Scary clown

Scary clown
Monster ID	111
Locations	The "Fun" House
Hit Points	15
Attack	19
Defense	17
No-Hit	29
Initiative	80
Meat	20-30
Phylum	horror
Elements	spooky
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	head, arm, leg, torso
Drops big bass drum, big red clown nose, bloody clown pants, clown skin, long skinny balloon
Bounty	empty greasepaint tube
Pickpocket	polka-dot bow tie
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a scary clown

This is a scary clown. All clowns are pretty scary, but this one is especially scary.

Hit Message(s):

The clown floats over and terrifies you. You start stuttering again, like you did as a kid. Ugh! Ow! (spooky damage)

The clown floats over and terrifies you down to the very core of your being. Your hard core becomes soft as putty. Ow! Eek! (spooky damage)

The clown bites you and throws you in the basement. Looks like he's not your friend. Argh! Oof! Eek! (spooky damage)

The clown floats over and crams fatty, salty food down your throat. You feel super-sized pain. Eek! Eek! Ugh! (spooky damage)

Critical Hit Message:

A tiny little car drives up and 37 other clowns all pile out in a row. They surround you and chuckle evilly, then jump into the car and vanish. You die a little inside. Ow! Oof! (spooky damage)

Miss Message(s):

The clown floats over, but you spray an inhaler in its face and pretend it's battery acid.

The clown tries to terrify you, but you thrust your fists against the posts and still insist you see the ghosts.

The clown tries to bite you and throw you in the basement, but you quickly make friends with him.

The clown tries to give you fatty, salty food, but you refuse.

Fumble Message:

The clown starts to attack you again, but a tiny little car pulls up and he squeezes into it with 45 of his fellow clowns to go for a ride. (FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 20-30 Meat (average: 25, stdev: 2.42)*

You acquire an item: big bass drum (4% chance)*

You acquire an item: big red clown nose (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: bloody clown pants (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: clown skin (10% chance)*

You acquire an item: long skinny balloon (40.2% chance)*

• If you are on the appropriate bounty hunt:

You acquire an item: empty greasepaint tube (100% chance)*

You gain 3-4 <substat>.

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Occurs at The "Fun" House.

Notes

• Using Pickpocket on this monster may yield a polka-dot bow tie from about 5% of pickpocket attempts.

References

• In the attacks messages, "acid inhaler" and "thrust your fists against the posts" are taken from the Stephen King's novel and movie It, as is the reference to "you start stuttering again like you did when you were a kid" . The creature It appears as Pennywise, an evil clown.
• The basement messages refer to serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who dressed in a clown costume and kept the bodies of his victims in a crawl space below his house.
  • Combined with the references to being friends with the clown, they may also refer to an episode of Animaniacs in which Dr. Scratchansnif tries to cure Mr. Plotz (and later Wakko) of "clownophobia" with the mantra "A clown is my friend. A clown will not bite me and throw me in the basement."
• The "fatty, salty food" message refers to McDonald's fast food restaurants and Ronald McDonald.
  • The "super-sized pain" that ensues refers to the documentary Super Size Me about living off of McDonald's fast food.
  • It also may refer to the fact that at amusement parks, and other events, most food is heavily salted and deep-fried.