Recipe for Disaster/Trivia

This page contains trivia from the entire Recipe for Disaster Quest.

Miscellaneous Trivia

• In the first cutscene, Duke Horacio and Osman appear to have a random event featuring the Mysterious Old Man. After Duke Horacio is abducted, the Dwarf Guard says to Osman "something has to be done about that old man". Furthermore, once Osman has also been abducted, the Dwarf comments on the rarity of witnessing two random events in a matter of seconds.
• A visual glitch has appeared on Osman of Al Kharid, his appearance is stretched and glitched.
• When informed by Gypsy Aris that the universe could be destroyed, your player exclaims, Not the whole universe! That's where I keep my stuff! This is a reference to the animated comedy series Futurama. The original quote came from the cartoon series "The Tick". Interviewer: Well, can you... blow up the world? Tick: Egad. I hope not. That's where I keep all my stuff.
• The quest point requirement used to be only 175. It was increased to 176 after the Unstable Foundations tutorial update, which gave an extra quest point upon completion.
• The cook, after telling you about defeating the Culinaromancer, says, "Did you ever know that you're my hero?" This is a reference to Bette Midler's "Wind beneath my Wings".
• When you attempt to release Pirate Pete, the gypsy exclaims "Wait a moment, my gypsy-sense is tingling..." This is a reference to Spiderman.
• When asking the Lumbridge Cook for help on a section of the quest you didn't start yet, the gypsy will stop you, saying that it will cause a time paradox if you don't talk to her about it first.
• The first subquest is called 'Another Cook's Quest' on the "Quest-Complete Scroll", but is called 'Starting Out' in the Adventurer's Log.
• After you have freed the last member of the council, Gypsy Aris releases her spell, allowing the Culinaromancer to escape, but not before saying "But you cannot defeat me! I'LL BE BACK!" This is be a reference to The Terminator.

Subquests

Sir Amik Varze

• When you talk to K'klik, you can ask for a horse as one of your options. K'klik will respond, "No horses in RuneScape. Try again." Horses are an extremely commonly requested item for transportation and have recently been removed from the do not suggest list.
• When asking the gypsy about the recipe she states that one of the ingredients is the egg of the evil chicken to which your character responds 'The evil chicken? Great. He only shows up when I don't want him to.' This is a reference to the now discontinued evil chicken random event.

King Awowogei

• The 3 wise monkeys are a cultural tradition, which go along with "See no evil, Speak no evil, Hear no evil," explaining why each monkey is covering one part of their face.
• When talking to Awowogei after feeding him the stuffed snake, you will persuade him to teach you the Teleport to Ape Atoll spell, but after he has done this, you will apologise to him for forcing him to teach you the spell. He will tell you that it could have been much worse; you could have persuaded him to marry you. This may be a reference to the fact (which the Three Wise Monkeys had revealed to you earlier) that King Awowogei had married the chef who invented the stuffed snake recipe. Interestingly, during this conversation, Awowogei will make the "marry" remark even if your character is male.
• When the 3 Wise Monkeys tell you you have the wrong banana and need a red banana, the character says "Oh yes red bananas are much tastier than blue bananas" to which the monkeys reply that there is no such thing. This could be a reference to an episode of Gilligan's Island where Gilligan asks the Skipper what type of bananas should he pick to which he gets the reply "I don't care if you pick red white or blue bananas, just get away from here!" Gilligan only looks quizzically back and asks "BLUE BANANAS?!"

Bosses

• Originally it was impossible for a player to retrieve his items if he died during the final boss battles. On 16 June 2009 an update changed it so that your items would appear by the portal.
• The bosses from Desert Treasure (sans Damis) may have been used as quest bosses because of their similarity to kinds of food, and that "Desert" is commonly mistaken for "Dessert". The names of the final bosses are a play on words of some foods and certain quest bosses:
  • Banana and Agrith Naar becomes Agrith-Na-Na
  • Flambé and Fareed becomes Flambeed
  • Caramel and Kamil becomes Karamel
  • Dessert and Dessous becomes Dessourt
  • Gelatin and Dagannoth Mother becomes Gelatinnoth Mother

Agrith-Na-Na

• Upon summoning Agrith-Na-Na, the Culinaromancer will shout: "Say hello to my little friend," which is a reference to the film Scarface.

Karamel

• When she casts her spells, she says "Semolina-Go!" Semolina is a type of flour. Kamil says "Sallamakar Ro!".

Culinaromancer

• The Culinaromancer's death is reminiscent of the "Autumn Years" scene from Monty Python and the Meaning of Life; in the scene, an immensely fat man (Mr Creosote) eats too much food and explodes, showering everything with half-digested food. The Robyn Hitchcock song "Balloonman" depicts a similar occurrence.