Dingle

Dingle is a boss that can appear:

Only in the Basement.
In the Basement and the Burning Basement.

He is the boss version of the Dips.

Behavior[]

Dingle remains stationary and performs the following attacks:

Fires 3 projectiles towards Isaac.
Whistles before summoning 1-3 Dips and then fires 3 projectiles at Isaac.
Quickly performs 3 long dashes towards Isaac while bouncing off obstacles and walls, after which he pauses to catch his breath.
- Dips caught in his dashes are knocked back a distance.
- Occasionally, Dingle will leave behind a Poop while using this attack.

Champion Versions []

◼ Black: Dingle summons

Spiders instead of Dips and fires eight shots in all directions instead of spitting three at Isaac. He also dashes much faster, but will only dash one time instead of three.

◼ Red: Dingle summons

Red Poop instead of Dips. He also dashes four times instead of three, though the dashes are shorter and slower.

He also fires blood projectiles instead of poop projectiles, though it is a purely cosmetic effect.

Gallery[]

Dingle in-game.
Black Champion Dingle.
Red Champion Dingle.
Dingle as one of Delirium's forms.
Early sketch of Dingle (sketch name presumably "Pooper"), along with Mama Gurdy.
Concept art of Dingle and its multiple attacks.

Arena[]

Dingle can spawn in normal or horizontal tiny rooms.

When fighting Dingle, the following obstacles can spawn:

Nothing
12 rocks (6 in top-left and 6 in bottom-right corners)
10 poops (3 per upper corner and 2 per bottom corner) + Fly
4 poops (near all corners) + Dip
4 Corny Poops (in all corners) + 2 Dart Flies
A tiny room with a special layout.
- Tiny boss rooms have been removed in Repentance.

Notes[]

Flush! kills Dingle instantly and causes him to leave behind 6 Dips.
If a Bomb from Butt Bombs goes off in the same room as Dingle, it will heal him. This is especially bad if Isaac happens to have Number Two, which causes him to drop butt bombs while firing tears.
- Butt Bomb effect on Dr. Fetus or Epic Fetus does not heal Dingle.
If Dingle appears as a boss in the Womb (double trouble), both Dingles will always appear as Black Champions and will spawn alongside two Squirts and a Dinga.

Trivia[]

Dangle and Brownie are related to Dingle.
The name 'Dingle' derives from the crude term, "dingleberry".
Dingle was the first new boss to be shown by Edmund.^[1]
Dingle is referred to as male by Edmund.^[2]
There are three other poop monsters: Dinga, Squirt, and Dip.
- Two more poop monsters ( Corn and Dank Squirt) and three poop bosses (Brownie, Dangle, and the Turdlings) were added.
- Four more poop monsters ( Big Corn, Drip, Splurt, and Hardy) and three poop bosses ( Clog, Colostomia, and Turdlet) were added.
The Black Champion Version of Dingle acts slightly similar to the Dank Squirt and appears to be a "dank" or meconium version of Dingle.
Prior to Repentance, all versions of Dingle could fire blood projectiles instead of just the Red Champion variant.