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==Notes==
==Notes==
* You may use a 4-d camera twice in a single day.  The resulting [[shaking 4-d camera]]s can only be used once per day, so you're stuck with the second one until rollover.
* You may use a 4-d camera twice in a single day.  The resulting [[shaking 4-d camera]]s can only be used once per day, so you're stuck with the second one until rollover.
* The list of monsters that can not be copied is presumably the same as that of the [[Spooky Putty sheet]]. See the notes section of that page for a full list.


==References==
==References==
<!-- Probably a Twilight Zone reference, though there's a Goosebumps one. Isn't there a movie with this gimmick, too? -->
* A camera that takes pictures of future events appears in an episode of ''[[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]]'' entitled "[[wikipedia:A Most Unusual Camera|A Most Unusual Camera]]" and in ''[[wikipedia:Say Cheese and Die!|Say Cheese and Die!]]'' a book in the ''[[wikipedia:Goosebumps|Goosebumps]]'' series.
* "[T]he things it takes pictures of come true" is a reference to "[[wikipedia:Say Cheese and Die!|Say Cheese and Die!]]"
* "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the classic rock and roll song "[[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]]" first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]].
* Alternately, this could be a parody of a more-famous episode of [[wikipedia:The Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone]] entitled [[wikipedia:A Most Unusual Camera|A Most Unusual Camera]].
*"4-D" can refer to the idea that [[Wikipedia:time|time]] is the fourth dimension of motion or to a [[Wikipedia:Fourth dimension|fourth spatial dimension]].  
* "Shake, rattle and roll" is a reference to the NES game [[Wikipedia:Snake Rattle 'n' Roll|Snake Rattle 'n' Roll]] which was one of the first to use a 3-D environment, and which name was in turn based on the classic rock and roll song [[Wikipedia:Shake, Rattle and Roll|Shake, Rattle and Roll]] first written by [[Wikipedia:Big Joe Turner|Big Joe Turner]] and later made famous by [[Wikipedia:Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley & His Comets]].
*"4-D" is a somewhat-common way of referring to [[Wikipedia:video|video]], in this case alluding to the fact that the picture not only includes three dimensions instead of two, but also is a picture of something that is still moving.


==Collection==
==Collection==
<collection>4169</collection>
<collection>4169</collection>

Revision as of 07:46, 20 January 2010

4-d camera
4-d camera

This is a simple camera with a dark secret -- the things it takes pictures of come true! Actually, the things it takes pictures of are already true by definition, but this makes them come true again... later.

Type: combat item
Selling Price: 55 Meat.


(In-game plural: 4-d cameras)
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Item number: 4169
Description ID: 176809873
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Recipe

box spring  
nothing-in-the-box beer lens
4-d camera

When Used

With a flash of light and an accompanying old-timey -POOF- noise, you snap a picture of him. Your camera begins to shake, rattle and roll.
You acquire an item: shaking 4-d camera

You've already got a camera with a monster in it. You should probably deal with that one before you take another one.

  • Against a monster that can't be copied

This moment is too horrifying to commit to film. You can't bring yourself to snap the picture.

Notes

  • You may use a 4-d camera twice in a single day. The resulting shaking 4-d cameras can only be used once per day, so you're stuck with the second one until rollover.
  • The list of monsters that can not be copied is presumably the same as that of the Spooky Putty sheet. See the notes section of that page for a full list.

References

Collection

  • 🥇: eav (#22185), qWErTyaznMAN123 (#1587123) - 2,000
  • 🥉: Aerin Frost (#784567) - 1,700
  • #4: Rutabega (#183581) - 1,128
  • #5: Mistress of the Obvious (#845708) - 300
  • #6: Skent (#1076753) - 151
  • #7: Artie Effham (#976900) - 145
  • #8: Darkling (#1687415) - 100
  • #9: shkspr (#1443477) - 48
  • #10: SupernovaMe (#867763) - 42

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