Bootlegger Boogie is a level on Inkwell Isle Four where the Moonshine Mob is fought. It is represented on the map by the cave with a spider web.
Strategy
"One-two punch, you and da cops are eatin' dirt. Bingo bingo!"
—Charlie Left Legs, Phase 1 Death Screen
The battle starts with the Moonshine Mob and the Ant Cop in a yelling match at each other while Hardtop Harold announces the fight. All the bugs then leave while Charlie Left Legs stays to fight the player first.
Attacks:
- Charlie Left Legs walking across without doing anything.
- Charlie Left Legs uses a wireless button trigger to launch exploding bombs with skulls painted onto them, hanging from cobwebs.
- Charlie Left Legs holds a vintage telephone and calls in Fly Goons that move across the screen.
- Charlie Left Legs briefly holds a Caterpillar Mobster, and then kicks it flying across the screen and bounces until it is defeated.
- Occasionally, Ant Cops come in from any side of the screen and shoot pesticide at Charlie Left Legs.
"This dance is over, there's no excuse…you couldn't handle the giggle juice."
—Madcap Maddie, Phase 2 Death Screen
In the second phase, the Madcap Maddie dances on the middle platform and will constantly move.
Attacks:
- The gramophone occasionally produces harming soundwaves, which is preceded by a warning.
In this phase, Moonshine Barrels and Ant Cops walk across the screen, some barrels can be parried.
After Madcap Maddie takes enough damage as well, she will hurl on her knees, before rushing back to her gramophone and being lifted back up. In Simple Mode, she remains on her knees and will not go back to the gramophone as the fight ends there.
"One thing dis nose knows is, youse cups gonna be pushin' up roses!"
—Sidney the Snout, Phase 3 Death Screen
"Surprise! Forgetting about da boss ain't wise."
—Hardtop Harold, Phase 4 Death Screen
After Madcap Maddie leaves, Sidney the Snout breaks the upper two bridges before revealing the snail under his hat. Hardtop Harold can be damaged when revealed here, which depletes the health of the whole boss fight. Sidney the Snout then proceeds to attack.
Third Phase Attacks:
- Sidney the Snout occasionally sticks its snout out to either side of the screen, which it eventually licks up a group of Ant Cops and Fly Goons to spit them out while they are in a scuffle. The fight cloud bounces around the screen until they are defeated.
- It also can fake out extending its tongue to trick players into thinking it will attack.
A fake out knockout banner is then lowered after Sidney the Snout takes enough damage. Hardtop Harold then is revealed moving onto the final phase.
Final Phase Attacks:
- Hardtop Harold yells out soundwaves targeted at the player. Some soundwaves can be parried.
Walkthrough
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Soundtrack
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Gallery
Trivia
- This is the one of the two boss levels where its Simple Mode counterpart loses two phases, with the other being Junkyard Jive!.
- This is the only level with a different announcer voice.
- The pesticide shot by the police bugs during the first phase will actually damage Charlie Left Legs if he comes into contact with one of the clouds, though not enough to be considered significant.
- This is one of the first boss soundtracks to include vocals, being scatting by Alana Bridgewater, the voice of King Dice in the game. The others being High-Noon Hoopla and A Dish To Die For. The scatting was inspired by Gertrude “Baby” Cox, a scat singer from the 1930s.
- The bootlegging theme of this boss is a reference to the prohibition of the 1920s and 1930s. Since alcohol was illegal in the United States at the time, people decided to break the law and attempt to make their own alcohol in secret, known as bootlegging. Also, Ant Cops in this battle that fire pesticide at the boss - not the player, further enforcing the theme of the illegality of bootlegging.
- Another little detail in the Inkwell Isle Four map is that between the docks and the underground city where the Moonshine Mob reside, there appears to be a cavern opening with barrels inside of it, labeled with "Shipments" above the opening. This could be how the Moonshine Mob both receives their ingredients to distill alcoholic beverages and how they export their products to other islands outside of Inkwell Isle Four.
- When the waves of music turn red in Phase 2, the background music actually gets distorted.
Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 走私贩布吉舞 | Smuggling and Trafficking Boogie Dance |
| French | Chambard Clandestin | Clandestine Mayhem |
| German | Hoch die Tassen! | Raise Your Glasses!; an expression said while toasting, similar to the English "cheers" |
| Italian | Rischi per Fiaschi | Risk for Flasks; "fiaschi" can also mean "fiascos" |
| Japanese | 闇の酒蔵ブギウギ | Dark Sake Brewery Boogie Woogie |
| Korean | 밀매꾼 부기 | Smuggler Boogie |
| Polish | Operacja Destylacja | Operation Distillation |
| Portuguese | Ataque ao Alambique | Attack on the Still |
| Russian | Бутлегер Буги | Bootlegger Boogie |
| Spanish (EU) | Cubil del Contrabando | Den of the Contraband |
| Spanish (Lat.) | Cubil del Contrabando | Den of the Contraband |