Editing Pratfall

{{Spell Infobox
|title = Pratfall
|image = 
|japanese = ぼけ (DQVII) <br> ボケ (DQIX, X)
|romaji = boke
|old = Silliness (DQVII PS1)
|type = Skill
}}
'''Pratfall''' is an ability in the [[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]] series. The user takes a comedic dive in order to distract enemies or avoid attacks.

==Appearances==
===[[Dragon Quest VII]]===
Pratfall is learned at rank 3 of the [[Jester]] vocation in the original [[Playstation]] version, or rank 1 of the [[Jester]] vocation in the remakes. The ability nullifies all physical damage for 1 turn. It doesn't cost any MP to use.

===[[Dragon Quest IX]]===
This ability is learned with 16 skill points allocated into [[List of litheness skills in Dragon Quest IX|Litheness skill]].

===[[Dragon Quest X]]===
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==Etymology==
The Japanese name for this technique, ぼけ ''boke'', is a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai Manzai], a form of traditional Japanese comedy which involves there being two comedic performers. 

One of these two performers is the "boke", who acts foolish and/or says ridiculous things (similar to the "funny man" in Western double comedy acts). The other performer is the one delivering the "tsukkomi" to the boke's tomfoolery - which basically involves making funny commentary on the boke's behavior, or correcting their outrageous statements (similar to playing the "straight man" in Western comedy routines) - this generally leads to more confusion and/or stupidity from the boke, leading to additional opportunities for tsukkomi until the manzai act ends. 

The skill [[Sobering Slap]] is called "tsukkomi" in Japanese, so it could be seen as a counterpart to this ability. 

==Trivia==
In Japanese, the ability's name is written in hiragana in [[Dragon Quest VII]], whereas it is written in katakana in [[Dragon Quest IX]] and [[Dragon Quest X|X]]. This may be due to the fact that Pratfall in VII is a [[Jester]] skill, whereas Pratfall in IX and X is one of the [[Minstrel]]'s litheness skills.

==See also==
[[Sobering Slap]]

[[category:Skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VII skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest IX skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest X skills]]