Linda

Linda

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Linda
Biography
Aliases	Lake Monster (nickname given by the campers) Giant hairless bear (also by the campers)
Gender	Female
Race	Lungfish (formerly) Mutant Lungfish (current)
Age	Unknown (adult)
Occupations	Provides transportation between Thorney Towers and Whispering Rock
Status	Alive
Abilities
PSI Powers	Shield (possibly) Telepathy (possibly)
Other Abilities	Amplified lungfish capacities
Relationships
Associates	Mr. Pokeylope (friend) Raz (friend) Coach Oleander (former boss) Dr. Caligosto Loboto (former boss)
Physical Description
Skin Color	Muddy brown and blue
Eye Color	One eye is green and the other is red
Gameplay
Appearances	Psychonauts Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin (as a figment and a plush toy)
Mind	Lungfishopolis
Voice Actor	David Kaye

“Prepare yourself for passage, human child.”

–Linda to Raz

Linda, also known as the Hideous Hulking Lungfish of Lake Oblongata, is a heavily mutated lungfish which was forced to kidnap children as well functioning as the third boss fight of Psychonauts.

Appearance

Thanks to the mutations and modifications by Dr. Loboto, she vaguely resemblances a normal lungfish. She presents two large and yellow glowing eyes with red and green irises respectively, where her forehead is, she has a long illicium (or rod in simple terms); some of her fins are position in the backsides of her head, spine and the crocodile-like tail she grew. Her legs resemble like the ones of a lizard and has three rows of razor sharp teeth which are position like this: two on the top jaw, and one on the bottom jaw, with a noticeable under-bite.

Her skin is a scaly muddy brown-blue color with bluish green webbed fingers on the hands; their amount goes from five in the right four on the left and three on each foot. The most evident side effects of the experiments as well the Psilirium are the disproportion caused in her body; showing plenty of bumps as well as scars formed around the skull. Lastly, metal plates are also implanted on her skin, specifically on the top of the head.

Personality

Linda was extremely aggressive while under Oleander’s control, acting as a genuine beast who hunts her preys stealthily. Once his mind-control devices where removed from Linda, her demeanor changed drastically to one of a gentle giant.

Background

“Once a peaceful, average size, walking fish, the Lungfish has been mutated, enlarged and mentally controlled by evil forces. Now, according to legend, it comes out of the lake at night to eat the brains of unsuspecting children. This is only partly true.”

–Character blurb from the original Psychonauts website

Loboto mutating Linda.

Linda was initially a regular lungfish living underneath a dry lake bed who minded her own business. But one day, Dr. Loboto who was employed by Coach Oleander, captured Linda and brought her into his laboratory for experimentation. After hideously mutating her and putting a mind-control implant in her brain, Oleander uses her to kidnap the children from camp and bring them to Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed across the lake. All of this in order to have soldiers, who’ll pilot deadly machines known as the Psychoblaster Death Tanks or Brain Tanks for short.

Psychonauts

She is first mentioned in the opening cinematic by Bobby Zilch, who had been spreading the rumor that there was a monster in Lake Oblongata. Mikhail is the second to mention her, mistaking her for a "giant hairless bear" that he expresses interest in wrestling, Elton Fir is the third to mention her; while reading the thoughts of the fish by the docks, Elton finds out the fishes are freaked out by something big under the lake and the latter questions if the legend of the lake monster could be right. While Raz keeps learning new PSI-Powers, behind the scenes Linda kidnaps all of the people at camp, from the campers to the camp counselors (minus Ford Cruller). She makes her first appearance during the "Lili Kidnapped!" cutscene, where she attempts to lure Lili and Raz with random objects while they converse. The last object she throws out is a flower with a happy face, which Lili picks up without thinking, giving Linda the chance to reel her in and kidnap her.

Shortly after this, Raz using the Bathysphere goes after Linda and gets sucked inside an air bubble at the bottom of the lake where after ringing a bell from a destroyed church, catches the attention of Linda who attempts to eat about 8 different ways Razputin. Ford tells Raz that judging by her appearance she might under the control of Oleander, tasking Raz to enter her mind and some time later; after destroying the mind-control implant in her brain, Linda is free and is very grateful to Razputin, offering him a way to the Asylum across the lake where Lili and the other children's brains are being held. On the MTV2 shorts which take place after the game events, Linda is shown playfully interacting with the Campers around Whispering Rock.

Psychonauts Transportation

The Lungfish Call.

Main article: Lungfish Call

After Linda is freed from Coach's control, Raz can use her as transportation between Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp and Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed. He can summon her by using the Lungfish Call in the shores of both locations.

Linda's Mind

Lungfishopolis.

Main article: Lungfishopolis

Linda's mind is a sprawling metropolis reminiscent of Tokyo, inhabited by Lungfish people living out a human-like existence. When Raz enters her mind, he is gigantic and feared by the citizens as "Goggalor". However, the Lungfish citizens within the resistance movement against Kochamara aid Raz in taking down the radio tower (mind-control implant). The entire scenario parodies the Godzilla franchise and the Kaiju film genre in general, casting Razputin as the monster because Lungfish are more commonly preyed upon by humans.

Boss Fight Strategy

“Dodge that garbage it's spitting out! And when it's sucking it back up, bust open one of those nail boxes and see how it likes the taste of those!”

–Ford Cruller advising Raz from the bacon about Linda.

For starters, this boss fight has 5 phases, the first and third phase have a similar gimmick, the lungfish spits objects as well as sucking them back; using this the player must look out for any yellow boxes that has nails inside in order to damage the boss and break them with PSI-Punch while inhaling. After doing this three times, phase 2 and 4 follow respectfully; where In this phases the point of view switches to the boss who keeps pushing the air bubble nonstop until reaching a certain point. For extra precaution Levitation is the best recommendation during these sections, most specifically the PSI-Floating technique.

Once reaching the last phase, Linda will jump inside the air bubble and chase after Raz. Similar to past phases, there will be sucker fishes and crayfishes in the way, attempting to harm the player. She attacks with her illicium (or rod), and needs to be led to one of the many open oysters while doing this move. Succeeding at doing this will leave her rod stuck and Linda herself vulnerable to attacks for about 6 seconds.

Abilities, Obstacles and Health

• Sucking: Linda inhales all the objects around the area including Raz though with difficulty and she does this for around 12 seconds. If an object crashes with Raz it’ll cost him 2 hit points of his mental health.
• Snack Fetched: Linda eats Raz if gets too close or attempts to approach Linda while doing her sucking attack. Inside her stomach he punches it a couple of times to get himself spit, costing him 3 hit points of his mental health.
• Spitting: Linda regurgitates everything she ate and starts spiting it everywhere and sometimes even attempts to spit it right at Raz’s face. Getting hit it’ll cost him 2 hit points of his mental health. Like the sucking, the spitting lasts for about 12 seconds.
• Hand of Galochio: If Raz gets too close to the edges of the bubble he’ll be grabbed, forcing Raz to return to the last safe surface or platform he was on.
• Sucker Fish (Lollipop Aim): The Sucker Fish latches onto Raz’s head if he stumbles into it, costing him 1 hit point of his mental health.
• Crayfish (Snappers): The Crayfish snaps its claws as an offensive move towards Raz if he stumbles into it, costing him 1 hit point of his mental health.
• Oyster (Sea Chomp): The Oyster remain open until Raz steps on them or tries to punch them, costing him 2 hit points of his mental health.
• Spiked Illicium: Linda uses her illicium (or rod) and swings it towards Raz if he gets within range, which it’ll cost him 4 hit points (1 whole brain). When turning invisible Linda performs this attack continuously until the ability gets disabled.
• Telepathy: Linda as a consequence of the Psilirium gained the ability to speak using her mind. When doing so, she speaks with a very deep voice.
• Shield: Linda can cast this ability from the top of her illicium which shows a red glowing aura covered in tiny spikes. Also explains why she’s invulnerable in the last phase unless her rod gets trapped inside an oyster.

For someone of her size Linda has a decent resistance. Counting the 6 times Linda swallows the nail boxes and the 9 PSI-Punches Raz performs on her, this boss requires a total of 15 hits to defeat it.

The "Sucking" attack animation.

The "Spitting" attack animation.

The "Snack Fetched" attack animation.

The "Spiked Illicium" attack animation.

The "Lollipop Aim" Sucker Fish attack animation.

The "Snappers" Crayfish attack animation.

The "Sea Chomp" Oyster attack animation.

The "Hand of Galochio" attack animation.

Linda getting her Illicium stuck in a oyster.

Linda damaged.

Linda phase 1 and 3 defeat.

Linda phase 5 defeat.

Quotes

By the Drowned Spirit

• (Cutscene): "It is I, the creature whose spirit was once––"

• (Cutscene): "Um, over here. Behind you? Yes."

• (Cutscene): "The creature whose spirit was once enslaved by the evil one."

• (Cutscene): "You have unchained my soul, and now I shall repay you, powerful human child!"

• (Cutscene): "By the drowned spirit of Oblongata, it is done!"

Crossing Oblongata

• (Cutscene): "When it is your wish to travel across the lake, you may return to either shore and summon me with that."

• (Cutscene): "You may call me now by my true name, Razputin. The name given to me by my people."

• (Cutscene): "Linda."

Lungfish Call Interaction

• "Prepare yourself for passage, human child."

Linda and Sam (100% Cutscene)

• (Cutscene): "What’s going on! What’s that sound?"

• (Cutscene): "Mr. Pokeylope?"

• (Cutscene): "Sam? Is that you? It’s me, Linda. From the lake?"

• (Cutscene): "Uh, yeah. I’ve put on a little weight."

• (Cutscene): "Oh, Sam. You haven’t changed at all!"

• (Cutscene): "Ah ha ha!"

Trivia

• If the player reaches PSI Cadet Rank 100, an extra cutscene is unlocked that features Sheegor, Mr. Pokeylope, and Linda. The scene implies that Pokeylope and Linda had a close relationship before she was mutated.
• Unlike the other creatures in the bottom of Lake Oblongata that were mutated by Psitanium, Linda is the only one that is known to have been mutated by Dr. Loboto and not the Psitanium.
• Linda is the only non-human character in the entire Psychonauts series whose mind Raz jumps into.
• The name Linda means "Pretty" in Spanish and Portuguese.
• Linda's heterochromia matches Dr. Loboto's - one red pupil, one green.
• Double Fine originally wanted to add a scene where Loboto fell into Linda's open mouth after getting shot off the tower. If the scene actually did happen off camera, it would be an explanation for how Loboto survived the fall.
• The level "Brain Tumbler Experiment" originally featured a 3-phase boss fight with Linda which can be seen in very brief clips of the E3 2002 trailer for the game. During the fight she would have been able to spit projectiles, charge at Raz and perform a simple melee attack.

See also

• Flounders
• Salfish
• Fish Guards
• Striped eels
• Rhombus Starfish
• Pufferfish
• Sharks

Video Battle Walkthrough

Psychonauts - All Bosses -No Damage-

Gameplay by Gellot. (6:36 for the fight)