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*The first line of the haiku references the quote '''''"[[Wikipedia:An eye for an eye|an eye for an eye]], a tooth for a tooth"''''' from the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] (Exodus 21:24).
*The first line of the haiku references the quote '''''"[[Wikipedia:An eye for an eye|an eye for an eye]], a tooth for a tooth"''''' from the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] (Exodus 21:24).
*The Ultimate Cage Match line may be a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:School of Rock|"School of Rock"]], where No Vacancy, the band that Jack Black's character is kicked out of, plays a song that includes the lyrics: "I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover".


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Revision as of 16:05, 7 May 2006

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Levitating Potato

An eye for an eye
Hey, hovering potato
Might trip up your foes.

Ability: Trips your foe, might make them miss their attack

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: potato sprout

Familiar-Specific Equipment: many-eyed glasses

Ultimate Cage Match Scavenger Hunt Obstacle Course Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details
Cannot breathe underwater
Combat Messages
  • Regular message:
<name> entangles your opponent with powerful vines, preventing <him/her/it/them> from attacking you.
<name> eyes your slain foe and finds some extra meat it had hidden away.
<name> grabs the maypole with a vine and swings around it.
<name> smiles a tuberiffic, tubular smile with his wax lips.

Arena Messages

  • When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match
<name> is a lover, not a fighter. Well, not really -- potatoes just suck at this event.

References

  • A "Levitating Potato" is very similar to the hovering potato which Bender has to peel blindfolded, in the episode entitled "30% Iron Chef" of the animated television series Futurama.
  • The second line of the haiku references the song "Hovering Sombrero" by They Might Be Giants. (Note that this familiar predates the introduction of the Hovering Sombrero familiar.)
  • The first line of the haiku references the quote "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" from the Bible (Exodus 21:24).