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| Not to be confused with the Kenneth, one of Archie's alternate skins and secondary bot of Ship - Chapter 8. |
Archie is a skin in Piggy: Book 2. He is a member of Budgey's Crew and is the main bot and antagonist of Ship - Chapter 8. He was added into the game during Ship's pre-release, alongside Kamosi.
Archie (Green) and Archie (Kenneth) are the two alternate skins for Archie, being introduced in the Daily Skin Quests update. The latter of which is a reskin, and it was made to look like the NPC with the same name from Ship.
Appearance[]
Archie is a gray arctic fox with tufts of fur on the sides of his head, white whiskers, and a white snout. He has a black, oval-shaped nose, black sclera, and a small white pupil in his left eye. A slightly lighter gray patch outlines his left eye, and the area beneath his snout is also light gray. Similar to Zompiggy, a portion of the right side of his face is torn away, exposing part of his skull. This exposed area includes a hollow eye socket and a missing right ear.
He wears an orange jumpsuit with a hood, a white band on his left shoulder, black gloves, and black boots. A black belt with two gray pouches and matching black X-shaped suspenders with a black badge are part of his attire. He completes his look with a black beanie, with his left ear poking through; the inner part of the ear is colored pink.
This variant skin of Archie's from the Daily Skin Quests appears in a jumpsuit colored lime-green, instead of orange. The white band on his left shoulder remains unchanged, and the same goes for his black gloves, boots, and belt.
Effectively a reskin made to look exactly like the secondary bot from Ship, this Daily Skin Quest variant of Archie's main difference from its base design is the change in head model. He appears as an orange kangaroo with a pale tan snout, black nose, white whiskers, pale tan eye marks, fur on sides of his head and pointy ears with pinkish insides. His white pupil is also located in his right eye.
History[]
Crewmate of The Medora[]
Archie was a member of the crew aboard the ship The Medora. He served under Captain Budgey alongside fellow crewmates such as Bobby, Pepper, and Kenneth.
Infection[]
Like the rest of the crew, Archie eventually became infected, though the exact cause remains unknown. A disturbing detail is the visible damage to the right side of his face, which is partially missing and reveals part of his skull, suggesting that he may have suffered a serious accident either before or during his infection. As with most of the infected crew, Captain Budgey had no choice but to seal Archie in the lower levels of The Medora. However, this decision backfired against her, as the lower levels also housed the ship’s fuel reserves.
Attacking Anonymous User[]
Much later, when Willow and Anonymous User traveled to collect the fuel needed for Budgey to sail them to Doveport, Anonymous User encountered Archie, who began to pursue them. Despite this, he failed to harm Anonymous User. Interestingly, however, when Willow and Anonymous User were sealed inside the cargo crate, The Safe Place group arrived and opened it, only for Mimi to report that Archie, along with the other infected crewmates, were absent.
Animations[]
Idle[]
He stands while bending his torso backwards with his head down. He also twitches his head to the right every few seconds.
Walking[]
Similar to his idle animation, but with his left arm up and legs moving. His body also slightly bobs up and down.
Jumpscare[]
He throws his fire extinguisher in the air and grabs it, then swings it at the victim.
Stunned[]
Looks up and puts arms down, with occasional head twitching (overlays the current animation).
Hints[]
Someone asked MiniToon if he could provide any hints for the Book 2 Chapter 8 bot/skin, and he replied with "🔧."
Trivia[]
- According to MiniToon, the uniforms worn by Archie and the other crewmates were inspired by characters from the Half-Life 2 beta.[1]
- When zooming in on Archie’s head, you can see that his snout slightly overlaps his eyehole.
- Archie is one of several skins that look upward during their stun animation.
- He is among the many skins that use an item as their weapon.
- His weapon can be found here.
- He costs 385 Piggy Tokens, the same as Clowny.
- Coincidentally, both Archie and Clowny are the main bot characters for Chapter 8 in their respective books.
- When stunned in bot mode, the game displays "Archie will be back in 20 seconds" instead of the usual "Piggy is gone for 20 seconds."
- Despite costing 385 Piggy Tokens, he appears after Raze, who costs 400 Piggy Tokens.
- A similar error occurs with Budgey, who costs 525 Piggy Tokens but appears after Torcher, who costs 550 Piggy Tokens.
- This ordering issue also affects Glenn, Fergus, Jakayla, Shardantus, and Marley Russell, all of whom cost 500 Piggy Tokens but appear after numerous reward skins such as Poley, Mr. Stitchy, Owell, Frostiggy, Primrose, Bess, Gold Piggy, Phenna, Anteo, Laura, Bakari, Sentinel, Mr. Bliss, Gryffyn, and Ombra (if those have been unlocked).
- Archie is the third skin to feature a visible skull. The others being Zompiggy, Decaying Infected, The Chained, Teacher (Decayed), and The Jawbreaker.
- Archie is the only infected crewmate who wields a handheld weapon. Bobby, Kenneth, and Pepper do not.
- He is one of the few skins whose soundtrack is only pitch-shifted.
- Due to his height, Archie may have difficulty going through areas of some maps.
- He is the first skin in the game with visible pockets.
- Archie is the third fox character introduced in Piggy. Foxy was the first, followed by Felix, Finley and Anna Foster.
- However, Archie and Anna are technically an arctic fox.
- He is the second skin to be teased with an emoji hint, following Dakoda.
- In Build Mode, if you assign Archie as the bot, set patrol points, and enable first-person mode, his theme will lack the echo effect. This issue affects all skins, but it is most noticeable with Archie.
- Interestingly, Archie (Kenneth) is larger than the Kenneth NPC in both Ship and Build Mode, likely due to the fact that the former is directly reused from the original Archie skin, who happens to be slightly taller than the NPC.
- Archie's torso leans backward and is not aligned with his hitbox. This visual offset leads many to believe that Archie has a larger hitbox than other skins.
- Archie appears in the Infection gamemode icon along with Zompiggy, Kamosi, and Skelly. This icon also heavily suggests he is undead.
- He is the first skin with two Daily Skin Quests alt variants, the second being Memory.
- He is also the first skin to have an alternate that depicts a different character entirely, being Kenneth.
Audio[]
| Soundtrack | |
| Soundtrack (Build Mode First Person mode with Patrol Points) | |
| Jumpscare |
Sound Origins[]
- His soundtrack is Scary Shanty by BSlick, but lower pitched and echoed.
- His jumpscare sound is an APM audio called Splash Sting, but lower pitched.
- His hit sound is called Half-Life Crowbar Hit, but lower pitched.
References[]
The discussions tag for Archie can be found here.
