"This puppet is really dangerous for your opponents. It's bite causes high damage! This weapon is the right choice for close combat, or when you want to escape a senseless fight, because while using the Punchy you can run a bit faster than with the other weapons- good to get away, or get closer to your enemies. If you make 5 frags with punchy in one round, you'll become a Puppet Master (see Power-ups)." — World of Padman Manual

"After 5 frags with Punchy you will become the Puppet Master of World of Padman for 30 seconds. You'll be faster and stronger than your opponents, and the Punchy will cause even more damage. Hunt your enemies and bite them!" — World of Padman Manual

The Punchy is a starting weapon In World of Padman, along with Nipper. It deals high damage at close range. A single bite takes away half of a player's health. When Punchy is equipped, the player is granted 30% speed boost until the player has switched to another weapon. When five frags are achieved with Punchy, the player will automatically acquire the Puppet Master powerup, gaining 200 health and armor and enemies will get fragged once bitten for 30 seconds. However, the player is restricted to Punchy only and cannot equip any weapons.

•The Punchy is the weapon to humiliate somebody with! If you've managed to take off a lot of somebody's health, but they haven't died, run up to them and kill them with it.

•If you have to use the Punchy as a real weapon, try to surprise the enemy by hitting them in the back. Ambush your enemies from the corners, from the side or when they're distracted by pickups or other opponents. Rushing them plainly from the front will most likely get you killed.

•If you see somebody with the Punchy and you are being targeted, run away and fire at them. As long as you're moving away from them, it'll be difficult for them to get up to you and attack. Be careful not to back into a wall though; if you do, you're dead meat.

•Being an unique type weapon, Punchy generates invisible short ranged bullets to hit enemies, which deal 50 damage, then knock away the victim without adding extra damage. This ability is useful to keep enemies away from the pickups you're about to take. On the other hand it pushes them away from you, giving you some breathing space to switch to a better gun.

•Considering the high rate of fire and damage output, this weapon can be more useful than it seems. If you encounter a group of players fighting in close quarters, it may be worth your while to pull out the Punchy. It is better if your foes don't see you before you attack. If you have a Pumper, you should never need the Punchy.

•When combined with PadPower, you can kill full health enemies with a single hit.

•It isn't just a weapon for if you run out of ammo. If you sneak up on someone or if you're in melee range, you can give the opponent a hard time. Some weapons can't keep up with the high damage output of the Punchy or the close-range effect it has.

•Consider switching to the Punchy to save ammo if you are sure you can kill the opponent. You never know when you might run out of ammo and have the weapon switch leave you vulnerable.

•A tricky strategy is to use the Betty to bounce an enemy directly into your Punchy. A variation of this strategy is to use the knockback of your Betty to get them into a corner, where the Punchy excels.

Puppet Master in first person view

•The Punchy is based off of the Gauntlet from Quake 3 Arena.