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Hobo Cop was a character from the ClayFighter III prototype and one of the original characters made for this possible game, which eventually became ClayFighter 63⅓. In the end, the character was cancelled from this game and the sequel ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut.

About the character[]

Hobo Cop was a character in ClayFighter 63⅓, but cut from the final version for many reasons, the most well-believed being that he was too controversial. In early screen shots for ClayFighter 63 ⅓, Hobo Cop was said to use attacks based on alcohol as well as flashing his genitals. However, like many other fighters in this beta, attacks like this were probably removed (such as Lockjaw Pooch using urination or the Zappa Yow Yow boys eating their opponent alive).

Despite the common belief that Earthworm Jim took Hobo Cop's place after he was removed, this information is not true as Earthworm Jim was hinted at being included in issue 97 of Nintendo Power Magazine, which included the Hobo Cop bio you can see below. His homestage would've been Rubbage Reef, which he would've shared with Lockjaw Pooch (also confirmed in Nintendo Power). His data can be found in the Clayfighter Extreme PSX demo and a short gameplay clip of his idle animation was posted online by Mike Mika.

Videos[]

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Clayfighter Extreme PSX proto

Some footage of Hobo Cop in the cancelled PSX version.

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Vhs X64 La Video n64 1

Gameplay footage of Hobo Cop in the beta version of 63 1/3.

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ClayFighter Extreme Hobo Cop Gameplay

Gameplay footage of Hobo Cop in the PSX version prototype.

Hobo Cop's story[]

HoboCop spent too many years on the force trying to forget the horrors of the job. Now he's a stagggering, swaying embarrassment to the badge. But even the lowest clayfighter has his dreams and his pride. Can HoboCop rise to the occasion and help Frosty to bring Kiln to justice?

Extract taken from a gaming magazine.

Moves (or what they would have been)[]

  • Hopedo: Back, Forward+punch
  • Ho Butt: Down, back+kick
  • Lid Throw: back, back, back+punch

Trivia[]

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Animated stand of Hobo Cop

  • Hobo Cop's name is a reference to the name of the main protagonist of the 1987 film, RoboCop.
  • Since it was to be a simultaneous release and being banned from the Nintendo 64 version, Hobo Cop being a selectable character in the PlayStation's ClayFighter Extreme beta hints he could be an exclusive character for that version.
  • Hobo Cop would be one of the characters of the Untitled ClayFighter 2016 Game and probably the most expected one.
  • In April Fool's Day of 2019, M.U.G.E.N creator Basara-kun, who also created Earthworm Jim and a lot of ClayFighters for the engine, recreated Hobo Cop for this fighting game engine by using rips from gameplay videos of ClayFighter 3 and screenshots from gaming magazines, instead of ripping the sprites from a leaked beta as he claimed in the release. The day after, he said about this character that "this is probably the only chance for all of us to play with Hobo Cop for real, or a recreation about how he would be for CF games."
    • Now that the sprites had been ripped from Extreme, Basara-kun stated that Hobo Cop will be made with those sprites and as a correct adaptation instead of a joke character, and also could be included in his fangame ClayFighter: Infinite Clayfare. After this game was cancelled, he revealed he's still working on Hobo Cop and will be released for normal M.U.G.E.N anyway.
  • After ClayFighter Extreme was finally released on April 2021, Hobo Cop has finally becomes playable as part of the prototype. Also, his sprites have been ripped for first time and uploaded on The Spriters Resource.
  • There's a discussion on Twitter about Hobo Cop being cancelled by Nintendo for being offensive, however, other characters equally (and even more) offensive as Hobo Cop were allowed to be in both games: Kung Pow and Houngan.
  • Hobo Cop shares a similtude with another scrapped character, Lucy the Gorilla, about being replaced with another character, which resulted to be false. In this case was Earthworm Jim, but in Lucy's case, it was for Tiny.
  • Hobo Cop would be voiced by Frank Welker, but since the character was cancelled, those samples went to Zappa Yow Yow Boys instead.

Gallery[]


Characters in ClayFighter 63 1/3

Starters: Bad Mr. Frosty - Blob - Bonker - Boogerman - Dr. Kiln - Earthworm Jim - Houngan - Ickybod Clay- Kung Pow - Sumo Santa - T-Hoppy - Taffy
ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut: High Five - Lady Liberty - Lockjaw Pooch - Zappa Yow Yow boys
Cancelled: Hobo Cop

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