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My Brother is an Italian Plumber

My Brother is an Italian Plumber

Killed an enemy plumber-style

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How to unlock the My Brother is an Italian Plumber achievement in Borderlands - Definitive Guide

I did this on the pup Skaggs as they were the weakest enemy that didn't shoot at me. To do this go find some pups and kill all but one, then weaken the last one by either shooting him or using melee's. Once he is as weak as you can get him without actually killing him, simply jump up and land on him, you'll notice they take a small amount of damage it may take a few jumps but once he dies it will pop up. I was standing on a flat surface when I did this, so you dont have to jump off any rocks or anything like that to kill them.
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21 Oct 2009 19:51

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just to blow some minds here... this is a mario reference
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By Fluster Zero on 22 Oct 2009 06:31
You will find this most easy if you are a higher level like 17 and you purchase (or find) a very low level weapon that doesn't exceed 10 damage and no elemental effects.

The higher level is nice just to keep yourself from getting too damaged.
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By ICED Snowboard on 23 Oct 2009 13:19
You can also combo head stomps. I got this one on a combo of about 5 stomps. Each one did 3 or 2 damage.
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By ADROCKgreybeard on 23 Oct 2009 20:17
@ethanjude

I managed to bounce up and down on one of them about ten times without hitting the ground... too bad there isn't an achievement for doing it 100 times in a row :)
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By Dixxxxxon on 27 Oct 2009 22:06
That's cool, to be honest im glad there isn't one for 100. Might cost me a controller or two. lol.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 27 Oct 2009 22:25
Its a me Mario! Hey, its a my brother Luigi!=)
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By Xx93Bubba10xX on 08 Nov 2009 05:24
Nice one :-).
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By Jawsone on 16 Nov 2009 10:19
This achievement is WORTHLESS
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By WifelikeDrip on 04 Dec 2009 13:25
Thank you wifelikedrip for adding so much to the discussion
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By xFallenCastielx on 28 Dec 2009 04:52
Thank you, definitely helps!
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By JayYing79 on 29 Dec 2009 14:47
ME likey Bouncy, Me likey bouncy
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By BrionicManchild on 30 Dec 2009 21:50
@WifelikeDrip - it's not a worthless achievement. It's worth 15 gamerscore. :-)
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By TheIcemanCometh on 25 Feb 2010 12:57
beauty, I had no idea how to get this one.
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By Shrinktorious on 29 Sep 2010 15:56
thanks!
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By madmaxey on 18 Sep 2011 16:33
I had an idea based on the title alone, but wasn't sure how to execute it. Thanks.
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By Enjoji on 28 Sep 2013 02:31
It doesnt working when i jump over them :-(
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By GRIMR0K on 09 Sep 2014 19:18
You don't jump over them, you have to jump and land on them. It only does a little damage when you land on them so you will want to whittle their health down first.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 09 Sep 2014 19:40
I got the achievement without knowing how I got it, that's why I came here - to figure out what happened lol
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By SubtleEel4 on 10 Jan 2017 05:50
Ahh yes remember this now 360 BL , ty memory jog,
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By LIAM SLANEY86 on 29 Jul 2021 12:02
@Fluster Zero................REALLY DUDE???? OMFG I NEVER KNEW THAT LIKE OMG HOW COULD I BEEN SO STUPID NOT TO KNOW THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT WAS A REFERENCE TO MARIO I MEAN..? HES AN ITALIAN PLUMBER AND JUMPS ON PEOPLE TO KILL THEM...AND IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT ITS SAYS ABOUT A ITALIAN PLUMBER IN THE ACHIEVEMENT NAME AND YOU GET IT FROM KILLING SOME1 BUY JUMPING ON THEM...? WOW DUDE I NEVER KNEW IT COULD OF BEEN A MARIO REFERENCE IN A MILLION YEARS AND NOW THANKS TO YOU YOU USED UP A WHOLE COMMENT JUST TO LET ANY1 WHOS STUPID ENOUGH NOT TO KNOW THAT...WELL DONE! btw good guide lol
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By Sarian X on 23 Apr 2010 13:10
Finally got this after jumping on a level 34 Hulking Elder Skag about 300-400 times to take off the final 20% of its health. It was like being in The Old Man & The Sea.

A tip for anyone else that finds themselves in the same situation. Stand with your back to the sun/moon so that your shadow and the skag's shadow are in front of you. The skag's shadow gives you quite a good marker as to roughly where you need to jump, i.e. jump slightly backwards to get as much of the skag's shadow in view as possible. That way you always have something to aim at, even when you can't see it.
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By Wincelow on 09 Apr 2020 22:45
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Went ahead and made a quick video for this achievement since the other two appear to have been removed. Pretty simple achievement all you have to do is kill an enemy by jumping on it's head. The easiest way is to have a low level charter or just start a new charter and pretty much do what Grimace221 did in his solution just kill one of the puppy skags outside of Fyrestone's gate.
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08 Dec 2011 03:37

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LoL
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By GRIMR0K on 09 Sep 2014 19:22
lol this is a great achievement
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By dufffmannn on 05 Jul 2015 03:18
This can be done with a high level character as well as a low. I just completed this with a level 27. I too went to fyrestone and killed all but one skag. The I proceded to jump on him. Took about 10 jumps to kill it. They do very little damage so you wont have to worry about health.
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20 Oct 2012 14:10

This achievement popped up when my character was being attacked by "bats" on Zombie Island & I retaliated with melee attacks
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07 May 2010 01:03

I would have to say that the Pup Skaggs are probably the best enemies to attempt this achievement on as they can't shoot back (thats always a bonus). When you come across a small pack I would suggest you pick off all but one and then place a few bullets into the last one (just don't kill it). Now run over to it and go all Mario on it - jump on its. Each time you land on it it will take a bit of its energy away. Simply keep on doing this till the achievement pops up and its dead.
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26 Oct 2009 01:23

You can do it easy by shooting a skag and when he nearly dead you jump on his head and do it so long til he's dead.Sounds easy, but it take a lot of time to do it. I did it in coop. Your secound player can shoot a level 5 skag with level 1 and than you can jump on him.
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13 Aug 2010 22:50

Save an early pistol for this achievement. If you don't have a low-level pistol, return to the starting area on the first playthough. The chest on top of the gas station should have a level 1 or 2 pistol.

Find a pack of level 5-ish skrags, shoot one a couple of times with the low-level pistol to reduce its health to single digits, then jump on that skrag. Jumping deals a small amount of damage. Kill the enemy with this damage to unlock the achievement.
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09 Nov 2015 00:00

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*Note

A low level pistol is not needed. You can always just return to the starting area after you have leveled quite a bit, say level 10 to be safe. Then proceed by continuously jumping on a low level "Skag Pup" until it dies.

This should only take about five minutes or less. If you're playing with friends you can have them try to assist you by jumping on the Skag's head as well, which can sometimes be helpful--other times not so much.
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By Novelistic on 27 Nov 2015 16:05
In case one would prefer a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqccnVH-UrE
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By Quoth_the_Raven on 29 May 2017 11:51
Another easy trophy. This can be gain at any point but the easiest place is also close to the start of the game. After going through the intitial tutorial parts of the game when it allows you to free roam, Find a group of skag pups and shoot it enough to where its almost dead. Use the jump action and jump on top of it. Each jump inflicts a small amount of damage which is why you want it weakened first. Jump enough on it to put it down and this trophy is yours.
The skags do move around a lot while they're attacking you so you might want to kill all but one skag so you know which one you need to jump on.
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30 Jul 2013 17:52

This is available at the beginning of the game. Simply weaken an enemy and then jump on its head to finish it off. Be aware that midgets may commit suicide and explode when close to death.

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This is available at the beginning of the game. Simply weaken an enemy and then jump on its head to finish it off. Be aware that midgets may commit suicide and explode when close to death.

 

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Fun trophy.

Find the Skag enemy (these are the kind of dogs that are abundant in the game, they crawl out of every hole)

Shoot them until they have 10 percent of their life left and just jump on top of the enemy. If you don't kill the yoke with a jump, repeat again.
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28 Oct 2009 16:39

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It’s better to do this at the very beginning of the game, otherwise later the enemies will become larger and it won’t be very easy to kill them!
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By GHGTRR on 17 Oct 2011 01:49
The easiest way to get this trophy is at the very beginning when Dr.Zed sends you to kill the skags that will hang out near Firestone. Because when you want to kill them a little later, you will have too powerful a weapon or too healthy skags.
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By Ordos on 09 Nov 2011 11:33
You can kill not only dogs, I killed a spider this way and the achievement is ready.
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By misha19 on 25 Oct 2012 21:47
The trophy is much easier to get. As the game progresses, you will have to kill the Boss (he looks like a giant scud and birds fly out of him). This is what we need. The fact is that birds fly out of his back and fly towards you like a kamikaze and explode. Let's do the following. As soon as a flock of these birds flies very close to you, JUMP! A couple of birds about you will die and you will be given a trophy
PS- No matter how much I jumped on the dogs, they didn’t die.
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By Aruslanov on 07 Dec 2012 07:26
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Imagine that you are everyone’s favorite Mario, and just after leveling yourself up to level 10, jump on SKAGA, who will be level 2, you just need to hurt him, and only then jump.
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08 May 2013 20:16