Brother Bobby

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Brother Bobby is a passive item.

Effects

  • Spawns a familiar that follows Isaac around shooting tears that deal 3.5 damage.
    • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Brother Bobby shoots once per second.
    • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Brother Bobby shoots 1.88 times per second.
  • (except in Rebirth) This item belongs to the ConjoinedConjoined set. Collecting three items from this set will transform Isaac into a three-faced version of himself.

Notes

  • (except in Repentance and Repentance+) Brother Bobby is functionally identical to Sister MaggySister Maggy.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Brother Bobby has a higher tear rate than Sister MaggySister Maggy, whereas Sister Maggy has increased damage.
  • (in Repentance and Repentance+) Familiars that follow behind Isaac have a certain priority in how close their position is to him over other familiars, with Brother Bobby having (except in Repentance+) 5th / (in Repentance+) 7th priority.

Synergies

In-game Footage

Trivia

  • Brother Bobby, like Character ??? icon.png???, is a reference to Edmund McMillen's older game Dead Baby Dressup.
  • This item is named after a baby doll that Edmund had as he was a child.
  • This item is used in The Family Man (challenge #19) and (except in Rebirth) Blue Bomber (challenge #23).
  • In the original game, the item Holy WaterHoly Water will turn one of your shooting familiars into Brother Bobby until the bottle is broken.