Trivia / Cucumber Quest

• Ascended Fanon: Almond is ambidextrous. Gigi even says the exact phrase "Sure, why not".
• Creator Backlash: Gigi has stated that they regret inserting fat jokes at Bacon's expense.
• Development Gag: The 2014 April Fools joke. That bad, weebish art was from Gigi's first concepts of the comic from way back when.
• Fan Community Nicknames: Cuquistadors. (Not very widely used, though.)
• Line to God: Gigi had an Ask.fm that fans could use to ask questions (after leaving Tumblr, see below). Usually about the comic, but they also answered questions about other things too. It has since been deactivated. A second account was available, but was intended to be temporary anyway and was eventually deactivated. A third account on Curious Cat was opened in February of 2017; that was later shut down and a different one opened the next year.
• Milestone Celebration: Not for the comic itself, but the 2014 April Fools joke is on the 10th year since the Humble Beginnings of the series when it was first conceptualized. It even uses Gigi's art from the first drafts.
• Referenced by...:
  • Sleepless Domain: In Chapter 4, a print copy of Cucumber Quest can be seen on a shelf in Undine's bedroom.
• Trolling Creator:
  • Gigi jokingly insisted on Twitter that one of the clowns from the Melody Kingdom who accompanied the party on the blimp was not killed by Mutemaster, and let it go on as a Running Gag over twitter. They insisted the clown was incinerated — not in the crash, but when he got too close to the magical, talking gate, named Mezzo, as the Nightmare Knight blasted him down. Then it turns out the clown was alive and was hanging out with Mezzo the whole time. The reactions on twitter are hilarious.
    Gigidigi: rest in peace clown joke
  • At the beginning of the Flower Kingdom arc, many people noticed that Nautilus had suddenly disappeared from the comic. When asked about it multiple times on Twitter, Gigi's response was always something along the lines of "who?" before Nautilus finally reappeared, albeit separated from the other main characters. This doubled as Foreshadowing: Nautilus had been kidnapped and memories of her erased from the protagonists.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Gigi considered making a comic with Tartelette and Baguette and their bakery as the focus.
  • Almond originally had blue hair.
  • In older designs, Cucumber's hair is less scruffy, whilst Carrot's is more so.
• Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: Due to some nasty comments made on a post on their Tumblr ^note  In the wake of the Michael Brown grand jury choosing not to indict Darren Wilson, Gigi made some comfort drawings of Kirby and Meta Knight, describing it as a coping mechanism of theirs. Some individuals took offense to this, calling it inappropriate and valueless; this ballooned into extremely nasty comments , Gigi left the website due to "frustrations with the site and its community" reaching a breaking point for them. They did leave their art there, and now occasionally posts new pieces, but does not engage beyond that. In general, they keeps a fairly low-key presence even on Twitter, because they can't even make joking comments about what they like or dislike without getting a lot of pedantry and pushback.
• Word of God
  • Word of God on Cucumber's and Almond's ages:
    Cucumber and Almond are just Kids. Almond is a Slightly Younger Kid.
  • We at least know that Cucumber is not 9. Because that's how old his father thinks he is.
  • Later Word of God confirms that the characters having vague ages applies to the entire cast. The vague age groups are:
    • Slightly Younger Kid Group - Almond, Peridot, Cosmo
    • Kid Group - Nautilus, Mandolin, Panpipe
    • Not 9 Group - Cucumber
    • Younger Adult Group - Saturday, Carrot, Parfait, BLTs, Piano, Bakerette sisters
    • Yes, He’s an Adult Group - Bacon
    • Adult Adult Group - Cabbage, Cordelia, Lute, Cymbal, Caboodle
    • Not as Old as the Mustache Makes Him Look Group - King Kelp
    • N/A?? - Dream Oracle, Nightmare Knight, Disaster Masters
  • We only learn from Gigi's tumblr that Piano's Dad's name is "King Clarinet". He's never mentioned by name in the comic itself.
  • According to Gigi's Tumblr, some of the other capsules available in the ESPMCWSCM include:
    • The ability to create incredibly intricate origami sculptures from torn straw wrappers, too small to actually be appreciated by anyone
    • The ability to heal wounds inflicted by envelopes
    • The ability to transform an animal topiary into any other type of animal topiary
    • The ability to summon ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife, but only if it’s raining on your wedding day
  • Gigi has stated on Twitter that Bacon has a brother, and that he has a TV show, strongly implying that Brisket Sweats is Bacon's brother.

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