Editing Maleficent's Goon

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{{Character
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|katakana=マレフィセントの手下
|romaji=Marefisento no Teshita
|fr=Sbires de Maléfique
|es=Siervos de Maléfica
|de=Malefiz Handlanger
|type=Entelechy
|image=[[File:Maleficent's goon (Mace) KHBBS.png|300x300px]]
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|image3=[[File:Maleficent's goon (Bow) KHBBS.png|300x300px]]
|tab3=Bow
|image4=[[File:Maleficent's goon (Spear) KHUX.png|300x300px]]
|tab4=Spear
|charworld1=Enchanted Dominion
|origin=Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
|torigin=Sleeping Beauty (1959)
|company=Disney
|game1=Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
|game2=Kingdom Hearts Union χ
 |game3=Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
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'''Maleficent's Goons''' are dark creatures of [[Enchanted Dominion]] that serve [[Maleficent]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Union χ]]''. They guard their mistress's castle with their lives and use spears, maces, and bows to attack. 

==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
During [[Ventus]]'s visit to [[Enchanted Dominion]], he infiltrates Maleficent's fortress to free [[Aurora]]'s heart, battling Maleficent's Goons in the process. Later, after being imprisoned in Maleficent's castle, [[Aqua]] and [[Prince Phillip]] break out of her dungeon and fight their way through Maleficent's Goons to escape.

==Design==
Maleficent's Goons are bipedal and come in two varieties in ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'': one is of a light build and has the head of a vulture, while the other is stockier and has a porcine visage. Both types of goons wear greenish-brown tunics and spiked helmets, and burst into green flames when defeated.  In ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ'', a third variety appears, also pig-like but taller and thinner than the other with a shock of dark hair and two horns that resemble Maleficent's. These wear only a skirt of the same greenish tone as their skin, and carry a shield with the device of a snake. In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', the "Spear" goon is referred to as "Axe" in ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ'', while a new variety is given the "Spear" title in that game.

==Strategy==
===''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep''===
Individually, Maleficent's Goons are easy to defeat. They can become a threat if faced in large numbers, however. Most of the goons' attacks can be blocked, and the "Bow" variety's shots can be deflected back at them to deal damage.

In addition to standard status effects, the goons are also cripplingly vulnerable to elemental damage, as all types will stun them and prevent them from attacking. Since they only act a few seconds after spawning, one should immediatly use their magic command before they get an opportunity to attack and become very dangerous, especially on higher difficulties where Second Chance and Once More may have yet to be obtained.
;Mace
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{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Downswing'''|振り下ろし|<br>Furioroshi}}|Physical|—|0.5|◯|Swings its mace down.}}
{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Rock Throw'''|岩投げ|<br>Iwa Nage}}|Neutral|—|1.5|X|Picks up a rock and throws it.|Only used during the escape of the castle in the Gates in Aqua's scenario.}}
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;Spear
{{atk-o|bbs}}
{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Two-Stage Thrust'''|二段突き|<br>Nidan Tsuki}}|Physical|—|1.0 x2|◯|Swings its spear down, and follows with a thrust.}}
{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Dash Thrust'''|ダッシュ突き|<br>Dasshu Tsuki}}|Physical|—|1.5|◯|Thrusts its spear while stepping forward.}}
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;Bow
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{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Snipe'''|狙撃|<br>Sogeki}}|Physical|—|1.5|◯|Shoots an arrow.}}
{{atk-m|{{nihongo|'''Triple Shot'''|3本発射|<br>3-pon Hassha}}|Left|Physical|—|1.0|◯|Fires arrows in three directions. Arrows fired to the left are more powerful.||Center and Right|Physical|—|0.5 x2|◯}}
{{atk-c}}

==Origin==
Maleficent's goons first appeared in Disney's 1959 animated feature, ''{{w|Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty}}''. In the film, Maleficent ordered them to search nearby lands for [[Aurora]] after the infant princess disappeared into the woods with [[Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather]]. Sixteen years later, the goons returned to their mistress's side empty-handed, and when Maleficent learned they had spent almost two decades incompetently hunting a baby, she flew into a rage.

Later, the goons helped Maleficent capture [[Prince Phillip]]. When the prince attempted to escape the Forbidden Mountain with the aid of the three good fairies, several goons tried and failed to stop him.

==Gallery==
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File:Maleficent's goon (Axe) KHUX.png|Maleficent's goon with the axe in ''Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross]''.
File:Maleficent's goon KHVC.png|Maleficent's goon with the axe in ''[[Kingdom Hearts V CAST]]''.
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==Notes and references==
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