A Hat in Time - Conductor vs. DJ Grooves Boss Fights 

I understand Conductor having a knife but not DJ Grooves

King Dedede VS. Scottish Birb

And now in Death Wish *you gotta fight both of them-*

that one moment when you perfectly dodge every attack from a boss, then miss the perfectly still thing you have to collect twice in a row.

everyone sleeping on how intensely grooves delivers his lines in this fight

I always like the duality of their reasoning. Grooves can’t accept his losses, so he’s convinced himself that the conductor is a cheater, rather than having outdone him. The conductor admits he lost one award, but he’s so pompous he wants all of them, even if he lost one of them genuinely.

Grooves: - Discoball - Photographs - Cars - Parade Owls - Heart-to-heart Conductor: - Knives - Sawblades - Timebomb - Disregard for lives

Holy crap, DJ Grooves's voice lines We already knew Conductor had a couple dozen screws loose, but Grooves sounds like he's losing his marbles as the fight goes on. Beautifully done

I love how dj grooves just has a microphone but the conductor has an actual hecking knife

I like the mechanic where you choose who you fight, even though you don't realize that you're doing that, because most first-time players will choose the character who they like better to win

tfw, you're on a date and the guy straps a bomb to ya. #JustGirlyThings

*S L I C E O F L I F E*

Take a shot every time he says darling *wait*

I personally loved the DJ Grooves boss fight because it was such a drastic break in character that it kinda terrified me on my first playthrough. Also him just whipping out a knife also felt pretty jarring.

There is an Equal Amount of Grooves and Conductor. Parade Birds and Disco Ball - Grooves. Bomb and Knife - Conductor.

The conductor is one of my favorite characters in a hat in time.

9:28 the first photo triggers the wave before landing Lmao.

It feels like dj grooves was originally going to be the villain no matter what, seeing how all attacks (Exept for the knife) is in his style and level theme. his voices fit more in combat and when the conductor is the villain, dj grooves doesnt have voicelines for saving you.

*And then they teamed up and obliterated everyone*

Honestly, I wasn't expecting the fight to be "legit". I thought the whole "Battle of the birds" would actually turn out to be a movie staged by both Dj Grooves and the Conductor. Oh well! It would've made for a pretty sick movie though.

I personally enjoyed both characters equally, but I feel like fighting DJ Grooves was better storywise. DJ Grooves really does seem like the guy that could rig awards in his favor and get away with it. The music and the heart-to-heart also seem like they'd be more suited to his fight. The Conductor may have an aggressive personality, but he did seem like he genuinely cared for Hat Kid. And him defusing the bomb just makes more sense idk. I did it in my playthrough and it ultimately seemed better. His enraged dialogue just fit the fight more. The division between the bosses only makes the game better tho. It's just a shame the fights are so similar. Makes sense though.

Conductor's running animation is killing me XD I love how he flails his arms around

Ladies and... ... ... ... GENTLEMEN!

I honestly don't know who out of the two is more petty: the conductor or DJ Groves. The conductor wants to use it to take back one trophy which clearly was fairly won by DJ Groves. However on the flipside DJ Groves wants to rewind time to take ALL the trophies he didn't win from the conductor which he fairly won since there is no proof he cheated and probably was just the more popular character with better movies. Regardless of which one you pick the greed is present due to pride and it kind of makes it feel regardless of which you pick there is no winner cus they are equally as bad as the other for wanting to pull that kind of stunt.

Fight fits Conductor more, but the motivation fits DJ Grooves. *_perfectly balanced, as all things should be_*

Am I the only who thinks it's better to have DJ Grooves be the boss less for the relevance to the boss fight and more so for the motivation behind their actions? DJ Grooves is driven by the motivation to overtake the guy who was constantly winning over and over and over and over again, but the Conductor is only salty about 1 loss. *One*. I feel like it's less detrimental to their character for both of them if DJ Grooves is the guy who tries to take the Time Piece.

Disco Dedede thats calls you Darling vs Train Conductor Owl-Thing that voiced by the Announcer from Smash 4. Who will win?

Who Wore it Better: Boss Battle Edition King Dedede v. Scrooge McDuck

I love how the bomb defuser is just a comedically large pair of scissors

Oh well, I ended up fighting DJ. Grooves, which I preferred because the Conductor is my favorite character in the game (alongside the Snatcher) and honestly, I thought they'd put more thought into each fight, like, try to change it up, but I was wrong

6:57 When you can't get a time piece

Dlc: why not both

The conductors personality fits the boss fight much better imo

The Conductors fight seems a lot less polished and detailed than Grooves'. I wonder if originally Grooves was gonna be the villain no matter what and was changed late development.

DJ grooves definitely has more of an impact but the conductor being the evil one seems to suit the story more. I just wish I got to choose who turned out to be evil

My favorite voice lines: *I HATE YOU, DARLINGGGGG!* 6:45 *HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME LASSY* 13:39 *SLICE OF LIGHT* (i dont think i heard it right) 9:01 I love almost all conductor voice lines in this boss

I think I might like DJ's battle a little more. I did both fights and they're both good. I think it has something to do with the voice lines. I'm not sure how to describe it. I guess it's 'refreshing' to hear DJ scream and threaten the player. Dunno why, I just enjoy his lines more.

Sooo Oggie Boogie, but with more Boogie and less oggie....and is also a penguin

Me:well that is not bad Then I see the bomb Me: wow……

They couldve changed up some attacks just visually between the two fights, for example... Dj grooves could have a raygun instead of a knife The conductor could drop a pack of dynamite instead of a disco ball DJ grooves could use a rocket instead of dynamite in the second phase Just some examples.

Fightin' the Conductor... WHY I NEVER-

to be honest, the disco ball part of the fight matches DJ Grooves more.

Battle wise, I think Conductor takes the cake. It kinda feels off to have Grooves wielding a knife, and I absolutely LOVE it when Conductor makes a reference to his movie in the “this one ain’t rubber!” line. But as loads of these comments say, it makes more sense for grooves to fight us in the context we’re in. It’s nice seeing his movie star façade disappear, the oldies music with the diner table during the heart-to-heart, the owls and the fact he kind of doesn’t stand a chance to the conductor. I honestly love these two and I wish that a second AHIT would come out so we could see more of them:

Darling! Come here! I have the defusing device! What? You WANT to explode? That can't happen! Why? Because the boss battle needs to be longer! Also, because the bomb is a nice plot point! BOSS BATTLE! DJ Grooves tries to explode you.

13:09 DID HE JUST CALL HAT KID 'DARLING'?

I read a thing that said it made more sense to fight Conductor/ have him be the one get corrupted by the Time Piece, because he wants the ONE award Grooves won, whereas Grooves has lost like 48 times, he's slightly more justified in his want to go back and win more.

pecc necc

dj grooves: LADIES AND ... ... ... ... ... ... GENTLEMAN!!!!!!! Conductor: ladies and gentleman!

I love how this guy beats DJ grooves without taking a hit but fails to pick up the time peice

I much prefer the Conductor over Grooves. Glad i ended up fighting Grooves and not the conductor.

Would be hilarious if DJ grooves did the *Club Penguin* dance

We need these two in Hatoful Boyfriend.

I like how the Conductor is meant to be the obvious, but enjoyable, antagonist, while DJ Grooves serves as the twist villain you would not expect to turn on you.

Honestly, I'll always see Dj Grooves being the actual villain of the chapter, seeing the Conductor's fight it just doesn't make any sense tbh.

5:53 its a giant pair of scissors

I revisit this bossfight everytime and always think how the nailed it with a dilemma: Be good at something, yet be whiny when you're not perfect Or Be moderate at something, yet when someone manages to be better than you multiples times, you wish you had everything from them You're gonna take sides with your favorite but they're both still selfish in the end. I love the little details in the game

The Conductor sometimes glitches, making him vanish from the stage, and do it again.

Wouldn't it make more sense to fight the loser instead of the winner?

The manga was better.

Grooves sounds so broken inside when he talks during his bossfight.

What would happen if the player gets the exact same score total in both The Conductor's and DJ Grooves's stages? Which one do you fight? Does the game decide randomly, or does it result in a tie, possibly with extra dialogue? Can somebody please do this? I'd do it myself, but I'm too lazy (plus my computer lags a lot)!

I think this fight fits conductor better.

I swear the conductor sounds like the singers of 500 Miles.

The conductor looks nothing like a bird

I wonder why at the end of the dj grooves boss fight the owls try to kill you instead of the penguins

At first I wanted to battle the conductor but I ended up with *GrOoVeS* So I fought him and when I found out the conductor had to save you from the bomb I loved it

Everybody gangster till owls start chasing you with knifes

I thought dj grooves was being a good sport with making the movies and i liked that about him and how he acted when we would do his missions. So naturally i preffered to support him more over the missions, after winning that though i thought we were all buddies and such and then “that” happened ;-;.

my favorite part is when they start running around the area taunting you for example: 5:02/12:30 somebody should do a video of just them running around lol

I love that when your fighting the conducter at one moment hes on the discoball and he says "HERE WE uhhh GOOO!" 'Cause the discoball took a while to fall

Wow, I didn't even know you can fight the conductor, I must say though, the combat style is much more fitting with DJ Grooves, the use of disco balls, photos, the phrase "lady's and gentlemen" and the parade all seem like things the conductor wouldn't do. The only thing I feel fits the conductor better is the use of a large knife, and when DJ Groves does it it feels more like a hidden psychopathic side rather than unfitting. and on top of that DJ Groves has no voice line in the conductors fight? that's a bit odd. It's clear that they made the fight with the idea that DJ Groves would be the boss and than replaced him with the conductor later. I feel like in this way id almost prefer it to be impossible to fight the conductor, BUT I would have loved to see it be possible but give the conductor his own set of attacks that better fight his style, make it the same length and roughly the same difficulty, but fitting the conductor instead. I do like the middle bit in a way, it makes the conductor look like a complete jerk and DJ Groves has a much larger motive to be trying to kill you than the conductor.

I was so sad when I had to fight dj grooves. He was one of my favourite characters in the game

13:09 Conductor: Gotta hurry up *darling* Hat kid: * gasp * HOW DARE YOU

im just gonna say it- i like this soundtrack more than your contract has expired

i like how when fighting the conductor, he has a more jazzy version of the tune just like how his movies are more western and old fashion like, while DJ Grooves has a more rock and newer era feel just like how his movies have a more newer era feel and also how his movies resembles something more like internet posts and videos.

ok one thing i don’t understand is when DJ Grooves is like “oh the conductor cheated so i don’t win” but how do you cheat in making a movie?

*DJ Grooves' theme* Hell yeah *DJ Grooves screams: TIME TO BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS!* Wait why is he screamig Hat Kid is right there

This game taught me that defeated guys will tell you to "have a seat" but actually want to trick you.

Here we... *_GO!_* Ladies and... *_GENTLEMEN!_*

Having done both fights, I can say I think that story wise, it fits DJ Grooves way more, especially in the voice line department, the slow deterioration into madness, the whole ‘conductor is a cheater’ part, I know everyone likes conductor more, I do to. But I have to admit- I think grooves just works way better in the narrative

DJ grooves reminds me of King Deedeedee

Having the conductor as the evil boss fight makes much more sense to me since he started the train bomb mission where he doesn't even care what would happen to the other owl.

I want Luigis Mansion 3 to have boss battles like a hat in time.

Just look at the conductor at 8:57 just watch what happens to him

4:17 Here We Go Guys

13:09 Conductor: Better hurry up, Darling! DJ Grooves: *HEY THAT'S MY LINE, DARLING!*

I know The Conductor fits a lot better with this fight with the tone and his personality, but I have to say, I love DJ Grooves' fight a lot better because of how insane the voice acting gets. I don't want to hate on The Conductor's voice acting, I love that too, it's just DJ Grooves' voice gives the fight an extra flair, especially with how gradually more insane it gets. Idk, just my thoughts.

I know I literally just fought it, but The Conductor is straight up my favorite boss fight in video game history. And I say that despite thinking this game is only pretty good so far.

DJ Grooves’ Defeat Sound: I HATE YOU, DAAARLING! The Conductor’s Defeat Sound: PECK NECKKKKK! What the peck, you like hat Kid at the last act guys..

“Better hurry up darlin!” You’d think that’s said by Dj grooves

I like how in the middle of the conductor fight, some of the disco balls blew up in mid-air 😂

PECK

FOR REAL I THINK DJ GROVES CONTROLED HIM CUZ HE SAID DARLING 13:09 [ GROVESANAMI CON FRIMED

The damn music it’s so good

something I really like is that the conductor just sounds pissed, but grooves sound full on manic

13:10 The Conductor says DARLING?

I've heard that it was originally always going to be dj grooves you fight. I don't know if this is true but the music in this fight and the voice lines that aren't alterrd definetly feels like it was meant for grooves. Grooves will always be the true fight to me especially cus i like the concept of the conductor being an old rough around the edges guy with lots of bad habits but cares deep down. Tbh i think DJ Grooves ends up caring about you too eventually (like pretty much all the characters) but he's rather power hungry and will do anything to win at this part (and to keep his secrets getting out that would negatively affect his reputation). But really these are not actually canon and you can make up anything you want about them. You can twist these characters to your own narrative easily. They both endanger hat kid (The conductor arguably more so with train rush) and both are selfish and put ther filmmaking goals before the wellbeing of other people.

1:15 just realized that the disco ball rope wasn't even attached on the ceiling when the ball was about to fall

I kept expecting that at the very end, they would reveal that this was all just the final scene in a movie they had made together, and they didn’t tell you in order to get a more believable performance. But nope. What you see is what you get.

dj grooves: **literly tries to kill hat kid** also dj grooves:cAn i hAvE a tImE pIcE dArLiNg