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*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|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's floors were so clean you could eat off of them. In fact, he insisted you do.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|cactuary|*The second most common cause of early death for cactuaries is their only known natural predator, the werewren. | {{ManuelEntry|cactuary|*The second most common cause of early death for cactuaries is their only known natural predator, the werewren. | ||
*The most common cause of early death for cactuaries is Adventurers. | *The most common cause of early death for cactuaries is Adventurers. | ||
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{{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. | ||
*Can-can dancers have unusually strong and supple hip and thigh muscles, and when they retire from dancing, frequently get jobs rolling cigars.}} | *Can-can dancers have unusually strong and supple hip and thigh muscles, and when they retire from dancing, frequently get jobs rolling cigars.|attack=0|defense=0|hp=0}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|candied pecan tree|*Candied pecan trees can be used to make pecan pie, but pecan pie is absolutely disgusting. | {{ManuelEntry|candied pecan tree|*Candied pecan trees can be used to make pecan pie, but pecan pie is absolutely disgusting. | ||
*Candied pecan trees have maple syrup instead of sap. So they're kind of like regular maple trees with a blood-coagulation disorder. | *Candied pecan trees have maple syrup instead of sap. So they're kind of like regular maple trees with a blood-coagulation disorder. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|Candied Yam Golem|*This guy looks so surprised because, well, he's basically amazed to even be ''alive''. Pretty much everything that happens after that gets an extra helping of WTF. | {{ManuelEntry|Candied Yam Golem|*This guy looks so surprised because, well, he's basically amazed to even be ''alive''. Pretty much everything that happens after that gets an extra helping of WTF. | ||
*Little marshmallow hats used to be traditional Feast of Boris garb, but the practice eventually died out because it was dumb. | *Little marshmallow hats used to be traditional Feast of Boris garb, but the practice eventually died out because it was dumb. | ||
*The Feast of Boris is one of the few times of year when you can get away with eating what is basically candy as a main side dish. It only comes once a year, because that's how long it takes to fully recover.}} | *The Feast of Boris is one of the few times of year when you can get away with eating what is basically candy as a main side dish. It only comes once a year, because that's how long it takes to fully recover.|attack=1|defense=?|hp=1}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|canned goblin conspirator|*That poor goblin just thought he was getting fired. Bad day, worse day. | {{ManuelEntry|canned goblin conspirator|*That poor goblin just thought he was getting fired. Bad day, worse day. | ||
*Is the goblin in the can still alive? Or is the can possessed by its ghost? Or somewhere in-between? Beats me. | *Is the goblin in the can still alive? Or is the can possessed by its ghost? Or somewhere in-between? Beats me. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|cat-alien|*The worst part of having a cat-alien as a pet is buying the titanium litter box. | {{ManuelEntry|cat-alien|*The worst part of having a cat-alien as a pet is buying the titanium litter box. | ||
*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.}} | *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|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. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|Cement Cobbler Penguin|*The cement cobbler penguin once made a fetching pair of cement slippers, but got in trouble with the Don when the victim slipped right out of them. | {{ManuelEntry|Cement Cobbler Penguin|*The cement cobbler penguin once made a fetching pair of cement slippers, but got in trouble with the Don when the victim slipped right out of them. | ||
*The cement cobbler penguin worked his way up from a straw cobbler to a wood cobbler to a cement cobbler. | *The cement cobbler penguin worked his way up from a straw cobbler to a wood cobbler to a cement cobbler. | ||
*Cobbler cobbler cobbler cobbler. Let's see how you like it.}} | *Cobbler cobbler cobbler cobbler. Let's see how ''you'' like it.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Centurion of Sparky|*The seal Centurion's shortsword is so sharp you could shave with it. | {{ManuelEntry|Centurion of Sparky|*The seal Centurion's shortsword is so sharp you could shave with it. | ||
*"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. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|clan of cave bars|*Each cave bar clan selects a clan leader based on a best two-out-of-three of a fight, a hunt, and a beauty pageant. | {{ManuelEntry|clan of cave bars|*Each cave bar clan selects a clan leader based on a best two-out-of-three of a fight, a hunt, and a beauty pageant. | ||
*If attacked by a cave bar, shout "NO! GO AWAY!" in a loud voice. No, wait, that's for door-to-door missionaries. For cave bar, just run. | *If attacked by a cave bar, shout "NO! GO AWAY!" in a loud voice. No, wait, that's for door-to-door missionaries. For cave bar, just run. | ||
*Cave bars are grumpier after hibernation than other bars, because they've spent three months with a stalagmite in the small of their backs.}} | *Cave bars are grumpier after hibernation than other bars, because they've spent three months with a stalagmite in the small of their backs.|attack=30|defense=27|hp=30}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|clancy (monster)|*Clancy's last words before he was sucked into the mirror realm were, "th-th-that's all, folks!" | {{ManuelEntry|clancy (monster)|*Clancy's last words before he was sucked into the mirror realm were, "th-th-that's all, folks!" | ||
*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? | ||
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*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|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, if squeezed hard enough, will not turn into diamondgeists. But they will get really ticked off at all the squeezing.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|Cobb's Knob oven|*This oven isn't self-cleaning, because it's also kind of a hippy. | {{ManuelEntry|Cobb's Knob oven|*This oven isn't self-cleaning, because it's also kind of a hippy. | ||
*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. | ||
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*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|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. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|courtesan|*The courtesan's "dates" are frequently interrupted by "elaborate musical numbers." | {{ManuelEntry|courtesan|*The courtesan's "dates" are frequently interrupted by "elaborate musical numbers." | ||
*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.}} | *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|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. | ||
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*The creepy clown's favorite food is peach cobbler, and his favorite scent is your terror. | *The creepy clown's favorite food is peach cobbler, and his favorite scent is your terror. | ||
*Creepy clowns spend their larval years crammed tightly into cars with dozens of other clown larvae.}} | *Creepy clowns spend their larval years crammed tightly into cars with dozens of other clown larvae.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|creepy doll|*The League for Concise Language maintains that "creepy doll" is redundant. Critics respond that they should change their name to "Concise Language League." | |||
*Keep in mind that creepy dolls were once beloved playthings for creepy children. | |||
*Most creepy dolls only move when your head is turned or your eyes are closed. So long as you sit and stare directly at them and never blink, you'll be fine.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|creepy eye-stalk tentacle monster|*Some who have seen the full eyestalk tentacle monster describe it as looking like a floating piece of excrement. It's probably a good thing it's hidden under the water. | {{ManuelEntry|creepy eye-stalk tentacle monster|*Some who have seen the full eyestalk tentacle monster describe it as looking like a floating piece of excrement. It's probably a good thing it's hidden under the water. | ||
*Scientists estimate the creature has as many as eight tentacles, each more suckery than the last. | *Scientists estimate the creature has as many as eight tentacles, each more suckery than the last. | ||
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{{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. | ||
*Flamingoes are not particularly disturbed by having their heads used as croquet mallets, because their brains are kept in their torsos. A flamingo's skull is solid bone, and is used as a counterweight to improve their balance when standing on one leg.}} | *Flamingoes are not particularly disturbed by having their heads used as croquet mallets, because their brains are kept in their torsos. A flamingo's skull is solid bone, and is used as a counterweight to improve their balance when standing on one leg.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|cruel dust mote|*There are approximately 6.02x10^23 specks of dust in a mote. | {{ManuelEntry|cruel dust mote|*There are approximately 6.02x10^23 specks of dust in a mote. | ||
*If you dug a trench around a castle and filled it with dust motes, that'd be hilarious. | *If you dug a trench around a castle and filled it with dust motes, that'd be hilarious. |
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References
- 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 second clubfish entry refers to the 'club' and 'heart' types of players from the Bartle Test.