Exotic Parrot

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Exotic Parrot

Chatterbox parrot with technicolor dreamcoat protects you from harm

Increases your resistance to elements

Ability: Gives elemental resistances based on weight; 1 level for every 4 lbs, applied in the order: Hot, Cold, Spooky, Stench, Sleaze. (The cracker almost gives +1 to all resistances.)

Throne/Bjorn: So-So Resistance to All Elements, sometimes deals 19 damage.

Hatchling: exotic parrot egg

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

The parrot will sometimes repeat the last thing you said in chat as its combat text.
Without being in chat:
<name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Timmy's fallen down the well! *whistle*"

<name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Your actions are morally reprehensible. *whistle*"

<name> squawks, "Awwrrk! Don't forget DL-6! *whistle*"

<name> sits on your shoulder, preening and otherwise unaware of what you're doing.
Enthroned in the Crown of Thrones:
<name> becomes a blur of feathers, beak, and claws as it attacks her for 19 damage. Man, what a parrot trooper.
With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:
<name> winks at you and squawks "Pieces of eight! Awwrk!"
With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:
<name> flaps around the maypole once, and then perches on top of it and preens for a bit.
With wax lips equipped:
<name> tries to whistle at you, but the wax lips make it rather difficult.

Arena Messages

When entered in a game of Hide and Seek:
<name> is far too brightly-colored to be an effective hider.

Attempting to name the parrot "Polly" will result in it being named "Unoriginality." However, naming it "Polly" at Manage Familiar Names will not trigger the renaming of "Unoriginality."
At 5 lbs (or more) the parrot meets The L33t Tr4pz0r's requirement for cold resistance.
The Exotic Parrot is commonly a familiar of choice for PvPers as its +15 equipment can be advantageous in the "Familiar Weight" minigame.
Due to its ability to provide elemental resistance without using an equipment slot, the Parrot proves useful in Fernswarthy's Basement.
The Exotic Parrot provides elemental resistance based on weight according to the following table:

Parrot Weight	Hot resistance	Cold resistance	Spooky resistance	Stench resistance	Sleaze resistance
1-4 lb	Slight	none	none	none	none
5-8 lb	Slight	Slight	none	none	none
9-12 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	none	none
13-16 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight	none
17-20 lb	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight
21-24 lb	So-so	Slight	Slight	Slight	Slight
25-28 lb	So-so	So-so	Slight	Slight	Slight
29-32 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	Slight	Slight
33-36 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so	Slight
37-40 lb	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so
41-44 lb	Serious	So-so	So-so	So-so	So-so
45-48 lb	Serious	Serious	So-so	So-so	So-so
49-52 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	So-so	So-so
53-56 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious	So-so
57-60 lb	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious	Serious

"Don't forget DL-6" is a reference to the Nintendo DS game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in which the player must cross-examine a parrot to get the bird to say, "Don't forget DL-6."
The haiku about the technicolor dreamcoat refers to the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which, in turn, is a reference to the Biblical story about Joseph and his coat of many colors.
The message where the parrot reports Timmy having fallen down a well is a common joke made referencing Lassie.
The message about "pieces of eight" is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, in which Captain Flint, Long John Silver's parrot, screams, "Pieces of eight."