Just tested the code I have in the if statement, I inserted it inbetween "playSound" and "removeObject" as normally suggested and it does work! But like I said, I want the score board to appear after all five enemies are dead and my instinct was the make the if statement shown above and it doesn't work! :(

It does not work the way you want because you are asking the wrong question (you are not using the correct condition in the 'if' statement). The other problem I see is the use of 'getWorld' after 'removeObject(this)' which will return 'null'. The correct question is whether there are any NegaDoge objects in the World (instead of asking if the class does not exist; of course the class exists or you would not have had NegaDoge objects in your world to begin with). Use the world class method 'getObjects' to get a list of all NegaDoge objects in your world; then, use the List class method 'isEmpty' to determine if any are -- generally speaking: However, this, again, uses 'getWorld' and it will return 'null' after using 'removeObject(this)'. So, we need to hold a reference to the world in a local variable before removing 'this' from the world. You are showing a line for that as the first line in the 'if' block, but that, too, is past the 'removeObject(this)' ( I am referring to this line: DogeWorld dogeWorld = (DogeWorld)getWorld();' ). Move this line up to before the 'removeObject(this)' line and change all occurrences of 'getWorld()' after it in the method to 'dogeWorld'.