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{{item|
itemid=1396|
descid=924536605|
desc=Designed for pulling behind you on cold, snowy days, these little duck suckers are the toy of choice for orphans and the underprivileged. It's hard enough to do some serious head-bonking, and if you drag it behind you, it's liable to get snagged on all sorts of interesting things.|
type=weapon (1-handed flail)|
power=100|
powertype=Damage|
stat=Muscle|
statreq=35|
autosell=0|
enchantment=Weapon Damage +5<br />+5% Item Drops from Monsters}}

==Recipe==
{| class="recipe"
|- class="row1"
! {{Toymaker}}
| 1 [[length of string]]
| 2 {{plural|googly eye}}
| 2 {{plural|wooden block}}
| 2 {{plural|toy wheel}}
|- class="row2"
! {{equals}}
| colspan="4" | [[duck-on-a-string]]
|}

==Messages==
*''[[Player Hit Messages|Weapon-Specific Hit Messages]]'':
{{Hit Message|You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust! <It> takes X damage.}}
{{Hit Message|You flail at <it> with your duck-on-a-string, hitting for X damage. Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string?}}
{{Hit Message|You flail wildly with your duck-on-a-string. The string wraps around <it> and the duck bonks <it> in the nose for X damage.}}
{{Hit Message|You shout, "DUCK!" and smack <it> with the duck-on-a-string. You both enjoy a good laugh, as <it> takes X damage.}}
{{Hit Message|You smack <it> with your duck-on-a-string. <It> quacks up for X damage.}}

==References==
*In one of this weapon's hit messages, "Isn't it just too damn real, one white duck on a string?" paraphrases a line from the song "One White Duck" by [[Wikipedia:Jethro Tull|Jethro Tull]].
*In one of this weapon's hit messages, "Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" is used extensively in Warner Brothers cartoons by [[Wikipedia:Daffy Duck|Daffy Duck]] when fighting with any sort of melee weapon.
*Another hit message reads "You do some fancy flailwork with your duck-on-a-string. Ho! Ha-ha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust!" which is a reference to Warner Bros. [[Wikipedia:Robin Hood Daffy|Robin Hood Daffy]]
*The "head-bonking" is possibly a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]] book [[Wikipedia:Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]], in which the Queen of Lancre attacks a vampire with a "push-and-go wooden duck."

==See Also==
*[[Bonus Weapon Damage]]
*[[Items from Monsters]]
*[[Roboduck-on-a-string]]
*[[Vampire duck-on-a-string]]

==Collection==
<collection>1396</collection>

[[Category:Melee Weapons]]
[[Category:1-Handed Weapons]]
[[Category:Flails]]