Twisted Rodger

Twisted Rodger retains the general form of his Toon counterpart with several unsettling changes. His single eye is wide open, and the glass surrounding it has a faint red tint. His handle features a light purple band wrapped around it with Ichor lightly splashed on the tip. He wears a gray, near-black tuxedo jacket with dark purple lapels and cuffs, a white undershirt, and a frilly jabot that matches the band on his handle. His legs are entirely encased in Ichor, rendering him completely immobile.

Like Twisted Razzle & Dazzle, Twisted Rodger requires line of sight to attack. His blast radius is relatively easy to escape, which also causes him to lose interest, though the Slow III Debuff can be tricky to manage. His fake Research Capsule is straightforward to identify: genuine capsules have two tapes wrapped around the center, while his decoy has none. Each Twisted Rodger can only place one fake capsule per Floor.

If a Flutter accidentally picks up his Capsule, her Floaty Dash ability is unaffected by the slowness Debuff, providing a quick escape option. The same applies to Rudie's Antler Charge, though to a lesser degree. For other Toons, sprinting to cover immediately is usually viable since his rising animation has a brief wind-up before he can attack. Because the slowness Debuff is his main threat, Ribecca is also relatively safe thanks to her Passive Ability, The Undead, though she will still need to sprint behind cover or away from his attack range.

If you trigger his Capsule while distracting, an Eject Button allows a quick getaway to resume your role, though the high speed of the eject may cause slower Twisteds like Twisted Shrimpo and Twisted Finn to lose sight of you. Slower Toons such as Connie, Shrimpo, or Razzle & Dazzle on even-numbered Floors can use Train Whistle to nullify the slowness Debuff entirely.

Twisted Rodger does not appear when using Vee or Brightney's Active Abilities to scan for Twisteds. If your scan shows one fewer Twisted than expected, Twisted Rodger is likely on the Floor. While Pebble's Passive Ability and Coal's Active Ability may detect his Capsule and flag it as an Item, remember that genuine Research Capsules always come in pairs per Twisted — an odd count is a strong indicator of his presence. This can serve as an early warning even without a duplicate Twisted Rodger to compare against.

Completing 100% Research on Twisted Rodger unlocks:

• Twisted Rodger and Twisted Razzle & Dazzle share many parallels. Both are Uncommon, stationary, male, require Toon activation, feature two states, and possess ranged attacks that bypass Cardboard Armor. They were both released in the game's launch update, and their Toon counterparts share identical stat distributions of 3-Star Skill Check, Stamina, and Stealth. Both have unique Roleplay Mode walking and running animations that match their Toon counterparts.
• He is among the first stationary Twisteds alongside Twisted Razzle & Dazzle, with Twisted Blot being added later. Twisted Gourdy could also qualify, though only during his passive state.
• Before receiving optimized animations, he left an Ichor trail wherever he moved, which was subsequently removed.
• The sound that plays when his Capsule is picked up is a slightly lower-pitched version of Twisted Glisten's berserk sound, which itself originates from the Find The Path floor in the Roblox game Regretevator.
• His mimicry of Research Capsules thematically reflects his Toon counterpart's detective role and the Detective Passive Ability, which grants Rodger players double Research, including from Capsules.
• Somewhat ironically, while collecting his fake Capsule does not grant the standard 1% Capsule Research, it does award 5% encounter Research for Twisted Rodger. This means repeatedly triggering his fake Capsules actually yields more Research than collecting his legitimate ones.
• In another ironic twist, his fake Capsule lacks the tape wrapping found on real Capsules, yet it awards aggro Tapes, whereas genuine Research Capsules that do have tape wrapping grant no Tapes at all.
• He was among the first Twisteds to apply Debuffs, inflicting both Slow III and Confused III simultaneously when his Capsule is picked up. He remains the only Twisted that applies two Debuffs at once.
• He is the first non-Main Twisted capable of inflicting Debuffs, with Twisted Finn being the second. Coincidentally, both lack legs, inflict Slow III, and are Uncommon Twisteds.
• His model is pre-loaded beneath the floor when the level generates and only rises into view when a player interacts with his fake Capsule.
• His Capsule is not highlighted by the Research Map item.
• He does not count among the Twisteds lacking shadows between their eyes, since he has only a single centered eye. His eye texture does feature a visible bag-like marking, which became more pronounced in v0.13.14 when he was optimized.
• Before optimization, his blast effect was not visible on low-end devices or low graphic settings in Roleplay Mode.
• He was the only Twisted to have an attack face animation before receiving fully optimized animations.
• In his render image, the Research Capsule he holds has a black valve rather than the standard red one, though this could simply be Ichor staining.
• A previous bug allowed players to stand directly on top of him when activated to avoid his detection. This has since been fixed.
• His game code includes an "attention span" value, which likely refers to the wind-up delay of his laser attack rather than a traditional attention mechanic.
• He is among the first Twisteds with ranged attack capability, alongside Twisted Goob, Twisted Razzle & Dazzle, and Twisted Scraps. His ranged attack, along with those of Twisted Razzle & Dazzle, Twisted Sprout, and Twisted Blot, cannot be blocked by Cardboard Armor.