Baron Dante

"You must find this little green trouble-maker and get rid of him forever."--Baron Dante

Baron Dante is the evil sorcerer in Croc! Legend of the Gobbos and Croc 2 and the primary antagonist of the series.

Appearances
Baron Dante is the central villain in the Croc series, and he has appeared in every Croc game to date.

Invasion of Gobo Valley

 * See Baron Dante 1's Invasion of Gobbo Valley article for more details.

He appears, firstly, in Forest Island in the intro of Croc! Legend of the Gobbos, where he is shown invading the Gobbos and capturing them, along with his loyal Dantinis. He is then shown in every Boss Level cutscene by turning innocent, harmless creatures into evil monsters each with the intention to stop Croc from rescuing all the Gobbos. Croc faced them one at a time and defeated them, turning back into the harmless animals they were before. In the process he defeated Tooty the Feeble, Flibby the Boxing Ladybug, Chumley the Rocket Man, Demon Itsy, Neptuna the 'Fish', Cactus Jack and Fosley the Balloon Dantini. After Croc defeated them all Baron Dante was forced to fight Croc himself.

Baron Dante's Funky Inferno
This was the final showdown between Croc and the Baron. He fights in three waves and has three lives in each wave. The first wave he tries to slam his fist at the ground to create shockwaves, or he just tries to hit Croc. The second wave Dante stands still in the middle of the arena and after a while tries to ram into Croc. The third and final wave he flies up and shoots magic at Croc. As his lives decrease he shoots more rapidly at Croc. After he decends he is vulnerable and Croc eventually defeats the Baron once and for all.

Crystal Form
After Baron Dante 1 was defeated, Croc then recovered the Jigsaw Pieces scattered in various places around the Islands, and then visited the mysterious Fifth Island where a strange creature that resembled Baron Dante 1 but is thought to be a totally different creature. It was called The Secret Sentinel and it fights in a large cross like arena (similar to the hospital cross symbol). After Croc defeated The Secret Sentinel, it shattered into many crystal, one of which Croc picked up. This could likely be the reason Baron Dante 2 wears an eyepatch in Croc 2 due to the fact he was reincarnated.

Croc 2
In Croc 2, the Dantinis somehow resurrected the unforgotten evil Baron Dante 1 into Baron Dante 2. He made several attempts on the brave crocodile's life once more, and has even gotten a new dartboard with Croc's picture on it.

After several attempts failed, Baron Dante 2 decided to confront Croc himself, on the mountain tops of Inca Village. Croc, driving the Professor Gobbo's plane, managed to shoot Baron Dante 2 off the mountain, where he retreated to the Dungeon of Defright, Croc following closely behind.

In the dungeon, Croc met and freed the Professor Gobbo, and the two of them confronted Baron Dante 2 a final time on a dark mountain top. Croc protected the Professor Gobbo from Baron Dante 2's evil magic long enough for the inventor to open a portal to another dimension and banish the evil being.

Croc was reunited with his family, as he had originally set out to do. However as Swap Meet Pete predicted, Dante was not defeated. He managed to kidnap Croc's unborn siblings (eggs) and bring them into his secret world. Croc freed the eggs, but what became of Baron Dante after that is unknown.

Dantinis
The Dantinis are very loyal to Baron Dante 1 and 2, with some people describing them as his follwers, to others who say they are his slaves. However, no matter what status they are to him, he has complete control over them. He can order them to whatever he wants with no resistance whatsoever.

It is also clear that he trusts them greatly, relinquishing a majority of the control over the Gobbo Archipelago to the Dantinis, who can be seen wandering and patrolling each level of the game.

Bosses
The bosses featured in the Croc games are influenced by Baron Dante 1 and 2, and their primary purpose gievn to them by Baron Dante himself was to stop Croc at all costs.

Magical Powers
Baron Dante 1 and 2 features impressive magic powers which can accomplish a whole array of things:


 * Turn ordinary creatures into destructive monsters
 * Levitation
 * Can fire magic/electric shots from his glove
 * Superstrength
 * Can bash his fist against the ground making sonic waves
 * Can shoot fire
 * Expert climber (Mountain)
 * Can create a storm (Croc 2)
 * Able to become a ghost (speculated but quite plausable)

Trivia

 * His bio from the official Croc site states: King of all villians, hater of all things Gobbo and stronger than a thousand Dantinis. Yes, they spelled 'villains' wrong.
 * Baron Dante was named after the Film director Joe Dante, the Baron part was added because 'It sounded evil.'
 * Although many believe Baron Dante wears an eyepatch due to missing an eye, an eye texture can clearly be seen at the bottom of the eyepatch texture, indicating he still has an eye under his patch (however, due to the game's old graphics, the eye's texture probably wasn't able to be changed).