Toasters in Interactive Fiction

• (You're) TOAST! (2000)

  > x Toast-O-Matic (@ Toaster Room)

  A friendly voice says: "This toaster can only be used by two or more persons. Please insert bread into the bread slots on top of the toaster. Use Person #2 if you are not tall enough."

• Burnt Toast (2000)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  The toaster is a stereotypical 2-slice, shiny metal model. It has two slices of untoasted bread sitting in it, waiting patiently to be turned into wonderful, delicious toast. The black lever sits in the up position, poised and ready to initiate the toasting process when you depress it.

• Cheater (1996)

  > x toaster (@ Treasure Chamber)

  The famous Toaster of Battle Creek is really just an ordinary toaster, probably built in the 1950s. What makes it special is that it is the only one still known to exist.

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  Goldilocks is a FOX! (2002)

  > x electric toaster (@ On the porch)

  It's a stylish chrome affair with three slots, each about an inch wide, and a control lever which can be depressed to activate it. The lever is in the [on or off] position. [if dynamite inserted] A stick of dynamite has been wedged into each of the slots. [end if] The toaster [is or is not] plugged in.

• Got Toast? (2000)

  > x shiny toaster (@ Your Kitchen)

  This shiny, metal toaster is somewhat outdated by today's toaster oven standard. It has a single slot for bread and the usual lever to start the toasting process. On the front is a dial to indicate how toasty you want your bread to be and from the back dangles a short electric cord. As you gaze at the toaster, you can see yourself in the reflection.

• The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Too! (2000)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen Bench)

  Old and faithful, the toaster has served you well through two marriages and five children. The edge of a single piece of untoasted bread juts out from the top, awaiting its fate. At the side of the toaster are a lever, for cooking the toast, and a dial, for setting the colour.

• A Monkey Stole Your Toast! (2003)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  It is metal and shiny and has two slots for putting in bread. If you had bread! You could make toast!

• Need! More! Toast! (2003)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  The toast has been made; the toaster is no longer relevant.

• Samurai Tea Room (2003)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  Chrome and plastic combine in fine craftsmanship to forge this: the Apprentice's Toaster. Today, you must prove yourself its master.

• Spitting Crumbs (2000)

  > x toasters (@ Street)

  Eeagh! Stainless steel birds!

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  > x toaster (@ Street)

  • [before kicking it:] The egg appears to have severely damaged one of its wings. It keeps flapping, pitifully.
  • [after:] Apart from a large, shallow dent on the back from where it struck the tree, the toaster seems pretty undamaged. There are two parellel slots on the top, a lever on the side, and a dial on the front, as per Musante Toaster Standards. The toaster's plug is [dangling loosely or plugged in].

• Tea and Toast (2014)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  There's something cheerful about its rounded corners; it's like a metal oblong gumdrop. Its lever is [up or down]. [maybe one of] A slice of [bread or toast] is [toasting] in it. [or] Two slices of [bread or toast] are [toasting] in it. [as appropriate]

  [if unplugged:] It is not plugged into anything.

  [if plugged:] It is plugged into a wall.

• There Is No Bread (2000)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  It's a toaster all right. It has a small lever and a dial that can be set to a number between 1 and 5. The dial is currently set to 1.

• Toasterama (2000)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  The Toasterama(TM) 25.9 is the latest in high-tech gadgetry. It was designed to give you meaningful conversation while eating breakfast. Kelly thought it was a really cool thing. However, all this one can do is hurl insults. You secretly think that Kelly left it with you to torture you. There is a dial and a lever on it.

• The Valley House (2011)

  > x toaster (@ Kitchen)

  Just your basic toaster.