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{{familiar|
famid=171|
H1=Gelatinous Cube|
H2=Great for sweeping dungeon floors|
H3=and dungeon monsters.|
ability=Weakens enemies before combat,<br />and helps you pick up items.|
function=Reduces monster level at start of combat, increases item drops like a fairy.|
throne=+5 Familiar Weight, 10-30 damage.|
hatchling=dried gelatinous cube|
equipment=pile of dungeon junk|
ucm=1|
sh=3|
oc=0|
hns=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}}

*At start of combat:
*:<name> dissolved some of your opponent's flesh, making him a bit weaker. Now you know what these cubes are for: making awesome skeletons.
*:<name> dissolves some of your opponent's more important bits, leaving him weaker.
*:<name> slurps up some of your opponent's armor. He doesn't look nearly as impressive without pants. (Or pants-analogues.)
*:Your opponent gets his arm stuck in <name>, which dissolves it down to the bone. Your foe is somewhat weaker now, but on the bright side, sweet skeleton arm, dude.
{{delevel|att=X|def=X}}

*At end of combat:
*:<name> oozes around, picking up bits of debris from the battle.
*:<name> plops wetly around the scene, helping you pick stuff up.
*:<name> slurps around, picking up discarded trash and bits.
*:<name> vacuums up some loose trash and stuff. Man, getting the useful stuff out of there is going to be so gross.
*:You watch <name> slime around picking up loose debris, and wonder if it's worth checking if there's anything good in there.
*:Sometimes, additionally:
*:<name> shudders and disgorges an item with a wet squelch.
{{acquire}}
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]:
*:<name> ejects a random piece of dungeon detritus at your opponent, making a disgusting shlurrrrp sound and dealing Y damage.
*Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]:
*:Your opponent suddenly steps in <name> with a ''glorp'' and takes Y damage from the acid. How did it even get out of the Buddy Bjorn, anyway?
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> makes a sort of burbling noise as your Tam O'Shanter floats around inside it. Ugh, you aren't looking forward to cleaning that.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> slimes its way around the maypole, leaving behind a shiny trail of gross.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:You look at the wax lips floating around inside <name>, and feel bad for the next familiar that has to wear them.

==Arena Messages==
*<Name> keeps getting stuck to all the obstacles.

==Notes==
*X, the amount of the delevel, is half of the familiar's weight (rounded down).
*Y, the amount of damage dealt while in the [[Crown of Thrones]], is between 10 and 30.
*After combat wins, it may produce an item. Three of its drops are once-per-ascension and scheduled:
** 6th combat: [[Eleven-foot pole]]
** 9th combat: [[ring of Detect Boring Doors]]
** 12th combat: [[Pick-O-Matic lockpicks]]
*Other items are dropped every 3rd combat, chosen randomly from:
** [[anti-anti-antidote]]
** [[Doc Galaktik's Ailment Ointment]]
** [[Knob Goblin firecracker]]
** [[razor-sharp can lid]]
** [[soda water]]
** [[spider web]]

==References==
*The Gelatinous Cube was an original monster from [[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]], invented by Gary Gygax, designed to fit neatly (and ridiculously) into 10' x 10' dungeon corridors. It initially showed up in the original "White Box" D&D set.