. Crashing with them deviates Raz or forces the player to take their time to move aside.
- Gate Detector (Obstacle): The Gate Detector are obstacles that need to be open by passing through a glass door otherwise it will not unlock the glass gate, forcing the player to backtrack or wait until any other racer passes through it.
- Telekinesis: Bobby Zilch can move objects with the usage of his mind; however, he doesn’t use it here, he uses it on some Flounders to put them on the docks from Lake Oblongata.
- Astral Projection: Bobby Zilch can use this psychic ability to get inside the minds of his counselors and take on their mental classes.
Note: Since Bobby Zilch cannot be damage (only stunned) there is not an specific amount of hits to defeat him.
Trivia[]
- Using Clairvoyance reveals he sees Razputin as a punching bag.
- According to his Campster profile, Bobby's hometown is Drywell, Missouri.
- Additionally, his interests are the Oakland Raiders, AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden and other rock/metal bands, the show Jackass, Scarface, and other crime/slasher films.
- His "About Me" section was stolen off of Elka Doom's campster in an attempt to troll her:
- "I'm a walking contradiction. I'm shy but extroverted. I'm humble but proud. I'm strong, but sensitive. I work hard, but I also play hard. I like fine wine, but I also like cheap beer. I like going to the opera, but I also love the occasional hockey game! I guess I'm like cookies that haven't finished cooking yet. Maybe they'll be done someday and I'll take a bite and know that it's me, or maybe they'll just keep cooking. Either way, one thing's for sure, it will be one hell of a ride. Better hang on!
- It also sounds similar to the song "Bird is the Word" by the American surf rock band "The Trashmen."
- Bobby has heterochromia, one green eye and one red. The other two characters in the game who have exactly the same eye colors are Dr. Loboto and Linda the Lungfish. However, Linda did not posses these eyes until she was mutated by Loboto.
- If you re-brain Bobby without re-braining Chloe, he is seen standing by the Coach's radio, and when Raz asks him if he wants to help him save the world, Bobby just sighs and says how much Chloe loved the Coach's radio.
- On April 23, 2019, DoubleFine artist Scott C. told on his Instagram account that Bobby was based on Farkus, the bully in A Christmas Story.
- In the Steam version of Psychonauts, there is an achievement for viewing the scene of Bobby, Chloe, and Nils in the GPC and Wilderness area. It is called "Maybe it's the Hair" and is accompanied by an image of Bobby's hair and a subtitle of "Spy on Bobby's Love Life".
- According to his old Myspace page, Bobby's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
- Bobby's shirt has a “00” on it resembling his last name, Zilch, which means zero.
- Tim Schafer revealed in an interview that he might've accidentally named Bobby after his school's bully.[1]
References[]
Video Battle Walkthrough[]
Psychonauts - Bobby Zilch Boss Fight HD
Gameplay by CondeMarengo.