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{{familiar
|famid=91
|H1=Unlikely foodstuff
|H2=sticky, sweet, small-handed drunk
|H3=gums up foes, feeds you.
|ability=Prevents enemies from attacking you, restores HP and MP after combat
|function=[[Levitating Potato]] + [[Ghuol Whelp]]
|throne=[[Combat Initiative]] +20%, sometimes drops a [[cotton candy pinch]]
|hatchling=cotton candy cocoon
|equipment=cotton candy cordial
|hns=3
|ucm=0
|sh=2
|oc=2
|hands=0
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=0
|eyes=1
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0}}

*When blocking attacks:
**<name> tells it, "you musht be thish tall to attack this Adventurer." Turns out it isn't quite tall enough.
**It accidentally steps on <name>'s toe. The super-sticky cotton candy fuses it to the ground.
**<name> leers suggestively at it. It looks flattered, and doesn't attack you. Wow, talk about low standards.
**<name> shouts, "No horseplay on the carousel!" He grabs your opponent with his curiously small, strangely powerful hands, rendering it immobile.
**<name> hiccups and says, "Shorry, son. You have to trade in three shmall prizes to attack right now. Why don't you go knock over shome more milk bottles?" It 's too nonplussed to attack you.
**<name> hiccups and staggers in front of it. It try to attack you, but gets stuck in <name>'s cotton candy body.
**It gets all stuck in <name>'s cotton candy body. Thank goodness it's cotton candy and not tar, or we'd have to issue a public apology. Again.
*At end of combat:
**With HP/MP to restore:
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off his chest and offers it to you. Maybe he just had something to get off his chest . . . anyway, the candy's pretty refreshing. 
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off his head and offers it to you. Mmm, candy dandruff! It's suspiciously refreshing. 
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off his leg and offers it to you. You're pretty sure this isn't candy everybody wants, but you eat it anyway. It's curiously refreshing. 
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off his arm and offers it to you. Against your better judgment, you eat it. It tastes a little like cabbage, a lot like sugar, and is surprisingly refreshing.
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off his knee and offers it to you. Criminy, it's tasty.
**:{{HP|type=gain}} {{MP|type=gain}}
**If HP and MP are at least 90% full:
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off of his . . . uh, very low lower back and offers it to you. "No thanks, I'm full," you say, pointing at your HP and MP counters. He nods, and suggests you save it for later, so you stick it in your inventory.
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off of his . . . uh . . . upper thigh, and offers it to you. You don't want to offend him, so you stick it in your inventory.
**:<name> pulls a piece of cotton candy off of his armpit and offers it to you. "Um, thanks -- I'll just save this for later," you say, and shove it in your inventory.
**: At 4 pounds or less: {{acquire|item=cotton candy pinch}}
**: At 5-9 pounds: {{acquire|item=cotton candy smidgen}}
**: At 10-14 pounds: {{acquire|item=cotton candy skoshe}}
**: At 15-19 pounds: {{acquire|item=cotton candy plug}}
**: At 20-29 pounds: {{acquire|item=cotton candy cone}}
**: At 30-39 pounds: {{acquire|item=cotton candy pillow}}
**: At 40 pounds or more: {{acquire|item=cotton candy bale}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]:
*:<name> shouts, "what are you doing on my set? It's freaking distracting!" and hurls a cotton candy bale at you. You only grab a bit of it before the rest is blown away, though. {{acquire|item=cotton candy pinch}}
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]:
*:<name> watches the fight over your shoulder for a bit, but quickly grows bored and returns to the Buddy Bjorn, leaving some snagged cotton candy on your sleeve. {{acquire|item=cotton candy pinch}}
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> winks drunkenly underneath the Tam O'Shanter.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> dances around the maypole -- he's hot, hot, so hot, sticky sweet.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<name> smiles suggestively behind the wax lips.

==Arena Messages==
*When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match
*:<name> doesn't have any claws or laser beams -- or any bones or muscles -- so he's not an effective fighter.

==Notes==
*The item dropped at the end of combat is dependent on the Carnie's weight.
*Drops candy up to 10 times a day
*When it was released, the haiku for this familiar was missing two syllables-- the second line read "sticky, sweet, small hands".
*When this familiar was first released, the placeholder text was shown when the familiar's actions happened. The placeholder text said "August familiar whelp message" and "August familiar potato message".

==References==
*"Hot, hot, so hot, sticky sweet" from the Maypole description is part of a verse from the Def Leppard song "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
*The lines regarding "small hands" refer to a throwaway joke from the first ''Austin Powers'' movie. Austin states that there are only two things in the world that scare him, and one of those things is nuclear war. When asked what the other is, he simply responds "Carnies. Circus folk. Small hands, smell like cabbage."

==See Also==
*[[HP Restorers]]
*[[MP Restorers]]