Ludwig von Tökkentäkker



Ludwig von Tökkentäkker is the main antagonist of CarnEvil.

Tökkentäkker appears as the final boss in the final level, The Big Top.

Apparently, he has been watching the unsuspecting Character's progress through CarnEvil from his study. He summons armies of skeletons and he attacks with fireworks and a Blunderbuss. He also appears to be capable of teleportation. Tökkentäkker was killed by being thrown off his airship and shredded by one of the propellers, which caused his airship to be destroyed as well.

"Welcome aboard. From zis study, I have observed your every move. But you do not obey! Prepare to die!"

- Ludwig von Tökkentäkker, before the final fight

Professor Ludwig von Tökkentäkker is the main antagonist, and final boss, of the arcade rail shooter "CarnEvil". He is the ringleader of the dreaded carnival, and mentioned in the game's "attract mode", where in a graveyard in Iowa, his tombstone holds a token. The token can bring CarnEvil out of the underworld.

After the player (or players, depending on if one or two people play) manage to get through the first three areas (Haunted House, Rickety Town and Freak Show), they will gain access to the main area: the Big Top.

After surviving his onslaught of killer clowns, mimes, poodles and clown doctors (where it's revealed that he has planned to put the protagonist's brain into a gorilla), he reveals himself and sends his flunky, Umlaut, to take care of him.

When Umlaut dies, the player chases Tokkentakker around his airship, miles above the carnival, while avoiding his gunshots and skeleton soldiers. Eventually the player corners him at the end of the airship, where he resorts to tossing bombs and shooting fireworks. After enough damage has been dealth, Tokkentakker falls into the blades of the ship, chopping him to bits and causing the airship to explode.

Though presumed dead at first, the player re-inserts the token, and as such may bring him back.