Exotic Parrot

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Exotic Parrot
Chatterbox parrot with technicolor dreamcoat protects you from harm

Increases your resistance to elements

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Ability: Gives elemental resistances based on weight; 1 level for every 4 lbs, applied in the order: Hot, Cold, Spooky, Stench, Sleaze. (The cracker almost gives +1 to all resistances.)

Throne/Bjorn: So-So Resistance to All Elements, sometimes deals 19 damage.

Hatchling: exotic parrot egg

Familiar-Specific Equipment: cracker

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• The parrot will sometimes repeat the last thing you said in chat as its combat text.
• Without being in chat:

  <name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Timmy's fallen down the well! *whistle*"

  <name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Your actions are morally reprehensible. *whistle*"

  <name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Don't forget DL-6! *whistle*"

  <name> sits on your shoulder, preening and otherwise unaware of what you're doing.

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <name> becomes a blur of feathers, beak, and claws as it attacks her for 19 damage. Man, what a parrot trooper.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> winks at you and squawks "Pieces of eight! Awwrk!"

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> flaps around the maypole once, and then perches on top of it and preens for a bit.

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> tries to whistle at you, but the wax lips make it rather difficult.

Arena Messages

• When entered in a game of Hide and Seek:

  <name> is far too brightly-colored to be an effective hider.

Notes

• Attempting to name the parrot "Polly" will result in it being named "Unoriginality." However, naming it "Polly" at Manage Familiar Names will not trigger the renaming of "Unoriginality."
• At 5 lbs (or more) the parrot meets The L33t Tr4pz0r's requirement for cold resistance.
• Before May 1, 2012, the Exotic Parrot was commonly a familiar of choice for PvPers as its +15 equipment was advantageous in the "Familiar Weight" minigame.
• Due to its ability to provide elemental resistance without using an equipment slot, the Parrot proves useful in Fernswarthy's Basement.
• The Exotic Parrot provides elemental resistance based on weight according to the following table:

Parrot Weight	Hot resistance	Cold resistance	Spooky resistance	Stench resistance	Sleaze resistance
1-4 lb	Slight	none	none	none	none
5-8 lb	Slight	Slight	none	none	none
9-12 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	none	none
13-16 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight	none
17-20 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight
21-24 lb	So-so	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight
25-28 lb	So-so	So-so	Slight	Slight	Slight
29-32 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	Slight	Slight
33-36 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so	Slight
37-40 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so
41-44 lb	Serious	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so
45-48 lb	Serious	Serious	So-so	So-so	So-so
49-52 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	So-so	So-so
53-56 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious	So-so
57-79 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious
80-99 lb	Stupendous	Stupendous	Stupendous	Stupendous	Stupendous

References

• "Don't forget DL-6" is a reference to the Nintendo DS game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in which the player must cross-examine a parrot in an attempt to get the bird to say, "Don't forget DL-6."
• The haiku about the technicolor dreamcoat refers to the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which, in turn, is a reference to the Biblical story about Joseph and his coat of many colors.
• The message where the parrot reports Timmy having fallen down a well is a common joke made referencing Lassie.
• The message about "pieces of eight" is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, in which Captain Flint, Long John Silver's parrot, screams, "Pieces of eight."

See Also

• Elemental Resistance