Tapdancing skeleton
| Tapdancing skeleton | |
|---|---|
| Monster ID | 402 |
| Locations | The Haunted Ballroom |
| Hit Points | 70 |
| Attack | 65 |
| Defense | 55 |
| Initiative | 50 |
| Meat | None |
| Phylum | undead |
| Elements | spooky |
| Resistance | None |
| Monster Parts | arm, head, leg, torso |
| Manuel | janglin' bones |
| Manuel Entry | |
| refreshedit data | |
You're fighting a tapdancing skeletonOn the dance floor in the Haunted Ballroom, you encounter a skeleton in tap shoes and a tophat. He clickety-clacks toward you, and before you can figure out whether the clacking is coming from his shoes or his bones, you're locked in combat.
Hit Message(s):
In this particular song, it turns out the fist bone's connected to your face. Oof! Ouch! Ugh! Argh! Ugh!
He rolls his tophat down his arm, catches it by the brim, and slings it at you like Odd Job, hitting you in the <arse>. Y'know, like that one time somebody threw Odd Job at your <shins>. Argh! Eek! Ow! Argh! Ugh!
He grabs a nearby lamppost, swings around it, and hits you in the <foot> with his cane. Why is there a lamppost in this ballroom? Ow! Ugh! Oof! Ugh! Oof!
He knocks you to the floor, then does a tapdance solo all the way from your <foot> to your <leg>. It's as painful as it is humiliating. Oof! Ow! Ooh! Oof! Eek!
He tries to poke you in the eye with a pointy finger, but you hold your hand up vertically and block the poke. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
He steps toward you, poised to strike, but you knock his hat off and his feathers get all ruffled. His figurative feathers. Not his real feathers.
He tries to knock you upside the head with his cane, but you nimbly dance out of the way.
He dances toward you, but his toe gets caught on a loose board on the dance floor and he falls flat on his face. It's ungraceful. You might even say it's disgraceful. (FUMBLE!)
 | You acquire an item: tap shoes (5.6% chance)* |
 | You acquire an item: worn tophat (4.3% chance)* |
| You gain 27-28 <substat>. |
Occurs at The Haunted Ballroom.
References
- This monster might be a reference to the dancing, and tapdancing, skeletons in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.
- Oddjob is a James Bond villian who throws his hat (which has a razor-sharp brim-edge) as a weapon (a top hat in his literary appearances, and a bowler hat in the movies).
- The message about him "swinging on a lampost" is a reference to the title number of the movie Singin' in the Rain.
- The miss message refers to the Three Stooges and their eye-poking antics.
- This monster might be a reference to the tap dancing skeletons from the Grateful Dead
History
- Prior to May 14, 2014 this monster had significantly higher stats (110 attack, 110 defense, 120 HP).
