Bomb Bell¶

Design

A basic Bomb Bell’s main body is circular and resembles a classic alarm clock. It has three short, conical spikes on its sides—two near its base and one on its top—and has two mushroom-shaped protrusions on its top. It has two “arms” on either of its sides, and one long, thick “tail” attached to its base. Its face is navy blue and adorned with a white Nobody emblem, but the rest of the Bomb Bell is yellow with sky blue highlights. All of the spikes on its body are navy blue. The Bomb Bell’s name references its explosive capabilities. “Bell” reflects its alarm clock-like shape. Its Japanese name, Floating Mine, again refers to its ability to self-destruct.

Strategy

The best strategy used to defeat this Nobody Ship is just to wait not long after it appears, for other Enemy Ships to come close. Once they are close, you shoot the Bomb Bell and it will explode, destroying most other Enemy Ships with it. You have to be quick though, because they might explode before you get a chance to defeat it, so it will deal you a fair amount of damage. This strategy is most useful when battling waves of Gummi Ship Enemies.

Bomber¶

Design

A normal Bomber is an apparently mechanical Nobody with a cone-shaped head. The base of its head is yellow and the tip of it is pale gold. Its face is dark red with a white cross on it that resembles the top half of the Nobody logo. Its arms are long, dark red, and very thin. Its shoulders are conical, sky blue spikes with pale gold highlights. Its arms are connected to a large, yellow cannon that it holds directly underneath its head. This cannon has pale gold and orange highlights and rectangular, black vents on it. The Bomber’s name is a reference to its explosive, aerial, bomb-like attacks.

Core¶

The Core is an object that only appears in the Assault of the Dreadnought Gummi Missions. It doesn’t attack, but it is often surrounded by various Nobody Ships and other enemies which appear in massive numbers. The Core drops a treasure in every mission if defeated.

Crawler¶

Design

A normal Crawler is a gigantic, apparently mechanical Heartless with a body structure reminiscent of that of a tortoise. It has a large, roughly conical body. Its body is predominantly light green with dark green highlights. It has two turquoise crests on either side of the top of its body. Its four conical legs attach to the lower half of its main body. All four legs are dark green with jagged, red highlights and end in yellow-green spikes. Its head is relatively small and is dark green with a jagged, light green lower jaw. Its glowing yellow eyes are encased in a translucent dome on the top of the Crawler’s head. This dome sports a dark green antenna with a curled tip, and the Heartless emblem is on its chin.

The Crawler’s name references its method of locomotion; it walks very close to the ground, appearing to crawl.

Cruiser¶

Design

A Cruiser is an enormous, white battleship. It is a large, rectangular structure with each of its corners lined by a long, cylindrical tower. Each of these towers is topped by a conical spike. Either of the Cruiser’s sides is lined by a complex apparatus of four, relatively short, rectangular structures. Each of these structures has a thin, pyramidal spike on its top.

A Mini-Cruiser is a white, vaguely insectoid battleship. Its main body is comprised of four connected, rectangular towers, each with a tall pyramidal spike on top. There are two long cannons lining either side of the Mini-Cruiser that also resemble towers. These cannons both end in large cones. It has six spikes on its underside, three lining each of these side towers, that resemble legs.

The Cruiser’s name may refer to a number of real-world vehicles with the same name. The Mini-Cruiser’s name shares this meaning, and also refers to the Nobody’s comparatively smaller size.

Cyclops¶

Design

A basic Cyclops is an a mechanical Nobody and has a relatively small, light green body. Its head is a conical, dark green spike and has a white Nobody emblem displayed on it. Its legs wide and both are colored in shades of green—light green at the base, regular green in the middle, and dark green at the top. They are attached to the sides of its body by short, yellow rods. The Cyclops’s arms are thinner, have yellow, pyramidal tips, and attach to the sides of its head. They are colored in the same manner as the Nobody’s legs.

According to Greek and Roman mythology, a Cyclops is a giant with a single eye in the middle of its forehead, which could be referencing the circular, eye-like design present on the Nobody’s body. It is also the name of a Final Fantasy enemy. The Japanese name, “Attacker”, could be referencing the Nobody’s tendency to fire continuous shots at the Gummi ship.

Dragonfly¶

Design

A Dragonfly is a mechanical Heartless with a green head shaped somewhat like a flying saucer. It has glowing yellow eyes and a spherical, black head encased in a glass dome with a short, yellow antenna on it. The base of its head is decorated by a jagged, yellow line. Its body, placed directly behind its head, is tube-shaped and green with grey ends. The Dragonfly has four long, thin wings, two on either side of its body. All of these wings are yellow with a red, angular spiral pattern decorating them. A short, red tube connects the Heartless’s abdomen to its main body. Its abdomen is green with the Heartless insignia emblazoned on it.

The Dragonfly’s name is a clear reference to the dragonfly insect, which it bears a resemblance to.

Driller¶

Design

A normal Driller has the appearance of a mechanical Heartless with a smooth, brown main body with a gold engine on its back. Its short arms are yellow, gold, and navy blue with light blue highlights and attach to conical hands. Both of its hands are yellow and gold and end in large, blue-grey and light blue drills. Its black head and glowing yellow eyes are encased in a small, translucent dome on the top of its body, and it has a curled, black antenna on the top of the dome. There are two red crests on its body, one on either side of its head, and the Heartless emblem is on its chest.

The Driller’s name is a reference to the drills on its arms.

Gatling Ship¶

Design

The Gatling Ship’s head, blue with a yellow spike on its back, is small in comparison to the rest of its body. Its face is adorned with a white cross resembling the top half of the Nobody symbol. Its arms are enormous, silver, and cylindrical with concave sides and blue ends. The front ends of its arms are wider than its back ends and have small black vents lining their edges. The arms have short, blue, triple-barreled rotating guns mounted on them.

The Gatling Ship’s name is a reference to gatling guns which the ship’s firearms resemble.

Grappler¶

Design

The Grappler’s main body is cone-shaped and black. Its “face” is also conical and black with a white cross on it that resembles the Nobody logo. A red ring with small black vents lining it splits the Nobody’s body and head. Its arms are large, yellow, and conical with black ends, The front ends of its arms are red and both have two black pincers on them.

The Grappler’s name references both its clawed hands and its battle tactics. The word “grapple” can be used in a nautical sense to refer to a clawed device used to hold an enemy ship in place for boarding. It can also refer to a close, hand-to-hand struggle.