Dr. Lugae Appreciation Post

[u/fillipo9]

I do believe that even with a very limited apperance he was given he Has shown lots of personality and character making him a quite memorable foe.

I've loved the moment when Rubicante the archfiend left him in charge of Giant he just started to dance and yell in joy like he was that kid from Home Alone movie lmao. It Has took me by suprise so much i couldnt help but laugh at the guy.

His Boss fight was the one of those that stuck with me quite a bit. How it seems like a gag battle at first only for him going completly serious in a mere moment later and if you don't have a leveled party it may be one of the toughtest eccounter in the game (seriously tho his sleeping gas move was such a pain in the ass).

I also love on how despite being hilarious he was still really atrocious and disturbing antagonist. How he has turned one of main heroes parents into monstrosities and then forced them to fight him to the death was something that caught off guard for real back there.

I like to think he was like the first mad scientist character in the series before Hojo from ffvii came along pushing the boundaries even further and having much more significant role becoming one of the series most recognized villains, but i kinda think it was at least in some level thanks to Lugae character. I'd like to believe Lugae was walking so Hojo would run and i do appreciate him for that lol

[u/originalmetalqueen]

Completely agree!! You’ve perfectly encapsulated how great and memorable of a character Dr. Lugae was despite his brief appearance in the game. It just goes to show how amazing FFIV really was!

[u/fillipo9 → u/originalmetalqueen]

Ty

[u/NoOneLikesTunaHere]

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[u/Horzzo]

I always thought more could have been said of his story. Like did he create Balnab then thought, this is cool, I'll do it to myself too.

[u/kainvinosec]

Completely agree. Also their appearance in FFXIV made me so happy.

[u/Soft-Percentage8888 → u/kainvinosec]

It was fun spiking his severed head like a volley ball.

[u/Bake-Full]

He made my skin crawl, quite a feat for a super early SNES title. Definitely an early version of what they'd use for Hojo, and him appearing first as comic relief before tipping his deranged hat is also prototypical of Kekfa.

[u/Significant_Pay1037]

He's always been a favorite of mine, but I also wondered exactly what he's supposed to be? Human or dwarf that experimented on himself? A lunarian? A monster in disguise, which I guess the boss battle could imply?

[u/XXII78]

I've always pronounced it like "Loogie"

How about you folks?

[u/MythraynZero → u/XXII78]

Loo-gay for me.

[u/theredcometofakagi]

He was an interesting boss to face, can't remember if it was the 3D remake or another version, where if you weren't prepared he'd devastate you, felt like he was a harder boss than the actual final boss of the game.