

The Slayer's grandfather/great-grandfather's can be found in the Cultist Base along with Dopefish. Again the record shows Skull Keen emblem again. The Keen Skull becomes a reoccuring theme in later games in the Doom 2016 series.Ī hologram in Doom VR includes Keen as a skull in the classic football helmet.Ī record by Commander Keen called Shadows Don't Scare can be found in Doom Slayer's room. When their grandson kills them, only their head is left behind. The Keen Skull is like a reference to the four Doom II Commander Keens.

Some believe this to be a double reference to both Romero on a stake in Doom II, and Commander Keen. Doom 2016Ĭommander Keen's skull on a pike can be found in Doom. Slayer's Club describes them as hanging effigies of the previous id hero Commander Keen. He does not, however, pose any threat to the player as true monsters do, meaning he cannot attack the player. The horrified face Keen displays when killed is the one the player sees on Billy when he flies out of the level upon losing a life in the original Commander Keen games.Ĭommander Keen can be considered a monster in the technical sense as he counts towards the kills percentage, will respawn under the corresponding settings, and is not included when the -nomonsters parameter is used. When killed, a Commander Keen emits an electronically-distorted death cry as he falls off his hanging rope to the ground, his eyes wide open facing the player with a horrified look, middle body torn apart showing bloodied organs and ribcages, but his head and blood-soaked tennis shoes are clearly left intact. The player must kill the four hanged Keens to trigger the door that hides the switch. In the final room of that level, four hanged Commander Keen bodies are suspended from ropes by their necks around a metal cube containing the exit switch. He took his name from one of his grandfather's buddies from WWII, who was named Commander Keen.Īn incarnation of the character can be found in the super-secret Doom II map, Level 32: Grosse, as an easter egg. He has also traveled to Mars using his own homemade spaceship and saved the universe from alien incursion, but has not fought demons from Hell like his descendent. Commander Keen usually wears a purple t-shirt, jeans, and an American football helmet painted in Green Bay Packers colors that he borrowed from his brother. Blazkowicz).Įven though Keen is only eight years old, he's highly intelligent for his age it's said that he has a IQ of 314. Blazkowicz II (Billy Blaze) is the grandson of the great W.W.II hero William J.
