Tinkerbrain

The Tinkerbrain is a boss in the game Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. It was created from blueprints that show the Dynamo, whose design the Tinkerbrain's design spoofs.

Appearance
The Tinkerbrain seems to be very big, as he towers high over Shantae and his creator, Risky Boots as she introduces him to the former. His name comes from how Risky designed him to look like a brain. The Tinkerbrain has yellow eyes.

Combat
The Tinkerbrain has two phases. First, he attacks by firing a laser toward Shantae the Half Genie Hero should she stop. Shantae can only drain his health by running around his body, causing one of his screws to come loose depending on the direction (left (his POV) for counter clockwise and right for clockwise). However, the Tinkerbrain will counter by launching gears that bounce, in order to catch Shantae off guard. Once a screw is loose, Shantae must destroy the power generators that appear. The generators will form an electric ring that deals 10 lightning damage to their target unless Shantae attacks them. After their defeat, the power generators shut off, dealing 100 damage to the Tinkerbrain. This process must be done with the opposite direction drain his 200 point health bar and send him to sleep.

The second phase initiates after Risky Boots reactivates the Tinkerbrain to continue the fight. During his second phase, the Tinkerbrain gains angry eyebrows and a frown from a magnet. To damage him, Shantae must knock the genies out. Upon their defeat, the Genies will form a ball that must be knocked past the Tinkerbrain's shield. A genie will resurrect if it gets time to do so, but hitting the genie's ball causes their destruction or cleansing. After 10 hits from the genies, the Tinkerbrain is defeated. Shantae must then escape Risky's collapsing factory lest she be destroyed by lava, which causes an instant death.

Trivia

 * The song that plays when the Tinkerbrain is fought also plays in the Friends to the End sub-game when Nega-Shantae is fought.