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sentient meme

You are fighting a sentient meme.

This is a collection of Internet memes that joined together into a hive and became self-aware. The creature consists of a mishmash of robotic machinery and old computers. This robot is also well-trained as both a pirate and a ninja.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

• The meme duct tapes you to a wall and talks like a pirate while performing an interpretation of the hamster dance and the baby dance combined. It's a very painful interpretation. damage + (psychic) damage
• It sets up you the bomb. You try to move 'zig' for great justice, but you have no chance to survive. You cannot make your time. damage + (fire) damage
• One screen flashes with two characters, a colon and an open parenthesis, making you feel strangely sad. It follows up with a capital X and a capital P, making you feel a bit more dead.

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

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

Miss messages:

• It presents you with the image of a really big red button. The button has "PUSH" written on it in huge letters. The meme sneers at you for a second and then pushes the button ... but it doesn't do anything.
• The robot grabs desperately for one of the strangest and most obscure memes it can find. You cringe as it looms close and spreads two arms wide ... and gives you a free hug.
• The meme starts to load one of the most ghastly and horrific web sites yet--Chuck Norris jokes--but hits a snag when it runs into the last page of the internet. You wait patiently while it turns around and goes back.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!

You gain 25 experience.

You got an item: the bomb (9.2 ± 1.3%)
You got an item: mangled data plate (10.8 ± 2.3%)
You got an item: titanium plating (10 ± 1.4%)
You got an item: memory tube (5%)
You got an item: memory tube (5%)
You got an item: duct tape (5.4 ± 1%)
You got an item: white elephant gift (16 ± 1.7%)

Known resistances/weaknesses

100% weak to acid damage.

Locations

• City of Lost Robots
  

This enemy is a robot with an electronic brain.

References

• Generally speaking, the description and combat messages all reference internet-based memes in general.

• The description refers to the internet meme about who would win in a fight between a pirate and a ninja.
• The first hit message refer to various internet phenomena: pirate talk, hamster dance and baby dance.
• The second hit message and the bomb refer to the All your base are belong to us transcript which includes "Somebody set up us the bomb", "Move 'zig' for great justice" and "You have no chance to survive make your time".
• The third hit message is a reference to the usage of emoticons - that is, combinations of typographical symbols to form textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression. The hit message explains what the combinations ":(" and "XP" mean (if you still don't get it, try tilting your head to your left shoulder).
• The first miss message refers to Big red button.
• The second miss message refers to the Free Hugs Campaign.
• The third miss message refers to two other internet phenomena: Chuck Norris jokes and the last page of the internet.