Cantaloupe

cantaloupe is a melee item in item asylum. It is a cantaloupe.
==Functionality==
Equipping cantaloupe causes the user to hold it in front of their stomach with both hands.
Upon use, the user lifts the cantaloupe above their shoulder with one hand and swings it down in front of them, alternating between left and right hands, and dealing 30 damage. The attack has a 5×5×5 stud hitbox and a short cooldown.
If a player is hit by cantaloupe, they are briefly blinded by an image of a cantaloupe and a sound effect will play. This sound effect is from a series of four which are short snippets from the song Invincible that play consecutively each time a player is hit.
cantaloupe also has an additional ability, Throw. Upon use, the user holds the cantaloupe above their head before hurling it towards their point of aim. The projectile travels at a moderate speed, deals 30 damage, and inflicts ragdoll to enemies to make in contact with the projectile. The thrown cantaloupe's hitbox remains active as long as it exists, meaning that it can hit multiple players. After the cantaloupe is thrown, the entire item goes on a 4-second cooldown, not allowing either of its attacks to be performed.
==Tips==
*cantaloupe's normal attack is best used for chipping down an enemy's health, especially if they are on low health.
*Throw is best used at a distance from enemies, as using it puts the entire item on cooldown.
*If the cantaloupe user is ever being chased by someone, they can use Throw to briefly stunt the opponent's movement, then stall them using their ranged and miscellaneous items considering that they have no melee to defend themselves with.
==Gallery==
canteloupe m1.gif|cantaloupe being swung.
canteloupe m1 alt.gif|Ditto, with an alternative animation.
canteloupe throw.gif|Throwing cantaloupe at a Combat Dummy.
===Miscellaneous===
Cantaloupe invis.png|cantaloupe as seen with invisibility debug.
Cantaloupe Hitbox.png|cantaloupe's hitbox.
File:Cantaloupeblindingimage.gif|cantaloupe's blinding image in-game.
File:CantaloupePhotosensitivemode.gif|Ditto, but with photosensitive mode on.
File:Cheeseball.png|The golden variation of the item.
File:Cantaloupeimageingame.jpeg|The image that appears upon being hit with cantaloupe.
Cantaloupe blind effect.webp|Ditto, but the original image.
==Trivia==
*cantaloupe, as well as its blinding image, is a reference to a meme of the same name, where a low quality picture of a cantaloupe is assisted with a low quality render of the song Invincible. 
*cantaloupe's tooltip is a reference to the YouTuber Yahiamice, where the cantaloupe is seen as a running gag in his channel.
*On top of Yahiamice's presence, in the video's comment section of "𝐖: THE MINIGAME", he mentions item asylum, given the context that the content is a direct reference of item asylum in Minecraft. It was uploaded on February 25, 2022.
**Also, one of his videos on his other channel, Yahiamice LIVE! in which a video called "How to LOSE ALL YOUR FRIENDSHIPS in Roblox" actually shows him playing item asylum.
***Not only that, on the same channel, Yahiamice actually acknowledged this very article in a community post he made. He also predicted the cantaloupe flashbang when getting successfully hit by the cantaloupe.
*If photosensitive mode is enabled in the settings, cantaloupe's blinding image will be given a black vignette that will cover a majority of the screen instead of the full image.
==Changes==
*v1.7.0 [🎂]
**Added cantaloupe.
Category:Items
Category:Melee Items
Category:Inflicts ragdoll
Category:Items with abilities
Category:Based on media
Category:Blinds players
Category:Items that play music