Reaper & Reapette

Reaper and Reapette official artwork.

The Reaper (死神 Shinigami) is a durable foe that Pit encounters early in his quest. It appears in every non-Fortress area, barring the Palace in the Sky. The Reaper prowls along a flat path, turning around when the path ends. Once every few moments, however, it will suddenly glance behind to see if Pit's trying to sneak up behind it; it will always turn around if attacked in the back. Should the Reaper see Pit, (distance is a factor as it can't see too far, and obstacles will block line-of-sight; it only looks straight ahead) it'll zip to the closest spot available on it's path and immediately summon 4 Reapettes. It will keep summoning groups of Reapettes until either it's destroyed, Pit is dead, or Pit moves out of its sight (where it will immediately restart its pattern), though any remaining Reapettes will continue to harass the hero until destroyed.

Appearances

Kid Icarus

"Entrusted by Medusa as a lookout. It waves its sickle around when it's spotted Pit and starts chasing him. It calls Reapette by telepathy."

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
10	2	10	500

Reapette

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
1	2	1	100

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Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

"The Grim Reaper yells and screams, calling Reapettes to attack when he sees Pit."

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
6		10

Reapette

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
1		1

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Kid Icarus: Uprising

The Reaper returns with a new look in this game, and acts as a boss monster known as Big Reaper. When Pit first enters the room where it is battled, it is much smaller, around the size it was in the original game. It immediately notices Pit, and begins to panic, similarly to its prior appearances, transforming into the large form in which it's battled. Dodging Big Reaper's attempts to step on him, Pit must get up onto one of two platforms on either side of the room, either by a pad that launches him up, or by stairs at either end of it, and then dodge Big Reaper's attacks up there while attacking its head. Pit can also fight smaller, "classic" Reapers, which act more like the original Reapers.

Trivia

• The reaper is, of course, the infamous anthropomorphic figure of Death, complete with death mask, dark robe, and scythe. The figure itself, though, evolved from the Greek Titan known as Cronus.