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*The name is this familiar is a pun on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] cult classic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 ''A Clockwork Orange'']. | *The name is this familiar is a pun on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] cult classic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 ''A Clockwork Orange'']. | ||
*This familiar's haiku also alludes to Alex, the main character of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 ''A Clockwork Orange''], who found pleasure in acts of extreme violence (among other things), which he called ultraviolence. | *This familiar's haiku also alludes to Alex, the main character of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 ''A Clockwork Orange''], who found pleasure in acts of extreme violence (among other things), which he called ultraviolence. | ||
* The last line of the haiku refers to a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Zombie Rob Zombie], called ''Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy)'', which was also used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment WWE] as the entrance music for pro-wrestler [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Copeland Edge]. | *The last line of the haiku refers to a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Zombie Rob Zombie], called ''Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy)'', which was also used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment WWE] as the entrance music for pro-wrestler [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Copeland Edge]. | ||
*''Kroovy'' also means "blood" in the slang used by the characters in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 ''A Clockwork Orange'']. ''Horrowshow'' simply means simply "good." | |||
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Revision as of 00:21, 5 July 2005
Ultraviolent,
this horrorshow familiar
spills red, red kroovy.
An attack familiar. A 10 pound clockwork grapefruit does around 9-17 damage each turn. It also causes all the fill-in-the-blank body part references (i.e. "You drop your kentucky-fried meat sword on your (BLANK)") to change to Nadsat slang from A Clockwork Orange.
Hatchling: unwound clockwork grapefruit
Familiar equipment: false eyelashes
The Cake-Shaped Arena weakness: Obstacle Course
References
- The name is this familiar is a pun on the Stanley Kubrick cult classic A Clockwork Orange.
- This familiar's haiku also alludes to Alex, the main character of A Clockwork Orange, who found pleasure in acts of extreme violence (among other things), which he called ultraviolence.
- The last line of the haiku refers to a song by Rob Zombie, called Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy), which was also used by the WWE as the entrance music for pro-wrestler Edge.
- Kroovy also means "blood" in the slang used by the characters in A Clockwork Orange. Horrowshow simply means simply "good."
