Metaphorical Duck

The Metaphorical Duck, the Dank Puppet is the final boss of Struggling. It is a supermassive mallard duck armed in full battle attire found in the last stage of the "buzz" chapter. Morpheus can be found controlling its brain.

Battle
To fight the duck, Achillies and Hector must climb up and around its massive body to reach three spears lodged into its flesh, and stab them in deeper (you'll know you've done it when the wound spits rainbows). Troy can grab onto any part of the duck, but parts of its body such as the legs and tongue will move a lot, making the task easier said than done. The large waving feathers will come off when grabbed, so keep a firm grip on the duck as you grab the feathers. Occasionaly, the Metaphorical Duck will call a smaller duck that will fly at Troy to destroy one of his arms and make him fall. Once all the wounds are punctured, Troy will fall off, and the Metaphorical Duck will look down on him and smile- before picking him up with his beak and sending him down the hatch.

If Achillies and Hector die during any point in the Metaphorical Duck boss, the entire fight must be restarted, which is actually less than a slap on the wrist, however, This actually isn't as bad as you'd think, as falling off the duck without dying still means you have to start the climb over. Get over it, you two!

Quack Facts

 * As the name implies, the Metaphorical Duck is not real, it is a creation of Troy's mind from the spores of the mushrooms he fell on. After Morpheus dies, Troy is seen in a boat with a dead duck, presumably what was the Metaphorical duck.
 * During this last level, Troy will still be smiling, but there's a chance he will return to moaning like in the previous levels due to a bug.
 * Speaking of bugs- son of a glitch, this fight is full of 'em! During the fight, there's a chance that the two parts of the duck's tongue (the section of the tongue that's a part of the head sprite, and the part of the tongue that actually reacts to physics) will begin to deviate from one another, making a very noticable gap in the duck's tongue. As far current knowledge goes, this will not have any huge impacts on gameplay.
 * The entire battle is a huge homage to Shadow of the Colossus. The song that plays during the battle is even called "Shadow of the Ducklossus."
 * The name of its level, "Anatidaephobia" is the fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you. (Yes, this is an actual condition).