Magic marionette: Difference between revisions

Dragon Quest monster
Magic marionette
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	パペットマン
Romaji	Papetto Man
First appearance	Dragon Quest II
Old localisation	Puppet Man; PuppetMan

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The Magic marionette is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Magic marionettes are puppets that have come to life after being abandoned by their owners. They rip magic points right from their enemies with their weird dances. The colouration of the puppets has changed many times over the years, from teal in their original appearance in II to brown in V, then grey in their original appearance in VI before finally settling on dark red in VII and most modern appearances. In later games, they gained the ability to split their bodies into pieces to rain down and strike their opponents.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Magic Marionette (パペットマン Papetto man)

Sprite	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	60	Infinite	52	100	64	24	90	⁰⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	³⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Kabuff Weird Dance	Tuhn Region Tower of the Moon Sea Cave	Prayer ring¹⁄₁₂₈

Magic Marionette (パペットマン Papetto man)

Sprites	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	60	2	52	100	64	24	70	⁰⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	⁶⁄₇	³⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Kabuff Weird Dance	Slewse Region Tower of the Moon Sea Cave	Prayer ring¹⁄₁₂₈

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Magic marionette (パペットマン, Papetto man )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #069

Sprites			Attributes
SFC	PS2	DS & Mobile	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
			52	0	70	30	63	71	54	¹⁄₆₄	¹⁄₃₂

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee
67%	67%	67%	67%	67%	67%	0%	0%	20%	0%
Drain Magic	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap
100%	67%	0%	0%	67%	20%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Flee Weirder Dance	Zoomingale Region (near Lunar Zoombloom) Scuttlebutt Region Stockenbarrel Region	Dancer's costume¹⁄₁₆
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Magic marionette (パペットマン, Papetto man )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #117

Sprites		Attributes
SFC	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		160	0	163	69	112	94	104	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	0%	60%	50%	0%	0%	0%	50%	90%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	50%	50%	100%	50%	50%	100%	50%	15%	100%	50%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Weird Dance Weirder Dance	Amor Region Everfrost Grotto	Cypress stick¹⁄₁₂₈
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Magic marionette (パペットマン, Papetto man )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #111

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	130	8	65 (PS1) 98 (3DS)	32 (PS1) 48 (3DS)	90	88	73	¹⁄₃₂	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
25%	25%	0%	25%	25%	0%	25%	0%	25%	50%	80%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	15%	100%	50%	15%	50%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kabuff	Tap Dance Dodgy Dance	Vogograd Region (past) Mount Gora The Beacon	Hardwood headwear¹⁄₆₄
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

[[File:DQ8 Material Family Icon.png|link=Material family]] Magic marionette (パペットマン, Papetto man )
Defeated Monster List No. : #123

Image	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	117	0	108	27	97	92	64	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Attack	Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	50%
Army	Poison	Stun	Paralysis	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	0%	100%	50%	15%	50%	100%	50%	0%	100%	15%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Flee Weirder Dance	West Argonia	Iron nail¹⁄₃₂ Slime earrings¹⁄₆₄
Description	Famed for launching into a strange dance that steals opponents' MP before running off. Although not particularly strong, these monsters can be quite annoying.
Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest X

Magic marionette began appearing in Version 2.0. It still drains MP with Weird Dance and can cast Kabuff to protect itself and fellow monsters, as well as gaining the ability to split its body up into pieces offensively. Starting with Version 2.2, Item Masters gained the ability to recruit magic marionettes as monster companions. In Version 5.1, vicious magic marionettes can be encountered in the Netherworld, with no changes to their behaviour.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Magic marionette (パペットマン, Papetto man )
Defeated Monster List No. : #152

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Material	128	8	172	39	80	91	83

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	0%	-50%	25%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	99%	100%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Magic Barrier	Weird Dance Splits up into tiny pieces and rains pieces of puppet from above (four random attacks on party at 75% strength each)	The Other Side (acts one and two)	Narspicious¹⁄₃₂ Spellbound bough¹⁄₆₄
Description	Once the proud possessions of professional puppeteers, they come alive after being abandoned, and go on about the glory days.

Malicious

Malicious magic marionette (パペットマン・邪, Papetto man・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #597

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Material	403	24	1,429	379	282	312	221

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	0%	-50%	25%	50%	0%	0%	0%	25%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	50%	25%	25%	0%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Magic Barrier	Weird Dance Splits up into tiny pieces and rains pieces of puppet from above (four random attacks on party at 75% strength each)	The Other Side (postgame)	Narspicious¹⁄₃₂ Spellbound bough¹⁄₆₄
Description	Magic marionettes who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Magic marionette (パペットマン Papetto Man))
Defeated Monster List No. : #046

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	114	31g	Yes

Field Notes	Eerie effigies who encourage any adventurers they encounter to join them in their danse macabre. They were once employed by puppetmasters for entertainment purposes, but those days are long gone.
Location(s)	No Man’s Land, The Battle of Accordia, The Damned Dunes
Item(s) Dropped	Pitch pearl, Sturdy stick

Dragon Quest Tact

Magic marionette appears as a B-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the original Dragon Quest V event. It will join the player in the event quest Chapter 4, Episode 1: The Way Back to Orchesterra and can be fully awakened by collecting Magic Marionette Crystals in the Talon Tower starting from B2 until B22. It can also be recruited from Part Two of the story in Chapter 2, Episode 6: To the Settlement 2. The magic marionette can participate in Slon the Rook, Wax murderer, and King Korol's Battle Roads as a party member.

[[File:Tact Icon

Inorganic.png|link=

Inorganic family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon

.png|24px]] Magic marionette (パペットマン Papetto man)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact DebuffType.png\|30px]] Debuff	120	996	247	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
240	365	295	306	25
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Immune	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Super Weak	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Super Weak	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Fizzle Swoosh* Kabuff*	Woosh-type Spell Potency +5% / Stats Up Zap Res +25 / Stats Up Swoosh Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Swoosh Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	WIS +5 Swoosh Potency +2% N/a
Leader perk	N/a
Awakening perk	Woosh-type Spell Potency +5%: Raises Woosh-type spell potency by 5%.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Marioneta mágica	Spanish for "magic marionette".
Français	Pantin magique	French for "magic puppet".
Deutsch	Zauberpuppe	German for "magic doll".
Italiano	Pupazzo malefico	Italian for "evil/malefic puppet".
中文	木偶人	Simplified Chinese for "puppet man".

Gallery

A magic marionette in X
XI polygon model
A malicious magic marionette
Rivals card
Magic marionette and other monsters encountered in Talon Tower in Tact
A magic marionette in Keshi Keshi

Related monsters

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 {{Monster Infobox
-| title=Magic marionette
+|title=Magic marionette
-| image=[[Image:DQVIII Magic Marionette.png|250px|center]]
+|image=[[Image:DQVIII Magic Marionette.png|275px]]
-| caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
+|caption=Art by [[Akira Toriyama]]
-| firstappear={{Dragon Quest II}}
+|firstappear={{Dragon Quest II}}
-| kanji=パペットマン
+|kanji=パペットマン
-| romanji={{tt|Papetto Man|Puppet Man}}
+|romanji={{tt|Papetto Man|Puppet Man}}
-|old=Puppet man}}
+|old=Puppet Man<br>PuppetMan}}
+The '''Magic marionette''' is a monster in the series.
-The '''magic marionette''' is a recurring monster in the {{DQSeries}}. Introduced in {{DQ2}}, it is a strengthened version of the [[mud mannequin]].
 ==Characteristics==
-Animated blood-red bouncing bodies craved of [[Material family|wood]], some say the '''magic marionette''' is actually soaked in the remains of defeated adventurers. They rip magic points right from their enemies with a rigid weird dance, before slapping them silly with their wooden stumpy arms. The coloration of the puppets has changed many times over the years, from teal in their original appearance in ''II'' to brown in ''V'', then grey in their original appearance in ''VI'' before finally settling on dark red in ''VII'' and most modern appearances.
+Magic marionettes are [[Material family|puppets]] that have come to life after being abandoned by their owners. They rip magic points right from their enemies with their weird dances. The colouration of the puppets has changed many times over the years, from teal in their original appearance in ''II'' to brown in ''V'', then grey in their original appearance in ''VI'' before finally settling on dark red in ''VII'' and most modern appearances. In later games, they gained the ability to split their bodies into pieces to rain down and strike their opponents.
 ==Appearances==
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 |kanji=パペットマン
 |romanji=Papetto man
-|nes-sprite=[[Image:DQII Puppet-man.png]]
+|nes-sprite=[[Image:Puppet Man DQII NES.png]]
 |nes-hp=60
 |nes-mp=Infinite
@@ Line 28: / Line 27: @@
 |nes-agility=90
 |nes-spells=[[Kabuff]]<br>[[Weird Dance]]
-|nes-locations=[[Slewse]] region<br>[[Tower of the Moon]]<br>[[Sea Cave]]
+|nes-locations=[[Slewse|Tuhn]] Region<br>[[Tower of the Moon]]<br>[[Sea Cave]]
 |nes-item=[[Prayer ring]]{{fraction|1|128}}
 |nes-evasion={{fraction|0|64}}
@@ Line 37: / Line 36: @@
 |nes-fizzle-resist={{fraction|7|7}}
 |nes-kasap-resist={{fraction|6|7}}
-|remake-sprites=[[Image:DQII Puppetman.png]][[Image:DQII PuppetmanGBC.png]][[Image:DQII Magic Marionette iOS.png|40px]][[Image:DQII Magic Marionette.png|55px]]
+|remake-sprites=[[Image:PuppetMan DQII SFC.png|50px]][[Image:PuppetMan DQII GBC.png|55px]][[Image:DQII Magic Marionette iOS.png|50px]][[Image:Magic Marionette Erdrick Trilogy Switch.png|55px]]
 |remake-hp=60
 |remake-mp=2
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 |remake-agility=70
 |remake-spells=[[Kabuff]]<br>[[Weird Dance]]
-|remake-locations=[[Slewse]] region<br>[[Tower of the Moon]]<br>[[Sea Cave]]
+|remake-locations=[[Slewse]] Region<br>[[Tower of the Moon]]<br>[[Sea Cave]]
 |remake-item=[[Prayer ring]]{{fraction|1|128}}
 |remake-evasion={{fraction|0|64}}
@@ Line 75: / Line 74: @@
 |skills=Flee<br>[[Weirder Dance]]
 |item=[[Dancer's costume]]{{fraction|1|16}}
-|locations=West of [[Zoomingale]] (near Lunar Zoombloom)<br>[[Scuttlebutt]] area<br>[[Stockenbarrel]] area
+|locations=[[Zoomingale]] Region (near Lunar Zoombloom)<br>[[Scuttlebutt]] Region<br>[[Stockenbarrel]] Region
-|evasion=1/64
+|evasion={{fraction|1|64}}
 |frizz-resist=67%
 |sizz-resist=67%
@@ Line 117: / Line 116: @@
 |spells=None
 |skills=[[Weird Dance]]<br>[[Weirder Dance]]
-|locations=[[Amor]] region<br>[[Everfrost Grotto]]<br>
+|locations=[[Amor]] Region<br>[[Everfrost Grotto]]
 |items=[[Cypress stick]]{{fraction|1|128}}
 |evasion={{fraction|1|64}}
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 |spells=[[Kabuff]]
 |skills=[[Tap Dance]]<br>[[Dodgy Dance]]
-|locations=[[Vogograd]] region<br>[[Mount Gora]]<br>[[The Beacon]]
+|locations=[[Vogograd]] Region (past)<br>[[Mount Gora]]<br>[[The Beacon]]
 |items=[[Hardwood headwear]]{{fraction|1|64}}
-|evasion={{fraction|2|64}}
+|evasion={{fraction|1|32}}
 |frizz-resist=25%
 |sizz-resist=25%
@@ Line 239: / Line 238: @@
 ==={{DQ10}}===
-{{Stub}}
+Magic marionette began appearing in Version 2.0. It still drains MP with [[Weird Dance]] and can cast [[Kabuff]] to protect itself and fellow monsters, as well as gaining the ability to split its body up into pieces offensively. Starting with Version 2.2, [[Item Master|Item Masters]] gained the ability to [[monster recruitment|recruit]] magic marionettes as monster companions. In Version 5.1, vicious magic marionettes can be encountered in the [[Netherworld]], with no changes to their behaviour.
 ==={{DQ11}}===
@@ Line 260: / Line 259: @@
 |skills=[[Weird Dance]]<br>Splits up into tiny pieces and rains pieces of puppet from above (four random attacks on party at 75% strength each)
 |items=[[Narspicious]]{{fraction|1|32}}<br>[[Spellbound bough]]{{fraction|1|64}}
-|locations=[[The Other Side]] (first and second acts)
+|locations=[[The Other Side]] (acts one and two)
-|evasion=N/a
 |fire-resist=0%
 |ice-resist=0%
-|wind-resist=-150%
+|wind-resist=-50%
 |rock-resist=50%
 |light-resist=0%
@@ Line 289: / Line 287: @@
 |elemental-resist=0%
 }}
+====Malicious====
 {{DQ11Enemy
 |name=Malicious magic marionette
@@ Line 308: / Line 306: @@
 |skills=[[Weird Dance]]<br>Splits up into tiny pieces and rains pieces of puppet from above (four random attacks on party at 75% strength each)
 |items=[[Narspicious]]{{fraction|1|32}}<br>[[Spellbound bough]]{{fraction|1|64}}
-|locations=[[The Other Side]] (third act)
+|locations=[[The Other Side]] (postgame)
-|evasion=N/a
 |fire-resist=0%
 |ice-resist=0%
-|wind-resist=-150%
+|wind-resist=-50%
 |rock-resist=50%
 |light-resist=0%
@@ Line 354: / Line 351: @@
 ==={{DQTact}}===
-Magic marionette appears as a B-rank monster of the [[Material family|Inorganic family]] as part of the limited ''Dragon Quest V'' event. It will join the player in the event quest Chapter 4, Episode 1: The Way Back to Orchesterra and can be fully awakened by collecting Magic Marionette Crystals in the [[Talon Tower]] starting from B2 until B22. It can also be recruited from Part Two of the story in Chapter 2, Episode 6: To the Settlement 2. The magic marionette can participate in [[Slon the Rook]], [[Wax murderer]], and [[King Korol]]'s Battle Roads as a party member.
+Magic marionette appears as a B-rank monster of the [[Material family|Inorganic family]] as part of the original ''Dragon Quest V'' event. It will join the player in the event quest Chapter 4, Episode 1: The Way Back to Orchesterra and can be fully awakened by collecting Magic Marionette Crystals in the [[Talon Tower]] starting from B2 until B22. It can also be recruited from Part Two of the story in Chapter 2, Episode 6: To the Settlement 2. The magic marionette can participate in [[Slon the Rook]], [[Wax murderer]], and [[King Korol]]'s Battle Roads as a party member.
 {{DQTactEnemy
 |name=Magic marionette
@@ Line 363: / Line 360: @@
 |rank=[[Image:DQTact Rank Icon B.png|48px]]
 |role=[[Image:DQTact DebuffType.png|48px]]<br>Debuff
-|lvl=110
+|lvl=120
-|hp=885
+|hp=996
-|mp=222
+|mp=247
 |move=2
-|attack=225
+|attack=240
-|defense=328
+|defense=365
-|agility=276
+|agility=295
-|wisdom=287
+|wisdom=306
 |weight=25
 |bskill1=[[Fizzle]]
@@ Line 407: / Line 404: @@
 }}
-==Similar species==
+==In Other Languages==
-*[[Diamond mannequin]]
+{{OtherLanguages
-*[[Gold mannequin]]
+|es=Marioneta mágica|es-meaning=Spanish for "magic marionette".
-*[[Gold-plated puppet]]
+|fr=Pantin magique|fr-meaning=French for "magic puppet".
-*[[Metal mannequin]]
+|de=Zauberpuppe|de-meaning=German for "magic doll".
-*[[Mud mannequin]]
+|it=Pupazzo malefico|it-meaning=Italian for "evil/malefic puppet".
-*[[Multicolour mannequin]]
+|zh-cn={{tt|木偶人|Mù'ǒu rén}}|zh-cn-meaning=Simplified Chinese for "puppet man".
+}}
 ==Gallery==
@@ Line 425: / Line 423: @@
 </gallery></center>
+==Related monsters==
+*[[Mud mannequin]]
+*[[Diamond mannequin]]
+*[[Gold mannequin]]
+*[[Gold-plated puppet]]
+*[[Metal mannequin]]
+*[[Multicolour mannequin]]
+[[Category:Material family]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest II enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest V enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest VI enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest VII enemies]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest VII Reimagined enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest VIII enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest X enemies]]
@@ Line 435: / Line 444: @@
 [[Category:Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart enemies]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest: Monster Parade enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest of the Stars enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Heroes II enemies]]
@@ Line 442: / Line 452: @@
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi enemies]]
+[[es:Marioneta Mágica]]
 [[fr:Pantin magique]]

Magic marionette: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:46, 17 March 2026

Contents

Characteristics

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Dragon Quest X

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Malicious

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Dragon Quest Tact

In Other Languages

Gallery

Related monsters

Navigation menu

Magic marionette: Difference between revisions

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Characteristics

Appearances

Malicious

In Other Languages

Gallery

Related monsters

Navigation menu

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