Editing Monty

{{Character
|Name = Monty
|Game = 
|Image = [[Image:DQV_Monty.png|200px]]
|Sprite = 
|Japanese name = {{tt|モンスターじいさん|Monsuta Jiisan}}<br>モンじい <small>(''Dark Prince'')</small>
|Roumaji = Monsuta Jisan<br>Monji (''Dark Prince'')
|Title = Monster Monitor
|Class = 
|Race = Human
|Age = 60's
|Voice Actor=Paul Copley<br>Atsuyoshi Miyazaki
}}
'''Monty''' is the monster caretaker and a recurring character in the series. He is the monster-themed counterpart to [[Patty]], managing various monster facilities where he watches over any [[Monster recruitment|recruited monsters]] sent his way by the party.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3HD}}===
The player first encounters Monty during a cutscene in the [[Shrine of Promise]], where interjects after the party encounters a friendly [[slime]]. He instructs players to keep an eye out for [[List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake|friendly monsters]] and send them his way, keeping them in his stable and encouraging the player to enter them into the various [[Monster Arena (Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake)|monster arenas]] found across the world for big prizes.

Monty is also the final opponent in the [[Damdara]] monster arena, with his team consisting of a [[flying flayer]], [[minidemon]], and [[soaring scourger]]. How the old man is aware of the secret underworld, much less how to freely move between the two worlds, is left to the player's imagination.

==={{DQ5}}===
Monty and his bunny-girl assistant Carla are first encountered during the second generation of the game in [[Fortuna]], where he states that the {{Hero 5}} has profoundly sincere eyes and is confident that he will be able to tame monsters. After explaining that the Hero needs to fight with love in his heart to get a monster's attention, he suggests purchasing a [[Wagon|wagon]] from Fortuna's curiosity shop to accommodate the new recruits. Monty maintains additional dens in [[Lodestar Harbour]], [[Gotha|Castle Gotha]], and even as far as [[Precaria]]. Up to 50 monsters can be left in his care in the SNES version, and 80 in subsequent releases. While staying with him, a monster can be released or renamed but they will not gain any experience points.
*The [[Hero (Dragon Quest V)|Hero]] is unable to [[Monster recruitment|tame]] monsters until speaking with Monty in the remade versions of ''V''.

==={{DQ7}}===
Monty is the distant descendant of Buddy, the beast-befriending eccentric of [[Nottagen]]'s past. Inspired by his ancestor, he plans to open up [[Monster Meadows|a park]] where monsters can live in peace--unfortunately, Monty doesn't actually know how to ''build'' the park. Fortunately, the party can find enclosure plans to add new areas to Monty's pet project. 
As Nottagen has no standing mayor or officials, Monty appears as the town representative at the summit meeting in the [[Cathedral of Blight|Cathedral of Light]].  

==={{DQM3}}===
Monty is depicted as a [[Dwarf]] in this game, along with every other resident of [[Rosehill]] village save for the nun living in [[Rosehill Tower|the tower]]. He is sympathetic to {{Psaro C}}'s plight of being cursed, and suggests taking up the art of monster wrangling to stand a chance against his wicked father [[Randolfo]]. After gifting Psaro a beginner monster, he was about to teach him the fundamentals of the vocation before being interrupted by [[Fizzy]]. The two are old friends, and Monty leaves Psaro's tutelage in the simian sprite's capable hands. 

As the game is an alternated telling of {{Dragon Quest IV}}, this iteration of Monty is based on the old man who runs the church, item shop, weapon shop, and armour shop. As such he manages the bank, the information center, and [[Tinkerer's Toolbench]] from a single storefront in the center of the village. Monty also supervises the [[Altar of Amalgamation]] in the basement of [[Rosehill Tower]], using a hidden trapdoor to quickly scurry between the tower and his businesses.

Monty is the final opponent in Category S of the [[Endor Colosseum]] tournament. His team consists of a [[goomulonimbus]], [[great dragon]], [[prism peacock]], and [[ronin raccoon]].
 
==Gallery==
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Image:DQV_SF_Monty_Art.png|Super Famicom art
Image:DQV_Montys_Monster_Den.png|Monster Den art
Image:DQ V SFC Hero and Monty.jpg|
Image:DQ V SFC Monty and monster.jpg|
File:DQVII Monster Meadows.jpg|Monty as he appears in ''VII'', being helped by the {{Hero 7}} and [[Maribel Mayde|Maribel]]
</gallery></center>

==Trivia==
*[[Molly]] from [[Dragon Quest Builders 2|Builders 2]] is a female counterpart of Monty, with both of them being elderly npcs that teach the player how to tame monsters.
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