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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. | ||
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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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*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 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. | {{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. | *The Gobot King's operating system contains advanced security features which make it difficult to EMULATE. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|goo-covered beanstalk segment|*At a microscopic level, all plants are just hardened slime. | {{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. | *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}} | *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. | {{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. | *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}} | *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. | {{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. | *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.}} | *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. | {{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. | *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.}} | *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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*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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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.