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'''Hallucinatory [[monster]]s''' do not exist in [[NetHack]], but their names can appear when you are [[hallucination|hallucinating]] and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in [[SLASH'EM]]. Many of the monster names come from other [[roguelike]]s, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture<ref>{{sourcecode|do_name.c|888}}</ref>.
 
'''Hallucinatory [[monster]]s''' do not exist in [[NetHack]], but their names can appear when you are [[hallucination|hallucinating]] and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in [[SLASH'EM]]. Many of the monster names come from other [[roguelike]]s, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture<ref>{{sourcecode|do_name.c|888}}</ref>.
 
 
==List of hallucinatory monsters==
 
==List of hallucinatory monsters==
 
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===Games===
===Quendor ([[Wikipedia:Zork|Zork]], etc.)===
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====Quendor ([[Wikipedia:Zork|Zork]], etc.)====
 
*[[Wikipedia:Grue (monster)|grue]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Grue (monster)|grue]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Christmas tree|Christmas-tree]] monster
 
*[[Wikipedia:Christmas tree|Christmas-tree]] monster
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*dornbeast
 
*dornbeast
 
*jester
 
*jester
 
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====[[Wikipedia:Moria (computer game)|Moria]]====
===[[Wikipedia:Moria (computer game)|Moria]]===
 
 
*Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon
 
*Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon
 
*Evil Iggy
 
*Evil Iggy
 
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====[[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]====
===[[Rogue (game)|Rogue]]===
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:Emu|emu]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Emu|emu]]
 
*kestrel
 
*kestrel
 
*xeroc
 
*xeroc
 
*[[Wikipedia:Venus Flytrap|venus flytrap]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Venus Flytrap|venus flytrap]]
 
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====Dungeons & Dragons====
===[[Wikipedia:Greek mythology|Greek legend]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Basilisk|basilisk]]<ref name="real" />
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*[[Wikipedia:Beholder|beholder]]<ref name="real" />
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*[[Wikipedia:Ifrit|efreeti]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Marid|marid]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Nightmare (Dungeons & Dragons)|nightmare]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Rot grub|Rot grub]]
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====Other games====
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*[[Wikipedia:BattleMech|battlemech]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot|killer bunny]]
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===Literature===
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====[[Wikipedia:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]]====
 
*[[Wikipedia:Lernaean Hydra|hydra]]<ref name="real">Appears as a real monster in SLASH'EM.</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:Lernaean Hydra|hydra]]<ref name="real">Appears as a real monster in SLASH'EM.</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:Siren|siren]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Siren|siren]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Amazons|amazon]]
===[[Wikipedia:Xanth|Xanth]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Harpy|harpy]]
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====J. R. R. Tolkien====
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*[[Wikipedia:Ent|Ent]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Morgoth|Morgoth]]
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====[[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]]====
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*[[Wikipedia:White Rabbit|white rabbit]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Snark (Lewis Carroll)|snark]]
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====[[Wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]====
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*microscopic space fleet
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*Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
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====[[Wikipedia:Xanth|Xanth]]====
 
*tangle tree
 
*tangle tree
 
*nickelpede<ref name="real" />
 
*nickelpede<ref name="real" />
 
*wiggle
 
*wiggle
 
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====Comics====
===[[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Cerebus the Aardvark|aardvark]]
*[[Wikipedia:White Rabbit|white rabbit]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|teenage mutant ninja turtle]]
*[[Wikipedia:Snark (Lewis Carroll)|snark]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Usagi Yojimbo|samurai rabbit]]
 
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====Other Literature====
===[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Pushmi-pullyu#The_Pushmi-pullyu|pushmi-pullyu]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tribble|tribble]]
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*[[Wikipedia:King Arthur|questing beast]]
*[[Wikipedia:Klingon|Klingon]]
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*[[Wikipedia:The Luggage|Luggage]]
*[[Wikipedia:Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]]
 
 
 
 
===Monster movies===
 
===Monster movies===
 
*[[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:King Kong|King Kong]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:King Kong|King Kong]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Attack of the Killer Tomatoes|killer tomato]]
===[[Wikipedia:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:The Princess Bride|rodent of unusual size]]
*microscopic space fleet
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*[[Wikipedia:Ewok|Ewok]]
*Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
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*[[Wikipedia:Terminator (character)|Terminator]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:The Little Shop of Horrors|Audrey II]]
===[[Wikipedia:Rock and roll|50's rock 'n' roll]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Predator (alien)|Predator]]
*[[Wikipedia:Witch Doctor (song)|witch doctor]]
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===Television===
*one-eyed one-horned flying [[Wikipedia:Purple People Eater|purple people eater]]
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====Anime====
 
 
===Anime===
 
{|
 
|
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:My Neighbor Totoro|Totoro]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:My Neighbor Totoro|Totoro]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind|ohmu]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind|ohmu]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Sailor Moon|youma]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Sailor Moon|youma]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Meowth|nyaasu]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Meowth|nyaasu]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Robotech|Invid]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Robotech|Invid]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Bubblegum Crisis|boomer]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Bubblegum Crisis|boomer]]
|}
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====[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]====
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Tribble|tribble]]
===Dungeons & Dragons===
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*[[Wikipedia:Klingon|Klingon]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]]
*[[Wikipedia:Basilisk|basilisk]]<ref name="real" />
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====Other television====
*[[Wikipedia:Beholder|beholder]]<ref name="real" />
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*[[Wikipedia:The Smurfs|smurf]]
*[[Wikipedia:Nightmare (Dungeons & Dragons)|nightmare]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Dalek|Dalek]]
*[[Wikipedia:Ifrit|efreeti]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Barney & Friends|Barney the dinosaur]]
*[[Wikipedia:Marid|marid]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Babylon 5|Vorlon]]
 
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===[[Wikipedia:Rock and roll|50's rock 'n' roll]]===
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*[[Wikipedia:Witch Doctor (song)|witch doctor]]
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*one-eyed one-horned flying [[Wikipedia:Purple People Eater|purple people eater]]
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===Real creatures===
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*[[Wikipedia:Maggot|maggot]]<ref name="real" />
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*[[Wikipedia:Pterosaur|pterodactyl]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|tyrannosaurus rex]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Rhinovirus|rhinovirus]]
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*[[Wikipedia:Attorney at law|attorney]]
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*mother-in-law
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*[[Wikipedia:Wizardry|creeping coins]]
 
===Miscellaneous===
 
===Miscellaneous===
 
{|
 
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*giant [[Wikipedia:Cockroach|cockroach]]
 
*giant [[Wikipedia:Cockroach|cockroach]]
 
*giant [[Wikipedia:Slug|slug]]
 
*giant [[Wikipedia:Slug|slug]]
*[[Wikipedia:Maggot|maggot]]<ref name="real" />
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*[[Wikipedia:Pterosaur|pterodactyl]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|tyrannosaurus rex]]
 
*rot [[Wikipedia:Larva|grub]]
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:Bookworm|bookworm]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Bookworm|bookworm]]
 
*master [[lichen]]
 
*master [[lichen]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Shadow|shadow]]<ref name="real" />
 
*[[Wikipedia:Shadow|shadow]]<ref name="real" />
 
*[[Wikipedia:Holography|hologram]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Holography|hologram]]
*[[Wikipedia:Attorney at law|attorney]]
 
 
*sleazoid
 
*sleazoid
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*[[Wikipedia:Robot|robot]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:Attack of the Killer Tomatoes|killer tomato]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Amazons|amazon]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Robot|robot]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:BattleMech|battlemech]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Rhinovirus|rhinovirus]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Harpy|harpy]]
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:Lion|lion]]-[[Wikipedia:Dog|dog]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Lion|lion]]-[[Wikipedia:Dog|dog]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Rat|rat]]-[[Wikipedia:Ant|ant]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Rat|rat]]-[[Wikipedia:Ant|ant]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Year 2000 problem|Y2K bug]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Year 2000 problem|Y2K bug]]
*[[Wikipedia:Wizardry|creeping coins]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Rabbit of Caerbannog|killer bunny]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:The Princess Bride|rodent of unusual size]]
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:Smokey Bear|Smokey the bear]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Smokey Bear|Smokey the bear]]
*[[Wikipedia:The Luggage|Luggage]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Ent|Ent]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Pushmi-pullyu#The_Pushmi-pullyu|pushmi-pullyu]]
 
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*[[Wikipedia:The Smurfs|smurf]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Ewok|Ewok]]
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:Earthquake|earthquake]] beast
 
*[[Wikipedia:Earthquake|earthquake]] beast
*[[Wikipedia:Terminator (character)|Terminator]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Dalek|Dalek]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|teenage mutant ninja turtle]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Usagi Yojimbo|samurai rabbit]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Cerebus the Aardvark|aardvark]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:The Little Shop of Horrors|Audrey II]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Barney & Friends|Barney the dinosaur]]
 
*[[Angband|Morgoth]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Babylon 5|Vorlon]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:King Arthur|questing beast]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:Predator (alien)|Predator]]
 
*mother-in-law
 
 
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===Found only in the [[nethack.alt.org|NAO]] version===
 
===Found only in the [[nethack.alt.org|NAO]] version===
 
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*possessed waffle iron
 
*possessed waffle iron
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 
 
{{nethack-343|offset=1}}
 
{{nethack-343|offset=1}}
 
{{slashem-7E7}}
 
{{slashem-7E7}}
 
[[Category:Monsters]]
 
[[Category:Monsters]]

Revision as of 03:24, 8 September 2012

Hallucinatory monsters do not exist in NetHack, but their names can appear when you are hallucinating and interacting with monsters. A few appear as real monsters in SLASH'EM. Many of the monster names come from other roguelikes, mythologies, fantasy worlds, and popular culture[1].

List of hallucinatory monsters

Games

Quendor (Zork, etc.)

Moria

  • Ancient Multi-Hued Dragon
  • Evil Iggy

Rogue

Dungeons & Dragons

Other games

Literature

Greek mythology

J. R. R. Tolkien

Lewis Carroll

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • microscopic space fleet
  • Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

Xanth

  • tangle tree
  • nickelpede[2]
  • wiggle

Comics

Other Literature

Monster movies

Television

Anime

Star Trek

Other television

50's rock 'n' roll

Real creatures

Miscellaneous

Found only in the NAO version

  • bluebird of happiness
  • stuffed raccoon
  • newsgroup troll

References

  1. do_name.c, line 888
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Appears as a real monster in SLASH'EM.

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