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*:<name> stares blankly at you. "I just -- I just -- I can't -- I don't --" he sputters, compulsively winking and grinning a nervous grin. | *:<name> stares blankly at you. "I just -- I just -- I can't -- I don't --" he sputters, compulsively winking and grinning a nervous grin. | ||
*:<name> complains, "My spoon is toooo biiiig." | *:<name> complains, "My spoon is toooo biiiig." | ||
*Enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]: | |||
*:<Name> shouts, "It's your turn now, Thorasmog!" He sucks some blood from it and spits it into your bloodstream. It's refreshing, but you hope that's the last time you hear 'spit' and 'bloodstream' in the same sentence. {{HP|amount=8-10}} | |||
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped: | *With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped: | ||
*:<name> winks convulsively under the Tam O'Shanter, twitching so hard the hat barely stays on his head. | *:<name> winks convulsively under the Tam O'Shanter, twitching so hard the hat barely stays on his head. | ||
Revision as of 02:48, 8 September 2010
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Ability: Has the properties of both a Leprechaun and a Blood-Faced Volleyball
Throne/Bjorn: +2 Moxie Stat(s) Per Fight, sometimes heals you for 8-10 HP
Familiar-Specific Equipment: 
spoon!
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Ultimate Cage Match | Scavenger Hunt | Obstacle Course | Hide and Seek |
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 Cannot breathe underwater
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Combat Messages
- Regular combat messages:
- <name> stares blankly at you. "I just -- I just -- I can't -- I don't --" he sputters, compulsively winking and grinning a nervous grin.
- <name> complains, "My spoon is toooo biiiig."
- Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:
- <Name> shouts, "It's your turn now, Thorasmog!" He sucks some blood from it and spits it into your bloodstream. It's refreshing, but you hope that's the last time you hear 'spit' and 'bloodstream' in the same sentence.
You gain 8−10 hit points.
- <Name> shouts, "It's your turn now, Thorasmog!" He sucks some blood from it and spits it into your bloodstream. It's refreshing, but you hope that's the last time you hear 'spit' and 'bloodstream' in the same sentence.
- With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
- <name> winks convulsively under the Tam O'Shanter, twitching so hard the hat barely stays on his head.
- With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
- <name> does a twitchy, flailing dance around the maypole. Someone should get him a giant business suit.
- With wax lips equipped:
- The wax lips bounce up and down as <name> twitches uncontrollably behind them.
Arena Messages
- When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:
- <name> doesn't really like fighting. It makes him nervous.
Notes
- Was available in Mr. Store for two Mr. Accessories between October 2006 and 2007.
References
- The familiar's name and combat messages are a play on the term nervous tic.
- "Hang ten for justice!", from the first line of the familiar haiku, is a direct quote from The Tick cartoon.
- The Tick's battlecry is "SPOOOOOOOON!"
- The phrase "My spoon is too big" comes from Don Hertzfeldt's short film Rejected, which also includes a scene where angry ticks fire out of a character's nipples.
- The Maypole combat message is a reference to the movie Stop Making Sense. In the film, a concert movie featuring Talking Heads, David Byrne does some twitchy, flailing dancing in a big suit.
