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Brain Tank

Hey, how's the weather down there?

Coach Oleander inside the tank

There's the brain tank from my vision! It says "Scale Prototype" on the side, "1/4 actual size".

–Raz

The Brain Tank or Psychoblaster Death Tank is a weapon designed by Dr. Caligosto Loboto during the events of Psychonauts in cooperation with Coach Oleander's plot to take over the world. These tanks are used to harness the psychic powers of the stolen campers' brains and convert the power into psychic blasts.

Story[]

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Razputin fighting the Blueprint Brain Tank.

The blueprint of the brain tank is encountered as a boss fight at the end of the Brain Tumbler Experiment which is piloted by the brain of Dogen Boole. The blueprints for the tank can be found at the end of Basic Braining as well, although Oleander tries to hide the plans.

Razputin encounters two constructed versions in the Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed. The first is a prototype model sitting in Loboto's lab, in which Mr. Pokeylope's brain mistakenly loaded into and blasts Dr. Loboto out of the tower.

The second is a completed model operated by Oleander's brain after the Tower's collapse. Oleander's PSI powers are amplified while in the tank. The tank uses telekinesis to create a barrier of stone around the tank, while lobbing additional boulders at Raz. Once the tank is defeated by Raz, the tank sprays sneezing powder on Razputin as a last resort as he tries to extract Oleander's brain. Razputin's brain is sneezed out, and eventually makes its way to the tank, where it converges with Oleander's, creating the Meat Circus mental world.

Design[]

The tank is an armored vehicle that has spikes on it. The brain is suspended by a claw and is inside a bullet-proof glass dome filled with green goo. There are no man-made weapons on these tanks, instead their pilots have their psychic powers greatly amplified.

The Blueprint Brain Tank in the Brain Tumbler Experiment and the Brain Tank at Thorney Towers utilize different psychic powers. The only psychic power shared between the two is the ability to fire psychic blasts, although the Brain Tank in the real world only uses its ability to fire psychic blasts during a cutscene. The Blueprint Brain Tank can also charge at its enemies, launch Confusion Grenades at opponents, and rotate a laser around its canopy when it's the only remaining part of the tank.

The Brain Tank in the real world can use Telekinesis to create barricades of stone and wood, throw large stones at the enemy, and swipe away any opponents that get too close to the tank.

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