It's a natural impression to get considering the hail of adjectives. Yet whenever anyone is asked to depict the figure, they invariably make the creature itself purple, suggesting that it will eat people of any old color. The creature's full description is "a one-eyed, one-horned, flying, purple people eater," but the lyrics make it clear that this is a creature who eats purple people. The song is notable for a confused impression people tend to get from it, which may be intentional. It's also unusually long-lived, popping up again and again in cartoons, TV commercials, YouTube videos, and film soundtracks. It's one of the few rare cases where a pure novelty made it to #1 on the charts, for one thing. We ask you to please add the template if there is a violation to this disclaimer within this page."The Purple People Eater" is a song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which is the novelty song to end all novelty songs. Furthermore, the following content is a derivative work that falls under, and the use of which is protected by, the Fair Use designation of US Copyright and Trademark Law. D&D Wiki neither claims nor implies any rights to Sheb Wooley copyrights, trademarks, or logos, nor any owned by MGM Records. This page may resemble content endorsed by, sponsored by, and/or affiliated with the Sheb Wooley franchise, and/or include content directly affiliated with and/or owned by MGM Records. Their two greatest loves (besides eating purple people) are rock and roll, and short shorts. In the rare occasion when these creatures are found on our planet, it is usually because they've come to study humanoids' musical traditions. Purple people eaters have a love for music, and can play music through the hollow horn on the top of their head, producing a sound very much like a saxophone's. That said, when a purple people eater does finally get the chance to eat a purple person, they greatly enjoy it, and have been heard to remark that it "sure is fine." Even when an opportunity to eat a purple person does come along, the purple people eater's good nature will often lead them to spare their prey anyway, often giving silly reasons why, such as because the person in question is "so tough." Purple people eaters don't really suffer for this, having adapted to go for nearly indefinite periods of time without requiring any food. Of course, since purple people are quite rare, purple people eaters rarely get the chance to indulge. While purple people eaters are indeed purple in color, they are not named for their own coloration, but rather for the fact that they only eat purple people. The purple people eater can only use this action against a medium or smaller creature with the humanoid type, which is mostly or completely purple in color.įriendly alien creatures which are unfairly maligned due to their bizarre appearance and misleading name. If the purple people eater dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement, exiting prone. The purple people eater can have only one target swallowed at a time. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the purple people eater, and it takes 10 (3d6) acid damage at the start of each of the purple people eater's turns. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The purple people eater makes one bite attack against a medium or smaller target it is grappling. If the target is a medium or smaller humanoid which is mostly or completely purple in color, then the target is grappled (Escape DC 14) Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the purple people eater can't bite another target.Įat Purple People. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.īite. The purple people eater makes two slam attacks. While moving through outer space, the purple people eater moves fast enough to reach any other planet in its solar system within 2 (1d4) minutes, or any other solar system within 7 (2d6) days. The purple people eater does not need to breathe, and can survive infinitely in the vacuum of space. A creature can only be affected by this ability once, the first time they see the purple people eater. On a failure, the creature becomes frightened of the purple people eater until the beginning of their next turn. Sure Looks Strange to Me! A humanoid creature which can see the purple people eater must make a DC 14 Wisdom save. Skills Performance +9 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater Īrmor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit Points 67 (9d10 + 18) Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft.
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