Boogie

Boogie
Boogie as he appears in Vigilante 8: Arcade
Name:	Boogie
Age:	28
Appearances:	Vigilante 8 Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense Vigilante 8: Arcade
Vehicle:	V8: Leprechaun V8: 2nd Offense: Marathon V8: Arcade: Leprechaun
Special Weapon:	Disco Inferno
Alignment:	Coyote

Boogie is a fictional character in the vehicle action series Vigilante 8.

Overview

Boogie was a small time, disco-loving hitman that spent most of his time in and out of jail. He became one of these hitmen Sid Burn had because he owed him some favors, showing that these two were aquaintances before the events of Vigilante 8. When the Coyotes began to battle the Vigilantes, Boogie had an immediate dislike of John Torque, and tested these guns during each chance he had to use on Torque.

Prior to the events in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, Boogie is captured and sentenced to ten years in prison after being charged with burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and DUI. There was no conclusive evidence that he was affiliated with the Coyotes, which shortened his jail term. After a year of jail time, Boogie is broken out by Nina Loco after she "befriends" a local prison guard at a local saloon. Boogie then steals the warden's Marathon on the way out and rejoins the Coyotes after he learns of Clyde's involvement in his escape.

Endings

Boogie being arrested after speeding in his ending in Vigilante 8.

In his V8 ending, Boogie manages to make it rich and speeds off to celebrate his victory by gambling in Casino City, but he gets pulled over by the police and is arrested yet again.

In V8: 2nd Offense, Boogie does not have a Questline for Quest Mode, therefore, he does not have an ending.

In his V8: Arcade ending, Boogie celebrates his victory over Dave with a night of disco dancing. According to the ending line, Boogie may have just dreamed the whole thing.

Vehicles & Statistics

The Leprechaun, as it appears in Vigilante 8

In V8, Boogie drove a brown 1976 Leprechaun, a Gremlin-inspired car that had average speed, below-average armor, and one of the best avoidance ratings in the game, making him one of the more difficult targets to hit with weapons like the mortar or guided rockets.

Top Speed:	IIIIIIIII
Armor:	IIIIIIII
Avoidance:	IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Reverse Speed:	Above-Average

In V8: 2nd Offense, Boogie drove the flame painted blue Marathon. A hatchback similar to the one he drove before during the first game.This vehicle use to be driven by the detention center’s warden that he shot dead and afterwards shooting him, he grabbed these keys of this warden and drove away. Plus this other hatchback had the best avoidance rating in the game, but many other stats are somewhat lacking.

Acceleration:	IIIIIIIIII
Top Speed:	IIIII
Armor:	III
Avoidance:	IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Reverse Speed:	Good

The Leprechaun, as it appears in Vigilante 8: Arcade.

In V8: Arcade, Boogie drives the 1975 Leprechaun, which looks similar to his original vehicle except the paint job and the hood design. It also has fantastic radar evasion, but has low strength.

Strength:	Very Low
Acceleration:	Very Good
Top Speed:	Good
Radar Evasion:	Very Good

Special Weapon

Boogie's Special Weapon in Vigilante 8.

In V8, V8: 2nd Offense, and V8: Arcade, Boogie's Special Weapon is the Disco Inferno, a giant disco ball that not only damages nearby cars, but juggles them in mid-air for the duration of the Special.

Trivia

• In both Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, when the player correctly inputs a cheat code for the games, the player will hear Boogie saying "Funky!"
• In Vigilante 8: Arcade, it's stated that Boogie's favorite car accessory is fuzzy dice.
• In one of Boogie's quotes in Vigilante 8: Arcade, Boogie makes a reference to the Bee Gee's song Stayin' Alive, which is strange since Vigilante 8: Arcade claims to take place in 1975, while the song Stayin' Alive was released in 1977. Another one of his quotes may be paying homage to Michael Jackson's Bad, which was released in 1987.
• Boogie is one of three characters that keep their Special Weapon throughout all three installments of Vigilante 8. The others are Sheila and Molo.
• Boogie was voiced by Joey Medina, who said he was to sound similar to Joe Pesci.
  • In the Japanese version, Boogie is voiced by Hisao Egawa, who also voices Convoy and Beezwax.
• In the Japanese version of Vigilante 8, rather than singing when using his special weapon, Boogie shouts "Disco Inferno!".
• In Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, every projectile that is fired from a weapon is affected by movement/momentum of the vehicle/weapon when the weapon fires, and results in change of the projectile's velocity and which direction it moves in; some by any direction, some only forwards/backwards from where the vehicle is facing, and vertical movement of the vehicle of the world with Convoy's Steel Belter in particular. However, Boogie's Disco Inferno, is one of the only weapons that fires projectiles lacks this effect completely (along with Slick Clyde's White Lightning, and aside from Loki's Scatter Missiles, though, while it is the case for these weapons as well, these weapons' attacks have two phases; for the former: the first, where the weapon's first projectile itself that is shot straight from the weapon has no effect on the enemy and is incapable of hitting and dealing damage, and the second, where the three lightning strikes that do deal damage are separately spawned projectiles as a result of the first projectile being shot from the weapon; and for the latter: first, where a projectile is launched, and it does take effect, but then the second, where the one projectile is replaced by multiple other projectiles that drop straight down, and the momentum is not carried over, which happens after the weapon fires).

Quotes

Vigilante 8:

• "WHOO! Let's move to the groove!"
• "Hehe!"
• "Funky!"
• "Hey, what? You think I'm funny?"
• "I'm feeling ten feet tall, tough guy."

2nd Offense:

• "Whoa! You a tough guy!"
• "The boogieman don't skip a beat."
• "What? You want a piece of me?"
• "Ooh-ooh!"
• "Funky!"
• "I got the moves, baby!"
• "I hop till you drop schmuck, and you just did."
• "Hey, what's up, buddy? Can't face the music?"
• "Ok cheeseball, fine! Have it your way"
• "Hey, go easy on the 8-track."
• "Hey, come on, bud. I made prisoner of the month."

Japanese

• "ヨー、あなたタフガイ!" (Yo, you tough guy!)
• "ファンキー！" (Funky!)
• "ブギー、ブギー、ブギー！" (Boogie, Boogie, Boogie!)
• "Woohoo!"

Arcade:

• "Hehe! Boogie's gonna shake your booty!"
• "Come on! Let's move to the groove, chump!"
• "Hehe! Time to strut my stuff!"
• "Disco Inferno!"
• (In the beat of the Bee Gee's song Stayin' Alive) "Ha ha ha ha, I'm alive! I'm alive!"
• "Who's bad, huh?"
• "Boogie on down!"