Puppeteer

Dragon Quest monster Puppeteer

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese パペットこぞう Romaji Papettokozō First appearance Dragon Quest VIII

The puppeteer is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest VIII, it is a humanoid monster armed with hand puppets.

Characteristics

Puppeteers wear outfits that completely cover their forms with only their blank eyes being visible through the eye-holes in their masks, much like those worn by stagehands in traditional Japanese theater known as kuroko. This concealing garb is mostly a black color with some blue and green, likely to focus attention towards the more colorful puppets used by the puppeteer, namely a lump mage on their right arms and a slime on their left. It also carries a puppet of a dracky and a golem that it uses when telling different stories. The puppeteer can also envelop its enemies in illusions and uses its slime puppet to perform punches.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII

Puppeteer (パペットこぞう Papettokozō)

Bestiary No.		Family
#041		Humanoid
Experience	Gold	HP	MP
45	21	75	12
Attack	Defense	Agility	Evasion
41	38	38	1⁄64

In-Game Description	A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets.
Spell(s)	Dazzle
Skill(s)	Punches with his slime puppet Performs a Funny Story (attempts to stun entire party for one turn) Performs an Exciting Tale (increases entire party's Tension by one stage) Performs a Lame Story (reduces entire party's Tension level to 0)
Location(s)	Kingdom of Ascantha (day only)
Item(s) Dropped	Silk robe1⁄32 Slime earrings1⁄64

Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	25%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *
0%	25%	15%	15%
Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	15%
Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Snooze resistance *	Stun Resistance *
15%	0%	50%	50%
Sap Resistance *
0%
Army Resistance *
0%

Ports (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Puppeteer
Family	Material
Rank	C
Description	He made the puppets all by himself.
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Sleepproof
Skill	All-Rounder
Location	-
Breeding chart	Dingaling x Skeleton

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Puppeteer
Family	Material
Rank	C
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Whips, Hammers, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Vulnerable to Inaction, Immune to Sleep
Skill	All-Rounder
Location	Dark World
Breeding chart	Firn fiend x Khalamari kid or Dancing flame

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

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Trivia

The design of the Puppeteer and the other puppet-carrying monsters is based on Japanese comedy duo Puppet Muppet (パペットマペット, Papetto mapetto), who consist of a frog puppet (Kaeru-kun) and a cow puppet (Ushi-kun) who are manipulated by a puppeteer wearing an obscuring black costume known as Kuroko that they do not acknowledge. Article on Japanese Wikipedia.

Similar species

• Puppet master
• Puppet player

Gallery

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  Monsters: Joker model
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  Battle Road Victory cut-in
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  Stars model
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  Rivals card