Hippo Ballerina

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Familiar number: 138
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Hippo Ballerina
No tiny dancer chubby pirouettes en pointe She is too-too cool.

Attacks enemies, increases Meat and item drops

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Ability: Has the properties of both a Leprechaun and a Baby Gravy Fairy. Also attacks for sleaze damage, delevels and blocks enemy attacks.

Throne/Bjorn: +20% Meat from Monsters, sometimes delevels opponent

Hatchling: hippo tutu

Familiar-Specific Equipment: immense ballet shoes

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

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Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

• Regular message(s):

  <name> does a high kick that's a little too high, revealing things that should never be seen. Fortunately, she's facing him, not you, so he gets the X damage.

  <monster> is too entranced (or bored) by the hippo ballet to attack this round.

  <name> challenges it to a pirouetting contest. It forgets to spot, and ends up pretty dizzy by the time it loses.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• After Combat:

<name> does a series of perfect ballet poses. "If only I knew a dark-skinned hippo who could teach me how to combine urban dance with my ballet," she sighs, blinking wistfully.

<name> does a jeté and lands nimbly, but with earth-shaking force. She bows as you applaud, and winks saucily.

<name> does a dozen pirouettes in a row. "It'd be easier to keep my balance if I had some kind of frilly little skirt to wear," she says, and winks mischievously.

<name> goes up en pointe and tiptoes around you. "I hope I didn't step on any tulips," she says, winking.

Instead of ballet, <name> just jogs in place until she's drenched with sweat. "My," she says, "I'm dancing like I've never danced before!" She winks once she sees that you've caught the reference.

• Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:

  <Name> convinces them to try standing en pointed. They crash to the ground, looking a little the worse for wear.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• Bjornified in the Buddy Bjorn:

  <name> jumps out of the Buddy Bjorn, leaps over to your opponent, and rapidly slaps it several times while rapidly pirouetting. It doesn't do any damage, but it does seem demoralized by the experience.

  Monster attack power reduced by X

  Monster defense reduced by Y

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <Name> tips you a wink beneath the Tam O'Shanter.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <Name> does a pas de un around the Maypole. Next time, you should join her!

• With wax lips equipped:

  <name> smiles through the wax lips, as the little bird that cleans her teeth tries to figure out how to get into her mouth.

Arena Messages

• When entered in Hide and Seek:

  Hippo ballerinas are dancers, not hiders.

Notes

• Acts 50% of the time, split evenly between all 3 actions.
• Damage ranges from floor(wt/2)+1 to wt+1
• Delevelling ranges from 1 to floor(wt/4)

References

• The first post-combat message refers to the film Save the Last Dance.
• As with the hatchling, the third post-combat message (and others) refers to the, uh, firestorm of controversy over the Hippo Ballet To You adventure.
• The last post-combat message references the film Flashdance as well as the song "Maniac."
• The haiku refers to the Elton John song "Tiny Dancer".