Uterus

Uterus is the boss of the Beach level from Jazz Jackrabbit 2.

Details

Uterus appears as a floating green clam with tentacles on the bottom. Once it opens up, it reveals the creature on the inside, a pink flesh mass with a face and a pair of crab pincers. Naturally Uterus can only be hurt when the shell is open.

Uterus's first attack is to summon a shield of pink balls which rotate around him and shoot at the player. By shooting the balls they will reveal Crabs which can be destroyed. Once all crabs are defeated Uterus will actively pursue the player around the screen.

Gallery

Beta sprite

Trivia

• Uterus's initial attack pattern is similar to that of the boss Tutankhamon from Life Force.
• A few unused sprites of Uterus's early design can be found on the game's data, where the boss appears as just a floating ball without the clam opening in the middle.
• Uterus is known to activate before hitting any Activate Boss event, without the spike balls normally surrounding him thus being in his chasing phase already. In the official Marinated Rabbit level from the JJ2 game this tends to happen shortly after the coin warp, when the player is leaving the water through the hydrothermal vent. The Uterus will activate early when the player hits the ceiling above him on the very right. Also: the Uterus will lose his spike balls when the player gets far enough from him, which can be done by using the JJFLY and JJNOWALL cheat codes.