Putties are a species in the Magical Vacation series. They mainly live in Kugande Village on the Dark Plane and Shishkebab Cavern on Razen.
Profile
Putties are bipedal, wobbly, gray masses of konjac with small blue eyes. They are born when putty peas get boiled and mashed, then cooled off in a mold.[1] Their square bodies flop around when they walk, and are said to repel the sharpest of swords, but they can go stale if exposed to sunlight for too long. When they do not have access to water, putties use sheer will to keep themselves hydrated.[2] In Japanese, putties end sentences with でぺたん depetan or ぺたこん petakon, a sound effect for flopping over. Their names are also written in Café au Lait Font.
In Magical Vacation, putties are named after famous philosophers, whereas in Magical Starsign, their names come from various flowers and spices.
History
Some time ago, Kugande Village's putty population began to decline, so Bachelard set out on a journey across various to find putty peas, which he could use to create new putties. Bachelard encountered the party a few times on the Light Plane, but did not find any putty peas there. Upon returning to Kugande Village, Bachelard met Mace and Cinnamon, who promised help repopulate the village. The party also assisted Bachelard, obtaining every putty pea to make Kugande Village flourish once again.
Several hundreds of years later, another putty named Cardoon arrived at the Stone Stage in the depths of Shishkebab Cavern on Razen. Finding it a suitable environment for his people, he tasked the party with gathering putty peas around the Baklava solar system. In doing so, they filled the cavern with new putties, who each sang parts of a song about the universe's creation.
Other appearances
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| Putty
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A living, walking, and talking... bit of putty! Faced with a crisis in Shishkebab Cavern, you can multiply the number of putties. Putties search for the treasure chests scattered across the universe, continuing their quest of collecting Putty Peas. Putties are also known for having a distinctive way of talking.
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| こんにゃく様
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命を持っており、歩いたり話したりできるこんにゃく。 絶滅の危機に直面しているが、シシカバブ石窟にいるカールドンに”こんにゃくイモ”を渡すと仲間を増やせるという。宇宙各地に散らばっている宝箱を見つけ、”こんにゃくイモ”を手に入れるべく旅を続けている。語尾に「ぺたん」とか「ぺたこん」をつけるのか口癖。 Translation: A konjac that has life, able to walk and talk. They face the threat of extinction, but by giving "konjac potatoes" to Cardoon in Shishkebab Rock Cave, you can increase their population. They continue their journey to find treasure chests scattered across the universe and obtain "konjac potatoes". Habitually, they end sentences with "petan" or "petakon". |
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Fighter(s)
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| Food Effect +3
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Any
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| Slippery Stage
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Attack - Soma Bringer
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Timed battle
The enemy tends to avoid conflict
Melee weapons aren't very effective against the enemy
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In the 2009 DSiWare game A Kappa's Trail, developed by Brownie Brown, a putty briefly appears as an easter egg. If the player-controlled kappa is guided to a clam next to their underwater house, they will come out looking like a putty.
Nomenclature
Putties are based on konjac, a vegetable native to southwest China.
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