Small barrel mimic
It does a good impression of a monster laying the smack down. Ouch! Ugh! Ouch!
The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, which gives you a stern talking-to. You claw your eyes out in horror. Ugh! Eek! Ugh! Argh! Argh! Ow!
The mimic mimics a rock, and trips you, causing you to fall square on your <solar plexus>. Eek! Oof! Ugh!
The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels. You gobble them down, and choke on one. Eek! Ouch! Ooh!
It does a fairly lousy impression of something that's able to hurt you.
It does an awful impression of a monster hitting you in the <solar plexus>.
The mimic turns into a reasonable facsimile of your fifth grade teacher, but her varicose veins form a map that lets you evade her scolding
The mimic mimics a rock and tries to trip you, but you're not trippin'.
The mimic turns into a delicious bag of preztels, but you say "no thanks, I'm trying to cut down."
You gain 1-2 <substat>.
Occurs at The Barrel full of Barrels.
References
- Long predating the Dungeons of Doom, this was the first Nethack reference in the Kingdom of Loathing. (In Nethack, what appears to be a treasure chest will sometimes turn out to be a mimic instead.)
- The 'bag of pretzels' attack may reference an incident with President George W. Bush, who choked on a pretzel at home while relaxing, causing him to lose consciousness for several minutes.
- "No thanks, I'm trying to cut down" may be a reference to the 1970s children's television show "The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show," in which one recurring element was a young network executive (Fabulous Freddy, Network Vice-President in Charge of Kids' Programming) who would offer the three brothers some sort of candy, such as a cherry-flavored lemon drop or a chocolate-covered ant, and the three would respond in unison, "No thanks -- <finger snap> -- we're tryin' to cut down." However, "No thanks, I'm trying to cut down" is a very common phrase used by nearly everyone who's ever dieted.
- The fifth grade teacher attack is probably a reference to the Nickolodeon show, The Adventures of Pete and Pete. In one episode, a main character's history teacher has varicose veins exactly matching a highway map.
