Funky Fungus

"'But you get used to the smell...'""- Ezekiel Fellows"Funky Fungus are enemies as well as overworld props that revolve around making the player and party members high, resulting in reduced stats in battle and alternate jumping/falling mechanics in the overworld. They can only be found in Area 2.

In Overworld
In the overworld, a Funky Fungus will interact with the player by shooting out spores, inflicting them with high and distorting elements of the overworld such as NPCs, enemies and pickup descriptions. The player will then only be able to lose their high status effect if they enter a cave or return to Bob Tord's village.

It is not recommended that the player attempt to initiate a battle whilst under the effects of the spores, as battles will be considerably harder whilst inflicted with high. Additionally, some enemies will be buffed if the battle is initiated whilst high, such as Pinhead.

After a certain point, the spores will begin to have a stronger effect on the player, flipping the screen and allowing for higher and more extravagant jumps.

In Battle
Funky Fungus can only be encountered in battle alongside Iggy Eggson, making them a Pain Mode exclusive enemy. They act similarly to how they do in the overworld, attacking the player with spores and inflicting High or Poison on party members. Barring that, they're a particularly easy enemy to deal with due to their weakness to fire, as at this point the player will likely have access to firebombs and Lanks' fireball moves.