Nine-Toes

Nine Toes is the first of many bandit lords, as well as the first boss the character will battle in the game. Although he is a boss, he's usually not much of a challenge.

Background

Nine-Toes is an insane bandit lord who resides in Skag Gully. He commands some of the Bandits in the Arid Badlands and has two pet skag that he uses to guard his lair. The lair itself is set up in a cave system, close enough to stage frequent raids on Fyrestone. Reportedly, Nine-Toes is also in competition with Bone Head, a rival bandit.

Involvement

Players spend a large portion of the early game building up to Nine-Toes, including eliminating a small encampment of bandits just outside of Fyrestone. Once they are taken care of, the next objective is to enter Skag Gully and kill Nine-Toes himself. He is holed up in a cave hideout, with several bandits guarding him. Once these are dispatched Nine-Toes and his two skags will be found in a small arena at the back of the cave.

Strategy

See also: Nine-Toes: Take Him Down

Notes

Nine-Toes will respawn along with everything else in Skag Gully (although his skag pets won't), so he can be killed again for his loot.
Just as with the skags in Skag Gully, once your character's level is high enough Nine-Toes will level up (returning with a level 18+ character results in encountering him as a level 14) and The Clipper, dropped when he dies, will be similarly upgraded.
On Playthrough 2, Nine-Toes is Level 35.
Nine-Toes also appears as a boss in Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot.

Guaranteed Drops

The Clipper

Quotes

He says all the quotes of a normal psycho, but in a much more calm voice. There are also some lines that are unique to him:

"You woke the wrong dog! Aww YEAH!" (Accompanied with a pelvic thrust)
"I'll rip your arm off and beat your baby with it!" (Sometimes at the beginning of the battle.)

Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot

"You remind me of my mother... I ate my mother."

Trivia

A pre-release promotional video (and his in-game cutscene intro) introduces Nine-Toes with the tag line, "Also, he has 3 balls".
Judging by his quotes, outfit, and behavior, Nine-Toes is some sort of psycho that hasn't completely lost his sanity.
It is presumed that Nine-Toes lost one of his toes by accidentally dropping The Clipper on it, which is implied in the gun's description saying: "Don't drop it, might lose a toe".
The pet skags fight with Nine-Toes feature the names "Pinky", and "Digit", furthering the theme of toes used with this character.
"Toe Cutter" was the name for the leader of the biker gang in the movie Mad Max and the Nine-Toes is very likely a reference to him.
Nine-Toes has the Vault Arc symbol painted on his mask. It looks like |^| going through his eyes, this is the same for all the psychos.