The Horny Boys

The Horny Boys are a boss added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance that can appear in Gehenna. Contents • 1 Behavior • 2 Gallery • 3 Trivia • 4 References

Floats randomly around the room and cycles between the following attacks in the following order:

• Summons a Boom Fly orbited by 3 pink Eternal Fly Bombs.
• Juggles 3 bombs then throws them toward Isaac. Each bomb has a chance of having the Hot Bombs or Sad Bombs effect.
• Chains together numerous consecutive tear patterns while gradually increasing the rate in which they are fired:
• 4 cardinal projectiles.
• 4 diagonal projectiles.
• 4 cardinal projectiles.
• 8 projectiles in all directions.
• 12 projectiles in all directions.
• 8 clusters in all directions, each contains 3 projectiles.
• 10 projectiles in all directions, rotating counterclockwise.
• 10 projectiles in all directions, rotating clockwise.
• 4 diagonal projectiles.
• 4 cardinal spreads, each contains 3 projectiles.
• 4 diagonal spreads, each contains 3 projectiles.
• 8 projectiles in all directions.
• 4 diagonal spreads, each contains 5 projectiles.
• 10 projectiles in all directions.
• 8 projectiles in all directions.
• 12 projectiles in all directions.
• 12 projectiles in all directions.
• 4 cardinal projectiles.
• 4 diagonal projectiles.
• This attack ends with Hornfel getting sick and vomiting out 3 fireballs that each extend in cardinal directions upon landing.
• Teleports 3 times and throws out a short delay Brimstone Bombs Bomb each time. OR
• Throws a Sad Bombs Bomb at their feet to create a smokescreen before rapidly teleporting to another location. This attack is repeated 5 times.

• They appear to be a conjoining of Hornfel and Loki.
• Furthering this concept is that they appear to share attacks from both bosses.
• Additionally, using Meat Cleaver against them splits them into their individual entities.
• Hornfel as a result, is in his 2nd phase, where he cries and attempts to retreat from Isaac, similar to when Isaac breaks his minecart as a Mines boss. He is unable to leave the boss room and may even step onto the spikes present in one of the boss arenas.
• Hornfel will only drop bomb pickups/items if Loki was killed first.
• Their name in the boss VS screen also shows a bomb and a mark, representing both bosses.
• In the Bestiary, they are referred to as "Horny Boys".
• According to Edmund, Hornfel and Loki are siblings.[1]
• Their name may refer to the term used for being sexually aroused, being "horny".
• In the Horny Boys sprite file, they're referred to as ''horni_bois''
• Loki appears to be missing his autopsy scars in the boss portrait and in-game sprite when conjoined with Hornfel.