It Lives!
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It Lives! is a boss that can appear on the second floor of Chapter 4 (Womb,
Utero,
Scarred Womb). It is unlocked by beating
Mom's Heart 11 times; after that, it permanently replaces it.
Behavior
It Lives! behaves identically to Mom's Heart, with the exceptions of different spawns for its phases:
- In phase 1 its order is now:
- In phase 2 its order is now:
- In phase 3 its order is now:
Gallery
It Lives! as one of
Delirium's forms.
Unlockable Achievements
- Wrapped Baby -
Defeat
Mom's Heart on Hard mode as
Azazel
Defeat
Mom's Heart on Hard mode as
Lazarus.
- Begotten Baby -
Defeat
Mom's Heart on Hard mode as
Lazarus
Defeat
Mom's Heart on Hard mode as
Azazel.
Notes
- Just like
Mom and Mom's Heart, using
The Bible or
XV - The Devil? against It Lives! will kill it instantly.
Isaac can encounter It Lives! in the nightmare boss wave of chapter 4 in Greed/Greedier mode even if it has not been unlocked.
Trivia
- It Lives! appeared in the original The Binding of Isaac. Unlike its appearance in Rebirth, It Lives! had opened eyes, a simple poker face, and hung to the ceiling in a sideways position via an umbilical cord.
- The music that plays during this fight is titled Ventricide.[1] Ventricide is a portmanteau formed from the word ventricle (chamber of the heart) and the suffix -cide, which denotes an act of killing. This theme is used in other tracks, such as Matricide, Hericide, and Infanticide.
- Ventricide could also be a junction of the prefix ventr- (from the latin word venter), which could denote "belly", "stomach", "womb" or "fetus", with the suffix -cide.
- It Lives! shares this theme with Mom's Heart, and therefore, both interpretations could co-exist.
- It Lives!, according to the developers, takes the shape of what Isaac looked like as a fetus.
- According to Edmund McMillen, It Lives! supposedly represents Isaac wishing that he were never born.
- It Lives! makes the same sounds as Mom's Heart.
- Like Mom's Heart, if Isaac takes damage from It Lives!'
Brimstone attack, Mom's laugh can be heard.
- Like Mom's Heart, if Isaac takes damage from It Lives!'
- Despite being a major boss, It Lives! isn't linked to any Ending, instead, it opens up entrances to both
Sheol and the
Cathedral, as well as
??? if beaten in under 30 minutes.
- The unlock note for It Lives! states "Your futures past awaits.", referencing Time Fcuk, another game by Edmund Mcmillen.
During the versus screen, It Lives!' enemy/boss-spawning sound can be heard. It Lives! is one of
seven/
five bosses that can be heard during the versus screen, the other
six/
four being
The Stain,
The Forsaken,
Big Horn, Mom,
Mom's Heart and
Mother.
Bugs
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