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: Journey of the Cursed King

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