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                                    The Commander Keen  
                                       Encyclopedia 

    This section is for finding everything about Commander Keen.  It's like a real Encyclopedia, from A to Z.  It contains, friends, enemies, places, items, and more!  From ALL commander Keen Games.  Official and 3rd party!  Below is a list of Games you can choose from.  Below that is the ENTIRE list of all the games. Also, Big thanks to Doped up Fish for helping out, and doing Keen 4, AND Keen Dreams for me. 
 

                                        ~B~ 

Babobba-  This little red fella is a baby Bobba. Babobbas are not quite as tough as full-grown Bobbas.(K6) 
Bag o' Sugar-  5,000 Points (K5, VVI) 
Banana Split-  2000 points(K6) 
Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket-  Keen's Spaceship that he uses to travel to different parts of the galaxy(AK) 
Berkeloid: This fiery fella is not to be toyed with. He throws big fireballs, and is impossible to kill.(K4, VVI) 
Bip-  Bips are the cogs in the Bloog's machine.  They run platforms, they patrol areas in their Bipships, and generally cause havoc.  They fight for anyone, but they happened to hook up with the Bloogs.(K6) 
Billy Blaze-  Eight Year Old genius that is Commander Keen(AK) 
Bird: These guys can fly and walk. You can shoot them, but it only paralyzes them temporarily.(K4)   
Blochowaik, Jason-  Software Engineer(K4, K5, K6) 
Bloog-  The Bloogs stole your baby sitter.  These one-eyed green carnivores are driven by their hunger across the galaxy.(K6, VVI, AOE) 
Bloog Aeronautics and Space Administration-  A level in Keen 6(K6) 
Bloog Control Center-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Bloog Lab Space Station-  The Secret level in Keen 6 that you reach using a satilite.(K6) 
Bloog Soda-  100 points(K6) 
Bloogbase Management District-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Bloogbase Recreational District-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Bloogdome-  a level with a hazerdous area sign on it that you don't have to go into in Keen 6.(K6) 
Bloogfoods, Inc.-  A level in which you get a sandwich to give to a Grabbiter to pass in Keen 6.(K6) 
Blooglet-  Blooglet-  Baby Bloogs come in four colors:  red, yellow, green, and blue.  They aren't very dangerous, and they might even prove helpful sometimes...(K6) 
Bloogton Manfacturing-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Bloogton Tower-  A level in Keen 6 that has the rocket passcard in it for Keen 6.(K6) 
Blooguard-  These burly Bloogs have big clubs to bonk their enemies.  Even if they miss, their clubs shake the ground so violently you might get knocked out! (K6) 
Bloogville-  A level in Keen 6(K6) 
Bloogwaters Crossing-  The first level in Keen 6.(K6, AOE) 
Blorb-  These red gelatin-like beings are deadly but slow.  They bounce around and make you nervous.(K6, VVI) 
Bobba-  Bobba's are nasty indestructible beings that hop and fire deadly energy bolts from their eyes.(K6) 
Boobus Bomb - Used to kill Boobus Tuber(3.5) 
Boobus’ Chamber - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5)  
Border Village: A level in Keen 4. (K4) 
Bounder: These red, friendly, bouncing guys can be annoying, but they can be helpful, too! They push you around and you can stand on top of them.  One shot stuns it permanently (K4, VVI, KI) 
Bridge Bottoms - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5)  
Brownian Motion Inducer-  A level in Keen 5(K5) 
Brussels Sprout Bay - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5)  

                                        ~C~ 

Candy Bar- 1,000 Points(3.5)  
Candy Cane- 500 Points(3.5)  
Carmack, Adrian-  Artwork(K4, K5, K6) 
Carmack, John-  Software Engineer(K4, K5, K6) 
Castle Tuberia - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5)  
Cave of Descendants: A level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden(K4) 
Ceilick-  The purple beings hide in holes in the ceiling and will try to get you with their forked tongues.(K6) 
Chasm of Chills: A level in Keen 4 where Princess Lindsey is hidden(K4) 
Chocolate Milk-  500 Points (K5)  
Cloud: When you approach it, you'll make it angry, and it will try to strike you down with a 
lightning bolt! They are immune to your shots.(K4) 
Cookie- 200 Points(3.5)  
ComputerWrist-  The main menu screen for Keen that includes starting a game, saving, loading, paddl wars, and quitting.  (K4, K5, K6, LIT)                              
Cotton Candy- 5,000 Points(3.5) 
Council Members- These old guys are the ones you're supposed to save.(K4, KE) 
Crazed Carrot - They push you around.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5)  
Crystalus: A level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden.(K4) 

  
                                        ~D~ 

Defense Tunnel Burrh-  A level in Keen 5 (K5)  
Defense Tunnel Sorra-  A level in Keen 5 (K5)  
Defense Tunnel Teln-  A level in Keen 5(K5)  
Defense Tunnel Vlook-  A level in Keen 5(K5) 
Dopefish: The second dumbest creature in the universe, this creature's thought patterns go 
"swim, swim, hungry, swim, swim, hungry." They'll eat anything alive and moving near them, 
though they prefer heroes. (K4, VVI) 
Doughnut- 2,000 ,Points(K4, KE) 
                                        ~E~ 

Energy Flow Systems-  A level in Keen 5(K5)  
 
                                        ~F~ 
First Dome of Darkness-  A Level that contains a grappling hook and rope to get up the cliff in Keen 6.(K6) 
Flect-  These yellow fellows have big teeth but their bite isn't the problem!  Watch out where you shoot when these guys are around.(K6) 
Fleex-  The Fleex are amongst the finest engineers in the universe, having designed all the buildings and devices on Fribbulus Xax.  Unfortunately, the Bloogs built them, devestating the sleek and elegant designs. 
    The Fleex have very sesitive eyes (a natural consequence of spending s lifetime in a basement lab), so sensitive that they have to wear dark shades when they're out in the light (making them nearly blind).  To compensate, they've developed an oversized ear which allows them to hear other creatures as they move around.(K6, KI) 
Flower power - temporarily stop most enemies (3.5) 
Frantic French Fry - Their touch and the fries they throw at you are deadly.  Throw a flower 
power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5) 
Fribbulas Xax-  The Bloog Homeworld that Keen must travel to to save Molly.(K6, AOE) 
 

                           ~G~ 

Gems-  Gems are used to open doors found in various levels in Keens 4-6.  To open a door, just carry the gem to an appropriate gem holder in the vicinity of the door.  Keen knows all about the gems and will put them in the holder.(K4, K5, ,K6, KI, K2000, VVI, AOE) 
Golplat-  These little people are from the secret level in Episode five.  They just push you along.  1 shot stuns them.(K5,) 
Gik-   These hard-shelled customer's worst points are it's points!   Its legs are spikes, so it will flip and try to poke you.(K6, K2000, VVI) 
Grabbiter-  A creature that you feed a sandwich to in Keen 6 to let you pass.(K6) 
Grape - Their touch is deadly.  When you walk under them they kind of scream and fall on you. (3.5) 
Grape Grove - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5) 
Gravitational Damping Hub-  A level in Keen 5(K5) 
Guard Post One-   A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Guard Post Two-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Guard Post Three-  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
 

                                        ~H~ 

Hall, Tom-  Creative Director(AK) 
Hazard Signs-  These signs mark the most hazardous areas of Fribbulas Xax.  Traveling the hazard areasis not necessary to complete the game, but will let you rack up extra points and add hours of challenge and enjoyment to the game.(K6) 
Hillville: A level in Keen 4.(K4) 
Horseradish Hill - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5) 
                                        ~I~ 

Ice Cream Bar-  200 points(K6) 
Ice Cream Cone- 5,000 Points(K4, K2000) 
Inchworm: These placid yellow creatures are all over. Watch out where you step or they'll be 
afoot! (K4) 
Ion Ventalation System-  A level in Keen 5(K5) 
Isle of Fire: A level in Keen 4 where a council member is hidden (K4) 
Isle of Tar: A level in Keen 4(K4) 

                                        ~J~ 

Jawbreaker- 1,000 Points(K4, VVI) 
                                        ~K~ 

Keg o' Vitalin-  1-up (K5) 
Keen-  Billy Blaze's Alter Ego(AK) 
Keys - Let you open doors.  Unlike the gems in keen the other keens, they stay with you unless 
you use them from level to level and can be used on any door.(3.5) 
Keycard-  You sometimes need a Keycard to open up doors.(K5) 
Killer Broccoli - Their touch is deadly.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a 
panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5) 
King Boobus Tuber - His touch is deadly.  Throw 12 Boobus bombs at he and he dies and you win the game.(3.5) 

                                        ~L~ 

Land of Tuberia - Where Keen 3.5 takes place(3.5)  
Lick: These blue beanbag-like monsters breathe a deadly lick of fire. One shot stuns it 
permanently (K4, VVI) 
Lifewater Flask(1-up)(K4,VVI, LIT, K2000) 
Lifewater Oasis: A level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden (K4) 
Little Ampton - This purple fellow slides up and down poles and works on his computer terminals. Don't be on a pole he's on, 'cause he slides up and down quickly!(K6) 
Lollipop- 2,000 Points(3.5)  
                                        ~M~ 

Mad Mushroom: Dangerous plants that hop and are deadly to touch. They jump higher every 3 bounces. Cannot be killed or stunned. (K4, K2000, VVI) 
Marshmellow-  200 Points (K5)  
Melon Mines - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5)  
Mimrock: When have your back turned, they will sneak up and jump at you! One shot while it jumps will stun it permanently(K4) 
Miragia: A disappearing city where the wetsuit is hidden (K4) 
Molly-  Your babysitter that was kidnapped by the Bloogs.(K6) 
                                        ~N~ 

Neutrino Burst Injector-  A level in Keen 5 (K5)  
Nospike-  These blue fellows walk around until they find something to charge at. But even charging, their favorite pastime, will bore them after a bit.  Watch out for their fearsome horn! (K6) 
 
                                        ~O~ 

Orbatrix-  These big blue eyeballs will bounce and spin at you!  Be careful-- They float and follow you. (K6, AOE) 
One-up - Another life(3.5) 
 

                                        ~P~ 

Paddle Wars-  A game on Keen's ComputerWrist that you can play.  You are a bar, and you have to block a ball and get it past your opponent. (K4, K5, K6) 
Parsnip Pass - A level in Keen 3.5 (3.5) 
Pea Brain - They are deceivingly cute and deadly.  2-4 come out of the Pea Pod.  Throw a flower 
power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds. (3.5) 
Pea Pod - They look dangerous but they don’t hurt you.  But they do spit deadly Pea Brains at 
you.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5)  
Peppermint- 100 Points(3.5)  
Perilous Pit: A level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden. (K4) 
Pizza Slice-  5000 Points(K6) 
Plastic Tubing-  An ingrediant used to make the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket.(AK) 
Platform-  Platforms are a major convenience-  even a necessity on Fribbulas Xax.  In most places they are used to transport you over dangerous obstacles, or to places out of reach.  Many of the platforms(or "plats" as the locals call them) are still the old style which are operated by Bips.(K6) 
Poison Slug: The most common inhabitant of the Shadowlands, Poison Slugs mean trouble twice -once if you touch them, twice if you should land in the puddles of poison they leave behind! One shot stuns it permanently. (K4, VVI, K2000) 
Pyramid of Moons: A level in Keen 4 that lets you go to the Pyramid of the Forbidden (K4) 
Pyramid of Shadows: A level in Keen 4 where a council Member is hidden(K4) 
Pyramid of the Forbidden:  The secret level in Keen 4 where the janitor for the High Council is hidden. (K4) 
Pyramid of the Gnosicene Ancients: A level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden (K4) 
Prince, Robert-  Composer(K4, K5, K6) 
Princess Lindsey- Find Princess Lindsey in the Shadowlands, and she'll give you hints! (K4) 
Pudding-  500 points(K6) 
                                        ~Q~ 

Quantum Explosion Dynamo-  Last Level in Keen 5 that has the Shikadi Master in it.(K5)  
                                        ~R~ 

Regulation Control Center-  A level in Keen 5(K5)  
Rein, Mark-  President of ID software.(K4, K5) 
Rhubarb Rapids - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5) 
Robo Blue-  A enemy in Keen 2000.(K2000) 
Robo Red - Robo Red is a nasty guard. If he hears a sound, he shoots first and asks questions later. Avoid, avoid, avoid!(K5) 
Romero, John-  Software Engineer(K4, K5, K6) 
Root Beer Float-  1000 points(K6) 
Rubber Cement-  Used to make the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket(AK) 
 
                                        ~S~ 

Sand Yego: A level in Keen 4. (K4) 
Schoolfish: These fish are real follow-the-leader types.(K4, VVI) 
Second Dome of Darkness-  No real reason to go in here.  A level in Keen 6.(K6) 
Secret Korath III Base-  The Secret level in Keen 5 with the Goplats.(K5)  
Security Center-  A level in Keen 5(K5) 
Shadowlands: Where Keen 4 takes place (K4) 
Shelley - This tiny darling seems pleasant until you least expect it, then she goes all to pieces!(K5) 
Shikadi - These energy beings built the Omegamatic and plan to destroy the galaxy. Watch out for them near poles. (K5) 
Shikadi Gum- 100 Points(K5) 
Shikadi Master - The most frightful foe aboard the Omegamatic, they cast Electrospheres at you and teleport around. Very dangerous.(K5) 
Shikadi Mine - Woe be the hero that wanders near one of these. They will follow you until they are close enough, then they explode!(K5) 
Shikadi Soda- 100 Points(K4) 
Shikkars Candy Bar- 500 Points(K4) 
Shockshund - Three-legged energy dogs of the Shikadi, their spark is worse than their bite!(K5) 
Skypest: Virtually immune to your shots, these guys really are pests. There must be some way to get them though. Pogo on them when they sit to kill them(K4, K2000, VVI) 
Slicestar - The slicestar is a crystalline being with razor-sharp points. Don't get near 'em!(K5, K2000, VVI) 
Slug Village: A level in Keen 4. (K4) 
Sparky - This gray guy has a magnetic personality. His presence is electrifying. You'll be shocked when you see him! Watch out when he "charges!" (K5, VVI) 
Sphereful - Frightful plasma orbs with orbiting diamond sensors, tread carefully by these dangerous denizens.(K5, KI) 
Spindred - Spindred slam angrily at the floor and ceilling. They'll crush you quicker than... something quick.(K5) 
Spirogrip - The spirogrip spins and launches toward walls. If you're in the way, you'll be toast!(K5) 
Sprite- Don't mess with these problematic underwater creatures: they shoot energy blasts at you!(K4, VVI) 
Spud City - A level in Keen 3.5 (3.5) 
Squash - Their touch is deadly.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5) 
Squash Swamp - A level in Keen 3.5(3.5) 
Stunner- These are used in Keen 4-6 and are used to stun creatures.  You only have a limited number of shots, so be sure to collect them wherever you can.(K4, K5, K6, VVI, AOE, K2000, KE) 
Soup cans-  One thing that Billy Blaze used to make the Bean-with-Bacon Megarocket(AK) 
Sugar Stoopies Cereal-  5,000 Points (K5, VVI)  
Super flower power - 5 flower powers(3.5) 
 

                                       ~T~ 

Tart Stix-  1,000 Points (K5, VVI, K2000) 
Tater Trooper - Their touch is deadly.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds.(3.5)  
Three-Tooth Gum- 200 Points (K4, VVI) 
Three-Tooth Lake: A lake that you can go into if you have the wetsuit (K4) 
Tomato - Their touch is deadly.  Throw a flower power bomb at it and it becomes a panting flower for a few seconds. (3.5) 

 
                                        ~U~ 

                                        ~V~ 

Vitalin- by Vitacorp that is a refreshing health drink.  If you get 100 hundred of these things, you get a new life.)  (K5)  
Viva-  These are probably the most common form of life on Fribbulus Xax.  Viva's have a wonderful quality-- Touching them improves your health.  In fact, for every 100 you come in contact with,  you gain another life!  Watch carefully for Queen Viva's-- Touching one will give you another life all by itself. (K6) 
Volte-face - Volte-faces are crazy, insane floating creatures that have electric arcs for hair! (K5, KI, VVI) 
                                        ~W~ 

Water droplet(Get 100 and get a new life!!!!) (K4) 
Well of Wishes: An underwater level in Keen 4 where a Council Member is hidden (K4) 
Wormouth: Watch out for these green menaces. They're a lot bigger than they look!  One shot 
while its head is raised will stun it permanently (K4) 
 

                                        ~X~ 

                                        ~Y~ 

                                        ~Z~ 

 
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