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There are | <noinclude>There are {{Monster Manuel Entries Count|{{:Monster Manuel (B)}}}} creatures filed under B, and 1 unobtainable entry.</noinclude> | ||
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*There's no 'i' in team, and there's no 'e' in potato. Keep that in mind if you ever want to be re-elected as Vice President. | *There's no 'i' in team, and there's no 'e' in potato. Keep that in mind if you ever want to be re-elected as Vice President. | ||
*Delicious Crash Potatoes: boil small red potatoes. Drizzle olive oil on a cookie sheet. Put potatoes on the sheet, smoosh with fork. Top with olive oil, salt, pepper. Bake in the broiler until tips are brown. you're welcome.}} | *Delicious Crash Potatoes: boil small red potatoes. Drizzle olive oil on a cookie sheet. Put potatoes on the sheet, smoosh with fork. Top with olive oil, salt, pepper. Bake in the broiler until tips are brown. you're welcome.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|baguette lady|*The baguette lady has nobody to care for her, because all of her breadstick children went off to work in olive gardens. | |||
*Her hobbies include wandering in parks and feeding parts of herself to birds. | |||
*One day there'll be nothing left of her but croutons.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bailey's Beetle|*Most hippies insist that they, like, totally drive better when they're stoned, man. | {{ManuelEntry|Bailey's Beetle|*Most hippies insist that they, like, totally drive better when they're stoned, man. | ||
*The Beetle's biodiesel engine gets 40 miles to the hash brown. | *The Beetle's biodiesel engine gets 40 miles to the hash brown. | ||
*At least 70% of each of Bailey's Beetles is bailing wire, bong resin, or some combination of the two.}} | *At least 70% of each of Bailey's Beetles is bailing wire, bong resin, or some combination of the two.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Bananubis|*Bananubis is the still-living god of death, tombs, and jungle fruits. | |||
*Bananubis's father, Tangelosiris, is the god of the Underworld and citrus. | |||
*Tangelosiris's mother was named Nut, and was the goddess of berries.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bangyomaman Warrior|*In most cases, carrying a big gun means you're overcompensating for some other shortcoming. Bangyomaman warriors are short only on empathy. | {{ManuelEntry|Bangyomaman Warrior|*In most cases, carrying a big gun means you're overcompensating for some other shortcoming. Bangyomaman warriors are short only on empathy. | ||
*The Bangyomaman homeworld used to have three suns, but now it only has two, because one day they got mad and blew up the third one. | *The Bangyomaman homeworld used to have three suns, but now it only has two, because one day they got mad and blew up the third one. | ||
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*Baron von Ratsworth's top hat is made out of the finest spider silk, spun by only the very best spiders from good old-money spider families. | *Baron von Ratsworth's top hat is made out of the finest spider silk, spun by only the very best spiders from good old-money spider families. | ||
*If you want to hit the Baron where it hurts, hit him in the wallet. Or, y'know, the kidneys. That'll do.|attack=20|defense=18|hp=25}} | *If you want to hit the Baron where it hurts, hit him in the wallet. Or, y'know, the kidneys. That'll do.|attack=20|defense=18|hp=25}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|barrow wraith|*Is a monster that is sneaking up on you in pitch-darkness scarier if I tell you it's also invisible? | |||
*What if the monster... ''is'' the darkness? | |||
*What if the monster is the ''cave itself?'' You're already eaten!|name=barrow wraith?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|basaltamander|*Don't ask what keeps its stone armor from re-melting. | |||
*Basaltamanders are one of the few animals that are already pre-cooked when they're still alive. | |||
*Misunderstood reports of basaltamander sightings by early explorers resulted in the myths and legends of elephants. Those early explorers were ''really'' hard to understand.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|baseball bat|*The baseball bat is made out of cowhide, which raises bizarre evolutionary questions. | {{ManuelEntry|baseball bat|*The baseball bat is made out of cowhide, which raises bizarre evolutionary questions. | ||
*The stitching on the baseball bat is organic, and disturbing. | *The stitching on the baseball bat is organic, and disturbing. | ||
*Scientists who have dissected a baseball bat have found simply string wound around a cork. Scientists in universes where magic works have constant headaches. | *Scientists who have dissected a baseball bat have found simply string wound around a cork. Scientists in universes where magic works have constant headaches.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Bashful, the Reindeer|*Bashful is usually in the back of the pack come sleigh-pulling time, because he's too shy to ask for a better spot. | |||
*He has a huge crush on one of the other reindeer, but would totally just die if they ever found out. | |||
*I suppose we could have done a joke like, his name is Bashful because he likes to bash people. But nah, he's just shy.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|BASIC Elemental|*This BASIC elemental is blind, because it hasn't upgraded to Visual Basic. | {{ManuelEntry|BASIC Elemental|*This BASIC elemental is blind, because it hasn't upgraded to Visual Basic. | ||
*BASIC stands for "Bacon As Soon as I Can." or at least I'd like it to. | *BASIC stands for "Bacon As Soon as I Can." or at least I'd like it to. | ||
*Most BASIC elementals are docile creatures who just want to know how many stars you want.}} | *Most BASIC elementals are docile creatures who just want to know how many stars you want.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|basic lihc|*The cloud of eldritch mist surrounding a basic lihc is 70% Starbucks. | |||
*A basic lihc's greatest weakness is fire. Its second greatest weakness is even slightly spicy Pad Thai. | |||
*Say what you will about basic lihces, but they're always willing to share their Netflix login with you.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|bat|*What we take to be a bat's eyes are actually just really badly-designed nostrils. | {{ManuelEntry|bat|*What we take to be a bat's eyes are actually just really badly-designed nostrils. | ||
*The old idiom "as blind as a bat" was originally "as blind as a bat smells." | *The old idiom "as blind as a bat" was originally "as blind as a bat smells." | ||
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*Batbugbears sleep upside-down, but frequently wake up dizzy with all the blood rushing to their giant heads. | *Batbugbears sleep upside-down, but frequently wake up dizzy with all the blood rushing to their giant heads. | ||
*Batbugbears, despite their frightening appearance, eat mostly mosquitos and fruit.}} | *Batbugbears, despite their frightening appearance, eat mostly mosquitos and fruit.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Batburglar|*Batburglars specialize in climbing vertical surfaces to break into buildings and steal stuff. You know -- like a bat. | |||
*Deep down, Batburglars are really just trying to steal back their childhoods, which were stolen from them. | |||
*In an alternate universe where McDonald's sells burgers made of bat meat, the Batburglar would be a harmless mascot instead of a formidable foe.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|batrat|*The batrat's favorite delicacy is cheese-covered mosquitos. | {{ManuelEntry|batrat|*The batrat's favorite delicacy is cheese-covered mosquitos. | ||
*Batrats sleep upside-down in holes chewed into baseboards. | *Batrats sleep upside-down in holes chewed into baseboards. | ||
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*Frat boy scientists take very meticulous notes of their experiments, since typically nobody is able to remember how they went otherwise. | *Frat boy scientists take very meticulous notes of their experiments, since typically nobody is able to remember how they went otherwise. | ||
*Attempts have been made to combine the beer bong with a regular bong, but this generally results in either drinking a lot of hot ashes, or drowning.|defense=175}} | *Attempts have been made to combine the beer bong with a regular bong, but this generally results in either drinking a lot of hot ashes, or drowning.|defense=175}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|beetle|*Beetle honey is much thicker than regular honey. | |||
*Beetle honey is also much easier to steal from the hive than regular honey. | |||
*Beetlekeepers don't even really need the protective suits that beekeepers use, although they do tie their pantlegs closed.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|befouled straw house|*Just as you should never build an igloo out of yellow snow, you should never build a house with straw from the stables. | {{ManuelEntry|befouled straw house|*Just as you should never build an igloo out of yellow snow, you should never build a house with straw from the stables. | ||
*One reason befouled straw houses stay so gross is that if you try to scrub or power wash them, they fall over. | *One reason befouled straw houses stay so gross is that if you try to scrub or power wash them, they fall over. | ||
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*Some cryptozoologists insist that bigface should be known as "littlebody," but that name never really caught on. | *Some cryptozoologists insist that bigface should be known as "littlebody," but that name never really caught on. | ||
*Bigface has some kind of natural camouflage that makes it impossible to take an in-focus picture of him.}} | *Bigface has some kind of natural camouflage that makes it impossible to take an in-focus picture of him.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|biker|*The earliest bikers rode motorcycles made out of stones and animal bones. | |||
*Every year, bikers compete for the coveted "Most Flatulent-Sounding Exhaust" award | |||
*Bikers adhere to a strict moral code, and are thus only allowed to beat one another up over territory disputes and also for any other reason.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Birdo|*I am pretty sure eggs don't work like that. | |||
*I mean, just setting aside the fact that the eggs are fully half her size and she can keep shooting them without stopping to eat or otherwise replenish her mass. | |||
*What if... what if she's standing on her hands and that's her cloaca?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|birdybug|*You should see how mad the ornithologists got about the "mosquito hawk". | |||
*The ornithologists would also be mad about dragonflies, if they could agree on whether dragons are birds or not. | |||
*The one thing that entymologists and ornithologists agree on is that fish are super boring.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|bizarre construct|*El Vibrato punchcards make terrific bookmarks. | {{ManuelEntry|bizarre construct|*El Vibrato punchcards make terrific bookmarks. | ||
*Not much is known about El Vibrato island and the strange constructs that inhabit it. Which makes these factoids extremely difficult to write. | *Not much is known about El Vibrato island and the strange constructs that inhabit it. Which makes these factoids extremely difficult to write. | ||
*It may seem strange that such greatly advanced technology would operate with paper punchcards. This is because it is, in fact, strange.}} | *It may seem strange that such greatly advanced technology would operate with paper punchcards. This is because it is, in fact, strange.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|bizarre construct|*Honestly, all of the El Vibrato constructs are pretty bizarre. I'm not sure why this one is being singled out. | {{ManuelEntry|bizarre construct (translated)|*Honestly, all of the El Vibrato constructs are pretty bizarre. I'm not sure why this one is being singled out. | ||
*El Vibrato constructs are made from vibritanium, which is difficult to describe, but is sort of like an alloy of diamond, titanium, and graham crackers. Yeah, difficult to describe, like I said. | *El Vibrato constructs are made from vibritanium, which is difficult to describe, but is sort of like an alloy of diamond, titanium, and graham crackers. Yeah, difficult to describe, like I said. | ||
*Although the El Vibrato constructs are not supposed to possess individual emotions or desires, this particular one has discovered that it really really likes improvisational jazz.}} | *Although the El Vibrato constructs are not supposed to possess individual emotions or desires, this particular one has discovered that it really really likes improvisational jazz.}} | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|Black-and-White-Ops Penguin|*Night-vision goggles work by reflecting and amplifying starlight or other ambient light. If you want to see something really funny, use a high-powered camera flashbulb to take a photograph of someone wearing one. | {{ManuelEntry|Black-and-White-Ops Penguin|*Night-vision goggles work by reflecting and amplifying starlight or other ambient light. If you want to see something really funny, use a high-powered camera flashbulb to take a photograph of someone wearing one. | ||
*Since penguins are short-limbed and not very flexible, their martial-arts mainly focus on joints, nerve clusters, and other pressure-points. Many of them keep collections of the kneecaps of their fallen enemies. | *Since penguins are short-limbed and not very flexible, their martial-arts mainly focus on joints, nerve clusters, and other pressure-points. Many of them keep collections of the kneecaps of their fallen enemies. | ||
*Some B&W Ops Penguins carry laser pointers in addition to their regular gear, because they enjoy a good practical joke as much as anyone. | *Some B&W Ops Penguins carry laser pointers in addition to their regular gear, because they enjoy a good practical joke as much as anyone.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|blackberry bush|*A blackberry stalk makes a powerful weapon, if you still have any arms left after getting it away from the bush. | {{ManuelEntry|blackberry bush|*A blackberry stalk makes a powerful weapon, if you still have any arms left after getting it away from the bush. | ||
*Blackberry thorns are, on average, 50% sharper than rosebush thorns, but 30% less likely to have songs written about them. | *Blackberry thorns are, on average, 50% sharper than rosebush thorns, but 30% less likely to have songs written about them. | ||
*Have you ever eaten a blackberry right after you brush your teeth? Man, that's nasty.}} | *Have you ever eaten a blackberry right after you brush your teeth? Man, that's nasty.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|blade a-spinning|*Just imagine how big the pizza would be! | |||
*Their blades make really rad gongs if you happen to have a live industrial band. | |||
*I just made a glass of strawberry milk and it is pretty good. Strawberry-flavored milk is good, you guys|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Blader|*Blader would have been a much better name for the sequel to 1998's Blade. | |||
*If your name was Red Alb and one of these guys asked you your name, you'd be able to answer palindromically. | |||
*Ruth Bader Ginsberg would've been 'much' more intimidating if her middle name had been Murderer instead of Bader.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Blaze Bat|*Regular bats eat flies, but this one eats fireflies. | |||
*Cooked bat smells like chicken. | |||
*Cooked bat does not, however, ''taste'' like chicken.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|blazing bat|*The lake of fire tore his ass up. | |||
*He was burning to the crisp. | |||
*He was cast into the lake of burning flame.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|blind snake|*Be careful using edged weapons, because if you accidentally cut it in half you'll have to fight two of them. | |||
*Wait a minute, how do you know which end you're fighting? | |||
*Are you sure that isn't just a wet string?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Blooper|*When surprised, the Blooper releases a cloud of black pixels that dissolve before you can grab them. It's pretty frustrating. | {{ManuelEntry|Blooper|*When surprised, the Blooper releases a cloud of black pixels that dissolve before you can grab them. It's pretty frustrating. | ||
*The Blooper's natural predator is the Mustachioed Plumber, which was hunted to nigh extinction by outraged turtle tamers. | *The Blooper's natural predator is the Mustachioed Plumber, which was hunted to nigh extinction by outraged turtle tamers. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|blue-haired girl|*The blue-haired girl doesn't dye her hair; that's her natural color. She just woke up with it one day. Maybe she's got some strange disease. | {{ManuelEntry|blue-haired girl|*The blue-haired girl doesn't dye her hair; that's her natural color. She just woke up with it one day. Maybe she's got some strange disease. | ||
*The blue-haired girl wears authentic 70's roller skates and rides a fixie bike. At the same time. That's hipster level 99, yo. | *The blue-haired girl wears authentic 70's roller skates and rides a fixie bike. At the same time. That's hipster level 99, yo. | ||
*Seriously, if you haven't read the Scott Pilgrim books, you should stop reading this and read those instead. | *Seriously, if you haven't read the Scott Pilgrim books, you should stop reading this and read those instead.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|blur|*The blur has only two vices: coffee and TV. | {{ManuelEntry|blur|*The blur has only two vices: coffee and TV. | ||
*Scientists with too much time on their hands have concluded that the blur is most likely completely nude. | *Scientists with too much time on their hands have concluded that the blur is most likely completely nude. | ||
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*The boaraffe's tusks are actually made of hardened hair, not bone. | *The boaraffe's tusks are actually made of hardened hair, not bone. | ||
*If you count a boaraffe's spots, you can tell how old it is.}} | *If you count a boaraffe's spots, you can tell how old it is.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|board games elemental|*Board games elementals used to be relatively small and simple creatures, until the great wizard Avalonill opened the dimensional rift to Grognardia. | |||
*Be certain your fellow players are not actual werewolves before agreeing to play Werewolf with them, because they'll have a natural advantage. | |||
*Technically, you aren't supposed to put money on Free Parking, but it does make Candyland a bit more unpredictable and fun.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bob Racecar|*Bob Racecar has an old hound dog named Otis. It knows how to sit. | {{ManuelEntry|Bob Racecar|*Bob Racecar has an old hound dog named Otis. It knows how to sit. | ||
*Bob Racecar can play the heck out of a butt tuba. His best know composition is the Air Aria. | *Bob Racecar can play the heck out of a butt tuba. His best know composition is the Air Aria. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|bolt-cuttin' elf|*Out-of-work bolt-cuttin' elves often find bicycle theft to be a profitable alternative to honest work. | {{ManuelEntry|bolt-cuttin' elf|*Out-of-work bolt-cuttin' elves often find bicycle theft to be a profitable alternative to honest work. | ||
*An elf once tried to cut a bolt of lightning in half. It didn't work, but it did result in the modern-day cryptozoological phenomenon known as Nessie. | *An elf once tried to cut a bolt of lightning in half. It didn't work, but it did result in the modern-day cryptozoological phenomenon known as Nessie. | ||
*One way to avoid being hurt by a bolt-cutting elf is to act less like a bolt. How to do this is left as an exercise for the reader.| | *One way to avoid being hurt by a bolt-cutting elf is to act less like a bolt. How to do this is left as an exercise for the reader.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Boltsmann security robot|*The third scariest thing for a robot to be shaped like is a skull. | |||
*The second scariest thing for a robot to be shaped like is a staircase, since staircases are responsible for WAY more deaths than skulls. | |||
*The absolute scariest thing for a robot to be shaped like is the influenze virus. Bonus points if the robot is also the size of the influenza virus and also if there are like a billion of them.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|boneless blobghost|*Nobody knows who the blobghost was in life, but we can at least assume it was someone who didn't intend for their skeleton to be sold in a skeleton store. | |||
*Sadly, it would be pretty much impossible to reunite this ghost with its lost skeleton, because skeletons all look pretty much the same. Sorry, I guess that sounds kind of racist. | |||
*You may be thinking "Wait, why is the ghost a blob? It's only the person's physical body that lost its skeleton." Nope, doesn't work like that. The ghost skeleton stays with the real skeleton. Look, I don't make the rules.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bonerdagon|*The mighty Bonerdagon has 144 vertebrae in his neck and tail. And that's just gross. | {{ManuelEntry|Bonerdagon|*The mighty Bonerdagon has 144 vertebrae in his neck and tail. And that's just gross. | ||
*The mighty Bonerdagon can't breathe fire, but c'mon. It's a miracle that he can fly with skeletal wings; let's not ask too much of the guy. | *The mighty Bonerdagon can't breathe fire, but c'mon. It's a miracle that he can fly with skeletal wings; let's not ask too much of the guy. | ||
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*It takes four pints of whisky to fill a giant's shot glass! Consequently, booze giants tend to stick with cheap store-brand liquor. | *It takes four pints of whisky to fill a giant's shot glass! Consequently, booze giants tend to stick with cheap store-brand liquor. | ||
*The amount of alcohol it takes to get a booze giant good and hammered would kill you, and probably everyone in your immediate family as well!}} | *The amount of alcohol it takes to get a booze giant good and hammered would kill you, and probably everyone in your immediate family as well!}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|borg a-beeping|*Look you'd be angsty too if you had things on the side of your head that sent out visible sound waves all of the time. How does he even sleep? | |||
*He can't do a lot of things with those knife hands, but he's really good at cutting the crusts off of sandwiches. | |||
*He doesn't do topiary, though. That was a different guy.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Boss Bat|*The boss bat has weak eyesight, but he can listen to hear where you are. | {{ManuelEntry|Boss Bat|*The boss bat has weak eyesight, but he can listen to hear where you are. | ||
*Each of the bat's heads controls the wing on its side, which makes flying a tricky joint effort. | *Each of the bat's heads controls the wing on its side, which makes flying a tricky joint effort. | ||
*The Boss Bat can be pacified by placing your fingers through the notches in its spine.|attack=33|defense=29|hp=40}} | *The Boss Bat can be pacified by placing your fingers through the notches in its spine.|attack=33|defense=29|hp=40}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Boss Bat?|*The bodyguard Bats are desperate to keep their jobs, because all those protein shakes are expensive. | |||
*Rigging the boss bat with marionette strings was difficult, but his secret nipple piercings helped a bit. | |||
*Why yes, the Boss Bat's first name ''is'' Bernie, as a matter of fact. How did you guess?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Boss Beast|*How did the Boss Bat become beastlier at the same time you did? Is it just a coincidence? Did he eat a werewolf? Or is this just his next stage of evolution? | |||
*Regardless of how this happened, one thing is clear: you're lucky you didn't grow an extra head. | |||
*Maybe I should say I'm lucky that you didn't grow an extra head, since I'm the one who'd have to describe the consequences of that.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Boss Bot|*The Boss Bot has two distinct CPUs which do not communicate with one another in any way. | |||
*One CPU controls the left wing and the other CPU controls both heads. | |||
*Nobody knows who's pulling the strings on the right wing.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|bottle of cheap whiskey|*I don't know much about whiskey but did you know it is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash? | |||
*Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak. | |||
*Most whiskies are sold at or near an alcoholic strength of 40% abv, which is the statutory minimum in some countries -- although the strength can vary, and cask-strength whisky may have as much as twice that alcohol percentage.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|bow-making mummy|*The Egyptians experimented with wrapping mummies in colored paper, but gave that up because giftwrapping something that isn't square is a tremendous pain in the neck. | |||
*Did you know that if you scrape a mummy's bandages along the edge of a pair of scissors, they get all fancy and curly? | |||
*You didn't know that because it is a lie.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=55}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bowling Cricket|*Did you know that a grasshopper and a cricket are two completely different insects? Neither did the guy who created this monster! | {{ManuelEntry|Bowling Cricket|*Did you know that a grasshopper and a cricket are two completely different insects? Neither did the guy who created this monster! | ||
*When a bowling cricket rubs its wings together, the resulting tone is a low enough frequency to make your stomach feel queasy. | *When a bowling cricket rubs its wings together, the resulting tone is a low enough frequency to make your stomach feel queasy. | ||
*The bowling cricket had a brief career as a puppet's conscience, which ended when he accidentally sat on the puppet and turned it into kindling.}} | *The bowling cricket had a brief career as a puppet's conscience, which ended when he accidentally sat on the puppet and turned it into kindling.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Bowser (Hippy Camp)|*So is this guy the Andre the Giant of turtles, or did he just do a lot of steroids, or what? | |||
*Bowser has eight children, and nobody seems to know who any of their mothers are. That's a little suspicious to me. | |||
*Here's where I make a joke about how the new president of Nintendo of America is named Doug.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bowser (Orcish Frat House)|*My theory about Bowser is that he isn't really a turtle, he's just faking it. His shell is disproportionately small and just sits on his back like a backpack instead of containing him. He's actually just a big lizard who is lying to his minions. | |||
*Bowser's favorite food is tacos, but he eats them horizontally, like a sandwich. No one has been able to stop him. | |||
*Look, I'm surprised that I was able to think of five things about Bowser. Don't expect me to think of a sixth one.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Box (monster)|*WHAT'S IN THE BOX? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOX? Well, the vast vacuum of space, a few stars, and little else. | {{ManuelEntry|Box (monster)|*WHAT'S IN THE BOX? WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOOOX? Well, the vast vacuum of space, a few stars, and little else. | ||
*The Crackpot Mystic believes this constellation is a giant 3-dimensional pixel. | *The Crackpot Mystic believes this constellation is a giant 3-dimensional pixel. | ||
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*The brain inside of the brainsweeper once belonged to a fellow named Abby Normal. | *The brain inside of the brainsweeper once belonged to a fellow named Abby Normal. | ||
*The first prototype was a brainmopper, but it kept falling over itself on its own wet floors.|attack=18|defense=16|hp=9|image=broombrain.gif}} | *The first prototype was a brainmopper, but it kept falling over itself on its own wet floors.|attack=18|defense=16|hp=9|image=broombrain.gif}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Brake-Operating Trainbot|*The first brake-operating robot was just a brick strapped to the brake pedal of a train. | |||
*The guy who built it insisted that it absolutely met the technical definition of a robot, but his co-workers disagreed. | |||
*He finally won them over by drawing a face on it.|hp=0|attack=0|defense=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bram the Stoker|*Bram the Stoker is the only remaining living servant of Lord and Lady Spookyraven. | {{ManuelEntry|Bram the Stoker|*Bram the Stoker is the only remaining living servant of Lord and Lady Spookyraven. | ||
*Bram the Stoker plans to one day collect all the letters he's sent and make a novel out of them, but first he has to get the recipients to send them all back. | *Bram the Stoker plans to one day collect all the letters he's sent and make a novel out of them, but first he has to get the recipients to send them all back. | ||
*Bram the Stoker briefly considered a career as a life coach, but people are far harder to stoke than boilers.}} | *Bram the Stoker briefly considered a career as a life coach, but people are far harder to stoke than boilers.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Brandonian loyalist|*Colonel Brando chooses his soldiers based on one trait and one trait only: Loyalty to Brando. | |||
*This means that a lot of his soldiers are pretty bad at at actually being soldiers. | |||
*You won't get to fight the bad ones, though. Brando gives them all noncombat jobs, like giving Brando massages and baking Brando pies.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Bread Golem|*Many bread golems are made out of pumpernickel bread. This is because 'pumpernickel' is German for "farting goblin", which is hilarious. | {{ManuelEntry|Bread Golem|*Many bread golems are made out of pumpernickel bread. This is because 'pumpernickel' is German for "farting goblin", which is hilarious. | ||
*The French make bread golems in two styles: very tall and thin, and very small and curved. The latter are not very useful for guarding your secret lair. | *The French make bread golems in two styles: very tall and thin, and very small and curved. The latter are not very useful for guarding your secret lair. | ||
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*Bacon made from zombie pigs can transmit zombie-ness to humans unless it's cooked until it's nice and crispy. | *Bacon made from zombie pigs can transmit zombie-ness to humans unless it's cooked until it's nice and crispy. | ||
*Skeleton pigs may look disturbing, but you can make all kinds of jokes about "bone-in pork" because of them. Okay, maybe just the one joke.|hp=0}} | *Skeleton pigs may look disturbing, but you can make all kinds of jokes about "bone-in pork" because of them. Okay, maybe just the one joke.|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Brick Mulligan, the Bartender|*Your average bartender is just doing this to pay for college. | |||
*Your average bartender has been doing this for three decades. | |||
*College doesn't normally take three decades.|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|brick outhouse|*It is required by both ancient tradition and modern building codes that outhouses have a crescent moon on the door. | {{ManuelEntry|brick outhouse|*It is required by both ancient tradition and modern building codes that outhouses have a crescent moon on the door. | ||
*Outhouses were mostly replaced in the Kingdom with inhouses, once modern plumbing became a thing. | *Outhouses were mostly replaced in the Kingdom with inhouses, once modern plumbing became a thing. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|BRICKO oyster (monster)|*In coastal third-world countries, children are often employed as divers to collect BRICKO oysters from the bottom of the sea, which are then disassembled to build houses. | {{ManuelEntry|BRICKO oyster (monster)|*In coastal third-world countries, children are often employed as divers to collect BRICKO oysters from the bottom of the sea, which are then disassembled to build houses. | ||
*BRICKO pearls are highly prized by some people who think they're an aphrodisiac. But really, just about any part of any animal is considered to be an aphrodisiac by someone. | *BRICKO pearls are highly prized by some people who think they're an aphrodisiac. But really, just about any part of any animal is considered to be an aphrodisiac by someone. | ||
*The largest BRICKO oyster on record was more | *The largest BRICKO oyster on record was more than five feet across, which is weird because it was still only nine blocks, and they were much too large to be compatible with any other BRICKO blocks.|attack=100|defense=90|hp=120}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|BRICKO python (monster)|*Though they can squeeze stuff until the cows come home (or squeeze cows until the farmer comes home), pythons are terrible at lifting weights. | {{ManuelEntry|BRICKO python (monster)|*Though they can squeeze stuff until the cows come home (or squeeze cows until the farmer comes home), pythons are terrible at lifting weights. | ||
*One out of every forty pythons is born vegetarian, but they almost always pretend to like live prey so that they don't get made fun of at python school. | *One out of every forty pythons is born vegetarian, but they almost always pretend to like live prey so that they don't get made fun of at python school. | ||
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*Gas stations, smoke shops, and kerosene stores are also popular targets for burnglars, of course. | *Gas stations, smoke shops, and kerosene stores are also popular targets for burnglars, of course. | ||
*Some extra-enterprising (and brave) burnglars also steal the fire trucks.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *Some extra-enterprising (and brave) burnglars also steal the fire trucks.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|burner|*Also, why limit yourself to just burning men? | |||
*You have to admit though, the videos of the exploding robot dinosaurs are pretty awesome. | |||
*If not captured, these guys will eventually burn themselves out.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|image=blankmook.gif}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Burnerdagon|*Loose lips sink ships, but burnt bones scorch stones. | |||
*Sticks and stones can break your bones, but fire and flame can burn them. | |||
*In addition to changing its color, the process of bone-burning also made the Bonerdagon slightly smaller.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Burning Daughter|*The word startles is derived from the words start and turtles, because of the strangeness of turtles. | |||
*She is burning because of climate change. The climate of the air directly around her. | |||
*The Burning Mother is even scarier.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Burning Snake of Fire|*The Burning Snake of Fire is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring. | {{ManuelEntry|Burning Snake of Fire|*The Burning Snake of Fire is a burning thing, and it makes a fiery ring. | ||
*The Burning Snake of Fire is bound by one desire: to cook and eat you. | *The Burning Snake of Fire is bound by one desire: to cook and eat you. | ||
*The Burning Snake of Fire takes its name from a song by a musician who was not at all punk, yet whom all punk rockers inexplicably revere.}} | *The Burning Snake of Fire takes its name from a song by a musician who was not at all punk, yet whom all punk rockers inexplicably revere.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|burnout|*Winners don't use drugs. | |||
*Socrates was a winner. | |||
*Therefore, hemlock is not a drug.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Burrowing Bishop|*I swear to you, for years now I thought that picture was a weird-looking hat. But it's actually two legs and a robe sticking out of the ground. | {{ManuelEntry|Burrowing Bishop|*I swear to you, for years now I thought that picture was a weird-looking hat. But it's actually two legs and a robe sticking out of the ground. | ||
*The burrowing bishop is a formidable foe, both in the sky and on the chess board. | *The burrowing bishop is a formidable foe, both in the sky and on the chess board. | ||
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*Ironically, a butterknife is nowhere near sharp enough to cut a stick of butter that's been in the fridge. Then again, nothing is. | *Ironically, a butterknife is nowhere near sharp enough to cut a stick of butter that's been in the fridge. Then again, nothing is. | ||
*You're honestly better off with some spreadable margarine for toast. That way you won't risk destroying the bread while you're trying to butter it. Science!}} | *You're honestly better off with some spreadable margarine for toast. That way you won't risk destroying the bread while you're trying to butter it. Science!}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|buzzard|*The term for a group of buzzards is a "blizzard". | |||
*Buzzards and vultures are basically the same thing, but buzzards are more "old-westy" for some reason. | |||
*A buzzard's gizzard is called a guzzard.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|buzzerker|*The buzzerker's love for you is like a truck, in that he'd like to run you over. | {{ManuelEntry|buzzerker|*The buzzerker's love for you is like a truck, in that he'd like to run you over. | ||
*The buzzerker drinks only fermented honey, for maximum sugar rush/booze rage. | *The buzzerker drinks only fermented honey, for maximum sugar rush/booze rage. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|Best Game Ever|*Does it seem like an exaggeration to call this the Best Game Ever? Well, it isn't. It's just an objective fact. | {{ManuelEntry|Best Game Ever|unobtainable=1|*Does it seem like an exaggeration to call this the Best Game Ever? Well, it isn't. It's just an objective fact. | ||
*The Best Game Ever is notable for having an excellent player community, despite the fact that the playerbase is suuuuuuuper stuuuuuuupid. | *The Best Game Ever is notable for having an excellent player community, despite the fact that the playerbase is suuuuuuuper stuuuuuuupid. | ||
*Although this game is of course the Best Game Ever, and always will be, the next one is going to be even better!|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *Although this game is of course the Best Game Ever, and always will be, the next one is going to be even better!|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
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*The beelephant's third entry refers to the myth that it is aerodynamically impossible for bees to fly. | *The beelephant's third entry refers to the myth that it is aerodynamically impossible for bees to fly. | ||
*The Best Game Ever's 2nd factoid is a reference to an excerpt from the December 6, 2007 radio show in which Jick revealed Riff's opinion (by speaking in a high-pitched voice) that the players were "super stupid" and would never find anything in the first stage of the [[The LAAAAME Observatory]] (which was solved in about a day). | *The Best Game Ever's 2nd factoid is a reference to an excerpt from the December 6, 2007 radio show in which Jick revealed Riff's opinion (by speaking in a high-pitched voice) that the players were "super stupid" and would never find anything in the first stage of the [[The LAAAAME Observatory]] (which was solved in about a day). | ||
*Bowser's third entry refers to [[Wikipedia:Doug Bowser|Doug Bowser]]. | |||
*The Bugbear ship's name could also be translated as "[[wikipedia:On the Good Ship Lollipop|The Good Ship Lollipop]]." | *The Bugbear ship's name could also be translated as "[[wikipedia:On the Good Ship Lollipop|The Good Ship Lollipop]]." | ||
*The Burnout's first entry is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Winners Don't Use Drugs|anti-drug slogan]] used in arcade games from 1989 to 2000. | |||
*The Burnout's second entry is a reference to the ancient Greek philosopher [[Wikipedia:Socrates|Socrates]] and his execution via drinking [[Wikipedia:Conium maculatum|Hemlock]]. | |||
*The Bush's berries are a reference to, respectively, [[Wikipedia:Chuck_Berry|Chuck Berry]], [[Wikipedia:Halle_Berry|Halle Berry]], and [[Wikipedia:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]] | *The Bush's berries are a reference to, respectively, [[Wikipedia:Chuck_Berry|Chuck Berry]], [[Wikipedia:Halle_Berry|Halle Berry]], and [[Wikipedia:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]] | ||
*The Buzzerker's first entry is a reference to the song "Berserker" by the band Love Among Freaks, which appeared in the movie "Clerks". | |||
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- The batrat's third entry is alluding to bat-themed vigilante Batman.
- The Brainsweeper's second entry is a reference to the 1974 comedy film Young Frankenstein.
- The bee swarm's third entry references a question on the radio where anakedjew? asked "who would win a fight, The Incredible Hulk or the The Incredible Hulk's weight in bees?"
- The beelephant's third entry refers to the myth that it is aerodynamically impossible for bees to fly.
- The Best Game Ever's 2nd factoid is a reference to an excerpt from the December 6, 2007 radio show in which Jick revealed Riff's opinion (by speaking in a high-pitched voice) that the players were "super stupid" and would never find anything in the first stage of the The LAAAAME Observatory (which was solved in about a day).
- Bowser's third entry refers to Doug Bowser.
- The Bugbear ship's name could also be translated as "The Good Ship Lollipop."
- The Burnout's first entry is a reference to the anti-drug slogan used in arcade games from 1989 to 2000.
- The Burnout's second entry is a reference to the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and his execution via drinking Hemlock.
- The Bush's berries are a reference to, respectively, Chuck Berry, Halle Berry, and Hanna-Barbera
- The Buzzerker's first entry is a reference to the song "Berserker" by the band Love Among Freaks, which appeared in the movie "Clerks".