Nervous Tick

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• Regular combat messages:

  <name> stares blankly at you. "I just -- I just -- I can't -- I don't --" he sputters, compulsively winking and grinning a nervous grin.

  <name> complains, "My spoon is toooo biiiig."

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

  <name> winks convulsively under the Tam O'Shanter, twitching so hard the hat barely stays on his head.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

  <name> does a twitchy, flailing dance around the maypole. Someone should get him a giant business suit.

• With wax lips equipped:

  The wax lips bounce up and down as <name> twitches uncontrollably behind them.

[edit] Arena Messages

• When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:

  <name> doesn't really like fighting. It makes him nervous.

[edit] Notes

• Was available in Mr. Store for two Mr. Accessories between October 2006 and 2007.
• This is one of 10 familiars that are animated. The other 9 are: Cheshire Bat, Coffee Pixie, Attention-Deficit Demon, Cymbal-Playing Monkey, Jitterbug, Casagnova Gnome, Hunchbacked Minion, Astral Badger, and El Vibrato Megadrone

[edit] References

• The familiar's name and combat messages are a play on the term nervous tic.
• "Hang ten for justice!", from the first line of the familiar haiku, is a direct quote from The Tick cartoon.
• The Tick's battlecry is "SPOOOOOOOON!"
• The phrase 'My spoon is too big' comes from Don Hertzfeldt's short film Rejected, which also includes a scene where angry ticks fire out of a character's nipples.
• The Maypole combat message is a reference to the movie Stop Making Sense. In the film, a concert movie featuring Talking Heads, David Byrne does some twitchy, flailing dancing in a big suit.