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*The name, actions, and other messages this familiar effects are all references to the book/movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 A Clockwork Orange]. | *The name, actions, and other messages this familiar effects are all references to the book/movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_%28film%29 A Clockwork Orange]. Also, the default name for this familiar (unlike '''Tort''' or another similar name) is '''6655321''', which is how Alex, the protagonist of that book/movie, is called as, while he's in prison. | ||
*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 word "kroovy" is similar to "krovvy," which means "blood" in the slang used by the characters in ''A Clockwork Orange''. | *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 word "kroovy" is similar to "krovvy," which means "blood" in the slang used by the characters in ''A Clockwork Orange''. | ||
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Revision as of 01:28, 20 August 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
Combat Messages
- Regular message:
- With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
- <name> delivers one last powerful kick, and grabs a little more cutter, O my brothers.
- With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
- O, my brothers, <name> fillies around the maypole like a real grazhny malchikiwik.
- With wax lips equipped:
- O, my droogies, <name> grins a real horrorshow grin with his wax goobers.
References
- The name, actions, and other messages this familiar effects are all references to the book/movie A Clockwork Orange. Also, the default name for this familiar (unlike Tort or another similar name) is 6655321, which is how Alex, the protagonist of that book/movie, is called as, while he's in prison.
- 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. The word "kroovy" is similar to "krovvy," which means "blood" in the slang used by the characters in A Clockwork Orange.
