Caged Monster

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* 16-Bit

> "*Hey, I heard that!*"
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    **Caged Monster** is a character in The Messenger. It is a denizen of the shop and is part of the shop's vibrant scenery, serving a similar role as Parrot. It is implied to have been a nosy traveler before The Shopkeeper transformed it into its current form.

## Profile

### Appearance

Caged Monster is an orange tentacle monster in a cage. Its cage is mostly covered by a blue cloth, and a small corner of the cage is exposed. Caged Monster's tentacles poke out between the bars of the exposed section of the cage and along the bottom of the cage. Its face is shrouded in darkness, but two glowing red eyes are visible. Caged Monster hangs out on the floor to the left of The Shopkeeper's desk.

### Personality

Similar to Parrot, Caged Monster is briefly offended by The Shopkeeper's off-hand story comment about how it got transformed into a strange creature. Otherwise, it remains completely silent as background scenery for the shop.

## Main Story

Under most normal circumstances, Ninja can interact with the cabinet inside the shop many times in order to activate cabinet rant #1. After the rant ends, he can interact with the cabinet an additional time for an off-hand comment from The Shopkeeper, where The Shopkeeper vaguely threatens him. The Shopkeeper states that Ninja should see what happened to the last traveler who got nosy, which prompts the Caged Monster to complain, "Hey, I heard that!" This implies that the Caged Monster was the nosy traveler.

## Picnic Panic

*For the main article, see Picnic Panic.*

Caged Monster makes a return, as a resident of the tiki version of the shop. After Ninja reaches the Voodoo Heart for the first time, Caged Monster is missing, replaced by the Voodoo Altar from the top of Fire Mountain. The Shopkeeper believed that the altar would be a cool addition to the shop, so she grabbed it. Ninja questions what happened to the "caged monster thing," and The Shopkeeper explains that it was useless, so she got rid of it. The altar is used to summon the Voodoo Mask, which tells jokes that The Shopkeeper finds awful. One particularly terrible joke will cause The Shopkeeper to say that she kind of misses the caged monster.

## Trivia

* Caged Monster is referred to as "CAGE\_MONSTER" in the dialogue files, "Monster" for its talk portrait file, and "ShopMonsterCage" for its sprite files.
* In the beta version of the game, Caged Monster was much larger, blue in color scheme, and had a purple-pink cloth covering its cage.
* The Gamescom 2017 teaser trailer depicts a large version of Caged Monster, similar to the large Caged Monster from the beta version of the game.

## Gallery

Caged Monster's 16-bit talk portrait icon.Caged Monster's cage decorated in Christmas lights and snow.The Shop, where Caged Monster hangs out.The 16-bit Shop, where Caged Monster hangs out.The Holiday Shop, depicting Caged Monster in festive attire.The Picnic Panic version of The Shop, where Caged Monster hangs out.The Picnic Panic version of the 16-bit Shop, where Caged Monster hangs out.The beta version of The Shop, where beta Caged Monster hangs out.
## References

> "*It was useless, so I got rid of it.*"
> ― *The Shopkeeper*
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