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Between them... 21 counts of armed murder. 17 counts of aggravated assault. 12 counts of sexual assault. 3 bombings and 1 instance of eating a little boy's puppy. We fried them in "Ol' Sparky" about six months ago and since then I've been tinkering with them on my weekends off. See how you find them. Careful, guys - they're ticklers!
Clement Darling, introducing Brutus and his partner to G and Isaac Washington

Brutus was a one of two large, heavily-built mutant juggernauts. He serves as the boss of Jailhouse Judgment, the penultimate chapter of The House of the Dead: Overkill.

History

Brutus was a death row inmate at Bayou County Correctional Facility. He and another inmate had performed heinous crimes, leading to their execution via electric chair, six months prior to the incident. During this time, Warden Clement Darling begun working on the two corpses, turning them into large near-identical mutants.

After taking the elevator down towards the military facility beneath the prison. Clement summoned Brutus and his partner to attack G and Isaac Washington. Whilst introducing the two, the unnamed mutant proceeds to attack Brutus, with him retaliating and soon killing him by snapping his neck. After killing his fellow prisoner, he turns his attention to the two men, firing a bolt at them, which misses both.

After a short battle, Brutus is knocked onto the ground. He tries to get up, but can only let out one final roar before dying.

Appearance

Brutus is the corpse of a infamous prisoner, turned mutant via Clement's tinkering.

His body is coated in a plethora of black tattoos. These include ones resembling webbing, and a massive one on his chest with the word 'BLACKHEAD' above it.

Befitting those words inked on his chest, Brutus wears a tight black bag over his head, just allowing some of his facial features to be seen.

His lower right arm had been amputated, and replaced with a bolt-launcher, powered by a large battery attached to his back and waist. Said weapon is used by Brutus in the conventional way of firing electrified bolts, but also as a close range weapon, using it to stab or bludgeon people.

Besides the bag, Brutus wore orange prisons pants, with leather cuffs around the lower legs, black boots, thick brown belt that one of the batteries is attached to, and a thick leather cuff around his left hand.

Gameplay

Original

Brutus's arena has two health packs and a set of grenades.

Brutus's main method of attack is firing bolts from his arm launcher; they fire two at a time and usually spin in circles while approaching the player. The launcher is also his weakpoint, although it is only vulnerable when circled. He will occasionally call in riot shield mutants, who will slowly advance on the player while Brutus safely fires away from behind them. The player should save grenades for this or they risk losing a massive chunk of health to crossbow bolts while they attempt to dispatch the mutants.

Director's Cut

The battle is largely unchanged, with him following the player and attempting to line up shots, which can be interrupted by shooting his arm launcher. There is no targeting circle to let you know when he's vulnerable, simply fire whenever he starts aiming. Like other bosses, he now has an action command move where he rushes the player, who must dodge by firing on dunk-tank targets that appear on screen. He will get his launcher stuck in the ground after this, allowing the player to shoot the battery on his back.

The riot shield mutants are replaced by standard mutants this time, making the fight somewhat easier. During this phase of attack, while mutants continuously spawn and attack the player he will periodically recharge his battery pack; his back will be to the player, making his battery pack vulnerable. He will then turn around and shoot electric bolts which do more damage, he is not vulnerable at this stage and so the player should focus on shooting the arrows out of the air.

Trivia

Brutus's name may come from the Roman Politician Brutus, most known from being one of the lead (and most famous) conspirators in the betrayal and assassination of Julius Caesar. This name could also have been chosen, as he appears after the death of Papa Caesar.
- Ironically, Brutus from Overkill is betrayed by his fellow mutant, yet he fails to kill him, being killed by Brutus himself.[1]

v • econtent
Characters	G • Isaac Washington • Varla Guns • Candi Stryper (Extended Cut) • Papa Caesar • Clement Darling
Bosses	Jasper • Coco and Sindy (Extended Cut) • Screamer • Nigel and Sebastian • Meat Katie (Extended Cut) • Crawler • Lobber • Brutus • Mother
Levels	Papa's Palace of Pain • Naked Terror (Extended Cut) • Ballistic Trauma • Carny • Creeping Flesh (Extended Cut) • Scream Train • The Fetid Waters • Jailhouse Judgment • Overkill
Other pages	Lore ( Bayou City • Formula X • Mutants • Prelude to an Overkill) Spin-offs (The House of the Dead Overkill: The Lost Reels • The Typing of the Dead: Overkill) Extended Cut • Mini Games • Memorabilia

v • eBosses
The House of the Dead / Remake	Chariot • Hangedman • Hermit • Magician
2	Judgment • Hierophant • Tower • Strength • Magician • Emperor
III	Death • Fool • Sun • Wheel of Fate
4 / 4 Special	Justice (4 and 4 Special) • The Lovers • The Empress • Temperance • The Star • The World • Magician (4 Special only)
Scarlet Dawn	Chariot • Hangedman • High Priestess • Moon
Overkill / Extended Cut	Jasper • Coco and Sindy (Extended Cut only) • Screamer • Nigel and Sebastian • Meat Katie (Extended Cut only) • Crawler • Lobber • Brutus • Mother
Zombie Revenge	UDS-03 • Warm Hedlin & Shell Hedlin • UDS-05 • UDS-02 • UDS-07 ("Nikelle") • UDS-06B • UDS-TP II 00 & UDS-TP II 01 • UDS-03 ("Neclien") • UDS-04C • ZED • Black Magician Type 01
Vampire Night	Bathe'lemy • Guillaume • Rauoul • Diane • Auguste
Sega Golden Gun	Zhang Jiao • Gao Qiu • Da Ji • Dark Emperor

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+{{Article type|spinoff}}{{Boss
-[[File:Brutus.jpg|thumb|Et tu, Brute?]]
+|image1 = File:Brutus render.png|
-Brutus is the second to last Boss on [[House of the Dead: Overkill]].
+|imagewidth = 380px
+|featured = * ''[[The House of the Dead: Overkill]]''
+* ''[[The House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut]]''
+|encounter = [[Jailhouse Judgment]]
+|weapon = Bolt-launcher
+|protect =hiding the player's shots
+|image2 = <gallery>
+File:Brutus.png|Overkill
+File:Brutus weakpoint.jpg|Extended Cut
+</gallery>|
+|weakpoint = Crossbow, battery pack  [the weak point in the crossbow]
+}}{{Quote|Between them... 21 counts of armed murder. 17 counts  of aggravated assault. 12 counts of sexual assault. 3 bombings and 1 instance of eating a little boy's puppy.  We fried them in "Ol' Sparky" about six months ago and since then I've been tinkering with them on my weekends off. See how you find them. Careful, guys - they're ticklers!|[[Clement Darling]], introducing Brutus and his partner to [[G]] and [[Isaac Washington]]}}'''Brutus''' was a one of two large, heavily-built mutant juggernauts. He serves as the boss of ''[[Jailhouse Judgment]]'', the penultimate chapter of ''[[The House of the Dead: Overkill]]''.
-===Introduction===
+==History==
+Brutus was a death row inmate at Bayou County Correctional Facility. He and another inmate had performed heinous crimes, leading to their execution via electric chair, six months prior to the incident.  During this time, Warden [[Clement Darling]] begun working on the two corpses, turning them into large near-identical mutants.
-He was originally one out of two convicts who were both charged for countless crimes (including one instance of eating a little boy's puppy) before being killed on the electric chair six months ago and then "tinkered on" by Clement. The two shared the same mutant appearance; big and fat, covered in tattoos, wearing a black skin-tight mask on their heads (very similar to that of the second game's boss [[Strength]]), and with a multi-dagger crossbow-like launcher on their handless right arms. Clement originally sent them both to attack [[G]] and [[Isaac Washington|Washington]], but for some reason Brutus attacked his fellow inmate and killed him, leaving himself alone to take care of the two agents.
+After taking the elevator down towards the military facility beneath the prison. Clement summoned Brutus and his partner to attack [[G]] and [[Isaac Washington]]. Whilst introducing the two, the unnamed mutant proceeds to attack Brutus, with him retaliating and soon killing him by snapping his neck. After killing his fellow prisoner, he turns his attention to the two men, firing a bolt at them, which misses both.
-===During Battle===
-Brutus's main form of attack is to shoot the crossbows from his arm at the player(s). These must be shot to avoid damage. Unlike other projectiles, they don't always move in a straight path and are easiest to stop when initially fired. At the same time, his weakpoint is the same "hand" firing the crossbows.
+After a short battle, Brutus is knocked onto the ground. He tries to get up, but can only let out one final roar before dying.
-At certain points during the battle, you must also fight a small group of shielded police-like mutants who can be difficult to hit. If a grenade is available, throwing it is the easiest way to dispense of these monsters.
+==Appearance==
+Brutus is the corpse of a infamous prisoner, turned mutant via Clement's tinkering.
+His body is coated in a plethora of black tattoos. These include  ones resembling webbing, and a massive one on his chest with the word 'BLACKHEAD' above it.
+Befitting those words inked on his chest, Brutus wears a tight black bag over his head, just allowing some of his facial features to be seen.
+His lower right arm had been amputated, and replaced with a bolt-launcher, powered by a large battery attached to his back and waist. Said weapon is used by Brutus in the conventional way of firing electrified bolts, but also as a close range weapon, using it to stab or bludgeon people.
+Besides the bag, Brutus wore orange prisons pants, with leather cuffs around the lower legs, black boots, thick brown belt  that one of the batteries is attached to, and a thick leather cuff around his left hand.
+==Gameplay==
+=== Original ===
+Brutus's arena has two health packs and a set of grenades.
+Brutus's main method of attack is firing bolts from his arm launcher; they fire two at a time and usually spin in circles while approaching the player. The launcher is also his weakpoint, although it is only vulnerable when circled. He will occasionally call in riot shield mutants, who will slowly advance on the player while Brutus safely fires away from behind them. The player should save grenades for this or they risk losing a massive chunk of health to crossbow bolts while they attempt to dispatch the mutants.
+=== Director's Cut ===
+The battle is largely unchanged, with him following the player and attempting to line up shots, which can be interrupted by shooting his arm launcher. There is no targeting circle to let you know when he's vulnerable, simply fire whenever he starts aiming. Like other bosses, he now has an action command move where he rushes the player, who must dodge by firing on dunk-tank targets that appear on screen. He will get his launcher stuck in the ground after this, allowing the player to shoot the battery on his back.
+The riot shield mutants are replaced by standard mutants this time, making the fight somewhat easier. During this phase of attack, while mutants continuously spawn and attack the player he will periodically recharge his battery pack; his back will be to the player, making his battery pack vulnerable. He will then turn around and shoot electric bolts which do more damage, he is not vulnerable at this stage and so the player should focus on shooting the arrows out of the air.
+== Trivia ==
+* Brutus's name may come from the Roman Politician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus Brutus], most known from being one of the lead (and most famous) conspirators in the betrayal and assassination of Julius Caesar. This name could also have been chosen, as he appears after the death of [[Papa Caesar]].
+** Ironically, Brutus from Overkill is betrayed by his fellow mutant, yet he fails to kill him, being killed by Brutus himself.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus]
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+{{Bosses}}
+[[Category:Bosses]]
+[[Category:Male bosses]]
+[[Category:The House of the Dead: Overkill bosses]]
+[[Category:The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut bosses]]