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Curly Brace

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Quote!! Now I remember! Your name's Quote! You and I are... Well... Before, a great number of us robots were sent to this island... We were sent by the countries of the surface. The purpose of the mission... it was the incredible slumbering power found on this floating island... And it was about the Demon Crown. But you and I were different. We were sent on a mission to destroy that power. The island, it was in a mess when we landed. Ravaged by the robots... They murdered scores of poor little Mimiga... It was horrible... And finally, one man seized the Demon Crown. The robots' mission was complete and the island fell totally silent. But that was simply the beginning of the tragedy. The man who was able to capture the crown turned the Mimiga into beasts, and they began attacking the surface. I faced him and tried my best to defeat him. You were with me then. .... That's all I can remember. The crown bearer was surely injured by both our attacks that time. How about you? Can you recall something? Anything?
~ Curly to Quote after regaining her memories
I'm fine now. Don't worry about me! Oh, here. Please keep this...
~ Curly giving Quote the Iron Bond, a symbol of their bond

Background

Curly Brace is the deuteragonist of Cave Story, who was also the game's third boss. She, like Quote, is a soldier robot who was sent to the Island to destroy the dark power hidden there. Like Quote, she can wield a wide variety of weapons without any special training, and can withstand incredible amounts of damage. Unlike Quote, Curly has an energy shield that raises automatically to defend her from missile weapons, essentially making her immune to them.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Curly Brace's story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Ten years prior to the events of Cave Story, an army of robot soldiers was sent to the Island to claim the Demon Crown, a very dangerous artifact which bestows great powers upon the person who wears it. The robots specifically targeted Mimigas in their assault, killing countless masses of them (including the humans that attempted to protect them) without any notable provocation. During the conflict, Quote and Curly Brace were constructed by an unknown party, and also sent to the island. Unlike the other robots sent there, Quote and Curly were ordered to destroy the Demon Crown rather than claim it for any owner. They arrived later than the other robots; by the time they reached the Island, much of it was in ruins. Death and carnage was everywhere, the Mimiga race became an endangered species and the defending humans are wiped out. By the time they found the Demon Crown, a human named Miakid had already claimed it, becoming the third being in history to do so. Quote and Curly fought Miakid, and managed to fatally wound him, but were both seriously damaged. While Quote was completely incapacitated and separated from her, Curly Brace managed to reach the Sand Zone before losing consciousness there. Shortly after the war, she woke up with near-complete amnesia (remembering only her name and vague details about the war), surrounded by four newborn Mimiga children who had been orphaned during the battles. She decided to adopt them, calling them the Colons, and lived with them peacefully until the Doctor arrived on the Island some time later.

After retrieving the Demon Crown, the Doctor and his minions begin roaming around the Island, kidnapping Mimigas. Before long, Quote arrives in the Sand Zone, where he stumbles upon Curly and the Mimiga she is protecting. Curly immediately recognizes Quote as a robot soldier, and believing that he is programmed to kill Mimigas on sight, she attacks him to defend her adopted children. Quote is victorious, but assures Curly that he means no harm to the Colons. The relieved Curly then becomes friends with Quote.

She is later found in the Labriynth as Misery attacked her and sent her there, she is injured until Quote gets the cure-all for her, helping her wounds. Afterwards, she helps Quote get to the core where they fight the Core itself. After defeating it, the room is flooded, with Quote nearly drowning, Curly sacrifices herself and gives Quote her air tank, by this point it is either the end of Curly or if Quote gets the tow rope then he can carry her on his back and carries her out of the area. Quote then can leave her on a bed in the Waterway, however he must drained the water from her or else she'll end up drowning. She and Quote are separated when the strong currents while leaving the waterway split them up and Quote finds her again in the Planatation with memory loss. Getting a mushroom for her that restores her memories, she reveals to Quote the truth about both of them and gives him the iron bond as a signal of their strong bond.

Curly is not found again unless one partakes in the best ending, where she's found knocked out before the big gauntlet, she aids Quote in defeating Ballos, after which the room starts closing in on them and they're about to be crushed, right before they're crushed however, Balrog jumps down and saves them, flying away. Balrog reveals that defeating Ballos lifted the curse from him and Misery, with Misery telling Balrog to rescue Quote and Curly. Curly then decides she wants to find a peaceful place to live with Quote. Balrog asks if he can accompany them and Curly obliges, ending their story.

General Information

Name: Curly Brace

Origin: Cave Story

First Appearance: Cave Story

Latest Appearance: Umihara Kawase Fresh! (The latest non-canon physical appearance, shows up as a playable character[1])

Company: Studio Pixel, Nicalis (Publishers for the Wii, DSI, and Cave Story+ versions), NIS America (Publishers for Cave Story 3D)

Creator: Daisuke Amaya (The initial creator)

Actor: Chihiro Yamamoto

Gender: Female

Sex: None

Sexuality: Heterosexual (Has an iron bond with Quote)

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: The Surface

Residence: Unknown (Curly tells Balrog where to go with no real indiciation after the game of where they went)

Story Role: Supporting Character, Main Character (In her mode)

Classification: Robot

Species: Armed Recon Robot

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Soldier

Affiliations: Quote, Sue, Kazuma, Momorin, Professor Booster, King, Toroko, Balrog (In the best ending, Balrog lives with Quote and Curly Brace), Misery (Due to Quote and Curly Brace defeating Ballos, the curse was lifted and Misery and Balrog no longer had to obey orders from anyone)

Enemies: The Doctor, Misery (Formerly in the best ending), Balrog (Formerly in the best ending), Ballos

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive, Deceased in bad routes (If Quote speaks to Professor Booster when he falls in the Labriynth, this will cause the Tow Rope to not spawn, making Quote unable to save Curly while she's drowning in the core. Along with this, if Quote leaves Curly on the bed in the Waterway Cabin, she will never have the water drained from her, and Quote will have no way to reach her after leaving the waterway cabin)

Date of Death: During the Core Room or through leaving her in the Waterway Cabin/Never draining her of water in the Waterway Cabin

Alignment: Neutral Good (When Curly mistook Quote from one of the robots mind controlled, she fought against him to protect the Mimiga children. Upon seeing Quote's gun damaged, she offers to swap it for her machine gun. Sacrificed herself to give Quote her water shield and letting herself potentially drown in the process. Quote and Curly are among the robots that possess heart and souls)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Curly is apart of a group trying to stop The Doctor who seeks to rule the surface using the island as a flying fortress, along with the enraged Mimiga army to attack the surface)

Codex Statistics

Key: Main Mode | Curly Mode

Key Information

  • Main Mode: This key covers the main story of Cave Story where Curly is a supporting character.
  • Curly Mode: This key covers the alternate mode where Curly Brace is instead the main character and Quote is a supporting character.

Grade: S

Tier: High 10-B physically, 9-A with Weapons | High 10-B physically, 9-A with Weapons, Higher with Level Ups, Lower with Level ups for Nemesis

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Above Average Human level physically (Should be comparable to Quote), Room level (Potency) with weapons (Her weapons can harm Quote, where he can take an explosion that covered an entire room. Uses her machine gun at level 3 if Quote refused the machine gun or the Polar Star at level 3 if Quote traded the Machine Gun) | Above Average Human level physically (Curly possesses athletic jumping prowess), Room level (Potency) with weapons (Can harm those who can harm him with his weapons, where he can take an explosion that covered an entire room. Even at the lowest level with the weakest gun, can easily destroy blocks. Can harm Balrog who causes the screen to shake), Higher with Level Ups (The higher level the weapons, the more damage it deals), Lower with Level ups for Nemesis (The Nemesis gets weaker as it levels up)

Durability: Room level (Can take hits from Quote's weapons, where they can harm those who can harm him, , where he can take an explosion that covered an entire room), Higher with Forcefield (Her shield completely blocks against missiles) | Room level

Striking Strength: Above Average Human Class | Above Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Shouldn't be any weaker than her Curly mode self) | At least Superhuman ((Able to lift Quote on her back while traveling through the Labyrinth, with it not hampering her movement at all)

Travel Speed: Average Human Speed | Average Human Speed

Attack Speed: Transonic (Can tag Quote, who can hit missiles/rockets before they can tag him, which move around 300 m/s) | Transonic (Can hit missiles before they tag her, which move around 300 m/s)

Reaction Speed: Transonic | Transonic

Stamina: Limitless (Due to being a robot, Curly can never tire)

Range: Standard Melee, Several Meters with Level 1 Weapons (Level 1 weapons reach around this far), Higher with Level 2 Weapons (Level Two Weapons shoots out this far), Tens of Meters with Level 3 Weapons (Level 3 Weapons reach this far)

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Master level (Quote and Curly went through the entirety of Labriynth M where many enemies, spikes, obstacles, and large bodies of water were around to impede their progress)


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics (Upon first waking up and having no weapons, needed to parkour around spiked caverns and enemies) Weapon Mastery (Firearm Mastery; Curly is an expert at handling various gun weapons in combat. Sword Mastery; With blade, Curly can throw swords at her opponents, at level 2 Quote can throw a far faster blade attack), Extrasensory Perception (Curly has "transcendental awareness" due to being a Blade Stranger, allowing her to grasp any situation he's in instantly[2]), Impact Resistance (Standard Impact Resistance; Curly takes no damage from a large fall. Takes no damages from falls that have broken other robots legs), Non-Standard Interaction (Metaphysical Interaction; Can harm and kill PuuBlack who is noted to be a "dark ghost". Can harm and kill night spirits), Regeneration (Low overtime; Quote can sleep on beds to recover his health), Empowerment & Accelerated Development (Leveling, Weapon Stats & Abilities; Quote can level up his weapons in combat, giving them new abilities and dealing stronger damage)

Equipment

Photo Name Ammo Description (NICALiS) Description (Aeon Genesis) Location How to Get
Polar Star Unlimited
Your very first gun.
It carries the mark of the Northern Star.
The most basic gun.
It bears the mark of Polaris.
Hermit Gunsmith's abode Pick up in chest
Missile Launcher 10 at mininimum, 54 at maximum
Long range arm dealing BIG damage; the downside: Limited ammunition.
Wide range and powerful damage. However, its ammunition is limited.
Egg Observation Room Pickup in chest
Fireball Unlimited
Its projectiles bounce on the ground.
Quite useful on slopes.
Bounces along the floor.
Rather powerful on gentle slopes
Santa's House Speak to Santa
Bubbline 100 (Though it automatically replenishes)
Found in the Assembly Hall fireplace.
Use it as you like.
From the Assembly Hall's fireplace.
How you use it is up to you.
Assembly Hall Using Jellyfish Juice on Assembly Hall fireplace
Machine Gun 100 (Though it automatically replenishes)
A very high-speed firearm.
Its ammo recharges gradually.
An automatic rapid-fire gun.
Automatically recharges over time.
Sand Zone Residence Trading the Polar Star with Curly Brace for the Machine Gun
Blade Unlimited
A one-hit projectile.
It contains the spirit of King.
A single-shot, high-damage weapon.
King's soul dwells within.
Warehouse After defeating Rabid Toroko and talking to King
Snake Unlimited
It shoots through walls!
Built by Chaba in the Labyrinth Shop.
Penetrates through walls.
Made by Chaba in the Labyrinth.
Labyrinth Shop Talking to the shop keeper and giving them both the Polar Star and Fireball
Spur Unlimited
No info yet
Hold down the button to fire a laser.
First Cave Talking to the Hermit Gunsmith and having them upgrade the Polar Star
Nemesis Unlimited
Lightning of the Goddess.
Level 1 deals most damage.
Lightning of the Goddess.
For advanced players.
Little House Trade the Blade weapon

Other

Standard Tactics: Curly will either utilize the machine gun, polar star, or Nemesis in combat. For Curly Brace Mode, Curly is a wildcard controlled by the player, thus he'll use whatever weapon best fits the situation.

Weaknesses:

Note

Trivia

  • Curly displays the ability to create an energy shield (which is more then likely the Air Tank's bubble, since it uses the same sprite) to specifically deflect Missiles during her battle with Quote.
  • In the beta-version of Cave Story, Curly Brace was the name of the female android protagonist, but had Quote's sprites with a different color-scheme.
  • Curly, like Quote, is named after a punctuation mark often used in programming.
  • In the original Story Mode, Curly Brace's antenna are green, but in Curly Story, they are purple.
  • With the seasonal graphics enabled on Halloween, Curly appears to wear armor identical to Samus' Chozo Power Suit from the Metroid video game series.
  • Even though she's a robot, Curly Brace has a belly button.

Battle Records


3-2-0


  • Core - Fight
    • Conditions: Quote and Curly teamed up.
    • Location: Core
  • Heavy Press - Fight
    • Conditions: Curly and Quote teamed up to fight it.
    • Location: Blood Stained Sanctuary
  • Ballos - Fight
    • Conditions: Quote and Curly teamed up
    • Location: Seal Chamber

References

  1. Umihara Kawase Fresh!
  2. Blade Strangers Quote Story Mode
  3. Blade Strangers Curly Brace Story Mode