Céloche

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Céloche is a boss in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.

Céloche's first and only appearance is at the beginning of the final level of the Land of the Livid Dead. He is a gigantic mechanical tripod, which seems to be piloted by a Hoodlum. Céloche is amphibious; he can function both on land and underwater. After Rayman travels through a network of underwater tunnels decorated with Teensie carvings, he ends up at a large, round, underwater cavern, into which Céloche jumps from above. At first he attacks by opening his mouth and releasing homing-missiles which follow Rayman around, which in contact will explode causing some energy loss. To defeat him, Rayman must let the missiles follow him and then do an underwater somersault while in between the missiles and Céloche, which causes them to miss and hit him instead of Rayman. Céloche can also fire a horizontally-moving laser beam at Rayman, which Rayman can dodge with a somersault. Céloche is also capable of firing blasts very similar to those used by Armaguiddons later in the game.

When defeated, Céloche collapses onto the lake bed. The fate of its pilot is unknown.

Trivia

Céloche's eyes look identical to the windows found in Pirate strongholds in Rayman 2. This suggests that the Hoodlums may have used the wreckage of old Robo-Pirate structures to construct their own vehicles and buildings.

It is highly likely that Céloche's design was inspired by that of the Martian tripod from H.G. Wells' classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds. Both are gigantic, mechanical tripods; both are piloted by antagonists; both use a Heat-Ray weapon; and both are capable of traversing both land and water.