Turbo Pudding

FluffendersMeet the cast

Meet Bubbun, Achoo Kitty, Woolly, Dozy Mole and Gulpy Frog

· The Turbo Pudding team · 4 min read

Five Fluffs in a row on the green meadow lawn at night, left to right: a white Bubbun bunny with pink-lined ears and one ear tip flopped over, holding a yellow bubble wand; Achoo Kitty, an orange tabby kitten with a pink bow and three stripes on her forehead; Gulpy Frog, round and green with a pale belly and a leaf on its head; Dozy Mole, a dark purple mole in a blue nightcap with a white pom-pom, sitting in its dirt hole; and Woolly the sheep, a big white cloud of wool with a gray face, a soap bubble drifting past; on the far right a grumpy purple Grumplet with a dark tuft of hair and heavy-lidded red eyes walks toward them

It’s Monday, so let’s meet some of the cast. In Fluffenders, the Grumps can’t sleep a wink, and they want the dreamy moonberries. The Fluffs don’t fight them off. As Granny Hoot puts it, “Bubbles, sneezes and cuddles will tuck them in.” A Grump that dozes off goes rosy in the cheeks, smiles and floats away on a little nap cloud.

There are sixteen Fluffs in all. Today it’s five from chapter 1 in Moonberry Meadow, lined up at the top from left to right: Bubbun, Achoo Kitty, Gulpy Frog, Dozy Mole and Woolly, with a Grumplet on its way. Bubbun and Woolly work quietly. The other three make a noise about it: a sneeze, a BOING and a burp.

Bubbun

Every game starts with Bubbun. It’s a white bunny with one ear flopped over at the tip and a yellow bubble wand, and on night 1, First Night, Granny Hoot’s very first tip is “Tap the Bubbun card!” A Bubbun costs 100 stardust and blows sleepy bubbles down its row, about one every second and a half. A plain Grumplet nods off after 14 of them.

On night 3, Acorn Caps, some Grumps turn up in acorn caps, and the game’s advice is short: “Its acorn cap soaks up bubbles. Knock it off first!” When a cap finally flies off, its Grump lets out a huff of steam. One of the game’s tips explains why you rarely see just one Bubbun: “Two shooters in a row stop a Grump twice as fast.”

A close-up of Moonberry Meadow at night: on the left, a white Bubbun bunny with pink-lined ears, one ear tip flopped over, holds up a yellow bubble wand; two squares to the right, a round purple Grumplet with a dark tuft of hair, flushed pink, frowns with heavy-lidded red eyes and puffs out two little clouds of steam; just behind it, its cracked brown acorn cap tumbles upside down through the air onto the grass
Searched “how to get a hat off a grumpy guest.” Bubbles, apparently.

Achoo Kitty

Achoo Kitty is an orange tabby kitten with a pink bow and three stripes on her forehead, and she joins after night 2, Twinkle Lights. She has one move. About a second after she lands, she breathes in, holds it and lets out a giant glitter sneeze that, in the game’s words, “sends every Grump nearby straight to dreamland.” Nearby means a block of three by three squares around her. Grumps don’t even stop to nibble her while she winds up. They just walk past.

She costs 150 stardust, and her card takes 50 seconds to come back, the longest wait of any Fluff. Hence the game’s tip: “Save Achoo Kitty for a big crowd of Grumps.”

Woolly

Woolly is a sheep, mostly wool, with a gray face and a white curl on top, and it joins after night 3. The game explains the plan: “So soft, so thick! Grumps nibble the wool for ages while friends do the work.” Woolly costs only 50 stardust and can take more than 13 times as much nibbling as a Bubbun. On night 4, The Whole Meadow, Granny Hoot’s tip is “Put Woolly in front to block Grumps!”

Woolly also lets you know how it’s going. After a good deal of nibbling, bits of wool go missing, the brows turn worried and a drop of sweat appears. Near the end, the whole fleece looks smaller and the smile goes wobbly.

A close-up of the meadow lawn at night: in the middle, Woolly the sheep, a white cloud of wool on four dark legs with a gray face and a white curl on top, looks up with big worried eyes, a wobbly mouth and a blue drop of sweat by one ear; above and to the right, a purple Grumplet, eyes closed and smiling, rises away on a pale see-through nap cloud; on the left, a white Bubbun bunny holds its yellow bubble wand
People also ask: “do sheep mind being nibbled?” This one does a bit.

Dozy Mole

Dozy Mole joins after night 5, Rolly Bowling, and costs just 25 stardust. The catch is in the name. Once planted, it naps underground for about 14 seconds, and all you see is a mound of dirt, a pink nose and the tip of a blue nightcap. Granny Hoot’s tip on night 6, Boing Boing: “Dozy Mole needs time to wake up!” A Grump that reaches the mole before then simply nibbles it.

Once it wakes, it pops up in a spray of dirt, nightcap and all, and waits. Grumps don’t nibble an awake mole. They walk right onto it, and BOING: every Grump within reach in that row falls asleep at once. That’s one BOING per mole, so it pays to plant the next one in good time.

Two squares of the meadow lawn at night: on the left, a Dozy Mole still asleep underground, only a round brown mound of dirt with a pink nose and the bent tip of a blue nightcap with a white pom-pom poking out, gray Zs drifting up; on the right, a second Dozy Mole wide awake in its hole, a round dark purple mole with rosy cheeks, a pink star on its chest and a tall blue nightcap with a white pom-pom
Search history: “how long does a mole nap?” About fourteen seconds.

Gulpy Frog

Gulpy Frog is a round green frog with a pale belly and a little leaf for a hat, and it joins after night 7, Pillow Fight. When a Grump comes within a square and a half, the frog opens wide and gulps it into a sleepy bubble, and the Grump floats away inside it. Then comes the catch: the frog “needs a long nap.”

The nap lasts 30 seconds. The frog looks rounder, its eyes close, a bubble shows in its belly and little Zs drift up. At the end, it burps and is ready for the next one. It can’t gulp a Pogo Grump in mid-bounce, and a boss is far too big for it.

The first two nights are free to play in your browser at fluffenders.com, with Bubbun on the lawn from the start and Achoo Kitty as the prize at the end of night 2. The full game is $4.99, paid once. More about the game is on its Fluffenders page.

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