Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

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It's a real groaner!

It's a real groaner!

100% the dance battle. We thought that was impossible.

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How to unlock the It's a real groaner! achievement in Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse - Definitive Guide

For anyone else out there who has trouble with keeping rhythm and is tearing their hair out during the "double beats" section/round 4, I would recommend focusing on the button press AFTER the double beat. I spent a good 30 minutes thinking I was screwing up the timing on the double press when really I was just missing the beat after the double.

It helped me to think of the double beat and the one after as three presses in a continuous rhythm, which is quite quick! be ready to move your finger to the other button pretty fast. Still a fairly challenging achievement, but hopefully this helps someone.

EDIT: GamerWedders has posted some great tips in the comments below, so I'm going to quote them here

Some additional tips:

* In case people haven't noticed, the bonus round where there are 8 buttons per set rather than 4 is actually just doubled up, i.e it's the same 4 buttons repeated. I was a bit frazzled by the time I reached this so I didn't pick up on it right away.

* You can spam the buttons. This gets a bit hazardous in the faster rounds, but I found it useful to just start spamming the first button as Stubbs walks to the dancefloor, and start spamming the next button each time I heard the 'ackowledgement beep'.

Good luck folks.
I would also like to add that you can pause at any time if you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed. If you missed a part of the sequence you need to remember, you could even record a clip while paused and watch it back until you feel confident on what you need to do.
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18 Mar 2021 21:18

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Hi guys.

First off, great tips from GamerWedders. I may update my solution to quote him on those.

xxxIsaiahxxx, I'm sorry to hear this is souring you on Stubbs. It's also one of my favorite games, but I can definitely get where you're coming from. However, I wouldn't say you need to remember 32 in a row. At most it's 8 per turn (which even then is the same 4 twice over, so the most taxing it gets memory-wise is ~5 button presses) before you can focus on the next set.

If necessary, you could even pause after the chief has done his sequence, record a clip if you can't remember what he did, write down the order, practice in your head, then resume. This would significantly increase the time required per attempt, but it should make it so anyone can know what they need to press going in to each step.
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By Aethra on 23 Mar 2021 21:04
Use what button's?
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By AlexL210 on 03 Jan 2023 18:46
Using your phone to record then study for the later rounds definitely helps a lot
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By DevilsNightt on 14 Jan 2023 07:05
Another tip if anyone is interested. I have counted how many turns each stage takes.

Stage 1 : 4
Stage 2 : 4
Stage 3 : 8
Stage 4 : 8
Stage 5 : 8
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By Jagd Gray Wolf on 11 Feb 2024 20:49
This helped me thanks! I thought I was messing up the double beat also but wasn't. It was the one right after the double like you said.
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By Skate 323 on 19 Mar 2021 00:25
This is a great tip! The double beat round is the worst in the whole thing, it feels more like luck than skill!

Some additional tips:

* In case people haven't noticed, the bonus round where there are 8 buttons per set rather than 4 is actually just doubled up, i.e it's the same 4 buttons repeated. I was a bit frazzled by the time I reached this so I didn't pick up on it right away.

* You can spam the buttons. This gets a bit hazardous in the faster rounds, but I found it useful to just start spamming the first button as Stubbs walks to the dancefloor, and start spamming the next button each time I heard the 'ackowledgement beep'.

Good luck folks.
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By GamerWedders on 19 Mar 2021 23:05
My memory is really bad I can’t do it for the life of me 😂
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By DevilsNightt on 23 Mar 2021 03:31
This achievement is making me hate one of my favorite games. Really gotta remember 32 dance rhythms in a row without fail. Why
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By xxxIsaiahxxx on 23 Mar 2021 13:04
I was saying with all the rounds combined it's 32 times you watch him dance and have to do it right after. I got it shortly after I made that comment haha :)
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By xxxIsaiahxxx on 24 Mar 2021 01:24
Glad to hear it! And yeah, I get what you meant now. It is for sure a pretty rage-inducing section in an otherwise chill game.
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By Aethra on 24 Mar 2021 04:45
I am convinced that this shit is nearly broken and is pure luck. I am a natural when it comes to rhythm, I am quite good at keeping one. I can do the other sections with absolutely no issue, but the double beats section feels entirely random. Often it feels that my presses will not register and other times it acts like it registers overly fast, like the game is struggling to keep up. Developers like this shouldn't bother making achievements for shit that is as flawed as this. Already beat the game once so I've uninstalled it out of spite because of this garbage.
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By KyoshiFrostWolf on 20 May 2021 12:52
I finally did it with the sound off. It seems the beep was throwing me off. Before anyone gives up, try it.
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By Kobster5515 on 26 Jun 2021 22:23
I will never get this.
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By Miadaskate on 05 Jan 2022 02:50
I am honestly struggling with double beats, I press twice, but fail anyway. And not on the note after, the doubles themselves. I get the first, instantly fail the second even though I hit it twice like I'm supposed to. What am I doing wrong?
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By Lizard Man888 on 11 Jul 2022 05:29
Finally I got this darn achievement, I think it took me 2 hours.

Thanks @GamerWedders for both tips. Huge help.

I also like to thank @Kobster5515 about turning my audio off. It was enough for me to get past the double beat numerous times.
I had to turn my sound back on though for the bonus round so I could hear the beeps. I tried the bonus 3 times without sound and failed, I did it first try with sound.

Lastly I also believe what @KyoshiiTheBrony says is true about button presses not registering. I pressed the correct buttons but sometimes on double beat they would not register at all. I even recorded a clip where I performed the correct button inputs and I got a ‘acknowledgment beep’ for each one but after Stubbs walked away I did not get perfect/confetti.
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By Its Dan on 13 Aug 2022 07:11
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Additional to the guide that is here with tips for the double beats, another great tip is to get a pen and a piece of paper for the last round and write down the sequences when you get a difficult or confusing one. For example, you may get these ones:

XYXX --->XYXXXYXX
BBYB --->BBYBBBYB

So if you get these sequences or anything else that confuses you, just write it down and go over it in your head. You are especially prone to making mistakes when you get nervous. It took me around 5 hours to get this done, just be patient and keep at it!

Here is a video I found so that you can see what you're up against if you haven't started the game yet (video is not mine):

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28 May 2021 15:21

You need to not make a single mistake in the dance battle with the police chief. Those. at all stages of all rounds, after Stubs's performance, the inscription PERFECT should appear on the dance floor. For many, this trophy will be the most difficult in the game. The combinations of stages are random, so there is no point in trying to remember them. Only the first two stages of the first round are always the same.
The main advice for those who have great difficulty repeating combinations is that the game can be paused at any time. To fix the combination in your head and try it out on the gamepad for better memorization. You can also spam a pause during the chef's dance to remember the combination one element at a time.
Also, if there are repeating elements in a combination, then you can simply hold down the desired button while they are being executed, rather than pressing it several times. It is very convenient when the entire combination consists of the same element or ends in two or three identical ones. If the elements are repeated at the beginning or in the middle, I do not recommend using this feature - there is a high chance that you will not have time to remove your finger from the button and ruin the attempt.
Round Tips:
  • 1-3 - stages consist of combinations of four elements. The third round is a little faster and has more stages. These rounds must be brought to automaticity. There shouldn't be any problems here.
  • 4 - stages consist of four elements, but the third is always a double tap. It is this round that will cause the most problems and will be a frequent reason for replaying the entire minigame. The main advice is to press the button for the fourth element as quickly as possible after double-clicking the third. So fast that in fact, you have a triple press of 3,3,4. Personally, I memorized the combination, waited for the signal of the first element, and then hit it at a certain speed, without particularly focusing on the visual cues of the game.
  • 5 - stages consist of eight elements. But everything is not so scary, because it is the same combination of four elements, repeated twice. A pause helped me here. After displaying the first four elements, I paused, recorded them in my head and figured them out on the gamepad, moving my finger over the buttons.

Well, one last piece of advice. If you failed the third round, you don’t need to replay the battle right away; it’s better to practice rounds 4 and 5.
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16 Aug 2021 09:06

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For myself, I removed the music in the settings, the clicks are so clearly audible when you press the buttons.
If you mess up, click start the level again, and not from the checkpoint. Thus, I got to the same dance in each round, memorized everything and passed. last dance sketch the buttons (using a pause), I drew arrows ->, <-. in the last dance there are 8 presses, not 4 as in previous rounds. you only need to sketch the first 4 buttons,
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By starpuk on 17 Mar 2023 13:55
I switched the controls to the arrows and pressed the arrows, it seemed to me much easier this way the brain adapts. It's been the 10th time since I changed the controls!
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23 Aug 2022 18:00