| “ | "I saw you out there, you put yourself on the line to save the Toppat Clan. You've truly earned my respect. I can't think of a better person to lead us."
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| ― Reginald Copperbottom |
Toppat King is one of the sixteen endings in Completing the Mission.
Having recently escaped The Wall, Henry Stickmin goes to the Toppat Launch Site with his new friend, Ellie, and finds Reginald and his Right Hand Man having already prepared to launch the Toppat Clan's orbital headquarters, when suddenly, Government forces arrive to ambush the launch site in an attempt to thwart the launch. Henry must now team up with Ellie, Reginald and RHM to stop the raid and protect the rocket.
The ending is set after the Rapidly Promoted Executive and Convict Allies endings.
Plot
Intro: Toppat Launch Plan
After escaping The Wall, Henry Stickmin and Ellie Rose head to the Toppat Launch Site. Impressed by the surroundings, Ellie decides to join the Toppat Clan. Henry meets up with Reginald Copperbottom and his Right Hand Man in an air control tower, finding out that the former had taken up leadership in his absence, something Henry isn't all that content with.
Reginald informs Henry that the Clan went along with the plan to launch the Toppat Orbital Station into space. Their preparations are interrupted when the Government launches an assault on the launch site, prompting Reginald to send Ellie and the Right Hand Man to the rocket, while he and Henry stay behind to initiate the launch sequence.
The Government soldiers locate Henry and Reginald, launching an ambush. A Government helicopter piloted by Liam Rogers armed with Gatling guns pins down the duo. Reginald urges the Henry to come up with a plan on-the-spot:
- [X] Very Accurate Targetting System: Using an assault rifle, Henry aims for Liam's head with a 95% hit chance and fires four bullets with a cinematic effect. Unfortunately, all of them miss, after which Liam retaliates by gunning down Henry and Reginald. Message: ... 95 percent, huh?
- [X] Super Punch: Henry leaps out of the tower and punches the helicopter away, causing it to explode upon impact with the ground. After this maneuver, however, Henry falls to his death. Message: The Toppats will always remember you as a hero.
- [✓] Wrist Strapped Grapple Hook: Henry uses the grapple hook to hijack the helicopter, throwing Liam out to his death.
While this is happening, Reginald is being surrounded by a platoon of soldiers, including Vance Kite, who is holding him. To save Reginald, Henry can:
- [X] Abandon: Henry leaves Reginald to the soldiers and flies up the space station. However, he is spotted as an enemy helicopter by Jack Doogan and is subsequently shot down by Sammy Sorry. Message: That's Karma for you, baby.
- [X] Helicopter: Henry rams his helicopter into the control tower (exactly like Charles would), presumably killing himself and everyone inside the tower. Message: Who do you think you are? Charles?
- [✓] Mounted Gun: Henry leaves the controls and guns down the soldiers near Reginald, saving him.
Since the helicopter no longer has a pilot, it starts to lose control, prompting Henry to bail from it before the helicopter crashes. Upon landing, he spots a trio of soldiers attempting an EMP bomb on the launch pad in order to cripple the rocket. Henry can:
- [X] Boomerang: Henry throws a boomerang from The Legend of Zelda that hits all three soldiers, knocking them out, but also himself when it swings back to him. Message: What a stunning performance.
- [X] Revolver: Activating Deadeye, Henry attempts to lock on and take down the three soldiers at once. He, however, stalls long enough to be spotted and is shot by one of the soldiers. Message: Were you waiting til High Noon-Thirty to shoot?
- [✓] Flute: Henry uses a flute to summon a bird that takes him to the government soldiers, allowing him to snatch the bomb away.
Soon, the soldiers shoot down the bird, sending Henry to the ground. He lands right next to the Right Hand Man as they are now surrounded by Victoria Grit and her platoon (Gerald Gruff, Billy Brown, Orbyn Lanp, Dan D. Lyons, three other soldiers). Henry and RHM can defend themselves by:
- [X] Summon: Henry summons Shoop Da Whoop from the moon to eliminate the soldiers. It takes a week to arrive, however, with the Toppats having presumably lost the battle by then. Message: Last week, but not to worry.
- [X] Charge: Henry makes a run for it until he gets shot by Billy Brown seconds later, much to the Right Hand Man's bewilderment. Message: Oh my god, he just ran in.
- [X] Style On 'Em: Henry and the Right Hand Man team up to take down the soldiers, performing a stylish move from Paper Mario. However, they only manage to take out Billy Brown, leaving the duo vulnerable to the remaining soldiers. Message: Not gonna lie, that was stylish.
- [✓] Dual Tech: The Right Hand Man gives Henry his pistols, jumps high in the air, and then activates his laser eye directly on Henry to make him spin while the latter shoots, killing all the surrounding soldiers with laser bolts.
From afar, an impressed Reginald witnesses Henry and the Right Hand Man's teamwork. With one minute to take off, Ellie catches up in a Government jeep and offers the two to hitch a quick ride toward the rocket. On the way up, Major Hershell Panzer (in a Mech suit) and his platoon (Lucas Broomhandle, June July, Teemu Suomi, Ollie Andorin, Gerry Atrix) are blocking their path. Ellie suggests Henry to find a way through:
- [X] Timeout: If no option is chosen, Hershell stops the jeep and the impact throws the three outlaws off the jeep. Message: Seatbelts everyone!
- [X] Right Hand Man: RHM transmutes his legs into a thruster and hops to the back of the vehicle. The jeep ploughs through Hershell, but ends up penetrating the rocket. Message: Overshot by just a liiiiiiiitle bit.
- [X] Ellie: Ellie pulls out an assault rifle and shoots at the soldiers. But with no hands on the wheel and her foot still on the gas pedal, the jeep veers to the right and flies off the ramp. Message: Shooting from a moving vehicle is actually really hard. Especially if you're supposed to be driving.
- [✓] Henry: Henry climbs on the hood of the jeep and punches Hershell in the face, knocking him out cold.
Henry falls off the jeep, while Ellie and the Right Hand Man make it to the rocket as it launches. Ellie pleads the two others to get Henry, in which Reginald promises her to keep the door open for as long as he can. As the rocket is taking off without him, Henry panics.
- [X] Cloud: Henry uses a cloud from Super Mario Bros. to fly to the rocket. Unfortunately, a moment before the cloud approaches the door, it disappears due to the cloud running out of flight duration, causing him to fall. Message: Today's forecast: No clouds.
- [X] G-Inverter: Henry uses the G-Inverter to reverse gravity and causes everything to get sucked up into the sky - however, he drops the G-Inverter, leaving him unable to reverse the process and ends up flying past the rocket. Message: Pretty sure I had a nightmare like this.
- [✓] Abandoned Tank: Henry climbs in a nearby tank, backs up against a palm tree, and fires at the ground, launching himself up quickly to the rocket.
The tank almost reaches to the rocket door, allowing Henry to dismount and barely make the jump. Reginald is able to catch Henry in time and jokes about betraying Henry before pulling him up. As the door closes, Reginald voices his respect for Henry's efforts to defend the Toppat Clan.
After the phrase "MISSION COMPLETE" shows up, Reginald provides an epilogue narration, revealing how the Toppat Orbital Station was successfully established despite losing some of his comrades, such as The Magician, Fredrick Muenster and Smooshed Sammy, who were arrested by the Government. With the station in orbit, the Toppats can now raid any place on Earth with a terrifying ease. Henry continues to lead the clan as he names Ellie his new second in-command, titled the Right Hand Lady, while Reginald himself and his Right Hand Man remain as the clan's top operators, performing several successful operations.
Characters
- Henry Stickmin - Protagonist
- Ellie Rose - Deuteragonist
- Reginald Copperbottom - Tritagonist
- Right Hand Man (Reborn) - Tetartagonist
- Burt Curtis (Voice Only)
- Liam Rogers
- Vance Kite
- 3 Unknown Soldiers
- Jack Doogan
- Frankie Pizza
- Norm Hexter
- Howard Lipton
- Bird
- Victoria Grit
- Gerald Gruff
- Billy Brown
- Orbyn Lanp
- Dan D. Lyons
- The Magician
- 7 Unknown Soldiers
- Shoop da Woop
- Major Hershell Panzer
- Lucas Broomhandle
- June July
- Teemu Suomi
- Ollie Andorin
- Gerry Atrix
- Merl Goldenfold
- Anthony Lee
- Fredrick Muenster
- Smooshed Sammy
- Pablo Sleuth
- Thomas Chestershire
- Captain Hubert Galeforce (Flashback)
- Heath Stone (Flashback)
- Isaac Binderson (Flashback)
- Dmitri Johannes Petrov (Flashback)
Italics indicate the character only appears in this pathway.
Underscore indicates the character only appears in a fail.
References
Fallout
The Very Accurate Targetting System is a reference to this game franchise.
My Hero Academia
The Super Punch sequence is very similar to Deku's first punch against the robot in the UA exam.
Just Cause
The Wrist Strapped Grapple Hook is a reference to Rico's grappler.
Charles
The Helicopter option results in Henry crashing the military helicopter into the Toppat Communications Tower, like how Charles would. The fail message even references him.
The Legend of Zelda
The Boomerang option and how it stuns Henry and the government soldiers is a reference to many Zelda games.
The Flute specifically references Link to the Past.
Overwatch
The Revolver is the Cult Peacekeeper Revolver from this game, and references Deadeye, the ultimate ability of Cassidy, also from this game. Henry also says "It's High Noon" before shooting, which is Cassidy's catchphrase.
Super Mario Bros.
The music Henry plays with the Flute is similar to the Warp Whistle theme.
The Cloud is a Lakitu Cloud.
Final Fantasy VII
The song that plays during Summon is similar to the "Weapon Raid" song from that game.
World of Warcraft
The Charge option references the famous "LEEROYYYYY JENKINSS!!!" yelled by the character with the same name, who just charged into action without a plan. The fail message is what Leeroy's team leader said after seeing this happen.
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
The Style moves Henry and Right Hand Man perform are from this game.
Chrono Trigger
Dual Tech is the name of a move in this game.
Trivia
- As per PuffballsUnited's path designation system used for while he was working on the Collection, this path was dubbed "Path A".
- This is the only ending that incorporates the Convict Allies rank to not focus much on Ellie.
- This ending has the most parts out of any CtM ending, with 6 parts, tied with Special BROvert Ops and Free Man.
- Out of these, Free Man has the most fails, at 15, closely followed by Toppat King at 14 and then Special BROvert Ops at 13.
- This is the only ending in CtM to make a white flash of the “MISSION COMPLETE” during the ending.
- This is the only Rapidly Promoted Executive path in CtM with a Quick Time Event.
- Ellie's hair in the beginning has a different art style.
- There is a bug where you skip the intro when Henry shows Ellie the control tower, Ellie's line is still played.
- This is the only CA-chosen pathway in which the Motorcycle Henry and Ellie rode does not physically appear.
- This is the only pathway with Ellie in the game in which she does not speak in the failures she is involved in at all.
- This is the only ending in which none of the six main characters end up being arrested or killed.
Continuity
Reginald Copperbottom explicitly references his grudge against Henry since Rapidly Promoted Executive for taking over the Toppat clan, yet by the time Henry reaches the rocket, his animosity has dissolved completely.
Music
| Track | Composer / Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Preparations Interrupted"File:954817 Preparations-Interrupted.ogg | Ockeroid | Opening Theme |
| "Elysium" | Elation | Plays during the car ride scene |
| "Toppat King" | PuffballsUnited | Ending Theme |
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