Thin blue mole

thin blue mole

You are fighting the thin blue mole.

Down in the mole kingdom, this guy is a force for law and order. You'd probably get along if it weren't for the thing where he's come up to Twilight and is trying to enforce "no surface-dwellers allowed" laws.

I mean, seriously, he came up to the surface. What did he expect to find up here?
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The thin blue mole is literally whip-thin, which he demonstrates by whipping you good.
• The mole slaps handcuffs on you, but politely takes them back off when you note how cold they are. (ice) damage
• The mole calls up some of his friends from the academy. They injure you through a series of zany antics and zanier sequels.

He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! He hits you for X damage.

Miss messages:

• The thin blue mole is literally whip-thin, which he demonstrates by accompanying the theme to Rawhide.
• The mole tries to slap handcuffs on you, but superheroes never get arrested.
• The mole calls up some of his friends from the academy. The mole who makes the funny noises is kind of funny, but none of them seem very dangerous.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.

If one of the first four to be defeated:
The mole hangs back, waiting for an opportunity to come back for more.

If the fifth to be defeated:
The mole flees, joining up with its comrades to form... a giant molebot.

Known resistances/weaknesses

Immune to ice damage.
50% resistant to physical damage.
50% weak to fire damage.

Locations

• League Battlefield
  

Notes

• After every round of combat, the thin blue mole does damage with the following message:

The mole fixes you with its icy stare for X (ice) damage.

• Sometimes, at the end of a combat round, if you also defeated the golden mole:

The golden mole comes around for another pass, showering you with sparks for X (electric) damage damage.

• Sometimes, at the end of a combat round, if you also defeated the thin blue mole:

The thin blue mole stares at you from the sidelines, its icy gaze dealing you X (ice) damage and giving you a serious case of the jibbilies.

• Sometimes, at the end of a combat round, if you also defeated the pink mole rat:

The less said about how the pink mole rat ran past and dealt you X (psychic) damage damage, the better.

• Sometimes, at the end of a combat round, if you also defeated the green moled:

The green moled spits a torrent of acid at you. Eugh! X (acid) damageand eugh!

• Sometimes, at the end of a combat round, if you also defeated the red mole:

The red mole lobs a series of bombs at you from the sidelines, blowing you to X (fire) damage damage of smithereens.

References

• "The Thin Blue Line" is a phrase used to describe police forces.
• The image is based on a Star-nosed mole.
• The first hit message possibly refers to the line "Whip it good!" from the song "Whip It".
• The first miss message refers to the theme song from the television program Rawhide, which features whip-crack sound effects.
• The third hit and miss messages refer to the film Police Academy. The film had many sequels and starred Michael Winslow, an actor who makes sound effects with his voice.