Douggle Divided

Douggle Divided is the 4th installment in the famous action-adventure RPG series, Douggle. It was released in early 2016. It is a prequel, taking place before the events of the original 2007 Douggle.

Gameplay
The combat is nearly identical to Douggle Unlimited's. However, this installment introduced jiggle physics, giving the main character, Dogholius's dog cheeks visible jiggle. This addition was very controversial in the Douggle community.

Story
The story is split into 3 acts. It follows the journey of a young fighter named Dogholius DeWabblo (an ancestor of Dougie D. Wabblo) through the chaotic and divided lands of pre-Chatistan Europe.

Act 1: The Villainous Vatican
Dogholius DeWabblo was born in Naples, Italy and grew up in an orphanage. He had no idea who his parents were. At a young age, he had taken an interest in sword fighting. The game begins with Dogholius walking through the roads of Naples when suddenly he witnesses someone whisked away into the shadows of an alley. There had been 4 other kidnappings in Naples just like this recently. Dogholius runs into the alley and chases after the unknown captor. They are wearing long, white robes. They flee all the way out of the city and to a river, carrying their victim with them. I've got you cornered now, criminal, Dogholius thinks. "No you don't," the captor responds, seemingly reading his mind. Dogholius sees a golden cross hanging from the captor's neck and recognizes it as the symbol of the nearby Vatican city. The mysterious Vatican captor produces a longsword from his robes, drops his captive and prepares to fight. Dogholius draws his trusty shortsword. They battle beside the river. Dogholius bests the criminal, stabbing him in the gut and sending him into the river. "Looks like Team Vatican's blasting off again!" the criminal shouts while very slowly swimming away, against the current.

Dogholius frees the captive and crosses the river. He decides to go on a quest to stop this kidnapping injustice. He encounters a merchant riding a horse. The merchant tries to sell his potions to him, but Dogholius punches him off of his horse, climbs atop it and rides off. He finds a nearby rock, positions the horse perfectly on top of it, and loads a recent save to perform a Horse Tilt. The Horse Tilt is canon and the player is required to perform it here to progress. He is sent flying northwest, away from Naples and toward the Vatican City. He lands neatly in front of the main gate. Two guards draw their swords and and point them at his throat. He Horse Tilts himself over the walls of the city. He sneaks through the city and up to the biggest building in the whole place. It has a sign out front saying "POPES ONLY. No losers allowed!" He walks in.

Dogholius steps into a large throne room. At the end of the room is an ornate, golden throne with another white-robed individual sitting in it. "Ah, you have come. We knew you would be here, sooner or later," he says. "How did you know?" Dogholius asks, drawing his shortsword. "Your name is literally Dogholius DeWabblo," the man says. "How could you not be the protagonist?"

Dogholius stomps up to the throne, sword in hand. "You're behind the kidnappings in Naples, aren't you?" The man stands up and cracks his knuckles. "Yes, yes I am. I am Regent for Pope Bobingus. And according to your mind, you maimed him and pushed him into a river? The man has always been an incompetent kidnapper," he says, staring into Dogholius's head. "These kidnapped test subjects have been very useful in our experiments to create the ultimate fighting power. Operation Unlimited, we've been calling it. You, too, will make a useful test subject."

The Regent jumps down the steps to the throne and shouts, "UNLIMIT MODE!" He charges at Dogholius with his bare fists. Dogholius steps away from his strikes. Their feet dance around the shining throne room floor. Dogholius proves victorious in this difficult battle. He decapitates the Regent, finally extinguishing his Unlimit Mode and his life. Dogholius picks up the Pope headdress and puts it on, ready to turn the Vatican City into a just organization.

Act 2: Italy Lost
After a week of ruling over Vatican City, Dogholius discovers he is developing psychic powers like the other popes. He receives a vision from a strange being which appears to be in the jungles of the moon. They tell him he must name his new organization the Chatican Order. They also warn him he must outlaw the possession of orange bell peppers within the Vatican City. He is confused, but follows the instructions.

Pope Dogholius receives word that Italy has been taken over by a new ruler: Pope Bobingus. He survived his injuries and rose to power. Italy has been turned into a dictatorship. The innocent Italian citizens are being enslaved and harvested for their pogs (similar to how the modern day DougDoug harvests his viewers' pogs and turns them into the bank for money). And so Pope Dogholius and his strongest knights mount their horses and Horse Tilt through the sky and to Rome.

As they fly, Dogholius receives another vision. It is from the alien in the moon jungles again. Dogholius can no longer see his physical surroundings. He falls off of his horse and begins to plummet towards the ground. "Dogholius," the alien says. "You may have our strongest fighter. She is very hot and rich and psychic and she will help you defeat Pope Bobingus."

Dogholius lands in a pond in an explosion of water. His knights land their horses nearby. A stranger helps him out of the water. He looks up and sees that she is an alien and very hot and rich and psychic and is riding a strange alien horse.

"Greetings, Dogholius. My people sent me here to aid you in your fight against the evil pope. We must slay him as soon as we can. I foresee his descendants doing terrible things, given the chance to exist." And so Dogholius rides toward Rome with his knights and the alien. He learns that her horse is called a "gunicorn". They Horse Tilt into Bobingus's castle, breaking the doors off their hinges. Pope Bobingus is in his throne, reading a book.

"You've arrived. A pity. I was just getting to the part where Goofy dies." He shuts the book and stands up. "You've come to kill me, I assume?" Dogholius, his knights and the alien all point their blades at the evil pope. "Yes, yes we have," Dogholius says.

A dozen Vatican gunicorns run into the throne room and stand at the evil pope's side. He throws off his robes to reveal his very rich and hot and psychic self, wearing a Thanos bathing suit and wielding a comically large spoon. "And so the Space Pope Civil War begins."

Battle ensues. Dogholius and the alien deflect gunicorn-fire, sensing the bullets before they are shot. Chatican knights charge at Bobingus, but he takes them down with ease with his spoon. The battle is horrific, but Dogholius and the alien prevail.

"Oh, this isn't the last time you'll cross swords with a Bobingus," the evil pope says, bleeding out. He looks upward. "I can see him. Dingus Bobingus. My descendant. Deadliest assassin of the 2000s." He takes his last breath before being crushed with his own comically large spoon.

Act 3: And Let Slip the Gunicorns of War
Pope Dogholius has been undergoing extensive "Space Pope" training. He has learned many things, such as that the alien sent to help him is part of a species of aliens called the Space Pope Aliens and that her name is Pope Pope Binks. She says it's a traditional name in her culture. He has also learned that the comically large spoon he took from Pope Bobingus is called a Spoonsaber. It is a deadly weapon and he learns to use it. Soon he has skills to rival any Space Pope.

Back in Italy, there is talk of the Space Pope Civil War. The people are fearful of what will happen. There have been sightings of strange horses flying through the clouds and robed figures with giant spoons lurking through villages at night. One night, a terrible thunderstorm arrives, an omen of what's to come.

Pope Dogholius is awoken by the storm. He smells something strange. He grabs his Spoonsaber and walks out of his room.

The Chatican Palace is dead silent, just like the Explained with Food series. Dogholius follows the smell down into the basement of the palace. He sees a few dusty wood cutouts of the famous Italian celebrity Daniel DeVito de Veneto. He sees a trail of a few pieces of some kind of orange fruit on the floor. He follows it to a wall. A hidden door opens. Dogholius walks in. It is a small room, with writing carved into the far wall.

"The Chatican will rule it all,

Unstoppable with the great Saul.

Impossible to end their reign,

For centuries they will stand tall.

RIGGED."

As Dogholius reads the strange prophecy, he hears something behind him. He turns around and brandishes his Spoonsaber. There are two men in robes and they, too, grab their Spoonsabers.

"Greetings, Pope Dogholius. I see you've followed scent of the orange bell pepper, right into our trap," one says. He eats the bell pepper whole in one bite. "Hope to Todd you've got this one PLANNED." They take off their robes and run at him. The battle is short. Dogholius is more hot and rich and psychic than both of them combined. But he is confused. He thought Pope Bobingus was just one pope gone rogue, but no. There were many villainous people with Space Pope training. Someone was training them. Evil was brewing.

He begins to receive a vision from a Space Pope Alien. "Good morning, Dogholius. You're up early for a human. I see you've just been attacked. You might be wondering who your attackers were. Well, I've got some news for you."

The alien tells him that an order of pure evil has recently formed. It uses the techniques of the Space Pope Aliens. It is power-hungry and ruthless. It is the Rig Lord Order.

"Oh, and by the way, our jungle is getting attacked. Come help." Dogholius is teleported into the jungles of the moon. He is almost blinded by the clashing of such hot, rich and psychic forces. The Space Pope Aliens and the Rig Lords are locked in battle. The air smells of fired gunicorns. Dogholius slowly walks into the middle of the battle. Both sides stare at him. He senses a Rig Lord behind him about to stab him. He turns around and crushes them with his Spoonsaber, sending them flying out of the atmosphere. He throws his robes to the ground and prepares to battle.

The battle is bloody. Both sides lose many numbers. Eventually, all the Rig Lords are defeated but one. The one remaining Rig Lord stands there. His robes are still on, meaning he wasn't even at his maximum hot, rich and psychic and he still survived to this point. He wields a red Spoonsaber.

"It would seem my soldiers have failed me. Disappointing," he says. "Now, Dogholius, I assume this is the part where we have an epic Spoonsaber duel? You know, this Spoonsaber wasn't like this at first. It's stained completely with the blood of my enemies and the Friends til Death channel." Dogholius approaches him. They fight. For a while, no one lands any hits. They seem to be of equal skill. But then, Dogholius lands a hit and the Rig Lord throws off his robes, angered. Dogholius is nearly blinded once again. They continue to fight. Dogholius loses and is knocked to the ground. The Rig Lord is about to finish him off when he is shot in the hand by a gunicorn which makes him drop his Spoonsaber. "Well, I should get going now," he says, grabbing his Spoonsaber while dodging bullets from other gunicorns. He runs away from the battlefield and onto a winged gunicorn which flies him away.

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