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*The Seaside Town Theatre production of West Reef Story was cancelled when it was discovered that gangers cannot snap their fingers. | *The Seaside Town Theatre production of West Reef Story was cancelled when it was discovered that gangers cannot snap their fingers. | ||
*Gangers have an extremely bitter flavor, and are not suitable for cooking. They have 99 problems, but a bisque ain't one.|attack=375|defense=360|hp=800|image=ganger.gif}} | *Gangers have an extremely bitter flavor, and are not suitable for cooking. They have 99 problems, but a bisque ain't one.|attack=375|defense=360|hp=800|image=ganger.gif}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|gangster's moll|*If you ask a gangster's moll what "moll" means, she'll shoot you. | |||
*If you ask a gangster's moll where the nearest subway station is, she'll shoot you. | |||
*You should probably just stop asking questions.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|garbage tourist|*Occasionally, the rats that worship this woman go to war with another band of rats that worship a similar but different garbage person on the other side of the park. Tickets are sold, and it's quite the spectacle. | {{ManuelEntry|garbage tourist|*Occasionally, the rats that worship this woman go to war with another band of rats that worship a similar but different garbage person on the other side of the park. Tickets are sold, and it's quite the spectacle. | ||
*I would describe the sad fate of these people as being that they eventually get swept away by janitors and dumped with the rest of the garbage, except the dump is right here and there aren't really any janitors, so nothing much actually happens to them. | *I would describe the sad fate of these people as being that they eventually get swept away by janitors and dumped with the rest of the garbage, except the dump is right here and there aren't really any janitors, so nothing much actually happens to them. | ||
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*The angels(?)' wings are actually their olfactory organs. That's why they don't have any noses. | *The angels(?)' wings are actually their olfactory organs. That's why they don't have any noses. | ||
*The angels(?)' starship has the word "Jefferson" engraved on it. Scientists who studied the ship say it appears to be built on rock and roll.|defense=130}} | *The angels(?)' starship has the word "Jefferson" engraved on it. Scientists who studied the ship say it appears to be built on rock and roll.|defense=130}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|gator-human hybrid|*Gatormen aren't technically half gator half man. It's like sixty-forty. | |||
*Can you guess which one is the sixty? | |||
*It's the man part, weirdly. Forty percent gator is enough be be basically all gator, for all practical purposes.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gaudy pirate|*Gaudy pirates' highest fashion aspiration is to be mistaken for a disco ball. | {{ManuelEntry|gaudy pirate|*Gaudy pirates' highest fashion aspiration is to be mistaken for a disco ball. | ||
*Gaudy pirates are frequently overrun by herds of ferrets desperate to harvest their shiny objects. | *Gaudy pirates are frequently overrun by herds of ferrets desperate to harvest their shiny objects. | ||
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*Gelatinous cube<br />Expands to fit any space<br />There is always room. | *Gelatinous cube<br />Expands to fit any space<br />There is always room. | ||
*Weapons, armor, bones<br />Like grapes in Jell-o salad<br />Remain suspended.|defense=2}} | *Weapons, armor, bones<br />Like grapes in Jell-o salad<br />Remain suspended.|defense=2}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|General Bruise|*General Bruise didn't change his name to Bruise until he was promoted to his current rank. Before that, he was Colonel Sprain. | |||
*Before his promotion to Colonel, he went by Master Sergeant Rugburn. | |||
*Even earlier than that, people called him Private Hangnail.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|General Bruise (true form)|*It's very hard to surprise General Bruise when he's in this form, because four-armed is forewarned. | |||
*If General Bruise gets excited about something, his applause is deafening. | |||
*General Bruise rarely gets excited, though, because it's pretty dissatisfying to only be able to eat vertical foods.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|generic duck|*The generic duck has all the cleaning power of a brand-name duck, at a fraction of the price! | {{ManuelEntry|generic duck|*The generic duck has all the cleaning power of a brand-name duck, at a fraction of the price! | ||
*Look, all ducks do not look the same, okay? That's species-ist. This duck has a name, and its name is Reginald Von Quacksmont. | *Look, all ducks do not look the same, okay? That's species-ist. This duck has a name, and its name is Reginald Von Quacksmont. | ||
*When we say "giant ducks," we mean giant for a duck, not, like, the size of a school bus.|attack=167|defense=154}} | *When we say "giant ducks," we mean giant for a duck, not, like, the size of a school bus.|attack=167|defense=154}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Genie|*Genies are air elementals from... wait, or are they the fire ones? Is that efreetis? I think efreetis are the fire elementals and genies are the air ones. Unless they're water... | |||
*Living inside a bottle isn't very comfortable, but if you'd seen what rents were like in ancient Baghdad you'd totally get it. | |||
*Here's a secret: traditionally, you CAN wish for more wishes, but you can only use the extra wishes to wish for noogies and/or swirlies.|att=?|def=?|hp=20000}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Georgepaul, the Balldodger|*The Mer-kin dodgeball weighs about 2 stone, or 24 pounds, or some indeterminate number of kilograms. Look, I went through the American public school system, okay? | {{ManuelEntry|Georgepaul, the Balldodger|*The Mer-kin dodgeball weighs about 2 stone, or 24 pounds, or some indeterminate number of kilograms. Look, I went through the American public school system, okay? | ||
*Mer-kin Balldodgers can dodge so quickly that their tail fins break the sound barrier, making tiny sonic booms underwater. | *Mer-kin Balldodgers can dodge so quickly that their tail fins break the sound barrier, making tiny sonic booms underwater. | ||
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*The ghastly organist's favorite pipe is the one he keeps hidden behind the organ's keyboard, for between-set smokes. | *The ghastly organist's favorite pipe is the one he keeps hidden behind the organ's keyboard, for between-set smokes. | ||
*The ghastly organist's mask only covers half of his face, but when he takes it off, at least 75% of his face is all messed up. We're not sure how that works.|attack=110|defense=99|hp=120|image=phantom.gif}} | *The ghastly organist's mask only covers half of his face, but when he takes it off, at least 75% of his face is all messed up. We're not sure how that works.|attack=110|defense=99|hp=120|image=phantom.gif}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|ghost (Spelunky)|*Nobody knows what the ghost is the ghost of. It's not shaped like anything anybody recognizes. | |||
*The ghost's only job is to chase spelunkers, but it does some work as a jeweler on the side. | |||
*The ghost enjoys hot lava baths, but his doctor said not to spend more than 10 or 15 minutes in lava at a stretch.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|ghost|*These pesky creatures are actually the ghosts of stomped-on Goombas, which explains why there's always so many of them. Why, you're probably partially at fault yourself! | {{ManuelEntry|ghost|*These pesky creatures are actually the ghosts of stomped-on Goombas, which explains why there's always so many of them. Why, you're probably partially at fault yourself! | ||
*These ghosts don't drop red pixels because the red pixels are used for the fire, and burn off before they can be collected. | *These ghosts don't drop red pixels because the red pixels are used for the fire, and burn off before they can be collected. | ||
*Don't forget to whip the candles! The little flames are actually ghost eggs!|defense=67}} | *Don't forget to whip the candles! The little flames are actually ghost eggs!|defense=67}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|ghost actor|*Most ghosts smell like farts. Like real sulphurous hard-boiled egg farts. | {{ManuelEntry|ghost actor|*Most ghosts smell like farts. Like real sulphurous hard-boiled egg farts. | ||
*The ghosts that don't smell like farts all smell like polyurethane. | *The ghosts that don't smell like farts all smell like polyurethane. | ||
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*Fernswarthy's grandfather's greatest trick was convincing the world that he didn't exist. That or the thing with the linking rings. | *Fernswarthy's grandfather's greatest trick was convincing the world that he didn't exist. That or the thing with the linking rings. | ||
*Fernswarthy's grandfather wasn't really in the Klan - that's just a wizard's hat seen in outline. But he was kinda racist, I guess. Still, he meant well.|name=Ghost of Fernswarthy's Grandfather|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *Fernswarthy's grandfather wasn't really in the Klan - that's just a wizard's hat seen in outline. But he was kinda racist, I guess. Still, he meant well.|name=Ghost of Fernswarthy's Grandfather|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|ghostasaurus|*This is the only kind of dinosaur that can still be found outside of weird genetics projects. | |||
*Houses that are haunted by dinosaurs are significantly scarier than regular haunted houses. | |||
*Because of their large size, the likelihood that your body is intersecting with a ghost dinosaur at any given moment is over 600%.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|ghostly pickle factory worker|*The ghostly pickle factory worker is a member of the Ghostly Pickle Workers Local 101. They specify the maximum weight and length of the chains a ghost must be compelled to wear. | {{ManuelEntry|ghostly pickle factory worker|*The ghostly pickle factory worker is a member of the Ghostly Pickle Workers Local 101. They specify the maximum weight and length of the chains a ghost must be compelled to wear. | ||
*Working in a pickle factory sounds like fun, sure, but trust me; it's no picnic to always have your fingers smell like vinegar. | *Working in a pickle factory sounds like fun, sure, but trust me; it's no picnic to always have your fingers smell like vinegar. | ||
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*Considering the number of people and animals that have died over the years, there are probably several ghosts near you right now. Maybe even rubbing up against you. | *Considering the number of people and animals that have died over the years, there are probably several ghosts near you right now. Maybe even rubbing up against you. | ||
*The ghostpunchers originally experimented with ranged weaponry to fight ghosts, but they decided it wasn't as viscerally satisfying.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *The ghostpunchers originally experimented with ranged weaponry to fight ghosts, but they decided it wasn't as viscerally satisfying.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Ghoul King|*There is no such thing as a Sasquatch. | |||
*Even if there was any such thing as a Sasquatch, LyleCo definitely did not capture one last year. | |||
*Even if there was any such thing as a Sasquatch, and even if LyleCo ''did'' capture one last year, there is absolutely no truth to the allegation that they dressed the Sasquatch up as a ghoul and locked it in a catacomb in one of their theme parks.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|ghuol|*Ghuols need to eat at least one cadaver a day to stay alive, and one apple a day to keep the doctor away. | {{ManuelEntry|ghuol|*Ghuols need to eat at least one cadaver a day to stay alive, and one apple a day to keep the doctor away. | ||
*Ghuols can go out in the daytime, but prefer to stay inside playing video games. I know that feel, man. | *Ghuols can go out in the daytime, but prefer to stay inside playing video games. I know that feel, man. | ||
*Ghuol whelps take an adventurer's lifetime to mature, which is why you never see a ghuol whelp turn into a ghuol.}} | *Ghuol whelps take an adventurer's lifetime to mature, which is why you never see a ghuol whelp turn into a ghuol.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|giant amorphous blob (monster)|*Aw jeez, and I thought that other blob was big. This is defintely the biggest, or at least tied for biggest, blob that I've ever seen. As of this writing. | |||
*Some people say these blobs are actually invaders from space. Of course, some people say you shouldn't put ketchup on a hot dog. Some people say all kinds of things. | |||
*I wonder why these blobs are so into Xs and Os. They should get some more variety in there. Like an S, or maybe a nice R once in a while.|name=giant amorphous blob}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|giant bee|*The giant bee shouldn't be able to fly, aerodynamically, but scientists are too scared to get close enough to tell it. | {{ManuelEntry|giant bee|*The giant bee shouldn't be able to fly, aerodynamically, but scientists are too scared to get close enough to tell it. | ||
*The giant bee makes just about as much honey as a normal bee does. So it's big, but incredibly lazy. | *The giant bee makes just about as much honey as a normal bee does. So it's big, but incredibly lazy. | ||
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*In fact, some paleontogogists dispute that this creature even existed at all, and claim that the fossils actually belong to an extinct creature known as the Megachicken. | *In fact, some paleontogogists dispute that this creature even existed at all, and claim that the fossils actually belong to an extinct creature known as the Megachicken. | ||
*Paleontologists don't tend to put much stock in what adventurers claim to have seen while having crazy ancestral memory flashbacks.}} | *Paleontologists don't tend to put much stock in what adventurers claim to have seen while having crazy ancestral memory flashbacks.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|giant crab|*Did you know that when hermit crabs find a new shell that's too big for them, they hang out by it until more crabs show up, then they all line up by size and everyone swaps into the next biggest shell? Look up a video, it's amazing | |||
*Another thing that is true about hermit crabs is that their asses are super horrible looking, and they hide them in seashells out of shame. | |||
*Did you know that regular human hermits also line up to swap homes whenever a larger cave is found? That's also totally true.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Giant Desktop Globe|*This enemy is the only way to see the continent where the Distant Lands are located. Too bad it's always too busy beating you up for you to get a good look. | {{ManuelEntry|Giant Desktop Globe|*This enemy is the only way to see the continent where the Distant Lands are located. Too bad it's always too busy beating you up for you to get a good look. | ||
*The giant desktop globe fell off the emo giant's desk when he was weeping after writing a particularly depressing poem. | *The giant desktop globe fell off the emo giant's desk when he was weeping after writing a particularly depressing poem. | ||
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*Eggs are an excellent source of protein, and an even better source of bird. | *Eggs are an excellent source of protein, and an even better source of bird. | ||
*Giant fried eggs actually have no reason to exist in this context -- everybody who would eat a hamburger with a fried egg on it is already dead of heart disease.}} | *Giant fried eggs actually have no reason to exist in this context -- everybody who would eat a hamburger with a fried egg on it is already dead of heart disease.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|giant giant crab|*Don't forget to hit him in the weak spot for mumble dumble. | |||
*I bet this dude would make for some totally boss crab dip. | |||
*The boss crab makes 300 times the salary of the average worker crab, and it's time for all seafood to unionize.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|giant giant giant centipede|*The centipede's mandibles are each 6 feet long. | {{ManuelEntry|giant giant giant centipede|*The centipede's mandibles are each 6 feet long. | ||
*A giant giant giant centipede can deliver up to 3 liters of venom with each bite. | *A giant giant giant centipede can deliver up to 3 liters of venom with each bite. | ||
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*The nose-hairs pulled by these tweezers are large enough to be used as rope. | *The nose-hairs pulled by these tweezers are large enough to be used as rope. | ||
*I hope you didn't lick that rope.}} | *I hope you didn't lick that rope.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|giant potato|*Potato Council fun fact: Potatoes belong to the nightshade family, which loves them more than your family loves you. | |||
*Potato Council fun fact: While the tubers of potatoes are very nutritious, the stems and leaves can cause acute solanine poisoning. You should go eat a bunch of them and find out what that feels like. | |||
*Potato Council fun fact: Potatoes are 99.9% fat free. Too bad the same can't be said about your mom.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|giant potato snake|*Snakes usually can't afford to be vegetarians. When an upper-middle-class snake decides to take a stand on this matter, though, they never stop talking about it. | |||
*Potatoes gives snakes almost all of the nutrition they need, and they could live on them indefinitely as long as they also drink a little bit of milk (or eat a small mammal) at least once a month. | |||
*If you skin one of these things, you could end up with a nice snack as well as a cool belt.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|giant rubber spider|*The webs of giant rubber spiders are harvested and used to make badminton rackets. | {{ManuelEntry|giant rubber spider|*The webs of giant rubber spiders are harvested and used to make badminton rackets. | ||
*Spiders are not technically insects, but you'd sound like a real dork if you tried to explain that to somebody. | *Spiders are not technically insects, but you'd sound like a real dork if you tried to explain that to somebody. | ||
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*You can't really tell it from the picture, but the skeelton has three rows of teeth. No one's sure how the middle one is attached. | *You can't really tell it from the picture, but the skeelton has three rows of teeth. No one's sure how the middle one is attached. | ||
*The proper plural of "patella" is "patellae," or possibly "paella."}} | *The proper plural of "patella" is "patellae," or possibly "paella."}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|giant snake|*According to the Guiness Book of World Records, the world's largest snake is a real jerk, just a big old nincompoop who probably couldn't even manage to find its own back half with a flashlight and a map. | |||
*Just a huge dummy. My God what an absolute dogshow of a snake. Terrible. Couldn't perform the basic operations of editing a records book, even with a gun to its head. | |||
*If only Sheila would take a few minutes to really, I mean really think about how dumb that snake is, she'd come back to me. I just know it.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|giant spider|*The giant spiders are the great-great-great-great-granddaddy-longlegs of the spiders in the modern Sleazy Back Alley. | {{ManuelEntry|giant spider|*The giant spiders are the great-great-great-great-granddaddy-longlegs of the spiders in the modern Sleazy Back Alley. | ||
*Giant spiders are no more poisonous than small spiders, but they do have lots more of the poison to spread around. | *Giant spiders are no more poisonous than small spiders, but they do have lots more of the poison to spread around. | ||
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*The gingerbread rabies vaccine is actually a syringe full of teeny-tiny gingerbread toy soldiers that go in your bloodstream to fight the virus. | *The gingerbread rabies vaccine is actually a syringe full of teeny-tiny gingerbread toy soldiers that go in your bloodstream to fight the virus. | ||
*Gingerbread rabies is notable for being the only virus that causes a cookie to ice itself.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | *Gingerbread rabies is notable for being the only virus that causes a cookie to ice itself.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|gingerbread maw|*Nobody is sure if these things start out as entire gingerbread men and sink into the reef, or if they're just faces that emerge spontaneously. | |||
*So far, no scientists have either cared or been brave enough to investigate that mystery further. | |||
*An unrelated bit of trivia: "Gingerbread Man" is short for "Gingerbread Manfred" -- that was the first gingerbread man's name.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gingerbread mugger|*Sometimes I feel like I've been mugged by cookies, but it's usually after like a half a box or so. | {{ManuelEntry|gingerbread mugger|*Sometimes I feel like I've been mugged by cookies, but it's usually after like a half a box or so. | ||
*Girl Scouts are sometimes a little aggressive about their cookie sales, but that doesn't qualify them as muggers. Don't call the cops. | *Girl Scouts are sometimes a little aggressive about their cookie sales, but that doesn't qualify them as muggers. Don't call the cops. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|gingerbread pigeon|*Yes, gingerbread pigeons are vicious cannibals. I mean, of course they are. | {{ManuelEntry|gingerbread pigeon|*Yes, gingerbread pigeons are vicious cannibals. I mean, of course they are. | ||
*Not that I should have to tell you not to eat a gingerbread pigeon, but just in case: that attractive oily rainbow sheen is just literally oil. | *Not that I should have to tell you not to eat a gingerbread pigeon, but just in case: that attractive oily rainbow sheen is just literally oil. | ||
* | *Like real pigeons, they bob their heads when they walk because the leg gear train is connected directly to the neck.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|gingerbread rat|*Gingerbread rat recipe hint: Slice gummi worms in half lengthwise for tails. | {{ManuelEntry|gingerbread rat|*Gingerbread rat recipe hint: Slice gummi worms in half lengthwise for tails. | ||
*Gingerbread rat recipe hint 2: M&M nose. Your choice of color! | *Gingerbread rat recipe hint 2: M&M nose. Your choice of color! | ||
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*Gladiators are experts at the trident, the dragnet, and the spearmint. | *Gladiators are experts at the trident, the dragnet, and the spearmint. | ||
*Only one thing can bring a gladiator down, and that's that dumb knock-knock joke.}} | *Only one thing can bring a gladiator down, and that's that dumb knock-knock joke.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Glass Jack Hummel|*Glass Jack Hummel is your grandmother's second-favorite pirate. | |||
*Her favorite pirate is... well... It's better if you don't know his name. Wouldn't want Grandpa to get jealous. | |||
*You don't want to upset him, because he is definitely your real Grandpa. That much is 100% certain.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Glass of Orange Juice|*The Glass of Orange Juice is unexpectedly famous -- chances are good that you know someone who knows someone who has met him. Oddly, this increases the likelihood that he doesn't actually exist. Is your mind blown yet? | {{ManuelEntry|Glass of Orange Juice|*The Glass of Orange Juice is unexpectedly famous -- chances are good that you know someone who knows someone who has met him. Oddly, this increases the likelihood that he doesn't actually exist. Is your mind blown yet? | ||
*The details of how this hippy actually came to be transformed into a glass of orange juice are vague, but it's generally agreed that if you're going to buy your stuff from an elderly gypsy woman, you should be sure to pay your tab promptly. | *The details of how this hippy actually came to be transformed into a glass of orange juice are vague, but it's generally agreed that if you're going to buy your stuff from an elderly gypsy woman, you should be sure to pay your tab promptly. | ||
*Please don't tell the Glass of Orange Juice that he's been pasturized, or is in any way less than organic. It would probably be more than he could take.|defense=198|hp=350}} | *Please don't tell the Glass of Orange Juice that he's been pasturized, or is in any way less than organic. It would probably be more than he could take.|defense=198|hp=350}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|glass-shelled archelon|*These things keep all of their guts and bones and stuff in that little ring around the outside of their shell. | |||
*In the 1950s, it was considered really hilarious when a veterinarian said "I don't do turtles." | |||
*It's a good thing these things didn't survive into caveman times, because they'd have been hunted to extinction as soon as people discovered rocks.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|glowing ash house|*Ash is not only a clean-burning wood, it's also an awesome first name for your son. | {{ManuelEntry|glowing ash house|*Ash is not only a clean-burning wood, it's also an awesome first name for your son. | ||
*Ashlynn, however, is more of a stripper name than an awesome name. | *Ashlynn, however, is more of a stripper name than an awesome name. | ||
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*The webcomic in question is MS Paint Adventures, which is the only webcomic complicated enough to satisfy someone who belongs to a dozen different secret societies. | *The webcomic in question is MS Paint Adventures, which is the only webcomic complicated enough to satisfy someone who belongs to a dozen different secret societies. | ||
*How do these goblins have automatic pistols, in a world that is ostensibly medieval fantasy? It is indeed a mystery.}} | *How do these goblins have automatic pistols, in a world that is ostensibly medieval fantasy? It is indeed a mystery.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|goblin flapper|*Flapper culture loses a lot in translation across the ocean, because it's built from the ground up to be pretty incomprehensible. | |||
*If you don't understand why this might be the case, ask a flibbertigibbet. | |||
*Canadian flappers refer to drinking alcohol as "wheezing the juice." Things ''really'' got mixed up in that particular crossing.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goblin king's shadow|*If the goblin king sees its shadow, you get thrown in the dungeon for six more weeks. | |||
*If you're only looking at the shadow of a goblin, it's hard to tell if it's wearing a crown or just a Bart Simpson mask. | |||
*In the shadow of the goblin king, it's too dark to read, but that doesn't matter because he outlawed books in his kingdom anyway.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goblodocus|*The "diplo" in diplodocus comes from the Greek word for "double." This is because the guy who named the diplodocus was really drunk. | |||
*Whenever a diplodocus eats something, it has to change its name to include whatever it ate. The same drunk guy also made up this rule. | |||
*It would be pretty funny if a diplodocus ate a magician and then changed its name to hocuspadocus.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Gobot King|*The Gobot King contains 300 miles of circuitry, but that's just an ESTIMATE. | |||
*The Gobot King's operating system contains advanced security features which make it difficult to EMULATE. | |||
*If things get much worse around here, the Gobot King has plans to EXPATRIATE.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|God Lobster (monster)|*Like most arthropods, [lobsters] date from the Jurassic period, biologically so much older than mammalia that they might as well be from another planet. | |||
*The God Lobster dates from so long before the modern lobster, that he might as well be from another universe. | |||
*Melt unsalted butter over low heat, boil until the liquid turns clear, and then strain out any solids... In case you need clarified butter for any reason.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|image=nopic.gif|name=God Lobster}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|golden ring (monster)|*People don't give the Crimborg enough credit for the subtlety of this attack, which was actually designed to lock two of their enemies together until they go crazy and kill each other. | {{ManuelEntry|golden ring (monster)|*People don't give the Crimborg enough credit for the subtlety of this attack, which was actually designed to lock two of their enemies together until they go crazy and kill each other. | ||
*It is not actually necessary to throw this into a volcano to kill it, but that will do the trick if you happen to have a volcano handy. | *It is not actually necessary to throw this into a volcano to kill it, but that will do the trick if you happen to have a volcano handy. | ||
*We've got a phone here. 'Sgot a little ring.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *We've got a phone here. 'Sgot a little ring.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|goo bone|*I don't wanna court controversy here, but I'm just gonna go ahead and say what I think: Anything shaped like a bone counts as a bone. | |||
*Let's say your grandpa gets a hip replacement. Would you say he no longer has a hip? No. But in fact he just has a metal thing shaped like a bone. | |||
*I'm not even going to give a second example, because that first example was so compelling.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=goo bone}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goo clown|*The lack of face paint actually makes these things ''less'' scary than normal clowns. | |||
*One thing that makes them worse, though, is that they're not vulnerable to blasts of seltzer. | |||
*And don't think you can defeat one with a pie in the face. Adding solid mass just makes them larger.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=goo clown}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goo grid|*Grey goo seems to respond to fluctuations in magical energy the way that iron filings respond to fluctuations in a magnetic field. | |||
*Based on this, scientists have concluded that grey goo is made of a heretofore-undiscovered isotope of iron. | |||
*This conclusion was formally drafted at 3pm on a Friday, and was not backed up with a significant amount of evidence.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=goo grid}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goo-covered beanstalk segment|*At a microscopic level, all plants are just hardened slime. | |||
*Seriously, just take any part of plant and mess with it for a while. | |||
*Squeeze an apple for a week? Slime. Stomp on a pile of leaves? Slime. Slice a tree trunk into slabs, build a house out of them and then live in it for decades? Slime.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=goo-covered beanstalk segment|image=goo_stalk1.gif}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|goog|*The grey goo was first discovered by a Santa at NASA. | |||
*The Santa's observations were later indepedently confirmed by a lad named E. Mandala. | |||
*E. Mandala eventually lost interest when he was distracted by a glass container filled with fish meat. He was a nut for a jar of tuna.|attack=50|defense=50|hp=50}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gooified dog-thing|*This is not the dog they were talking about in that Zeppelin song. | |||
*Strangely, this ''is'' the dog they were talking about in This Old Man. | |||
*The reason the man rolls home is because after giving the dog a bone, he was converted into an amorphous sphere of grey goo.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gooified elf-thing|*Until the discovery of these things, animatronic department store elves were the most terrifying elves available. | |||
*When an elf gets grey-gooed, it somehow ends up about twice the size of the original elf. This is hypothesized to be due to some yet-undiscovered Crimbo density principle. | |||
*Scientists also hypothesize that the opposite effect must somehow be possible, and whatever cosmic horror is involved in this process is how we ended up with the Elf-on-a-Shelf menace.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gooified flower|*If you want to make grey-goo bread, you need grey-goo flour. | |||
*You can't make a grey-goo omelet without finding a grey-goo bird and breaking some of its eggs. | |||
*If you can't stand grey goo, you should have stopped it from absorbing and replacing everything in your kitchen.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gooified rock slab|*The slab is nature's favorite shape. | |||
*Think about it. The world is absolutely full of slabs, and was full of slabs even before man came along and made even more slabs. | |||
*And it's not just this world. Other planets? Full of slabs. Nebulas? Can't even spell 'em without slab. And what is a star, if not a big round slab of fire. I'm telling you, it's slabs all the way down.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|gooified tree|*This tree is angry because it lost the last year's "Most Impressive Alien Tree" award to that big tree from Avatar. | |||
*A grey-goo oak doesn't necessarily grow from a grey-goo acorn, because all of the goo is more or less the same thing. | |||
*If George Washington had had false teeth made out of one of these things, the story of America would be very different.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Goomba|*Goombas are closely related to the various mushroom fairies that exist throughout the Kingdom; their lack of wings and inability to walk in other than a straight line contributes greatly to their general grumpiness. | {{ManuelEntry|Goomba|*Goombas are closely related to the various mushroom fairies that exist throughout the Kingdom; their lack of wings and inability to walk in other than a straight line contributes greatly to their general grumpiness. | ||
*Being one of the 8-bit Realm's most instantly recognizable unit of cannon-fodder has done little to improve the Goomba's demeanor. Check out those angry eyebrows! | *Being one of the 8-bit Realm's most instantly recognizable unit of cannon-fodder has done little to improve the Goomba's demeanor. Check out those angry eyebrows! | ||
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*Demonic hellseals have a rough life, as there aren't any demonic penguins for them to eat. | *Demonic hellseals have a rough life, as there aren't any demonic penguins for them to eat. | ||
*Tamer demonic hellseals perform twice daily in the marine wildlife show at the marine theme park of the damned in Hey Deze.|defense=180}} | *Tamer demonic hellseals perform twice daily in the marine wildlife show at the marine theme park of the damned in Hey Deze.|defense=180}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Gorgolok, the Infernal Seal (The Nemesis' Lair)|*Gorgolok went to great pains to learn English, because banter is a vital part of every evil villain's aresenal. | {{ManuelEntry|Gorgolok, the Infernal Seal (The Nemesis' Lair)|*Gorgolok went to great pains to learn English, because banter is a vital part of every evil villain's aresenal. | ||
*Unexpectedly, Gorgolok's favorite color is robin's egg blue. | *Unexpectedly, Gorgolok's favorite color is robin's egg blue. | ||
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*Gorgolok's infernal seal oil is sought after by merchants who make self-lighting lamps. | *Gorgolok's infernal seal oil is sought after by merchants who make self-lighting lamps. | ||
*Gorgolok's fangs are just long enough to give him a little bit of a lisp, which makes his doom-y proclamations all the more comical.|defense=166}} | *Gorgolok's fangs are just long enough to give him a little bit of a lisp, which makes his doom-y proclamations all the more comical.|defense=166}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Gorgolok, the Infernal Seal (Inner Sanctum)|*Gorgolok's name is from the ancient language of the frigid northlands, and translates roughly to "Run, you idiot!" | |||
*Gorgolok's temperament is worsened by the fact that a seal clubber stole his bucket long ago, and he wants it back. | |||
*Gorgolok worked briefly as a Crimbo seal before giving into his evil destiny.|defense=24}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Goth Giant|*The Goth Giant's favorite band is She Stubbed My Soul. | {{ManuelEntry|Goth Giant|*The Goth Giant's favorite band is She Stubbed My Soul. | ||
*Although when he's particularly depressed, only the icy synths of Sanguinatus Luciferi will do. | *Although when he's particularly depressed, only the icy synths of Sanguinatus Luciferi will do. | ||
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*The Department of Fish and Wildlife is issued tasers because prairie dogs are real jerks. | *The Department of Fish and Wildlife is issued tasers because prairie dogs are real jerks. | ||
*To file a complaint against an agent of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, just fill out Form 23/w and staple it to a nearby bear.}} | *To file a complaint against an agent of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, just fill out Form 23/w and staple it to a nearby bear.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|government bureaucrat|*You can't spell 'bureaucrat' without 'bureau' and 80% of 'crate'. | |||
*Don't forget to fill out the correct paperwork after killing this guy, or he might come back to haunt you. | |||
*For more factoids relating to monster ID#2095, please submit release form 142b7/F.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Government scientist|*The government scientist had her vocal cords removed so she could never tell anyone about her mysterious experiments. | {{ManuelEntry|Government scientist|*The government scientist had her vocal cords removed so she could never tell anyone about her mysterious experiments. | ||
*I mean, she can read and write, so removing the vocal cords wouldn't really stop her from communicating. Maybe the shadowy government organization just didn't care for her singing voice. | *I mean, she can read and write, so removing the vocal cords wouldn't really stop her from communicating. Maybe the shadowy government organization just didn't care for her singing voice. | ||
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*Y'know, zmobies are always talking about how much they want brrraaains, but then you get a hoard of them and they start chewing on people's arms and legs and intestines. Amiright? | *Y'know, zmobies are always talking about how much they want brrraaains, but then you get a hoard of them and they start chewing on people's arms and legs and intestines. Amiright? | ||
*Loathing zmobies can't transmit their zmobieism through biting, only through a long and tedious written exam.}} | *Loathing zmobies can't transmit their zmobieism through biting, only through a long and tedious written exam.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|gravy slime|*In Dutch, gravy is spelled gravè, and the joke there is that there's a grave accent on the e. | |||
*75% of the world's gravy supply is consumed in the form of poutine. | |||
*75% of the world's medical budget is spent on cardiac care for poutine consumers.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Grease Trapper|*Besides the natural animal fats and oils he sells, he also makes a lot of money trapping margaraffes, oleophants, and criscougars. | {{ManuelEntry|Grease Trapper|*Besides the natural animal fats and oils he sells, he also makes a lot of money trapping margaraffes, oleophants, and criscougars. | ||
*He also does a brisk trade in rhinoceros horns, but the less said about that the better. | *He also does a brisk trade in rhinoceros horns, but the less said about that the better. | ||
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*Most Green Ops soldiers are recruited from the glaucoma wards of hospitals. | *Most Green Ops soldiers are recruited from the glaucoma wards of hospitals. | ||
*Green Ops don't carry rations, because they've been rigorously trained to scavenge Pop-Tarts while in the field.}} | *Green Ops don't carry rations, because they've been rigorously trained to scavenge Pop-Tarts while in the field.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Greg Dagreasy|*Seriously, put some shoes on if you're gonna raid Dracula's haunted castle. That place is a huge tetanus factory. | |||
*Greg is particularly notable for having the superpower "doesn't suck at jumping". | |||
*Back when color palettes were more limited, it was much easier to buy pants that match your bandanna.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo bat|*Since grey goo doesn't seem to be affected by gravity, the wings on these things are pretty pointless. | |||
*Come to to think of it, why is this even shaped like a bat? What advantage does that confer to the goo? | |||
*Why would it even be divided up into discrete sections? Why wouldn't it just be one giant blob. I'm beginning to think this whole thing is just made up.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=grey goo bat}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo cross|*Goo cross is the worst extreme sport. | |||
*It's just a bunch of motorcycles pointlessly spinning their wheels in puddles of slime. There's no rule for when it ends. It just goes on and on. | |||
*The longer it lasts, the worse it gets, because more and more Red Bull gets spilled into the slime puddles.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo heart|*Scientists have speculated about the existence of grey goo clubs, diamonds, and spades. | |||
*They assume that the clubs are dangerous, because all grey goo is dangerous. They assume that the diamonds are valuable, because all DIAMONDS are valuable. | |||
*Nobody has any idea what the spades might do. More investigation is required.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo hexagon|*The popular cleaning product Goo Gone is made out of a substance extracted from these things. | |||
*The name Goo Gone is a shortened version of the phrase "goo hexagon," you see. | |||
*They added the E at the end so they wouldn't get sued by the grey goo.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo hourglass|*This thing doesn't actually work as an hourglass, because the glass and the sand are made of the same stuff. | |||
*Actually, normal glass and normal sand are made of the same stuff. | |||
*Let's just say that normal hourglasses also don't work, to avoid having to come up with an alternate hypothesis.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo octagon|*Inside a grey goo octagon, individual units of grey goo vie for ultimate supremacy. | |||
*Since all individual units of grey goo are definitionally identical, the competition isn't super interesting to watch. | |||
*Furthermore, since the winner and the loser both get reincorporated into the seething mass of grey goo after the fight, it also isn't interesting to read about later.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo orb|*These things are like Everlasting Gobstoppers, except instead of layers of different colored candy, it's all just layers of grey goo. | |||
*You shouldn't use one of these in a game of marbles, unless you want all of your marbles to be made of grey goo. | |||
*As scary as this is, it's actually slightly less scary than the orb from Phantasm. - Orb Magazine, Most Intimidating Orbs of the Year, 1979|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo square|*This is the Platonic opposite of a grey goo hip. | |||
*Actually, is there any such thing as a Platonic opposite? It sounded pretty natural when I said it. | |||
*EDITOR'S NOTE: The claim that there is any such thing as a Platonic opposite is the Platonic opposite of the truth.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo squiggle|*The squiggle is the least dignified shape. | |||
*Just look at it. Can't commit to a straight line, can't commit to a consistent curvature. | |||
*Take a hike, squiggle. And don't come back.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo star|*Somebody once told me that the star is the most dangerous shape. | |||
*She was looking at a list of every shape, so I'm inclined to trust her. | |||
*Well, the years between then and now and then have not changed my mind. That lady knew her shapes!|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo torus|*Mathematicians argue about whether the torus was invented or discovered. | |||
*Many of them use donuts as an argument for the former. | |||
*Their detractors insist that that they are just using that line of argument so they can trick the math department into buying them donuts.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey goo triangle|*"Goo triangle" is actually an eggcorn. It comes from the German phrase "gut riangle." | |||
*"Gut riangle" is German for "good riangle." | |||
*To this day, the dastardly Germans refuse to explain what a riangle is.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grey gooblin|*Nothing makes goo bland as effectively as forming it into the shape of a boring goblin. | |||
*If you mash two of these together, the goo blend results in a larger goblin. | |||
*Don't stare at one of these for too long, or you'll go goo blind.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|name=grey gooblin}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|grinning pork bun|*What are these things so happy about? Do they eagerly anticipate being eaten? | {{ManuelEntry|grinning pork bun|*What are these things so happy about? Do they eagerly anticipate being eaten? | ||
*Perhaps they're really enjoying suddenly being alive, which must be a novel experience for them. | *Perhaps they're really enjoying suddenly being alive, which must be a novel experience for them. | ||
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*The holes in Groar's wings make them useless for flight. He actually flies by blowing really hard at the ground. | *The holes in Groar's wings make them useless for flight. He actually flies by blowing really hard at the ground. | ||
*Groar once had a lucrative job as the spokesmonster for popular breakfast cereal Frosted Groats. He was fired after he devoured an assistant producer.}} | *Groar once had a lucrative job as the spokesmonster for popular breakfast cereal Frosted Groats. He was fired after he devoured an assistant producer.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Groar, Except Hot|*A yeti, like a Phoenix, can rise from its own ashes. | |||
*The reason you didn't know this is because it basically never happens, since yetis are very cautious around fires. | |||
*Well, that might not be the reason you didn't know it. Who's to say exactly why anybody doesn't know anything, really. I don't know. Do you?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Groarbot|*The first version of Groarbot was made of wood and invented on a farm in North Carolina. | |||
*Groarbot's fondest memory is of a summer spent playing beach volleyball in San Diego. | |||
*Groarbot's wifebot's maiden name is Fokker, which is funny for two reasons.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|groast|*Do not show a groast a potato. It will seriously flip out. | {{ManuelEntry|groast|*Do not show a groast a potato. It will seriously flip out. | ||
*Carrots also infuriate groasts. Do not show a groast a carrot, either. | *Carrots also infuriate groasts. Do not show a groast a carrot, either. |
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References
- The ganger's third entry is a reference to the single 99 Problems.
- The ghost miner's entry about living in a cabin in a canyon until his daughter drowned is a reference to the folk song "Oh My Darling, Clementine"
- The gnarly gnome named Barkley is a reference to Gnarls Barkley.
- The entry about Gorgolok having his bucket stolen is a reference to the "LOLrus" meme, which involves image macros of an elephant seal either playing with a bucket or complaining that his bucket was stolen.
- The Grass Elemental entries about hitchhiking in the 1960s and being stronger than they were in your parents' day is a play on "grass" being a slang term for cannabis. The entry about playing ball is a play on the saying "If there's grass on the field, play ball".
- The entries for the hat-wearing guard turtles describing ones with red shells, ones with green shells, and ones with wings reference the Koopa Troopas from the original Super Mario Bros., which came in red-shelled, green-shelled, and winged varieties. The line about them not knowing ninjutsu is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- The reference to hipster music in the description of the guy with a pitchfork, and his wife is a reference to the indie music review website Pitchfork.