Fruit Golem

Fruit Golem
Monster ID	89
Locations	Cobb's Knob Menagerie, Level 1
Hit Points	46
Attack	56
Defense	50
No-Hit	66
Initiative	80
Meat	None
Phylum	construct
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	banana, grapes, grapefruit, watermelon
Drops	cherry, lime, orange; grapefruit (when attacking with a certain message)
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a Fruit Golem

This is a golem made of fruit. That's why they call it a Fruit Golem. They don't call it a Fruity Golem because they don't like internal bleeding.

Hit Message(s):

It pelts you with a barrage of apples. Looks like an apple a day keeps the doctor in business. Ouch! Ugh! Eek! Eek!

It throws a mango at you, hitting you right in the <shoulder>. Ugh! Oof! Ow! Ugh!

It whacks you with a grapefruit, leaving a grapefruit-sized bruise on your <shoulder>. Argh! Oof! Ouch!

You acquire an item: grapefruit

It tosses a bunch of bananas at you, then an orange. Orange you glad it stopped chucking bananas at you? Ugh! Argh! Ow!

Critical Hit Message:

It smacks you with an impressive variety of fruits. It's like being attacked by some fiendish amalgam of Carmen Miranda and Chuck Norris. Ow! Eek! Oof!

Miss Message(s):

It winds up to throw a coconut at you, but slips on a banana peel and misses. Irony!

It throws a mango at you, but you move aside and let the mango through.

It tries to hit you with a grapefruit, but misses, because a grapefruit is neither a grape nor a fruit. Either that or because you dodged.

It hits you with a barrage of grapes. They let out a little whine as they fly through the air, but don't really hurt when they hit.

Fumble Message:

It starts to attack again, but is beset upon by a swarm of fruit flies. Apparently they're attracted to his bananas -- everybody knows that time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You acquire an item: cherry (16.5% chance)*

You acquire an item: lime (15.6% chance)*

You acquire an item: orange (14.8% chance)*

You gain 14 <substat>.

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Occurs at Menagerie Level 1.

Notes

• It seems that no more than one grapefruit may be obtained per battle.

References

• The mango miss message is a reference to the Soul Coughing song "Super Bon Bon", which contains the line "Move aside, and let the man go through."
• The "barrage of apples" hit message is a reference to the quote "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
• The banana and orange hit combat message is a reference to the knock-knock joke that ends in "Orange you glad that I didn't say banana again?"
• The "barrage of grapes" miss message uses "whine" as a pun on "wine", which is made from grapes.
• Grapefruits actually are fruits. They are called grapefruits because they grow in bunches like grapes.
• "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana" (from the fumble message) is a line attributed to Groucho Marx.
• Carmen Miranda (in the critical hit message) was a famous samba singer and actress who usually performed with a hat topped with tropical fruit.