Just Shapes & Beats introduces a few minor characters that only made a few appearances throughout the game. Because of this, they made little to no impact in the game's storyline.
| Δ Characters in Just Shapes & Beats's Story Mode ♫ |
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| The Player • The Boss The Boat • The Helicopter • The Big Cube The Plants • The Spiders • Minor Characters |
The Sun
The Sun is a brightly colored yellow star encountered in the Paradise world, often shown with clouds acting as hands. It seemingly takes care of the Tree at some points of the game's story sequences, particularly in the opening segment.
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During the opening when the Boss removes the Tree out of its soil to corrupt it later on, the Sun cowers behind some hills as it helplessly watches the Tree become separated from the hill. It will not make an appearance again until the end of the game's storyline, when the tree pieces are restored. |
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The Birds
The Birds are fauna encountered in several moments of the game. They resemble blue birds, composed of circles and triangles to form beak and wings, and are never seen in a corrupted form. Their first appearance is in Corrupted where three birds teach the player how to dash during the tutorial. Their other appearances in the game are in Paradise where a number of birds populated the lands and hills, often watching the Tree. They also appear in the main menu after completing the first challenge (Complete a level without dashing)
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During the same chapter, however, they abandoned the world once the Boss begins its rampage and they're never seen again until game's epilogue and the end credits. |
Barracuda Boss
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This boss is a minor antagonist that only appears in its debut level, Barracuda. It battles the player during the same level, but it is never explained how or why this boss battles the player, although it is assumed it is one of the three triangles from the so-called "Tree of Life". It also might be connected to the triangles that the player collects throughout the game, although this may be a coincidence. Its connection to the main antagonist is unknown.
It is a pink triangle-shaped boss with one eye on it, which often squints whenever it attacks. It later evolves into a pyramid during the level, attacking the player using circles, spectrum bars and triangle-shaped snakes (better known as pyramid snakes). At the end of the level, the boss explodes into a shower of triangles and is never seen again in the game's storyline.
Trivia
- This boss's appearance bears some similarities to the symbol of the Illuminati, Bill Cipher, or other similar characters or icons, notably when the boss evolves into a pyramid.
- The only official names of this boss that is referred internally are "Boss2"[1] and the name of the boss level that appears in, "Barracuda".
- It is the only character (excluding the Boss's last two forms as well as the "plant" seen in Paradise and the Big Cube's evil forms as well as characters added in later updates) that is not unlocked once the player completes challenges after the game's Story.
Specter Boss
This boss is a boss character that only appears in its debut level, La Danse Macabre added in Update 1.3. Though unlike the Barracuda boss explained above, it is from the Shovel Knight crossover update and as a result, it has no place in the game's canon. During the level, it was formed by several other specters.
It is a pink ghost-like entity (resembling embers) with two circular eyes and a mouth. It later uses a scythe against the player as well as summoning additional scythes against it. It briefly summons several duplicates of itself once when attacking with scythes. At the end of the battle, it vanishes as its little specters split and take its place, before fading away.
Trivia
- This boss uses a scythe similar to the one that the Spectre Knight has in its own game.
Winged Creature
The winged creature appears briefly in Flowers of Antimony, but does not reappear anywhere else in the game. Similar to the above, it was added in a crossover update and thus has no place in the canon or story.
It is a circular, bat-like being with two horns, one eye, and two wings. When it appears, it will act slightly shocked and exclaim in a way similar to how the Player Character does (saying "?!?"). It'll then continue to fly around for a bit and disappear shortly after.
Trivia
- The winged creature is a reference to Quarble from The Messenger, due to its appearance and the timing of when it shows up in the level.
- Interestingly, the internal name of the winged creature is named after the said character.
- It bears a strong resemblance to The Boss.