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*The name of this familiar is a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Anthony Burgess|Anthony Burgess]] book [[Wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|''A Clockwork Orange'']] which provided the original story for the [[Wikipedia:Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick]] | *The name of this familiar is a pun on the [[Wikipedia:Anthony Burgess|Anthony Burgess]] book [[Wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|''A Clockwork Orange'']] which provided the original story for the [[Wikipedia:Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick]] movie of the same name. | ||
*This familiar's haiku also alludes to Alex, the main character of [[Wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange (film)|''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 [[Wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange (film)|''A Clockwork Orange'']], who found pleasure in acts of extreme violence (among other things), which he called ultraviolence. | ||
*The "Singing in the Rain" line refers to a scene | *The "Singing in the Rain" line refers to a scene where Alex terrorizes an old man while singing the song. | ||
*The last line of the haiku refers to a song by [[Wikipedia:Rob Zombie|Rob Zombie]], called ''Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy)'', which was also used by the [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] as the entrance music for pro-wrestler [[Wikipedia:Adam Copeland|Edge]]. | *The last line of the haiku refers to a song by [[Wikipedia:Rob Zombie|Rob Zombie]], called ''Never Gonna Stop (Red Red Kroovy)'', which was also used by the [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] as the entrance music for pro-wrestler [[Wikipedia:Adam Copeland|Edge]]. | ||
*The word | *The word ''kroovy'' is similar to ''krovvy'', which means "blood" in [[Wikipedia:Nadsat|Nadsat]]. Also in the haiku, "horrorshow" simply means "good". | ||
*The default name for this familiar | *The default name for this familiar is "6655321", which is Alex's prisoner ID number in the novel (in the movie, his number is "655321"). | ||
*The combat messages generated by this familiar also contain [[Wikipedia:Nadsat|Nadsat]] slang. | *The combat messages generated by this familiar also contain [[Wikipedia:Nadsat|Nadsat]] slang. Here are their translations: | ||
**<name> delivers a good hit to your opponent's head, doing X damage. | **<name> delivers a good hit to your opponent's head, doing X damage. | ||
**<name> produces a real cutthroat razor, slicing your opponent up for X damage before rolling around in the red, red blood. | **<name> produces a real cutthroat razor, slicing your opponent up for X damage before rolling around in the red, red blood. | ||
Revision as of 18:08, 12 January 2008
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| Ultraviolent, this horrorshow familiar spills red, red kroovy. |
Ability: An attack familiar. It causes all the fill-in-the-blank body part references (i.e. "You drop your kentucky-fried meat sword on your <body part>") to change to Nadsat slang from A Clockwork Orange.
Hatchling: 
unwound clockwork grapefruit
Familiar-Specific Equipment: 
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Combat Messages
- Regular messages:
- <name> delivers a horrorshow tolchok to your opponent's gulliver, doing X damage.
- <name> repeatedly kicks your opponent in the stomach for X damage, while singing 'Singing in the Rain.'
- <name> produces a real cutthroat britva, slicing your opponent up for X damage before rolling around in the red, red kroovy.
- <name> smecks cruelly and gives your opponent a bit of the old ultraviolence, doing X damage.
- <name> whips out his oozy and chains your opponent right in the glazzies for X damage.
- 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.
Arena Messages
- When entered in an Obstacle Course:
- <name> doesn't do very well in the obstacle course, because <name> believes in destroying obstacles, not avoiding them.
Notes
- The Clockwork Grapefruit begins with its familiar name as 6655321 instead of any of the usual names.
- Damage (regardless of message) is X/2 (rounded to the nearest odd number) to X+6, where X is the familiar weight. It attacks between 40 to 50% of the time, regardless of weight.
References
- The name of this familiar is a pun on the Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange which provided the original story for the Stanley Kubrick movie of the same name.
- 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 "Singing in the Rain" line refers to a scene where Alex terrorizes an old man while singing the song.
- 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 Nadsat. Also in the haiku, "horrorshow" simply means "good".
- The default name for this familiar is "6655321", which is Alex's prisoner ID number in the novel (in the movie, his number is "655321").
- The combat messages generated by this familiar also contain Nadsat slang. Here are their translations:
- <name> delivers a good hit to your opponent's head, doing X damage.
- <name> produces a real cutthroat razor, slicing your opponent up for X damage before rolling around in the red, red blood.
- <name> laughs cruelly and gives your opponent a bit of the old ultraviolence, doing X damage.
- <name> whips out his chain and chains your opponent right in the eyes for X damage.
- <name> delivers one last powerful kick, and grabs a little more money, O my brothers.
- O, my brothers, <name> fools/plays around the maypole like a real dirty boy.
- O, my friends, <name> grins a real good grin with his wax lips.
