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| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | Unknown |
"Or are you the man in the cauldron, Diogenes?" ~Bennett Foddy
Diogenes is the mostly silent protagonist of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. His character references the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes, a man who would often sleep in a pot in the marketplace of Athens as a protest against Greek society. Similarly, Getting Over It's Diogenes lives with half of his body inside of a black metal cauldron. He wields an oversized orange Yosemite hammer to help him scale the various obstacles up the mountain.
Appearance[]
Diogenes appears to be a muscular man with nearly completely shaved brown hair along with a beard. Half of his body remains unseen, due to his entire lower body being inside of a black cauldron.
Behavior[]
Diogenes is mostly silent throughout the game. However, when it comes to moments of pulling himself up onto ledges with a lot of force, you can often hear him grunting. When falling, Diogenes emits noises of frustration, such as the word "No". He has a tendency to look around, typically to where the hammer is pointing but occasionally to certain ledges if the player remains still.
Diogenes also grunts when his upper body collides with obstacles, when landing hard enough, and when hooking onto an object while falling with sufficient speed.
In Other Media[]
Diogenes is featured in the Lowe Bros. Studios game Indie Pogo as a playable DLC fighter, and as an assist in the game Fraymakers by McLeodGaming.
Trivia[]
- Diogenes is a largely silent character, however he does emit grunting sounds throughout the game.
- Confirmed by Bennett Foddy himself, the hammer Diogenes holds is not a sledgehammer but rather an oversized yosemite hammer.
- Bennett Foddy has also stated that Diogenes wears the pot to protect himself while falling.
- It is unclear how his legs fit inside the pot, or if he even has legs at all, though it's possible his legs are in a sitting position.
- Paintings of Diogenes of Sinope can be seen in the background of sections of Stage 2, strengthening the connection between Getting Over It's Diogenes and the real life figure.
- The model used for Diogenes is an Adobe stock asset.