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{{battletop|image=barrel.gif|a=a|name=mimic|text= You enter the barrel, and attempt to smash a barrel. But what you thought was a barrel turns out to actually be a mimic mimicing a barrel! You're confused -- you thought these things could only mimic chests!}}
{{battletop|image=barrel.gif|a=a|name=mimic|text= You attempt to smash the barrel, but what you thought was a barrel turns out to actually be a mimic mimicing a barrel! You're confused -- you thought these things could only mimic chests!}}


<center>It does a pretty decent impression of a monster kicking the stuffing out of you. {{ouch|2}}
<center>It does a pretty decent impression of a monster kicking the stuffing out of you. {{ouch|2}}

Revision as of 06:39, 2 September 2006

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It does a pretty decent impression of a monster kicking the stuffing out of you. Ow! Ugh!

It does a good impression of a monster laying the smack down. Ow! Oof! Ouch!

The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, which gives you a stern talking-to. You claw your eyes out in horror. Eek! Oof! Ow! Argh! Eek! Eek!

The mimic mimics a rock, and trips you, causing you to fall square on your <elbow>. Argh! Argh! Eek!

The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels. You gobble them down, and choke on one. Ow! Ugh! Argh!


Just as you think you're winning the fight, a swarm of miniature barrel-makers jumps out of the barrel and stampede over you! Yup, you've been run over by at least 11 mini coopers. Ouch! Ouch! Ow! Oof! Oof!


It does a fairly lousy impression of something that's able to hurt you.

It does an awful impression of a monster hitting you in the <elbow>.

The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, but her varicose veins form a map that lets you evade her scolding

The mimic mimics a rock and tries to trip you, but you're not trippin'.

The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels, but you say "no thanks, I'm trying to cut down."


It starts to hit you again, but a miniature barrel-maker jumps out of it and starts pounding on it with a hammer. "Thanks, mini cooper," you say, and sit back to watch the beating.


You gain 3-7 <substat>.

Occurs at The Barrel full of Barrels.

Notes

  • As of July 5th, 2006, a mimic, if defeated, will drop the item that you would have gotten if you hadn't found a mimic in that barrel.

References

  • The "you thought these things could only mimic chests!" is a reference to an RPG cliché where chests are sometimes monsters. Some examples where this is true are: NetHack, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and Tales of Symphonia.
  • The 'bag of pretzels' attack may reference an incident with President George W. Bush, who choked on a pretzel at home while relaxing, causing him to lose consciousness for several minutes.
  • "No thanks, I'm trying to cut down" may be a reference to the 1970s children's television show "The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show," in which one recurring element was a young network executive (Fabulous Freddy, Network Vice-President in Charge of Kids' Programming) who would offer the three brothers some sort of candy, such as a cherry-flavored lemon drop or a chocolate-covered ant, and the three would respond in unison, "No thanks -- <finger snap> -- we're tryin' to cut down." However, "No thanks, I'm trying to cut down" is a very common phrase used by nearly everyone who's ever dieted.
  • The fifth grade teacher attack is probably a reference to the Nickolodeon show, The Adventures of Pete and Pete. In one episode, a main character's history teacher has varicose veins exactly matching a highway map.