Travoltan trousers
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Travoltan trousers
These rhinestone-studded trousers will make your enemies think twice before they try to go up your nose with a rubber hose, because they'll understand that you, my friend, are a race car in the red. Plus, the breathable polyester leisure blend will keep you cool and collected, no matter how hot your Saturday night gets. Also... Battlefield Earth.
Type: pants
Power: 100
Cannot be discarded+15 Moxie
+30% Combat Initiative
+10 Ranged Damage
5-Finger Discount
Moxie used to determine Maximum MP
(unless Mysticality is higher)
NOTE: This item cannot be equipped while in Hardcore.
(In-game plural: pairs of Travoltan trousers)
Notes
- September 2006's special of the month from Mr. Store.
- Its description in the Mr. Store was:
- The Moxiousest pants ever! Various thiefly enchantments, and a 5% discount at NPC stores when worn.
- As stated in the Mr. Store description, the "5-Finger Discount" enchantment equates to a 5% discount at NPC stores.
- The 5% discount doesn't work in the Trophy Hut or The Raffle House. It also cannot be used at The Hippy Store, The Cobb's Knob Laboratory, or The Bugbear Bakery as these stores require specific outfits to be worn, all of which include pants.
- The 5% discount applies to items from the Gift Shop but not to packages there.
- The discount applies to Doc Galaktik's items, but not to his Restoratives.
References
- This item's name is an obvious reference to the actor John Travolta, and some of his work.
- "Up your nose with a rubber hose" was a common insult used by Vinnie Barbarino, John Travolta's character on the TV show "Welcome Back, Kotter".
- "A race car in the red" is a partial quote from Travolta's character in "Pulp Fiction", the full quote being "Right now, I'm a fucking race car, all right, and I'm in the red. And I'm saying, I'm just saying, that it's fucking dangerous to have a race car in the red."
- Travolta also starred in "Saturday Night Fever", a movie involving lots of polyester outfits. The position of the pants in the item image (one leg straight with the other one slightly bent at the knee) is reminiscent of the quintessential disco pose that Travolta has on the Saturday Night Fever movie poster. However, it is worth noting that the image was not originally created for this item, but is simply the image for the Knob Goblin pants, horizontally flipped and with "shining" lines added around the edges. So this "pose" matter may be the result of a coincidence. Of course, it is certainly possible that, of the existing pants images, this one was utilized for the "disco pose" reason outlined above.
- "Battlefield Earth," another movie Travolta starred in, was universally panned, apparently even by the creators of KoL.
- The style of the entry, and the pause before the unintegrated movie reference, is similar to that used in Stephen Colbert's Better Know A District: Hollywood segment.
- '5-Finger Discount' is slang for obtaining items through shoplifting.
See Also
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Travoltan trousers September 2006 |
Succeeded by: plastic pumpkin bucket |
