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Procrustes is a monster who runs a waterbed store in Los Angeles. This isn’t a benign endeavor, however—anyone who tries out a bed finds themselves chained to it, and if prospective purchasers aren’t exactly six feet tall, Procrustes either cuts them shorter or stretches them. Percy is able to flatter Procrustes, trick him into getting on a bed, and then shorten the monster to fit.
Procrustes/Crusty Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Procrustes/Crusty or refer to Procrustes/Crusty. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 18 Quotes
I looked at them both, and felt really grateful. Only a few minutes before, I’d almost gotten them stretched to death on deluxe water beds, and now they were trying to be brave for my sake, trying to make me feel better.
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Procrustes/Crusty Character Timeline in The Lightning Thief
The timeline below shows where the character Procrustes/Crusty appears in The Lightning Thief. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 17
...race through the city until they come to the only open business in the area: Crusty’s Water Bed Palace. They go in, hide behind a bed, and watch the boys run...
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Crusty insists he’ll let Grover and Annabeth go, but only after he “makes them fit”—the beds...
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Chapter 18
Percy pulls out a bag of gold drachmas that he took from Crusty and puts three on the counter. He insists that he’s dead, but Mr. Charon hisses...
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...but Cerberus looks right at the trio. Percy pulls out a bedpost from one of Crusty’s beds, calls to Cerberus, and throws the stick. Cerberus growls. Annabeth pulls out a big...
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