Monster Manuel (C): Difference between revisions
From A KoL Wiki
imported>Fig bucket m fix stat display |
imported>Laytruce Christmas treant |
||
(44 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
There are | <noinclude>There are {{Monster Manuel Entries Count|{{:Monster Manuel (C)}}}} creatures filed under C, and 1 unobtainable entry.</noinclude> | ||
{{MonsterManuelEntryNav|C}} | {{MonsterManuelEntryNav|C}} | ||
Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
*C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E.s don't eat meat or eggs, and they don't drink milk, but they will murder a soy burger with malice aforethought. | *C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E.s don't eat meat or eggs, and they don't drink milk, but they will murder a soy burger with malice aforethought. | ||
*C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E.s don't have special powers because they're vegan, unless "always talking about your life choices" is a superpower.}} | *C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E.s don't have special powers because they're vegan, unless "always talking about your life choices" is a superpower.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Cbzzter the Grisly Bear|*Even when it was in perfect working order, this thing was terrifying. | |||
*It has never been conclusively proven that all people who build animatronic talking animals hate children. Probably some of them just want to bring their horrible nightmares to life for some reason. | |||
*For the love of god and all that is holy, don't ask it to sing "Happy Birthday".}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cabinet of Dr. Limpieza|*Dr. Limpieza is known for filling the labels of his products with indecipherable rants in at least three different languages. | {{ManuelEntry|cabinet of Dr. Limpieza|*Dr. Limpieza is known for filling the labels of his products with indecipherable rants in at least three different languages. | ||
*Dr. Limpieza believed that cleanliness was not only next to godliness, but ''superior'' to godliness. | *Dr. Limpieza believed that cleanliness was not only next to godliness, but ''superior'' to godliness. | ||
Line 17: | Line 20: | ||
*The most common cause of early death for cactuaries is Adventurers. | *The most common cause of early death for cactuaries is Adventurers. | ||
*The third most common cause of early death for cactuaries is hypertension caused by overly tight neckties.}} | *The third most common cause of early death for cactuaries is hypertension caused by overly tight neckties.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Cake Lord|*Cake Lord was born in Hoboken, but he was exiled at a young age due to Hoboken's draconian anti-abomination laws. | |||
*The tragic irony of Cake Lord's miserable existence is that he doesn't even like cake. | |||
*If we're being honest, all of Cake Lord's songs sound pretty much the same.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Camel's Toe|*Astronomers aren't biologists, so identifying animals by their feet isn't really their forte. For all we know, that could be an alpaca's toe. | {{ManuelEntry|Camel's Toe|*Astronomers aren't biologists, so identifying animals by their feet isn't really their forte. For all we know, that could be an alpaca's toe. | ||
*Camels don't store water in their humps. They store fat, just like your Uncle Murray. | *Camels don't store water in their humps. They store fat, just like your Uncle Murray. | ||
*Camel's toes are wide so they can cross deserts without sinking in the sand. Nothing irritates a camel like having a sandy camel toe.}} | *Camel's toes are wide so they can cross deserts without sinking in the sand. Nothing irritates a camel like having a sandy camel toe.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|camp cook|*In England they have a very similar sort of magic, except it's based on brussels sprouts. | |||
*Beanslingers are more useful to have around than more traditional wizards, because nobody wants to eat eye of newt. | |||
*Out of all the various types of magic, bean magic has the most potassium.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|can-can dancer|*The popular childrens' game "kick the can" was invented by can-can dancers, as a training exercise and a way to unwind after a long night's dancing. | {{ManuelEntry|can-can dancer|*The popular childrens' game "kick the can" was invented by can-can dancers, as a training exercise and a way to unwind after a long night's dancing. | ||
*The martial art of Thai kickboxing was invented by a tavern patron who happened to witness two can-can dancers get into a fight over who used the last of the mascara. | *The martial art of Thai kickboxing was invented by a tavern patron who happened to witness two can-can dancers get into a fight over who used the last of the mascara. | ||
Line 44: | Line 53: | ||
*Moxie weeds produce an oil that lubricates the vocal cords, making the imbiber a smoother talker. Most breath sprays contain an artificially-produced analogue of this oil. | *Moxie weeds produce an oil that lubricates the vocal cords, making the imbiber a smoother talker. Most breath sprays contain an artificially-produced analogue of this oil. | ||
*In the right conditions, moxie weeds can grow up to twelve feet high, and become so potent they could get the Hunchback of Notre Dame laid.}} | *In the right conditions, moxie weeds can grow up to twelve feet high, and become so potent they could get the Hunchback of Notre Dame laid.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|carnivorous plant|*This plant is easily the #1 champion for Most Deadly Thing Bought Out of the Back of a Comic Book. | |||
*Well, not counting that one time a kid died from eating too many sea monkeys. | |||
*Historically, this plant was also known by the slang term "tipitiwitchet" or "tippity twitchet", and I'll let you look up the reason why for yourself.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|carton of Eggs of Confidence|*Most cultures won't eat tongue, but they will eat eggs. Because, y'know, you'd hate to eat something from a creature's mouth, but the cloaca is just fine. | {{ManuelEntry|carton of Eggs of Confidence|*Most cultures won't eat tongue, but they will eat eggs. Because, y'know, you'd hate to eat something from a creature's mouth, but the cloaca is just fine. | ||
*"Cloaca," by the way, is a rare example of a word sounding as foul as the thing it describes. | *"Cloaca," by the way, is a rare example of a word sounding as foul as the thing it describes. | ||
Line 53: | Line 65: | ||
*Crazy single female aliens have been known to keep up to 50 cat-aliens in a tiny extraterrestrial trailer. | *Crazy single female aliens have been known to keep up to 50 cat-aliens in a tiny extraterrestrial trailer. | ||
*The smaller head inside a cat-alien is a mouse's head, due to genetic splicing and mutation. That explains why it's always in such a bad mood.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | *The smaller head inside a cat-alien is a mouse's head, due to genetic splicing and mutation. That explains why it's always in such a bad mood.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|caugr|*Zombie cows don't typically infect other creatures with zombieism. Not because of being herbivores, because Returned Cows are definitely not herbivores. It's because there's usually nothing left of their victims. | |||
*Don't even bother trying to make leather out of this. | |||
*Is the thing bulls do called 'goring' because it's gory? Is that real or just a pun I made up? I don't know.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|caveman|*Living in a cave is so easy that even a caveman can do it. | |||
*Living on the Edge is a caveman's favorite Aerosmith song. | |||
*"Living Well is the Best Revenge" is a thing a caveman would probably not appreciate even if he ''could'' read.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|caveman frat boy|*Caveman frat boys developed primitive version of many hazing rituals. The most unpleasant one was having to swim across a lake with an entire torch shoved in your butt. | {{ManuelEntry|caveman frat boy|*Caveman frat boys developed primitive version of many hazing rituals. The most unpleasant one was having to swim across a lake with an entire torch shoved in your butt. | ||
*Anthropologists speculate that caveman frat boys mated with primitive sorority orcs, and anything else that would have them. | *Anthropologists speculate that caveman frat boys mated with primitive sorority orcs, and anything else that would have them. | ||
Line 74: | Line 92: | ||
*"Centurion" means "commander of a hundred soldiers." But most centurions only commanded 60 or 80, because they were lazy. | *"Centurion" means "commander of a hundred soldiers." But most centurions only commanded 60 or 80, because they were lazy. | ||
*By the way, "decimate" means "to take one out of every ten," not "to destroy completely." Just thought you should know.}} | *By the way, "decimate" means "to take one out of every ten," not "to destroy completely." Just thought you should know.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Cereal Arsonist|*You have to burn at least thirty bowls of cereal to be considered a serial cereal arsonist. | |||
*Occasionally a Cereal Arsonist goes rogue, and becomes a serial cereal arsonist arsonist. | |||
*The ultimate quest of every Cereal Arsonist is to defeat Jaleel White using only flaming Urkel-Os. It's ultimately futile, though, because Jaleel White is undefeatable.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|CH Imp|*The CH Imp isn't the damned soul of a particular evil monkey; it's just a demon with a bad case of parallel evolution. | {{ManuelEntry|CH Imp|*The CH Imp isn't the damned soul of a particular evil monkey; it's just a demon with a bad case of parallel evolution. | ||
*That said, it certainly enjoys bananas, even if they're not evil bananas. | *That said, it certainly enjoys bananas, even if they're not evil bananas. | ||
*Evil bananas are the ones that drop their peels where people are likely to slip on them.}} | *Evil bananas are the ones that drop their peels where people are likely to slip on them.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Chad Alacarte|*Honestly a spear is a way more reasonable choice of weapon against a vampire than a whip. Why didn't any of these guys think of that before? | |||
*His spear doubles as an extremely long cigarette holder. | |||
*I guess Bloodlines actually takes place during World War I? Which is a weird coincidence I didn't realize when I first put these characters here.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|chalkdust wraith|*Chalkdust wraiths are generally the spirits of dead schoolteachers, or children who asphyxiated while cleaning the blackboard erasers. Billiards chalk wraiths are incredibly rare. | {{ManuelEntry|chalkdust wraith|*Chalkdust wraiths are generally the spirits of dead schoolteachers, or children who asphyxiated while cleaning the blackboard erasers. Billiards chalk wraiths are incredibly rare. | ||
*Many necromancers have been dismayed to find that they've acquired a chalkdust wraith, when what they had wanted was a cocaine wraith. | *Many necromancers have been dismayed to find that they've acquired a chalkdust wraith, when what they had wanted was a cocaine wraith. | ||
Line 86: | Line 110: | ||
*The chatty pirate's record for uninterrupted gabbing is seven straight hours, during which he was thrown overboard and swam back to the boat without stopping talking. | *The chatty pirate's record for uninterrupted gabbing is seven straight hours, during which he was thrown overboard and swam back to the boat without stopping talking. | ||
*Chatty pirates are frequently employed as hairdressers and dental hygienists.}} | *Chatty pirates are frequently employed as hairdressers and dental hygienists.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cheap strix|*The Romans believed that strix feathers could be used in a love potion, because nothing's more romantic than a bloodsucking bird. | |||
*Strixes were also known to disembowel their victims, because none of this is terrifying enough. | |||
*Cheap strixes weren't quite as good at sucking blood, but they were good enough.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cheerless mime executive|*Mime CEOs can't really yell at their subordinates, but they can wave their arms around a lot, and that's why they don't have a lot of potted plants. | |||
*Mime CEOs are fine with unions as long as they're invisible unions. | |||
*Mime CEOs have golden parachutes, but it's hard to tell because the parachutes are also invisible.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cheerless mime functionary|*Mime office culture is distinct from human culture in that every mime has a different idea about what the joke written on the side of a coffee cup is. | |||
*Mime offices are more efficient than human offices because they don't have to spend any money on white-out. | |||
*The fact that these guys are just pretending to work makes them more or less the same as every employee in every office job ever.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cheerless mime scientist|*Just like regular science, mime science isn't pretty. But it's harder to tell. | |||
*With mime science, it's kind of like you're ''already'' blind! Coz everything's invisible, see? | |||
*One difficulty mime scientists face is not knowing if their invisible grants got approved or not.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cheerless mime soldier|*Mime soldiers either never run out of ammo, or are always out of ammo. | |||
*It must be rough when the drill sergeants demand they count off their pushups, when they already were and he just couldn't tell because he couldn't see their lips moving. | |||
*Wait, how do they hear Reveille in the morning?|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cheerless mime vizier|*Mimes predicting the future, huh? Maybe they should predict how to talk, am I right? | |||
*Mimes predicting the future, huh? Maybe they should predict how you're gonna beat them up, am I right? | |||
*Mimes predicting the future, huh? Maybe they should predict what the rest of these mime factoids are gonna be so I don't have to do them any more, am I right?|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Cheese Wizard|*While some adventurers are most at home in a party, the Cheese Wizard stands alone. Mostly because of the smell, but also because she's an introvert. | |||
*Some people believe that the only true cheesesteak sandwich is one made by an actual Cheese Wizard. | |||
*To be fair, some people believe almost anything. I once met a man who believed the moon was made by a green Cheese Wizard.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Cheetahman|*Cheetahman rarely wear pants, because they reguarly run so fast that their pants catch on fire. | |||
*If a cheetahman's head can fit through an opening, so can his skull. This knowledge might come in handy later. | |||
*If you want to know how a cheetahman got his spots, ask Rudyard Kipling, though I'm warning you -- the reason is probably ''super'' racist.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Chester|*Chester is required by law to notify all local homeowners of his crimes, whenever he moves to a new location. Since hoboes can't really be called "homeowners", this provides him with a tidy little loophole. | {{ManuelEntry|Chester|*Chester is required by law to notify all local homeowners of his crimes, whenever he moves to a new location. Since hoboes can't really be called "homeowners", this provides him with a tidy little loophole. | ||
*Chester once attempted to make some extra money by running a mobile daycare center in his van. He was unsuccessful because, holy crap, nobody's ''that'' stupid. | *Chester once attempted to make some extra money by running a mobile daycare center in his van. He was unsuccessful because, holy crap, nobody's ''that'' stupid. | ||
Line 92: | Line 140: | ||
*Most of the yakuza don't have any problems with taking orders from a robot. In fact, many of them haven't even noticed. | *Most of the yakuza don't have any problems with taking orders from a robot. In fact, many of them haven't even noticed. | ||
*The Chief Electronic Overseer got its start at the company as a clock-radio in the mailroom, and worked his way to the top.}} | *The Chief Electronic Overseer got its start at the company as a clock-radio in the mailroom, and worked his way to the top.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|chocolate chicken|*Isolated for long enough, every species will evolve toward a chocolate form. It's called cacaocinzation. | |||
*Scientists aren't sure why this happens, though a handful of them believe that it's because evolution is guided by Jesus, and that Jesus loves chocolate. | |||
*That opinion is disregarded by mainstream science, which asserts that Jesus probably doesn't love chocolate all that much.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|chocolate hare|*Chocolate hares hate it when they get a hair in their chocolate. | {{ManuelEntry|chocolate hare|*Chocolate hares hate it when they get a hair in their chocolate. | ||
*Chocolate hares are a lot like chocolate jackrabbits, but less slim. | *Chocolate hares are a lot like chocolate jackrabbits, but less slim. | ||
Line 98: | Line 149: | ||
*Chocolate-cherry prairie dogs yip and bark like dogs, but they're actually a species of reptile. | *Chocolate-cherry prairie dogs yip and bark like dogs, but they're actually a species of reptile. | ||
*Okay, chocolate-cherry prairie dogs aren't a species of reptile. But they're definitely not dogs.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | *Okay, chocolate-cherry prairie dogs aren't a species of reptile. But they're definitely not dogs.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Chosen of Yog-Urt|*The Chosen has extra large arms so it doesn't have to ever put its hands near its head. | |||
*The Chosen's hatred for Yog-urt is almost as strong as its love. | |||
*When Yog-urt arrives, all of the Kingdom will perish in loathing.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Chowder Golem|*Sorry, Manhattanites, but tomatoes have no business in a self-respecting clam chowder. | {{ManuelEntry|Chowder Golem|*Sorry, Manhattanites, but tomatoes have no business in a self-respecting clam chowder. | ||
*There aren't any oysters in oyster crackers. They're like girl scout cookies that way. Girl scout cookies don't have oysters, either. | *There aren't any oysters in oyster crackers. They're like girl scout cookies that way. Girl scout cookies don't have oysters, either. | ||
*The proper pronunciation of chowder is "chowda." The proper pronunciation of "chowderhead" is "politician."}} | *The proper pronunciation of chowder is "chowda." The proper pronunciation of "chowderhead" is "politician."}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Christmas treant|*Christmas trees can survive for weeks even after you sever their entire bodies. It's not natural. | |||
*They've convinced us to string popcorn all over them, thus wasting our own precious food. And in the depths of winter! | |||
*After the holidays are over, their dried-out branches and needles become a serious fire hazard. And you're gonna tell me this isn't deliberate? Wake up, man.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cigarette girl|*Despite the name, the cigarette girl isn't made out of cigarettes. That'd be a cigarette golem. | |||
*A wizard tried to make a cigarette golem once, but died of lung cancer before it was finished. | |||
*What we're trying to say here, kids, is that you shouldn't smoke. But you probably already knew that.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Cinco de Mayo reveler|*Nobody South of the Border cares about Cinco de Mayo. It's just an excuse for local drunks to do what they want to do. | |||
*Nobody North of the Border cares about El Cid or Cantinflas. | |||
*Nobody standing directly on top of the border cares about anything.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?|image=noart.gif}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|circuit-soldering animelf|*The melting point of solder is well above the pain point for human (or animelf) skin. It's a dangerous job, but at least he gets thick padded safety gloves. | {{ManuelEntry|circuit-soldering animelf|*The melting point of solder is well above the pain point for human (or animelf) skin. It's a dangerous job, but at least he gets thick padded safety gloves. | ||
*Just kidding. The thick padded safety gloves are offered as a reward for three years of perfect attendance, and this is the animelfs' first year. | *Just kidding. The thick padded safety gloves are offered as a reward for three years of perfect attendance, and this is the animelfs' first year. | ||
Line 110: | Line 173: | ||
*Clancy never worked for a police department in any capacity. Why do you ask? | *Clancy never worked for a police department in any capacity. Why do you ask? | ||
*Clancy insists that he once was a handsome youth before he was sucked into the mirror realm and turned into an anthropomorphic pig. Portraits of Boris and Clancy suggest otherwise.}} | *Clancy insists that he once was a handsome youth before he was sucked into the mirror realm and turned into an anthropomorphic pig. Portraits of Boris and Clancy suggest otherwise.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Clara|*If Clara were a trapeze artist, she would work without a net. | |||
*If Clara made sinus medication, she would sell it in a tin. | |||
*When Clara produces butter that she doesn't like, she says "fie" to it.|attack=?|defense=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Classic Boss Bat|*The Boss Bat has terrible eyesight, because they're each only a single pixel. | |||
*Each of the Boss Bat's bones is so small that it won't even register on a scale. So if you want to weigh its skeleton, be sure to weigh it all at once. | |||
*After you fight the Boss Bat, everything else will seem larger than usual. This might come in handy if you're on a diet, or if you want to pretend you just hit your thumb with a cartoon hammer.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|claw-foot bathtub|*There's a ring around the inside of the claw-foot bathtub, and you don't want to know what caused it. | {{ManuelEntry|claw-foot bathtub|*There's a ring around the inside of the claw-foot bathtub, and you don't want to know what caused it. | ||
*A claw-foot bathtub can gallop at 15 miles per hour over smooth (porcelain tile) terrain. | *A claw-foot bathtub can gallop at 15 miles per hour over smooth (porcelain tile) terrain. | ||
Line 115: | Line 184: | ||
{{ManuelEntry|clay golem|*The clay golem may be a mighty monster, but it has feet of clay. | {{ManuelEntry|clay golem|*The clay golem may be a mighty monster, but it has feet of clay. | ||
*A clay golem will get brittle and unworkable unless you cover it up with plastic every night. | *A clay golem will get brittle and unworkable unless you cover it up with plastic every night. | ||
*The best way to fight a clay golem is to trick it onto a pottery wheel and make it dizzy.}} | *The best way to fight a clay golem is to trick it onto a pottery wheel and make it dizzy.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Claybender Sorcerer Ghost|*Gary Claybender's adventures begin as light-hearted fun, but end with a higher body count than the Chronicles of Boris. | {{ManuelEntry|Claybender Sorcerer Ghost|*Gary Claybender's adventures begin as light-hearted fun, but end with a higher body count than the Chronicles of Boris. | ||
*Gary Claybender was the youngest sorcerer ever to enter the Quadsorcerer Tournament, and the only one to ever survive it. | *Gary Claybender was the youngest sorcerer ever to enter the Quadsorcerer Tournament, and the only one to ever survive it. | ||
Line 125: | Line 194: | ||
*The cleanly pirate keeps his fingernails trimmed to exactly .3 millimeters. | *The cleanly pirate keeps his fingernails trimmed to exactly .3 millimeters. | ||
*The cleanly pirate probably has deeper issues than just a devotion to hygiene.}} | *The cleanly pirate probably has deeper issues than just a devotion to hygiene.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|clerical robot|The thing that looks like a cross on this robot's hat is actually just a coincidentally cross-shaped access panel. | |||
*The top part isn't even a hat. It's a chassis for the robot's processing unit. | |||
*The robot was programmed with extreme religious zealotry, which makes it extremely easy for hackers to trick it into going on a crusade.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|clingy pirate (female)|*Although they're kind of a hassle to have in the crew, clingy pirates are excellent at defending the ship from giant squid. Fight fire with fire, right? | {{ManuelEntry|clingy pirate (female)|*Although they're kind of a hassle to have in the crew, clingy pirates are excellent at defending the ship from giant squid. Fight fire with fire, right? | ||
*Clingy pirates are also frequently given the task of removing barnacles from the hull of the ship, because they relate to them so well. | *Clingy pirates are also frequently given the task of removing barnacles from the hull of the ship, because they relate to them so well. | ||
Line 140: | Line 212: | ||
*Cloaca-Cola lost their market dominance in the "New Cloaca" fiasco. All the people who said they hated the taste of original Cloaca-Cola violently rejected the new flavor and demanded it be switched back. It was a lot like game design. | *Cloaca-Cola lost their market dominance in the "New Cloaca" fiasco. All the people who said they hated the taste of original Cloaca-Cola violently rejected the new flavor and demanded it be switched back. It was a lot like game design. | ||
*Cloaca-Cola has twelve teaspoons of sugar in every sip, but it's the boric acid that provides that crisp refreshing bite.}} | *Cloaca-Cola has twelve teaspoons of sugar in every sip, but it's the boric acid that provides that crisp refreshing bite.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|clockwork man|*Don't tell him he's got a screw loose. He's heard that one. | |||
*Robots aren't lactose intolerant per se, but most of them don't like cheese. | |||
*A cog is the tooth of a gear, which can also be referred to as a 'cogwheel'. However, 'cogwheel' is frequently shortened to just 'cog', so a cog can be either part of a gear or synomynous. Now you know.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|clod hopper|*Clod hoppers are considerably less mentally proficient than their distant relatives, the dennis hoppers. | {{ManuelEntry|clod hopper|*Clod hoppers are considerably less mentally proficient than their distant relatives, the dennis hoppers. | ||
*Clod hoppers are made out of magically-animated rocks, but try not to get too sedimental about that. | *Clod hoppers are made out of magically-animated rocks, but try not to get too sedimental about that. | ||
Line 152: | Line 227: | ||
*The bacteria will one day mutate into a superflu that will end life as the Kingdom knows it -- but that's a few billion years down the road. | *The bacteria will one day mutate into a superflu that will end life as the Kingdom knows it -- but that's a few billion years down the road. | ||
*Anti-bacterial soaps do an effective job of speeding up bacteria evolution, as only the resistant strains survive. So if you love bacteria, keep using that stuff.}} | *Anti-bacterial soaps do an effective job of speeding up bacteria evolution, as only the resistant strains survive. So if you love bacteria, keep using that stuff.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|coal snake|*Coal snakes are the evolutionary ancestor of diamondback rattlers. They're under a lot of pressure. | |||
*Coral snakes are visually similar to coal snakes, but in fact they are actually a type of eel. | |||
*Coal snakes are flammable, and were sometimes used as fuses for large Civil War cannons.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Coal-Shoveling Trainbot|*This is one of those robots that should've been a conveyer belt instead. | |||
*It knows it, too. That's why it's so frustrated with its lot in life. | |||
*Maybe that's why it's attacking you. Because you remind it of a conveyer belt. I'm always telling you how much you look like one.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|coaltergeist|*Coaltergeists have largely been phased out with the advent of natural gas for home heating. And natural gas poltergeists are frequently mistaken for mere flatulence. | {{ManuelEntry|coaltergeist|*Coaltergeists have largely been phased out with the advent of natural gas for home heating. And natural gas poltergeists are frequently mistaken for mere flatulence. | ||
*Coaltergeists are an inefficient method of haunting anything larger than a two-room shack. | *Coaltergeists are an inefficient method of haunting anything larger than a two-room shack. | ||
Line 158: | Line 239: | ||
*The Cobb's Knob chefs usually cook over an open fire, but those are harder to magically animate. | *The Cobb's Knob chefs usually cook over an open fire, but those are harder to magically animate. | ||
*Cobb's Knob chefs agree that an electric oven is better for sauces, but lacks the temperature control for delicate meat dishes, even when magically animated.}} | *Cobb's Knob chefs agree that an electric oven is better for sauces, but lacks the temperature control for delicate meat dishes, even when magically animated.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cobra|*Modern cobras are descended from that dinosaur that kills Newman. | |||
*Because of the corrosive properties of their saliva, cobras never have to brush their teeth. | |||
*If a cobra ''did'' have to brush its teeth, it would do it by repeatedly biting a toothbrush. They really only have one speed.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cockroach|*Uggh! Uggggh! No! | |||
*I don't even want to write factoids for this! | |||
*Gross! Augh! Gah! Get it away!}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cocktail shrimp|*Cocktail shrimp are almost always sauced. | {{ManuelEntry|cocktail shrimp|*Cocktail shrimp are almost always sauced. | ||
*Cocktail shrimp prefer to be called "miniature mixology lobsters." | *Cocktail shrimp prefer to be called "miniature mixology lobsters." | ||
Line 191: | Line 278: | ||
*The lemon mine collapse resulted in the deaths of forty-six miners, three foremen, seven interns, and four mineshaft enthusiasts who picked the wrong day for a tour. | *The lemon mine collapse resulted in the deaths of forty-six miners, three foremen, seven interns, and four mineshaft enthusiasts who picked the wrong day for a tour. | ||
*The canary's name is "Burt".}} | *The canary's name is "Burt".}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|common criminal|*In Gotpork, crooks regularly report illegal income on their taxes, because the only hero they fear worse than Batfellow is The Auditor. | |||
*One way to tell if you're dealing with a crook is to ask them to step on a photograph of Al Capone. They can't do it! | |||
*Crooks are called that because of their "crooked" morality. ...Wait, that actually sounds like it might be true. Is that true?|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0|image=blankmook.gif}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|completely different spider|*The completely different spider parts its hair on the other side and has a moustache, so he's definitely not that other spider. | {{ManuelEntry|completely different spider|*The completely different spider parts its hair on the other side and has a moustache, so he's definitely not that other spider. | ||
*Spiders are nature's practical jokers. It's not on accident they always spin their webs right where you'll walk through them; they enjoy the goofy dance you do. | *Spiders are nature's practical jokers. It's not on accident they always spin their webs right where you'll walk through them; they enjoy the goofy dance you do. | ||
Line 212: | Line 302: | ||
*Cookie cutters come in thousands of different shapes, which makes using "cookie-cutter" as a dismissive term for "all alike" makes very little sense. | *Cookie cutters come in thousands of different shapes, which makes using "cookie-cutter" as a dismissive term for "all alike" makes very little sense. | ||
*In the U.K., these are known as "biscuit shapers," and you buy them for a couple of quid out of the boot of a lorry.}} | *In the U.K., these are known as "biscuit shapers," and you buy them for a couple of quid out of the boot of a lorry.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Cookie-baking Thing from Beyond Time|*It also drives mortals mad by baking soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with hard and terrible walnuts hidden inside them. | |||
*I recommend its Oatmeal Raisin & Inexplicable Void Delights. | |||
*Be careful with the brownies -- they're non-euclidian.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=55}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cooler wino|*The coolest winos have tattoos reading "Wino Forever." | |||
*Cool winos refer to less cool winos as "lose-os." | |||
*If you ask a wino if he doesn't want a drink, he'll say "Why, no."}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Copperhead Club bartender|*The bartender has a signature drink with vodka, mint leaf, tobacco-infused simple syrup, and a raw quail egg. It's not very popular. | {{ManuelEntry|Copperhead Club bartender|*The bartender has a signature drink with vodka, mint leaf, tobacco-infused simple syrup, and a raw quail egg. It's not very popular. | ||
*The only drink he can't make is an Old Fashioned, because his drinks are always cutting-edge. | *The only drink he can't make is an Old Fashioned, because his drinks are always cutting-edge. | ||
Line 221: | Line 317: | ||
*If your aquarium develops an algae problem, try pouring a cup of bleach into the water. | *If your aquarium develops an algae problem, try pouring a cup of bleach into the water. | ||
*If your ''swimming pool'' develops an algae problem, try pouring a bag of goldfish into it.}} | *If your ''swimming pool'' develops an algae problem, try pouring a bag of goldfish into it.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cosmetics wraith|*Cosmetics wraiths are the ghosts of people who got suckered into selling makeup in pyramid schemes while they were alive.}} | {{ManuelEntry|corruptor shadow|*It's hard to corrupt things when you don't have a corporeal form, but this guy manages. | ||
*Sometimes a piercing gaze, fixed in the same spot for just a few decades, unleashes enough evil to do the trick. | |||
*Patience is a virtue in matters of corruption.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cosmetics wraith|*Cosmetics wraiths are the ghosts of people who got suckered into selling makeup in pyramid schemes while they were alive. | |||
*Cosmetics wraiths are compelled to give makeovers from beyond the grave, still believing they'll win that trip to an island paradise if they're the top salesperson of the month. | |||
*Cosmetics wraiths can't be bound by a ring of power, but they will serve whomever holds the Eyelash Curler of the Gods.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Count Drunkula|*Count Drunkula does not drink... wine. Actually, that's a lie. If wine is all that's left to drink, he will totally drink it. | {{ManuelEntry|Count Drunkula|*Count Drunkula does not drink... wine. Actually, that's a lie. If wine is all that's left to drink, he will totally drink it. | ||
*Count Drunkula's car does not have a nickname, but its trunk is nicknamed Count Trunkula. | *Count Drunkula's car does not have a nickname, but its trunk is nicknamed Count Trunkula. | ||
Line 228: | Line 329: | ||
*The courtesan is not a trained singer, but she has extensive training in other aspects of her job. | *The courtesan is not a trained singer, but she has extensive training in other aspects of her job. | ||
*The courtesan's mysterious ailment is caused by drama nanites. She coughs, wheezes, and passes out only at the most dramatic moments.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | *The courtesan's mysterious ailment is caused by drama nanites. She coughs, wheezes, and passes out only at the most dramatic moments.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cow cultist|*Is there a cult that worships cheese? I would join that cult. Cheese is delicious. | |||
*I bet those twisty cultist knives are a real pain in the butt to sharpen. | |||
*Do ancient gods actually like getting prayers? I'd imagine it would be more like having your phone going off all the time.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cowskeleton|*The part of being a cowboy that a cowskeleton probably misses the most is getting to eat all those beans. | |||
*Cowskeletons are lighter than cowboys, so that makes things easier on their horses. On the other hand, they're lumpier. | |||
*It's not just cowskeletons' spurs that go jingle-jangle-jingle.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|craggy bartender|*Most Old West bartenders don't actually know any drink recipes. If you ask for a mixed drink in an Old West saloon, you deserve whatever you get. | |||
*Many Old West bartenders are also barbers. Don't ask for a shot of the blue liquor. | |||
*Don't worry too much about the busted furniture. If you knew where he got the booze, you'd know exactly how much he overcharges for it.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|crate|*How did all those crates get there without any pallets? Probably a wizard did it. | {{ManuelEntry|crate|*How did all those crates get there without any pallets? Probably a wizard did it. | ||
*Video game crates are typically either empty, or contain exactly one item, which may seem like wildly inefficient management of storage space, and in fact it totally is. | *Video game crates are typically either empty, or contain exactly one item, which may seem like wildly inefficient management of storage space, and in fact it totally is. | ||
Line 234: | Line 344: | ||
*The ancient culture that built this temple were colonists from El Vibrato island, who had eschewed their sufficiently advanced technology. | *The ancient culture that built this temple were colonists from El Vibrato island, who had eschewed their sufficiently advanced technology. | ||
*The hidden temple used to just be called "the temple."|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | *The hidden temple used to just be called "the temple."|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|crêep|*Crêeps come in both savory and sweet varieties. Both varieties are evil. | |||
*The crêep's only natural predator is the small wooden squeegee. | |||
*Most crêeps don't have any facial hair, but the ones that do prefer a pencil-thin moustache.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Creamweaver|*The first Creamweaver was a guy named Steve Kramer. | |||
*The first thing they teach you in Creamweaver school is how to use a whisk. The second thing they teach you is how to clean a floor. | |||
*If your waterbed springs a leak, and you don't mind sleeping on a rubber bag filled with curdled cream, a Creamweaver can probably get you through the night.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|creamy pirate|*The creamy pirate used to be a screamy pirate before there was a spelling error on his pirate's license renewal form. Everyone else on the ship was relieved. | {{ManuelEntry|creamy pirate|*The creamy pirate used to be a screamy pirate before there was a spelling error on his pirate's license renewal form. Everyone else on the ship was relieved. | ||
*Unguents are so called because they are made from ungulates, or hoofed mammals.. | *Unguents are so called because they are made from ungulates, or hoofed mammals.. | ||
Line 249: | Line 365: | ||
*That was before she was accused of pushing the most popular girl in school in front of a bus, though. | *That was before she was accused of pushing the most popular girl in school in front of a bus, though. | ||
*Still, she always was a little unstable. When she was twelve, she was convinced that she had swapped bodies with her own mother.}} | *Still, she always was a little unstable. When she was twelve, she was convinced that she had swapped bodies with her own mother.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|creepy little girl|*Most little girls are, let's face it, kind of creepy. | |||
*The creepy little girl likes playing with dolls as much as any other girl; it's just that she can make hers move without touching them. | |||
*The creepy little girl is made of sugar, spice, and supernatural scientific experiments.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Creme Brulee Torch of Fury|*The correct spelling is, as we all know, crème brûlée. But that's too many fancy characters with hats for one phrase. | {{ManuelEntry|Creme Brulee Torch of Fury|*The correct spelling is, as we all know, crème brûlée. But that's too many fancy characters with hats for one phrase. | ||
*Seriously, the top of a crème brûlée tastes like a burnt match smells. | *Seriously, the top of a crème brûlée tastes like a burnt match smells. | ||
*In a pinch, a crème brûlée torch can also be used to cauterize wounds. That's good to know if you're as clumsy a chef as I am.}} | *In a pinch, a crème brûlée torch can also be used to cauterize wounds. That's good to know if you're as clumsy a chef as I am.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer bar brawler|*If Four Loko was invented for anybody, it was this gal. | |||
*Every pirate crew needs one of these, as an early-warning system for nearby enemies, if no other reason. You probably shouldn't have two of them, though. | |||
*Instead of a hook hand, they just gave her a socket for broken beer bottles.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer barrrback|*Of course the pirates have someone in charge of keeping the bar clean. Pirates are rowdy, but they aren't frat boys. | |||
*Don't ask how long it's been since they changed the mop water. | |||
*You wouldn't even need to pour ether on that bar rag to knock someone out with it. You could just use it as a bludgeon.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer bombjack|*I also don't know what a bombjack is, but it does sound piratey, I agree. | |||
*Probably it's the pirate in charge of bombs, right? Pirates used bombs, right? | |||
*The word 'bomb' comes from the Latin word bombus, which means "a booming sound". So maybe this pirate is just in charge of yelling.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer carpenter|*Cars aren't even made of wood! What's up with that? | |||
*When all you are is a carpenter, everything looks like something you can hit with a hammer. | |||
*Ship's carpenters really hate it when the captain asks them to make the figurehead's boobs bigger. You might be surprised by that, but they consider themselves artists, and they made the boobs the perfect size to begin with, dammit.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer freebooter|*Knee-high leather boots are pretty expensive. She did get them for free though. Because of piracy. | |||
*It takes a while to break in a pair of boots like that. Fortunately, she has your groin to break them in with and on. | |||
*When she dances a jig, you can hear it like a mile away.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer fruit plunderer|*If you'd been as traumatized by fruitcake as a child, you'd want to get a job ruining fruitcakes too. Don't ask what happened, it's too dark. | |||
*I mean, where else are they gonna get the grapes for the grapeshot? | |||
*Starfruit was invented by pirates who needed an alternative to limes that wouldn't roll around on the deck during bad weather.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer grognard|*She's always yelling at the younger pirates to get off her poop deck, and stop throwing baseballs through her porthole. | |||
*With all the peglegs, hooks, and eyepatches, once a pirate reaches a certain age she's less likely to be buried at sea and more to be put in the recycling. | |||
*If you want to know how old a pirate is, saw her pegleg in half and count the rings.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer lamplighter|*It may seem silly to have a pirate whose only job is to keep the lamps it, but consider this: the ocean is super damp all the time. | |||
*The best lamp oil comes out of the heads of sperm whales. Even today, biologists argue over what the whale uses it for, though most agree that it isn't lamps. | |||
*The worst lamp oil comes out of the buttholes of dogs. Not recommended.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer military school dropout|*More pirates are military school dropouts than you might expect! That's part of why they hate navy guys so much. | |||
*Pirates don't have much use for military training, because their battle formations don't tend to be much more complex than "Get 'em, me hearties!" | |||
*Pirates don't salute each other, because that's a good way to get an eyepatch to go with your hook hand.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer mudlark|*Mudlarking isn't exactly a prestigious job, but if you worked in a profession where people regularly bury huge boxes of treasure just off the coast, you'd do it too. | |||
*Traditional mudlarks consider metal detectors to be cheating, and are deeply suspicious of anyone who isn't totally covered in filth. | |||
*A mudlark who finds enough treasure to buy his own boat evolves into a mudskipper, which has their eyes on the top of their head, and side pectoral fins that allow them to crawl from place to place.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer navigator|*Fortunately for pirate navigators, poor depth perception isn't really a problem when you're navigating by the stars. | |||
*Pirates are good navigators because they use a different set of constellations than most people, like "The Big Arrow" and "Eat At Joe's". | |||
*I considered making a joke about how pirates navigate by the "stars" e.g. Orlando Bloom. But I think you deserve better than that.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer new recruit|*He's been working his way up the ranks -- he started out on a canoe. | |||
*If he seems hungry, it's because he hasn't developed proper hardtack teeth yet. | |||
*He assumed his pay would be two bucks, because he has two ears.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer privateer|*Sailing the open sea, tropical islands, free rum, that's basically a cruise! Who wouldn't sign up? | |||
*The last thing he said before waking up on the ship was "Neat! I've never been to Shanghai!" | |||
*He might be a little disappointed when he finds out the signing bonus is "all the fruitcake you can carry".}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer retiree|*The main problem pirate retirees have when doing robberies, is that it's really tricky to shoot a gun when your hand is a steel hook. Or a wooden peg. | |||
*Another problem is that people tend to notice when you wheel a big cannon down the street and point it at their place of business. | |||
*Pirates don't mug people, because they drink right out of the bottle.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer rigging rigger|*You like knots? You wanna see some knots? Oh man. This guy knows all the knots, and will be delighted to demonstrate. That's not even a sex thing -- he just really likes knots! | |||
*His favorite knot is the "monkey's fist", which is so awesome it's actually illegal in a lot of places. | |||
*His least-favorite knot is "the worm", which is when you take a piece of rope and don't do anything to it.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer scrimshander|*Aw dang, I already used my main scrimshaw joke on the whalehunter. Go look at that guy, okay? | |||
*I guess I still have to come up with two more scrimshaw jokes though. What if Angus Scrimm was in a movie by the Shaw Brothers? Is that a thing? No? | |||
*If you ever get a really bad compound fracture, you should ask the surgeon to do a little scrimshaw before he sews you up, so your skeleton can have a cool tattoo.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer vice-captain|*Given the proclivities of the typical pirate, it should come as no surprise that the captain needs to delegate some of his numerous vices to a secondary crewmember. | |||
*Among the vice-captain's duties are sloth, shopaholism, and coveting the captain's neighbor's ass. | |||
*Some pirate captains are so comprehensively sinful that they have to hire a vice-vice-captain, who usually ends up being in charge of passive-aggression and taking the last donut.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbuccaneer whalehunter|*Don't call him Ishmael, he'll cut your throat. They're all so sick of that. | |||
*Some whalehunters try not to kill the whales, because in the long run they make more money from the microtransactions. | |||
*Most whalehunters become really good at scrimshaw. You would too, if whale bones were the only thing around for you to draw pornography on.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Crimbylow|*The non-Crimbo versions of these things are known for strangling or drowning or simultaneous strangle-drowning children. | |||
*In theory I could see telling your kids this to keep them from playing near unsafe bogs, but it still seems unnecessarily dark. | |||
*Folklore is terrible!}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Cro-Magnon Gnoll|*Most of his inventions aren't glued together with meatpaste, because that hasn't been invented yet. Instead, he uses rockspaste. | |||
*Other things he's invented include the stick, the pointed stick, and the camp-no-fire, which he hopes to upgrade to a campfire once fire is discovered. | |||
*Someday he'll invent cross-dressing, but first he has to invent (a) fashion and (b) gender norms.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|crocodile man|*Crocodile men resent the insinuation that their tears are not real. | |||
*Crocodile men resent always being the guy asked to run to the store. To be fair, they ''can'' teleport... | |||
*Crocodile men resent being criticized for being so resentful of everything.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|croqueteer|*Croquet was actually invented as a method of clearing hedgehogs out of gardens by knocking them away with mallets (or whatever was handy, such as flamingoes). It didn't develop into a game until much later. | {{ManuelEntry|croqueteer|*Croquet was actually invented as a method of clearing hedgehogs out of gardens by knocking them away with mallets (or whatever was handy, such as flamingoes). It didn't develop into a game until much later. | ||
*Nowadays, special croquet hedgehogs are bred specifically for the game. They stay rolled up longer and don't tend to wander off the way wild hedgehogs do, and come in a variety of colors. | *Nowadays, special croquet hedgehogs are bred specifically for the game. They stay rolled up longer and don't tend to wander off the way wild hedgehogs do, and come in a variety of colors. | ||
Line 270: | Line 452: | ||
*If you give a crusty pirate a good bath and a shave, he'll be a slippery pirate for a while, but the crust always comes back. | *If you give a crusty pirate a good bath and a shave, he'll be a slippery pirate for a while, but the crust always comes back. | ||
*Hand-to-hand combat with a crusty pirate is unpleasant, but good for exfoliating your skin.}} | *Hand-to-hand combat with a crusty pirate is unpleasant, but good for exfoliating your skin.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|crypt creeper|*The crypt creeper is mainly held together with popsicle sticks and chewing gum, which is also where most of his jokes came from. | |||
*Much like milkmen and elevator operators, crypt keepers are an old and noble profession that was sadly obsoleted by the progress of technology. | |||
*Contrary to what you may have been taught, neither boils nor ghouls watch very much television.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cubist bull|*The cubist bull is enraged by someone waving the smell of magnolias. | {{ManuelEntry|cubist bull|*The cubist bull is enraged by someone waving the smell of magnolias. | ||
*The cubist bull's favorite food is slices of bacon served in a woman with drawers and shelves where her boobs and belly button would be. | *The cubist bull's favorite food is slices of bacon served in a woman with drawers and shelves where her boobs and belly button would be. | ||
*The cubist bull's favorite drink is a melting clock.}} | *The cubist bull's favorite drink is a melting clock.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cultist|*After appearing in several superhero movies in the 90s, this hawk man is ready to do something a little more literary. | |||
*Most hawk men grow up to be lawyers, but you still get the occasional murderous cultist. | |||
*The most famous hawk man to ever live was named Anthony, but he went by Ethan.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|curmudgeonly pirate|*A recent poll discovered that the top three things curmudgeonly pirates hate are: outboard motors, pistols that hold more than one bullet at a time, and geocachers. | {{ManuelEntry|curmudgeonly pirate|*A recent poll discovered that the top three things curmudgeonly pirates hate are: outboard motors, pistols that hold more than one bullet at a time, and geocachers. | ||
*If you should encounter a curmudgeonly pirate humming an old sea shanty, is it{{sic|it is}} recommended that you not offer to play him the sweet techno remix of it that you found on YouTube. | *If you should encounter a curmudgeonly pirate humming an old sea shanty, is it{{sic|it is}} recommended that you not offer to play him the sweet techno remix of it that you found on YouTube. | ||
*The most curmudgeonly pirate ever was Salty Bart Scrimshank, who was frequently heard to complain that piracy had gone downhill since the invention of the sail, and what's wrong with a good canoe, you little whippersnappers?}} | *The most curmudgeonly pirate ever was Salty Bart Scrimshank, who was frequently heard to complain that piracy had gone downhill since the invention of the sail, and what's wrong with a good canoe, you little whippersnappers?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Curséd Bonerdagon|*King Ralph II demanded that his urn be placed out in the open like that, instead of somewhere more secure, because he really really wanted to curse someone. | |||
*Some people think your hair keeps growing after you die, but in this case it didn't even start growing until way after. Weird, right? | |||
*We never really answered why all those dragon bones were in the tomb in the first place, huh?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cursed villager|*"Your feet will be clamped to the floor" is a popular curse, but not as common as "You will occasionally make bad decisions and never feel quite as happy or satisfied as you feel you ought to be." | |||
*Other popular curses: "You will never win the lottery." "You will never make out with your celebrity crush." "Younger people will consider you embarrassingly out of touch." | |||
*The most common curse of all, of course, is "Your body will continue to age at a normal rate, and you will acquire various ailments and pains until you eventually die."}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cyborg policeman|*A cyborg policeman's first prime directive is "You do not talk about a cyborg policeman." | {{ManuelEntry|cyborg policeman|*A cyborg policeman's first prime directive is "You do not talk about a cyborg policeman." | ||
*A cyborg policeman's second prime directive is "I am the law." | *A cyborg policeman's second prime directive is "I am the law." | ||
*A cyborg policeman's third prime directive is "Be sure your gun isn't cocked when you put it inside your leg." A cyborg policeman learned that one the hard way.}} | *A cyborg policeman's third prime directive is "Be sure your gun isn't cocked when you put it inside your leg." A cyborg policeman learned that one the hard way.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Cyrus the Virus|*Cyrus the Virus was the first lifeform to reproduce asexually. | |||
*Symptoms of the Cyrus Virus include coughing, sneezing, and painful hiccups. | |||
*Cyrus eventually evolved into modern-day mitochondria.|defense=89999}} | |||
==Unobtainable== | ==Unobtainable== | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cdm's test monster|*CDM made this monster... | {{ManuelEntry|cdm's test monster|unobtainable=1|*CDM made this monster... | ||
*It's a magical attacking enema bag. | *It's a magical attacking enema bag. | ||
*The hose is super vulnerable.}} | *The hose is super vulnerable.}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*The claim that the C.H.U.M. language has a hundred words for "sewage" references [[Wikipedia:Eskimo words for snow|the belief that Eskimos have similarly large amounts of words for "snow".]] | |||
*The factoid about the C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E. operative not having super-powers is a reference to Todd Ingram from ''[[Wikipedia:Scott Pilgrim|Scott Pilgrim]]'', whose veganism gave him psychic powers. | *The factoid about the C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E. operative not having super-powers is a reference to Todd Ingram from ''[[Wikipedia:Scott Pilgrim|Scott Pilgrim]]'', whose veganism gave him psychic powers. | ||
*The remark that the Cake Lord's songs all sound the same is a reference to a common criticism of the band [[Wikipedia:Cake (band)|Cake]]. | |||
*The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky's third factoid references the traditional "[[Wikipedia:Fee-fi-fo-fum|Fee-fi-fo-fum]]" chant from ''[[Wikipedia:Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack and the Beanstalk]]''. | |||
*The caveman's first factoid quotes the [[Wikipedia:GEICO Cavemen|GEICO cavemen]]'s slogan: "So easy, even a caveman could do it." | |||
*The chatty pirate's first factoid ends by quoting [[Wikipedia:John Moschitta Jr.|John Moschitta Jr.]], famous for his role in a great many [[Wikipedia:Micro Machines|Micro Machines]] commercials as well as his ability to talk at 586 words per minute. | |||
*The mention of Rudyard Kipling in the cheetahman's last factoid refers to his ''[[Wikipedia:Just So Stories|Just So Stories]]'', one of which is "How the Leopard Got its Spots" (they were painted on by an Ethiopian who had painted himself black first, presumably why the factoid proceeds to mention racism). | |||
*Clancy's last words are a famous line from [[Wikipedia:Porky Pig|Porky Pig]], traditionally delivered at the end of many ''Looney Tunes'' shorts. | |||
*The mention of the police in relation to Clancy may refer to [[Wikipedia:Chief Wiggum|Chief Clancy Wiggum]] from ''[[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]''. | |||
*Gary Claybender's intelligent best friend Octavia is an obvious parallel to [[Wikipedia:Hermoine Granger|Hermoine]]. | |||
*The clod hopper's distant relative is a pun on the actor [[Wikipedia:Dennis Hopper|Dennis Hopper]]. | |||
*The second clubfish entry refers to the 'club' and 'heart' types of players from the ''[[Wikipedia:Bartle Test|Bartle Test]]''. | *The second clubfish entry refers to the 'club' and 'heart' types of players from the ''[[Wikipedia:Bartle Test|Bartle Test]]''. | ||
*The third clubfish entry, meanwhile, plays off of a quote from [[Wikipedia:Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde]]: "I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.” | |||
*The cobra entry about being descended from "that dinosaur that kills Newman" refers to Dennis Nedry's death scene from ''[[Wikipedia:Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', as well as the fact that his actor also played [[Wikipedia:Newman (Seinfeld)|Newman]] from ''Seinfeld''. (The dinosaur in question, the ''[[Wikipedia:Dilophosaurus|Dilophosaurus]]'', weren't actually venomous in real life.) | |||
*Both the cold vampire and Countr Drunkula's entries reference a famous line from ''[[Wikipedia:Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]'' (1931), where the titular character clarifies that he "does not drink... wine." | |||
*The confusion as to which head of the conjoined zmobie is artistic refers to the [[Wikipedia:Lateralization of brain function|difference between the left & right hemispheres of the brain]]. | |||
*The corrosive algae's first entry mentions [[Wikipedia:Bloom County|Bloom County]], the name of a famous comic strip from the 1980's. | |||
*The mention of Count Drunkula formerly being a famous children's show character references [[Wikipedia:Count von Count|Count von Count]] from ''Sesame Street''. | |||
*The creepy ginger twin being accused of throwing the most popular girl in school in front of a bus refers to a scene from ''[[Wikipedia:Mean Girls|Mean Girls]]''. The subsequent mention of her thinking she'd swapped bodies with her mother references the premise of ''Freaky Friday'' (specifically, [[Wikipedia:Freaky Friday (2003 film)|the 2003 version]] that starred Lindsay Lohan). | |||
*The crocodile man's first factoid refers to [[Wikipedia:Crocodile tears|Crocodile tears]]. | |||
*The cyborg policeman's three directives reference [[Wikipedia:RoboCop (character)|RoboCop]]. The first one alludes to the first rule of [[Wikipedia:Fight Club|Fight Club]], while the second is the catchphrase of [[Wikipedia:Judge Dredd|Judge Dredd]]. | |||
[[Category:Miscellaneous]] | [[Category:Miscellaneous]] |
Latest revision as of 11:34, 23 December 2024
There are 158 creatures filed under C, and 1 unobtainable entry.
Monster Manuel Entries |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other |
![]() |
![]() |
40 | ![]() |
cockroach
|
![]() |
80 | ![]() | ||
![]() |
60 | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
2 | ![]() |
cooler wino
|
![]() |
1 | ![]() | ||
![]() |
2 | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
100 | ![]() |
curmudgeonly pirate
|
![]() |
90 | ![]() | ||
![]() |
90 | ![]() |
Unobtainable
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
cdm's test monster
| |
![]() |
![]() | |||
![]() |
![]() |
References
- The claim that the C.H.U.M. language has a hundred words for "sewage" references the belief that Eskimos have similarly large amounts of words for "snow".
- The factoid about the C.A.R.N.I.V.O.R.E. operative not having super-powers is a reference to Todd Ingram from Scott Pilgrim, whose veganism gave him psychic powers.
- The remark that the Cake Lord's songs all sound the same is a reference to a common criticism of the band Cake.
- The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky's third factoid references the traditional "Fee-fi-fo-fum" chant from Jack and the Beanstalk.
- The caveman's first factoid quotes the GEICO cavemen's slogan: "So easy, even a caveman could do it."
- The chatty pirate's first factoid ends by quoting John Moschitta Jr., famous for his role in a great many Micro Machines commercials as well as his ability to talk at 586 words per minute.
- The mention of Rudyard Kipling in the cheetahman's last factoid refers to his Just So Stories, one of which is "How the Leopard Got its Spots" (they were painted on by an Ethiopian who had painted himself black first, presumably why the factoid proceeds to mention racism).
- Clancy's last words are a famous line from Porky Pig, traditionally delivered at the end of many Looney Tunes shorts.
- The mention of the police in relation to Clancy may refer to Chief Clancy Wiggum from The Simpsons.
- Gary Claybender's intelligent best friend Octavia is an obvious parallel to Hermoine.
- The clod hopper's distant relative is a pun on the actor Dennis Hopper.
- The second clubfish entry refers to the 'club' and 'heart' types of players from the Bartle Test.
- The third clubfish entry, meanwhile, plays off of a quote from Oscar Wilde: "I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.”
- The cobra entry about being descended from "that dinosaur that kills Newman" refers to Dennis Nedry's death scene from Jurassic Park, as well as the fact that his actor also played Newman from Seinfeld. (The dinosaur in question, the Dilophosaurus, weren't actually venomous in real life.)
- Both the cold vampire and Countr Drunkula's entries reference a famous line from Dracula (1931), where the titular character clarifies that he "does not drink... wine."
- The confusion as to which head of the conjoined zmobie is artistic refers to the difference between the left & right hemispheres of the brain.
- The corrosive algae's first entry mentions Bloom County, the name of a famous comic strip from the 1980's.
- The mention of Count Drunkula formerly being a famous children's show character references Count von Count from Sesame Street.
- The creepy ginger twin being accused of throwing the most popular girl in school in front of a bus refers to a scene from Mean Girls. The subsequent mention of her thinking she'd swapped bodies with her mother references the premise of Freaky Friday (specifically, the 2003 version that starred Lindsay Lohan).
- The crocodile man's first factoid refers to Crocodile tears.
- The cyborg policeman's three directives reference RoboCop. The first one alludes to the first rule of Fight Club, while the second is the catchphrase of Judge Dredd.