Cucumber Quest: Difference between revisions

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'''Cucumber:''' ''I haven't!'' }}

Tomorrow's the first day of school at Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy, and Cucumber's all packed up to move in. Before he can tuck into his last dinner at home, a letter arrives: Cucumber's father, Lord Cabbage, has been kidnapped and imprisoned by the henchmen of the evil Queen Cordelia, who plans to take over the world! Despite being meek and studious and having a little sister who would likely do a better job, saving the world is ''[[~~Its~~ Up to You|strictly]]'' the duty of Cucumber. Cucumber sneaks into the Caketown Castle dungeons to speak with his father, who tells him Cordelia's plan: to amass the Disaster Stones and awaken the Nightmare Knight! Cabbage tells Cucumber to meet with the Dream Oracle, who will grant him the legendary Dream Sword, an invaluable weapon against the Nightmare Knight.

Tomorrow's the first day of school at Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy, and Cucumber's all packed up to move in. Before he can tuck into his last dinner at home, a letter arrives: Cucumber's father, Lord Cabbage, has been kidnapped and imprisoned by the henchmen of the evil Queen Cordelia, who plans to take over the world! Despite being meek and studious and having a little sister who would likely do a better job, saving the world is ''[[It's Up to You|strictly]]'' the duty of Cucumber. Cucumber sneaks into the Caketown Castle dungeons to speak with his father, who tells him Cordelia's plan: to amass the Disaster Stones and awaken the Nightmare Knight! Cabbage tells Cucumber to meet with the Dream Oracle, who will grant him the legendary Dream Sword, an invaluable weapon against the Nightmare Knight.

And so begins Cucumber's quest.

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* [[Action Girl]]: Cucumber's little sister Almond takes swordplay lessons and eagerly volunteers to go on the quest in his place. She later pulls off a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to save Cucumber.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: [http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/ Gigi's Tumblr.]

* [[April Fools Day]]: ''[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/?page_id=375 Cuke or Die II: Cuke Harder]''.

* [[April Fools' Day]]: ''[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/?page_id=375 Cuke or Die II: Cuke Harder]''.

* [[Art Shift]]:

** Cabbage's explanation of the background of the Nightmare Knight is accompanied by a shift to paper cutouts.

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'''Splashmaster''': [[Crowning Moment of Funny|But queen just older fatter princess!]] }}

* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Applies to every named character who lives in the Doughnut Kingdom, except for the Oracle. In a more specific example, Cordelia has a trio of goons named Bacon, Dame Lettuce, and Sir Tomato.

* [[~~Everythings~~ Worse With Bears]]: A bear attacks Carrot when the baker sisters ask him to retrieve some special sugar. His name is Grizzlygum, and he has no teeth or claws.

* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: A bear attacks Carrot when the baker sisters ask him to retrieve some special sugar. His name is Grizzlygum, and he has no teeth or claws.

** He's actually just doing his job as Gumdrop Forest's guardian (The Oracle's "private woods"), [[Beary Funny|doesn't like to hurt people, and is quite welcoming after finding out that Cuco is the legendary hero]].

* [[Evil Overlooker]]: Cordelia, Peridot, and the BLT Trio in the [http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/?webcomic_post=prologue prologue splash].

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{{quote| '''Nautilus:''' It's not a ''cell phone'', Cucumber. It's a ''Royal Instrument of Summoning'' that's been passed down through my ''family'' for ''generations.''}}

* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY|It Is Pronounced Peri-DOH]]

* [[~~Its~~ Up to You]]: As much as Cucumber attempts to avert this, no one will let him off the hook about this world-saving business.

* [[It's Up to You]]: As much as Cucumber attempts to avert this, no one will let him off the hook about this world-saving business.

* [[Jerkass|Jerk Face:]] Cabbage. In fact he seemed to have dumped all of his stat points into being a douche, [[Beyond the Impossible|as the number of stars doesn't even seem to fit in the stat box]].

* [[Joke Character]]: Bacon. His stats are all one star, and his description simply reads "We don't talk about Bacon."

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'''Cucumber:''' ''Cucumber.''<br />

'''Dream Oracle:''' Camembert, that's what I said. }}

* [[Non Action Guy]]: Cucumber. He's a [[Squishy Wizard]] who hasn't quite gotten the "wizard" part down yet.

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Cucumber. He's a [[Squishy Wizard]] who hasn't quite gotten the "wizard" part down yet.

** According to Gigi, he's actually pretty good at magic-- it's just that his equipment is sub-par.

* [[Oh Crap|OH]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|GOSH]]: [http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/?webcomic_post=page-134 The heroes' reaction to a giant sea monster.]

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* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Cucumber thinks he's probably the least qualified person to save the world and wants to go to school. No one will have any of it.

* [[Role Playing Game Verse]]: All significant characters have stat distributions on the site's Character page and Gigi has released inventories for [http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/3652618661/as-it-turns-out-i-am-the-worst-sort-of-person Cucumber] and [http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/3693489075/actually-i-have-a-problem Almond] on her Tumblr. However, while the comic resembles an RPG in presentation and story, actual gameplay elements like stats or MP haven't made an appearance in the work itself.

* [[Rose Haired Girl]]: Tartelette.

* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Tartelette.

* [[Schizo Tech]]:

{{quote| ''[[Word of God|Well…the people of Dreamside have television, electric lighting and space travel, but they’re still fighting with swords. I probably decided on this because I’ve always liked cartoons and comics that blend old-timey fantasy stuff with modern technology for the sake of humor or whimsy or whatever.]]''}}

* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: "Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy" would imply that to get in you need either magical skill or enough money for lack of skill to not matter.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: "Puffington's Academy for the Magically Gifted and/or Incredibly Wealthy" would imply that to get in you need either magical skill or enough money for lack of skill to not matter.

* [[Sibling Yin Yang]]:

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]:

** Cucumber is a thoughtful, somewhat cowardly mage, while Almond is a rash and headstrong swordswoman.

** Baguette bakes bread and is cynical and brash while Tartelette bakes pastries and other sweets and is polite and pleasant.