Dancer

The Dancer is a high-ranking Nobody controlled by Demyx that is found in Kingdom Hearts II.

Locations

• Hollow Bastion
• Twilight Town
• The World That Never Was

Journal Entry

Kingdom Hearts II

A dancer. A high-ranking Nobody. It skates around the ground and quickly moves away when approached. Wait for the end of its attack to retaliate. When it approaches with a low posture, look out!

If cornered, it retaliates with its buddies with kicks and other attacks. Fight carefully when outnumbered.

Strategy

The Dancer has a very effective fighting style. It will kick Sora vigorously for an extended period of times. Each kick sends Sora a few feet into the air. The most deadly attack comes when the Dancer is sliding with glowing hands; if one touches Sora while doing this, the dancer grabs Sora and jerks him around in a dance before kicking him for high damage. (This is the "low posture" the journal mentions above.) They are difficult to defeat in large numbers. Another attack is that the Dancer will grab Sora by his head, skate around, and fling him into the air. This can make you lose up to 30% of your total HP.

Appearance

The Dancer Nobodies appearance differs from its fellow Nobodies. Its physical appearance is very feminine when compared to other Nobodies. Its body colors vary in shades of pinks, oranges, and yellows. Its head is covered in in a large pink scarf of sorts and also looks like it is wearing orange-yellow sweatpants. The Dancer also moves very gracefully when attacking and simply walking. When standing still, its hips twitch.

Etymology

The Dancer is based on the Final Fantasy job class of the same name.

Trivia

• The Dancer Nobodies appear to use some form of the Brazilian and African martial arts, Capoeira, for their basic kicks.
• The Dancer Nobodies appear as back up dancers in the music video of Hikaru Utada's Passion, the game's japanese theme.