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==When Used==
==When Used==
*''Without a [[shaking 4-d camera]] in inventory:''
*''Without a [[shaking 4-d camera]] in inventory:''
{{useitem|type=combat|text=With a flash of light and an accompanying old-timey ''-POOF-'' noise, you take snap a picture of him. Your camera begins to shake, rattle and roll.|
{{useitem|type=combat|text=With a flash of light and an accompanying old-timey ''-POOF-'' noise, you snap a picture of him. Your camera begins to shake, rattle and roll.|
effect={{acquire|item=shaking 4-d camera}}}}
effect={{acquire|item=shaking 4-d camera}}}}


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*''Against a monster that can't be copied''
*''Against a monster that can't be copied''
This moment is too horrifying to commit to film. You can't bring yourself to snap the picture.
This moment is too horrifying to commit to film. You can't bring yourself to snap the picture.
==Notes==
*Allows you to [[copying|copy]] a monster.
*There is no technical limit on 4-d cameras used per day. However, because {{plural|shaking 4-d camera}} can only be used once per day, and you cannot use a 4-d camera if you have a shaking one in your inventory, they may only ever be used twice a day.
* Using 40 of these makes you eligible for the [[Professional Photographer]] trophy
* You may use a 4-d camera on a monster that pops out of a [[shaking 4-d camera]].


==References==
==References==
<!-- Probably a Twilight Zone reference, though there's a Goosebumps one. Isn't there a movie with this gimmick, too? -->
* A camera that takes pictures of future events appears in an episode of ''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]]'' entitled "[[wikipedia:A Most Unusual Camera|A Most Unusual Camera]]" and in ''[[wikipedia:Say Cheese and Die!|Say Cheese and Die!]]'' a book in the ''[[wikipedia:Goosebumps|Goosebumps]]'' series.
* "[T]he things it takes pictures of come true" is a reference to "[[wikipedia:Say Cheese and Die!|Say Cheese and Die!]]"
* "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the classic rock and roll song "[[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]]" first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]].
* "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the NES game [[Wikipedia:Snake Rattle 'n' Roll|Snake Rattle 'n' Roll]] which was one of the first to use a 3-D environment, and which name was in turn based on the classic rock and roll song [[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]] first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]].
*"4-D" can refer to the idea that [[Wikipedia:time|time]] is the fourth dimension of motion or to a [[Wikipedia:Fourth dimension|fourth spatial dimension]].  
*"4-D" is a somewhat-common way of referring to [[Wikipedia:video|video]], in this case alluding to the fact that the picture not only includes three dimensions instead of two, but also is a picture of something that is still moving.
 
==See Also==
*[[Copying]]


==Collection==
==Collection==
<collection>4169</collection>
<collection>4169</collection>

Latest revision as of 22:07, 13 May 2015

4-d camera
4-d camera

This is a simple camera with a dark secret -- the things it takes pictures of come true! Actually, the things it takes pictures of are already true by definition, but this makes them come true again... later.

Type: combat item
Selling Price: 55 Meat.

Makes a copy of a monster to fight later


(In-game plural: 4-d cameras)
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Item number: 4169
Description ID: 176809873
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nothing-in-the-box beer lens
4-d camera

When Used

With a flash of light and an accompanying old-timey -POOF- noise, you snap a picture of him. Your camera begins to shake, rattle and roll.
You acquire an item: shaking 4-d camera

You've already got a camera with a monster in it. You should probably deal with that one before you take another one.

  • Against a monster that can't be copied

This moment is too horrifying to commit to film. You can't bring yourself to snap the picture.

Notes

  • Allows you to copy a monster.
  • There is no technical limit on 4-d cameras used per day. However, because shaking 4-d cameras can only be used once per day, and you cannot use a 4-d camera if you have a shaking one in your inventory, they may only ever be used twice a day.
  • Using 40 of these makes you eligible for the Professional Photographer trophy
  • You may use a 4-d camera on a monster that pops out of a shaking 4-d camera.

References

See Also

Collection

  • 🥇: eav (#22185), qWErTyaznMAN123 (#1587123) - 2,000
  • 🥉: Aerin Frost (#784567) - 1,700
  • #4: Rutabega (#183581) - 1,128
  • #5: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 300
  • #6: Skent (#1076753) - 151
  • #7: Artie Effham (#976900) - 145
  • #8: Darkling (#1687415) - 100
  • #9: shkspr (#1443477) - 48
  • #10: SupernovaMe (#867763) - 42

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