Body Snatch was an ability that allowed Crypto to take over the body of an unfortunate Human. It replaced the Holobob ability from Destroy All Humans!
Overview[]
Once in a body, Crypto's energy bar was replaced with the life-force of the current host, which steadily decreased. When it reached zero, Crypto was expelled and the host was killed.
If Crypto expelled himself early, the person would often survive (albeit badly injured), and if they were an enemy, they would usually retaliate and attack.
Body Snatching was required to enter areas that were restricted to certain people, such as Crypto needing to snatch a Secret Agent in order to sneak past other agents on an assassination mission.
In Path of the Furon, the ability was greatly improved and was able to replenish the host with ease by scanning the minds of others, which made the host a semi-permanent home, until Crypto decided to leave on his own accord.
Trivia[]
- In Path of the Furon, it was suggested that other Furons learned Crypto's ability in order to make their abduction missions more successful (quote from a human woman: "I thought the stories of Zeus turning into a swan was funny, up until I found out that an alien had body snatched my husband!").
- Body Snatch was possibly a homage to the classic alien B-Movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.