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.
 * When informed by Gypsy Aris that the universe could be destroyed, the 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".
 * The song Chef Surprize was available to people who did not start the quest after a glitch involving the Pest Control Update. This glitch was later fixed.
 * 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 make a time paradox if you don't talk to her about it first.
 * Players can unlock the track 'Too Many Cooks' before it is time to save Mudknuckles by climbing down the ladder and walking towards the Goblin Cook in Goblin Village.
 * There is a cookbook entitled Recipes for Disaster.
 * The first subquest is called 'Another Cook' on the "Quest-Complete-Scroll", but is called 'Starting Out' in the Adventurer's Log.
 * If you try to drink the dirty blast the player will refuse because it is completely impossible to drink it.

Goblin Generals

 * During the cutscene, examining the goblin cook when he is smashed into the wall yields the text "Half way up the wall is maybe not a naturally tenable position for a goblin."
 * After the cutscene is over, the goblin cook's examination is "More like a goblin cooked."
 * There is a glitch when using a large familiar (terrorbird) during the explosion that the familiar attempts to move to the corner but cannot fit and ends up outside of the wall in a no-clip area.

Evil Dave

 * If you ask her after inspecting Dave, Gypsy Aris will explain why Evil Dave is a member of the secret council: "The council is meant to include one dark wizard, but obviously the other members did not want to include anyone who was a real threat."
 * When you unlock the spoiler on QuestHelp, it will say that either Saradomin is helping an adventurer or Zamorak is helping with an evil stew, and you are thankful for whoever is telling you.
 * It should be noted that in the sub-quest, the gypsy tells you that Evil Dave lives with his mother and stays in the basement. This may be a referral to the common stereotype that all video-game enthusiasts live in their parents basement. Since most of these basement dwellers are young, this can be further emphasized by Evil Dave thinking he is "evil". The gypsy also tells the player that she doesnt judge those people, with your character replying: "oooooooookay."

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, but have recently been removed from the do not suggest list.
 * The Evil Chicken random event has now been discontinued. Your character will still say that it "only turns up when I least want him to."
 * A possible overlooking on Jagex's part resulted in a hitsplat of 0 damage being red or green, this has since been fixed.
 * Although the Dramen tree was the likeliest source of cinnamon at the time of the quest's release, the Phoenix Lair now contains actual cinnamon trees.
 * If you have recently started Swan Song, there will only be two options when speaking to the Wise Old Man - Cleaning out your bank and Swan Song.

King Awowogei

 * If you talk to the three monkeys after cooking the stuffed snake, Iwazaru will want to eat it. You'll tell the trio, "Thanks for your help guys! I've had more fun than a barrel of monkeys doing this."
 * Mizaru means "a monkey that doesn't see" In Japanese.
 * Kikazaru means "a monkey that doesn't listen" in Japanese.
 * Iwazaru means "a monkey that doesn't say" in Japanese.
 * 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 apologize 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.
 * Tchiki Monkey could be pronounced as "Cheeky Monkey".
 * The 3 monkeys during Awowogei's subquest are a reference to the 3 Wise Monkeys, who can see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil.

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.
 * Differently from most quests, the last monster you fight is weaker than the others.
 * 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!".
 * Interestingly, Kamil is male while Karamel is female.
 * Before the Graphic update she appeared to be firing an invisible version of Karil's crossbow

Dessourt

 * When Dessourt is said in-game, the last "t" is censored. Therefore becoming "Dessour*."  This has yet to be fixed.

Culinaromancer

 * The name Culinaromancer is a combination of the words culinary and mancer, meaning "one who divines from food".
 * The Gypsy tells the player, "Just as an Oneiromancer draws magical powers from dreams, or a necromancer draws their strength from the energies of the dead, a Culinaromancer uses food as a source of magical powers."
 * When The Culinaromancer dies, foods like cakes explode out of his body onto the ground and comes with pick up option, but you always get teleported back before you get the chance to get your hands on one.

Gloves

 * It has always been possible for players with 1 defence to complete the sub-quests up until they have Mithril Gloves. However, a recent change to the quest Monkey Madness means that players with 1 defence can now return to Ape Atoll. This subsequently allows those players to complete the sub-quest Freeing King Awowogei and obtain up to Adamant Gloves, providing they have 48 Agility and 70 Cooking, Or 65 with a Chefs delight (M).
 * Barrows Gloves are kept on death over many items with much higher worths, like dragon boots and legs.
 * In 2007, Barrows gloves cost 130,000 coins when the chest had full stock.
 * The Barrows gloves currently the strongest items to be worn on hands in RuneScape except for the Mercenary's Gloves which provide +13 ranged bonus.
 * The gloves cannot be sold back to the shop nor another player. If the player wants to get rid of them for any reason, the gloves can be alchemised or dropped.

Kitchen Equipment

 * The examine text of the Wooden spoon a cultural reference to a comic and television series called The Tick. The titular character's battle cry is "Spoooooooon!", because apparently it has a nice ring to it.
 * The egg whisk's examine text could be a word play on 'A large risk of death'. If this means it being near useless so the player might die or it's deadly and could slay any foe is unknown.
 * The examine text of the Spork is a reference to the Star Wars phrase, "Use the force".
 * A Spork is a combination of fork and spoon into one utensil used by some fast food places.
 * Some Hill giants appear to be wielding cleavers.