Shopper
Shopper is an unnamed Mall shopper who comments on shops, restaurants and local dangers.
Locations
- Mall and Mall Mines
- Ultra Video
- Music Store
- Town
- Pet Shop/Nursery
- Sports World
Interactions
| Situation | When or requirement | Task or interaction details | Items, rewards and other results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mall — Request or task | After giving Pizza to the Gatekeeper during Tentacle Cleanup | “My favorite restaurant is "Burgers Burgers Burgers".” “...Maybe I'll find a new favorite restaurant.” |
No immediate inventory item or gold change. |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | To repair this broken bridge in the deep Mall, give the nearby Shopper 10 Damp Planks and 5 Damp Nails. | “If you come across any, bring me 10 Damp Planks and 5 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.” | Required or removed: Damp Plank, Damp Nails |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | To repair this broken bridge in the deep Mall, give the nearby Shopper 20 Damp Planks and 10 Damp Nails. | “If you come across any, bring me 20 Damp Planks and 10 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.” | Required or removed: Damp Plank, Damp Nails |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | To repair this broken bridge in the deep Mall, give the nearby Shopper 40 Damp Planks and 20 Damp Nails. | “If you come across any, bring me 40 Damp Planks and 20 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.” | Required or removed: Damp Plank, Damp Nails |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | Speak to the Shopper in the deep Mall who discusses their favourite store; this is ordinary conversation, not an item request. | “Huh? My favorite store?” | No immediate inventory item or gold change. |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Initial conversation | First speak to the Shopper by the door leading to the Giant Man-Fish encounter in the deep Mall; the conversation opens the door for the missing-brother investigation. | “But, it's time that I unlocked the door.” | No immediate inventory item or gold change. |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Conversation | After defeating the Giant Man-Fish during the missing-brother request | See the organized dialogue below. | Items received: Basketball +15 |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | To repair this broken bridge in the deep Mall, give the nearby Shopper 30 Damp Planks and 15 Damp Nails. | “If you come across any, bring me 30 Damp Planks and 15 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.” | Required or removed: Damp Plank, Damp Nails |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Pizza Shop — Initial conversation | First conversation with the pizza-shop Shopper in the deep Mall explains the separate stock available for ordinary gold. | “But... we do have a separate stock, for human money...” | No immediate inventory item or gold change. |
| Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task | Speak to the deep-Mall Shopper who discusses high scores on an Arcade Machine. This is conversation, not an item request. | “I keep getting the high score on my favorite arcade machine.” | No immediate inventory item or gold change. |
Dialogue
Show dialogue by situation
- Mall — Request or task
When: After giving Pizza to the Gatekeeper.
- “My favorite restaurant is "Burgers Burgers Burgers".”
- “...Maybe I'll find a new favorite restaurant.”
- Mall — Conversation
When: After giving Pizza to the Gatekeeper.
- “But... it hasn't been open for a while.”
- “And... I can hear strange sounds coming from behind the counter, in the kitchen...”
- Mall — Conversation
When: After hearing this Shopper’s first conversation about the sale and Weather Channel.
- “This mall is... wonderful... I love it here...”
- “Now... where'd I put my shopping list...”
- Mall — Conversation
When: While Build-A-Wife requires a Toy Heart.
- “What an ugly piece of garbage...”
- Mall — Initial conversation
- “Hey... didn't you hear? There's a sale happening!”
- “I haven't been able to find it yet... but it ought to be around here somewhere...”
- “Where'd I hear about it?”
- “On The Weather Channel, of course! Where else?!”
- “There's some pretty amazing stuff in this mall.”
- “I found a clump of old hair under a bench.”
- “I even found some sweet looking scissors in the bathroom, and a wet plastic bag.”
- “Oh yeah... the stores have some pretty cool stuff for sale, too.”
- “*Sigh*”
- “This old mall just isn't what it used to be...”
- “It's sad how things can change over a lifetime.”
- “It used to be nearly empty. One store. Not a sound.”
- “Now, you can barely hear yourself think with all the footsteps and chatter.”
- “I miss the days when you could hear a pin drop in here.”
- “But, that's business for you...”
- “I'm so glad that we have our very own mall, even though the town is fairly small.”
- “It's pretty lucky that there was already a mall here in the same woods that the town would be built in.”
- “Nature is just crazy like that sometimes.”
- “Really makes you think.”
- Mall — Task in progress
- “You ought to tune in... there are deals out there, just waiting for us...”
- Mall — Task in progress
When: While Build-A-Wife requires a Toy Heart.
- “Have you seen that Toy Heart in the vending machine?”
- Town — Initial conversation
- “I've heard there are lots of stores underground.”
- “I know there's one right near a sewer entrance, but there are some that are more difficult to find.”
- “I probably shouldn't talk about it here, though. Don't want to advertise the competition!”
- General Store — Conversation
When: This Shopper’s door-side conversation in the General Store has no confirmed normal-play unlock.
- “What do you think's behind that door?”
- “I've never actually seen anyone go back there.”
- “Hmmm....”
- Ultra Video — Initial conversation
- “Shopping can be so tiring...”
- “Sometimes it takes me all day to get everything I need.”
- “At least I don't have to commute home, though. I just use a bit of dark magic and warp straight there.”
- “Thank the gods for ancient conveniences.”
- “...........................”
- “............go away.”
- “I can never decide what movie to pick out...”
- “Usually, I get so overwhelmed that I just rent the same thing over and over again.”
- “"Attack of the Zombie Chainsaw Dentists from Space"”
- “It's a classic.”
- Ultra Video — Initial conversation
When: this interaction has not yet been completed.
- “...Wait... you don't know how to warp?”
- “Wow, that's crazy.”
- “I learned the ol' warp ritual in 3rd grade when I was in school.”
- “Our education system is really going downhill these days.”
- “Here, I'll show you how to warp.”
- “There, now you'll get back home in no time.”
- “There's nothing I can do to help you shop faster, though...”
- Sports World — Initial conversation
- “Now that's what I call sports.”
- Music Store — Initial conversation
- “Me? A music fan?”
- “Oh, no no no.”
- “I'm allergic.”
- “I'm here shopping for my daughter.”
- “She is very interested in keyboards.”
- “I like music as much as the next skeleton, but how does a shop like this even stay open?”
- “There are probably enough instruments in here to supply half the town.”
- “Who's buying this stuff...”
- Pet Shop/Nursery — Initial conversation
- “The seeds here aren't very typical.”
- “They can be a bit pricey and unconventional, but they grow some wonderfully unique plants.”
- “I tend to think of them as a bit of an investment.”
- Pet Shop/Nursery — Villager — Initial conversation
- “I'm not very good with typical farming. I always forget about my plants and kill them.”
- “So, fruit trees are perfect for me. They practically take care of themselves!”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Initial conversation
- “Doing some shopping..?”
- “You look a bit odd for this floor...”
- “But, who knows.”
- “Maybe you'll find what you're looking for...”
- “Until then... we're stranded.”
- Player responses: “I have them right here”; “I'll see what I can find...”
- “Ahh... the bustle of a shopping mall.”
- “Sales around every corner.”
- “The smell of ancient sea water.”
- “And... sore feet, from all this tile.”
- “But... not for long.”
- “Gosh, I couldn't pick.”
- “You can't order this view over the phone, that's for sure!”
- “Gotta come to the mall for that.”
- “I like it over here.”
- “It's quiet.”
- “I forgot my wallet at home.”
- “I suppose I won't need it anyways, in the sea...”
- “Did you come from above?”
- “Who am I kidding... of course you did.”
- “The mall's open to anyone, but...”
- “Don't go meddling.”
- “I hate the smell of fish.”
- “What a decision I've made...”
- “You should turn back, fleshy one.”
- “Without scales and fins...”
- “Master will have little interest in you.”
- “Well... the doors are open now.”
- “If you do go in... best not to bother him.”
- “What to buy, what to buy...”
- “Oh, right.”
- “Seaweed.”
- “Not a lot of selection, but all the essentials.”
- “A fine shop.”
- “I shouldn't have come shopping on an empty stomach.”
- “I'm so hungry, I just want to buy everything.”
- “I always work up quite the appetite, when I spend all year shopping.”
- “Great prices, good friends, and soggy pizza.”
- “What more could a fish ask for?”
- “But, my rival comes after I've gone, and always beats it...”
- “Am I doomed to always be second best?”
- “I'm not far enough along to enjoy the pizza quite yet.”
- “But, the ambience is nice.”
- “I'm going to buy a few extra slices.”
- “For the journey.”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Initial conversation
When: this interaction has not yet been completed.
- “Oh... looking to cross?”
- “Well... the bridge is down, I'm afraid.”
- “It happens all the time, down here.”
- “We usually just build a new one when it goes.”
- “But... I'm all out of building materials.”
- “This is terrible, just terrible...”
- “It's just so typical of that stupid Greg, too...”
- “...Oh, sorry. I didn't realize I was talking out loud.”
- “It's just... my idiot brother!”
- “He's gone ahead and started without me.”
- “It's just way too early, you know?”
- “If you start too soon, you get too big.”
- “And now... we can't get any shopping done at all!”
- “Not in his state, anyways...”
- “I knew he shouldn't have been playing with that strange vial.”
- “Even if it was so beautiful...”
- “Well, there's nothing to be done about it now. There's no going back.”
- “I don't mean to be hogging the store like this. I locked him inside, so he wouldn't cause trouble.”
- “But, it's time that I unlocked the door.”
- “...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Request or task
- “If you come across any, bring me 10 Damp Planks and 5 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.”
- “If you come across any, bring me 20 Damp Planks and 10 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.”
- “If you come across any, bring me 40 Damp Planks and 20 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.”
- “Huh? My favorite store?”
- “If you come across any, bring me 30 Damp Planks and 15 Damp Nails, and I'd be happy to fix it.”
- “I keep getting the high score on my favorite arcade machine.”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Choice response
When: the required amount or check is satisfied; the player chooses “I have them right here”.
- “Ahh... these are perfect.”
- “Just give me a moment...”
- “There... all set.”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Choice response
When: the required amount or check is satisfied; the player chooses “I'll see what I can find...”.
- “Good luck...”
- Player responses: “I'll see what I can find...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Conversation
When: Mall Bridge 1 Built is active.
- “See you on the other side...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Conversation
When: After defeating the Giant Man-Fish during the missing-brother request; this interaction has not yet been completed.
- “Oh, so you killed him, did you..?”
- “That figures.”
- “He was huge, after all.”
- “Here, a little something for the trouble.”
- “Serves him right for not listening to me...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Conversation
When: After defeating the Giant Man-Fish during the missing-brother request.
- “Now, it's finally time for some shopping...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Pizza Shop — Initial conversation
When: this interaction has not yet been completed.
- “Hmm... you don't look like the "kelp" type.”
- “... Building supplies?”
- “I might have a few, kicking around...”
- “I could part with them, for the right price.”
- “I don't think you'll have the proper currency to buy our famous pizza...”
- “But... we do have a separate stock, for human money...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Pizza Shop — Initial conversation
- “Want to buy some building supplies?”
- Player responses: “Shop”; “Nevermind”
- “Come again...”
- “Care to buy something?”
- Player responses: “Shop”; “Nevermind”
- “Have a soggy day...”
- Mall and Mall Mines — Fish Shopper — Initial conversation
- “I'm a pescatarian.”
- “How does that work now?”
- “Who knows...”
- “Sure glad I've got gills.”
- “I can eat real fast, and won't choke.”
- “Before I was a fish, I was a goth.”
- “But, now you can't really tell.”
- “I still enjoy the music, though.”
- “I'm glad I can still breath air for a little while.”
- “I can enjoy the surface for a bit, before I go.”
- “*Munch munch munch*”
- “Ahh... one last meal, before the big swim.”
- “I like mine so soggy that the pepperonis float a bit.”
- “I've always been a freaky fish like that.”
- “Now that's a good pizza.”

