Needles

"*Needles gives you a giggle.*"

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.

When shooting Needles while outside battle, the text says "Needles doesn't seem to care about your shots". The player will still be able to take him down with said shots though. Bear Traps will stop Needles from ambushing the player into battle, but will not remove his limbs. It is also important to know that if the player leaves the screen, the Bear Trap will cease to work and Needles will resume his chasing.

Strategy
Despite his fragile appearance, Needles is one of the toughest enemies one can encounter early in the game. His body parts are surprisingly sturdy (both of his arms have over 200 HP), and his arms need to both be chopped off at once or he will pull out a gun with his free hand and deal a massive amount of damage.

Needles' attack with his right hand is Needle Whip, dealing moderate damage and causing infection and bleeding. His other hand uses Mystery Injection, which deals a minuscule amount of damage but poisons the target.

Players can get a headstart by blinding him/lowering his accuracy by throwing glass at his head. One can get out of the battle with little to no damage by landing a shot directly on Needles' head, but they need to be extremely lucky.

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 with all their party members gone. 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.

Unfortunately, any party member that you had would vanish from your party. The player character will eventually come across their remains around Prehevil.

Trivia

 * Needles' appearance and behaviour is an obvious reference to Art the Clown from the 2016 slasher movie "Terrifier".
 * If Needles has been fought right after decapitating Tanaka, Needles will have his hat on.