Needles

Needles is an unique enemy found in Fear & Hunger: Termina.

Location
Needles can be located in a bunker located to the west of the Woodsman's shack (where he will behead Tanaka before turning his attention to the player) or in the new town areas of Prehevil, where the player will hear his distant laugh before being stalked by the fiend.

If one kills Needles in the city before reaching the Bunker (which means finding the Bolt Cutters and opening the gates with it to fight Needles in the next area), then he will not appear in the Bunker, preventing Tanaka's death.

Strategy
Needles attacks with his right hand Needle Whip, dealing moderate, and uses Mystery Injection with his right hand to poison the Player. Both his hands have above 200HP, making it difficult to cut them.

Much like in the first entries of the game, the enemy can be blinded by throwing glass at their head, lowering their accuracy.

If the Player cuts his whip hand, Needles will take out a Pistol and shoot the player, defeating them.

Special Interaction
If defeated by Needles, the player character will not die. Instead, after the screen fades to black, they will fell something stabbing them in the neck, and awaken chained in a Tunnel. After some time, a transparent figure will appear from the right side of the screen and approach the player, after which it will enter the player's genital area, causing a "massive orgasm" and making them pass out. Afterwards, they will awaken unchained, and able to continue the game as normal.

Trivia

 * If the player has companions when defeated, they will disappear before awakening in the Tunnel.
 * Needles may also be inspired by Art the Clown from the 2016 slasher movie "Terrifier".
 * When shooting Needles while outside battle, the text says "Needles doesn't seem to care about your shots".