Cheeta

For the common skeleton enemies, see Skeleton.

Cheeta
Cheeta as it appears in The Adventure ReBirth.
Japanese name(s)	チータ Chīta
Alternate name(s)	Skeleton
Abilities	Climbs on ropes and throws bones at the player
Type(s)	Skeletal monster
Origins	Films
Appearances	Belmont's Revenge The Adventure ReBirth

Cheeta is an enemy in the Castlevania series. It is an ape-like skeleton that climbs on ropes and chucks bones at the player.

Description

Skeletons that throw bones while climbing up and down ropes or walls that appear in Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge and Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth.

Appearances

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Name JPN Alt. Name Skeleton チータ (Cheeta) Location Plant Castle, Entrance Description Always hangs onto a rope, approaching while throwing bones.

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

The ropes Cheeta climbs are the only ropes that appear in The Adventure ReBirth and it's not possible for the player to climb them as they could in the original Castlevania: The Adventure. Some of them also climb on pillars in the background.

Name Cheeta Location 3. Dungeon, 5. Clock Tower

Gallery

Skeleton artwork from the Japanese Belmont's Revenge instruction booklet.

Cheeta production data sheet for Belmont's Revenge published in The History of Castlevania.

Trivia

• Cheetas appear in Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, a remake of Castlevania: The Adventure originally released on the Game Boy; however, this enemy didn't appear in the latter game and instead it actually made its first appearance in its sequel, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge, on the same system.
• This enemy may be a reference to Cheeta, a chimpanzee character who appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan films and television series, as the ape sidekick of the title character.

See also

• Skeleton Ape
• Towers Guardian