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*The Free Man's glasses are not prescription; he's just kind of a hipster. | *The Free Man's glasses are not prescription; he's just kind of a hipster. | ||
*The Free Man works for Orange Table Laboratories, the arch-rival of F-stop Science.|attack=230|defense=234|hp=360|image=Hunter15.gif}} | *The Free Man works for Orange Table Laboratories, the arch-rival of F-stop Science.|attack=230|defense=234|hp=360|image=Hunter15.gif}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Ebenoozer Screege|*Well, look, you can't expect a ghost to keep up to date on the financial industry. When he was alive, Wall Street was just an open sewer canal. | |||
*Besides his miserliness, Ebenoozer Screege was also famous for writing the famous poem: "Beans beans, the magical fruit / the more you have, the greater your power and ability to control the lives of others." | |||
*Ebenoozer Screege died at the unveiling of his gold-plated silo, which he had constructed so he could swim around in his precious beans. Unfortunately, he made the mistake of ordering the silo to be filled while he was standing inside it.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Jim Unfortunato|*Unfortunato has been imprisoned for a very long time, so he's had a very long time to think up new insults. He's also had a very long time to become totally out of touch with the current vernacular. | |||
*To be honest, Unfortunato is less angry about being walled up in the cellar than the fact that his cell didn't actually contain the cask of brandy he was promised. | |||
*Although nobody knows exactly why Lord Spookyraven walled Unfortunato up in his cellar, it was probably because he has a big mouth.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Lord Montague Spookyraven|*Lord Maurice Spookyraven murdered his father in order to take over the family fortune early. Lord Montague Spookyraven naturally took a strong exception to this. | |||
*After being mercilessly haunted by his father for several years, Lord Spookyraven moved to Seaside Town to escape. It didn't work, because he used his father's old suitcase, and the ghost took up residence in it for the duration of the journey. | |||
*Did Lord Spookyraven the Elder's ghost contribute in some way to the fall of the Spookyraven household? ...Sure, maybe?}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|the ghost of Monsieur Baguelle|*Monsieur Baguelle was not the actual inventor of the bagel, but it was named after him. By someone who didn't know how to spell his name. | |||
*He was revered as a master among master bakers -- so well-respected that nobody ever made the obvious joke. | |||
*Many think his death at the hands of an industrial doughnut-hole punching machine was a deliberate protest against the mechanization of his art. Unfortunately, the truth will never be known for certain.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|the ghost of Oily McBindle|*"Oily" Sam McBindle was the inventor of the bindle traditionally carried by hoboes, though few remember him for this now. | |||
*Oily McBindle got his nickname by sleeping in trainyards, such as the one that eventually became the Overgrown Lot as Seaside Town's railroad fell into disuse. | |||
*Rumor has it that Oily McBindle died from being crushed and subsequently drowned when a precarious stack of oil drums tipped over on his sleeping form.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|the ghost of Phil Bunion|*Phil Bunion's feet were not the direct cause of his death, but it probably felt that way to him much of the time. | {{ManuelEntry|the ghost of Phil Bunion|*Phil Bunion's feet were not the direct cause of his death, but it probably felt that way to him much of the time. | ||
*Shoes that are too tight are bad for your feet. Seriously, be good to your feet. Wear comfortable shoes. | *Shoes that are too tight are bad for your feet. Seriously, be good to your feet. Wear comfortable shoes. | ||
*It takes a lot of practice and concentration for a ghost to be able to attack a living person directly, especially if they don't have the good fortune to be trained by Vincent Schiavelli.}} | *It takes a lot of practice and concentration for a ghost to be able to attack a living person directly, especially if they don't have the good fortune to be trained by Vincent Schiavelli.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Richard Cockingham|*You might imagine that the Smut Orcs killed Standards & Practices Agent Richard Cockingham, but actually they were just confused and couldn't figure out why he was so angry all the time. | |||
*In fact, Agent Cockingham choked to death on his own bile when he misheard a Smut Orc talking about a sick duck. | |||
*Now that he's a ghost and can walk through bedroom and bathroom walls, Agent Cockingham finds obscenity everywhere he goes.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Sam McGee|*He came from desert sands in the Distant Lands, to this place of ice and snow. And no one was told why he braved the cold, at least no one I know. | |||
*The climb, it was rough, but old Sam was tough, and he knew he'd succeed if he tried. He climbed up that peak though it took him a week, and there at the top's where he died. | |||
*So when you've got a task that's a difficult ask, just keep working and things'll get better. But if it gets cold, don't be overbold -- remember to put on a sweater.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Vanillica "Trashblossom" Gorton|*Trashblossom Gorton was one of the protestors who attempted to stop the Old Landfill before it was even the New Landfill. It wasn't a very successful protest. | |||
*Her plan was to chain herself to the gates, so that the dumptrucks couldn't enter. However, since there wasn't actually a wall around the site, this wasn't very effective. | |||
*Trashblossom eventually died buried under several tons of trash and scrap. Which is sad, but at least she's managed to accept the landfill as part of her personal philosophy or whatever,}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The ghost of Waldo the Carpathian|*Waldo the Carpathian was a military commander who, informed that his sins had damned him to hell, decided to march there himself and deal with the devil on his own terms. Is it metal? Oh yeah. | |||
*Neither Waldo nor any of his troops returned from their campaign. For a while, everyone wondered where he had gone, and searched for him, but he was nowhere to be found. | |||
*Nobody knows what artist painted his portrait, in such magnificent detail that it was able to serve as a literal window to hell itself. But it's not surprising that the Spookyravens were a fan.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|the gunk|*The gunk is equal parts artificial sweetener and pure malice. | {{ManuelEntry|the gunk|*The gunk is equal parts artificial sweetener and pure malice. | ||
*The gunk is low-calorie and all-natural, which means nothing. | *The gunk is low-calorie and all-natural, which means nothing. | ||
*The gunk is even technically organic, and certified gluten-free. But it will still kill the crap out of you.}} | *The gunk is even technically organic, and certified gluten-free. But it will still kill the crap out of you.}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|The Headless Horseman|*Some people think the Headless Horseman is the actual origin of legends about centaurs. Other people think those people are weird. | |||
*The Headless Horseman is undoubtedly a soldier from some past war, though nobody knows which army she fought for. Except, presumably, the losing one. | |||
*Some people say the Headless Horseman deliberately cut her horse's head off so it wouldn't impede his sword-swings. Other people say it was an accident. Nobody knows for sure.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The Icewoman|*This lady used to deliver ice, back in the days when an 'icebox' was a thing you kept a literal block of ice in, to keep your food cold. If that sounds like a real pain in the butt, well, it's better than eating salt-cured beef jerky for every meal. | |||
*It seems that Lord Spookyraven -- in his later, more murderous years -- decided that killing this ice deliverywoman and trapping her spirit in the icebox would be a more practical way to keep the food cold. Evil, yeah, but it worked. | |||
*It's a good thing for me the Spookyravens weren't more modern -- otherwise I'd have to figure out how to write a ghost made of freon.}} | |||
{{ManuelEntry|The Inquisitor|*Did you know that George Washington had a horse named Fred? | {{ManuelEntry|The Inquisitor|*Did you know that George Washington had a horse named Fred? | ||
*Did you know that the capybara is not actually the largest land rodent? It's actually the largest land reptile. | *Did you know that the capybara is not actually the largest land rodent? It's actually the largest land reptile. | ||
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{{ManuelEntry|Thinker of Thoughts|*Whenever the horse stopped (which it did very often), he fell off in front; and, whenever it went on again (which it generally did rather suddenly), he fell off behind. | {{ManuelEntry|Thinker of Thoughts|*Whenever the horse stopped (which it did very often), he fell off in front; and, whenever it went on again (which it generally did rather suddenly), he fell off behind. | ||
*And they understood, of course the time-honored allegory of the Trick Top Hat, which was just a symbol for the brain. | *And they understood, of course the time-honored allegory of the Trick Top Hat, which was just a symbol for the brain. | ||
*"Freedom Hall here, folks!" he screams in his phoney Texas accent. Ten-gallon hat and cowboy boots still on, he dances the Liquefactionist Jig, ending with a grotesque can-can to the tune of ''She Started a Heat Wave''.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?}} | *"Freedom Hall here, folks!" he screams in his phoney Texas accent. Ten-gallon hat and cowboy boots still on, he dances the Liquefactionist Jig, ending with a grotesque can-can to the tune of ''She Started a Heat Wave''.|attack=?|defense=?|hp=?|image=blank.gif}} | ||
{{ManuelEntry|Thinknerd Moving Robot|*The moving robot does own a truck, but will not help you move out of your third-floor apartment. | {{ManuelEntry|Thinknerd Moving Robot|*The moving robot does own a truck, but will not help you move out of your third-floor apartment. | ||
*In silhouette, it's incredibly hard to tell if the moving robot is facing toward or away from you. | *In silhouette, it's incredibly hard to tell if the moving robot is facing toward or away from you. |
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- The Big Wisniewski used to being a Radio DJ is a reference to Jeff Bridges's character (with Robin Williams as the whimsical hobo) in the film The Fisher King.
- The Whole Kingdom's factoids are some of the lyrics to "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads.
- One of the factoids for the Trippy Floating Head of the Mona Lisa references the theory that the painting is a gender-swapped portrait of the artist, Leonardo da Vinci.
- Vincent Schiavelli is the actor who played the ghost who taught the main character of the movie Ghost how to interact with objects.
- The Unkillable Skeleton's second factoid is a reference to the Irresistible Force Paradox.
- The first factoid of the Troll Twins is the setup of the novel The Prestige and its film adaptation.
- The three skeletons' first factoid name-checks three famous trios:
- The Three Stooges (Larry, Curly and Mo)
- Donald Duck's nephews (Huey, Dewey, and Louie)
- The Three Musketeers (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis)