Batterfly

Dragon Quest monster Batterfly
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese じんめんちょう Romaji Jinmenchō First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localisation Masked Moth (III NES)
Butterfly (GBC)

The Batterfly is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Batterflies are monstrous butterflies with a cartoonish, dog-like face with sharp fangs in the center of its body. Their bodies are magenta-coloured with blue mouths, with either blue or purple wings that have spots on them. Its original design had green wings with purple spots. Starting with the Super Famicom version, their wings were changed to purple with green spots on them. In games like IX and X, their wings are light blue instead with darker blue spots surrounded with magenta circles. The batterfly is known for their troublesome ability to envelop attackers in illusions.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō) Bestiary Number: #005

Sprites Attributes NES SFC GBC Switch Level HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion 3 12 12 6 4 11 7 8 1⁄64

Resistances

Fire Crack Woosh Zap Whack Kamikazee Poof Dazzle Snooze Drain Magic Fizzle Fuddle Sap Deceleratle 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 25% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Additional information

Spells Skills Locations Item Drop Dazzle None Dreamer's Tower Path of Promise Khoryv region Chimaera wing1⁄64

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Batterfly (じんめんちょう, Jinmenchō ) Defeated Monster List number: #005

Attributes

Sprite Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Bug & Floating 13 10 6 1 16 27 10 1⁄64

Resistances

Fire Explosion Ice Wind Strike Lightning Drain Magic Whack Kamikazee Poof 0% -25% 0% -25% 0% 0% 0% -25% 0% 0%

Dazzle Fizzle Fuddle Paralysis Snooze Stumble Stun Deceleratle Blunt Sap 25% -25% -25% -25% -25% 25% 0% -25% -25% -25%

Additional information

Spells Skills Locations Item Drop Dazzle None Dreamer’s Tower Path of Promise Dazzle-me-not1⁄8

Description Each flap of their fragile wings sends forth a fine cloud of scales, which causes their prey to hallucinate when inhaled, allowing them to swoop in for a quick bite.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Batterfly (じんめんちょう, Jinmenchō ) Big Book of Beasts No.: DLC #048 (3DS remake exclusive)

Sprite Attributes HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate 12 5 14 6 11 7 8 1⁄64 1⁄64

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

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Dazzle None Tough Guy's Trial Chimaera wing1⁄64

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Batterfly (じんめんちょう, Jinmenchō) Defeated Monster List No. : #005

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Bug & Floating 14 5 7 12 14 12 9

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle -25% -25% 0% -25% -25% -25% -25% 0% 0% 25% 0% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items Dazzle Flee Angel Falls Zere Moonwort bulb1⁄16 Butterfly wing1⁄64 Description Beastly butterflies who disrupt their enemies with Dazzle, then dash off at the first sign of trouble. They're adamant that it's not their faces that look like mortals', it's mortals' faces that look like theirs.

Dragon Quest X

Batterfly reappeared in the game from Version 7.0 onward, retaining their ability to cast Dazzle, along with being able to call for more of their kind to overwhelm enemies.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Butterfly (じんめんちょう, Jinmenchō )

Sprite Attributes GBC PSX Family Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth ? Bug 30 3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 5/5 5/5 Resistances Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Zap* None None None None None None Weak Immune Weak Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle* Snooze* Immune None None None None Strong Strong Strong Strong Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse None None Weak Weak Weak None None Strong Additional information Description Powder on its wings have hallucinogenic effect Skills Surround, Curse, CallHelp Location Gate of Monster Farm Gate, Gate of Ambition Breeding Chart Bug family x Bird family

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Butterfly (じんめんちょう, Jinmenchō )

Sprite Attributes GBC PSX Family Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth ? Bug 30 6/10 2/10 4/10 4/10 7/10 4/10 Resistances Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Water* None None None None None None Weak Immune None Zap* Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle* Weak Immune None None None None Strong Strong Strong Snooze* Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse Strong None None Weak Weak Weak None None Strong Additional information Description Scatters dust to confuse foes. Skills CallHelp, Curse, Surround Location Sea World (Tara's Adventure) Breeding Chart Bug family x Bird family

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Chafaposa	From the Spanish verb chafar and mariposa.
Français	Peurpillon	From the French peur and papillon.
Deutsch	Zerschmetterling	From the German verb zerschmettern and Schmetterling.
Italiano	Alabatt	From the Italian ala and the English butterfly.
中文 (繁體)	人面蝶	Transliteration of the Japanese name Jinmenchō, which means "human-faced butterfly".

Trivia

• The batterfly has similarities to the Hitōban (飛頭蛮), a Chinese monster that separates its head from the rest of its body and floats about with its giant ears as wings and the Chonchón, a mythical creature from South America that takes the form of a human head with an unusually large pair of ears that function as wings.

Gallery

• 
  Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake.
• 
  DQM1·2 sprite.
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  Terry's Wonderland 3D polygon model.
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  Stars model.
• 
  A Batterfly in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.

Related monsters

• Betterfly
• Dread admiral

See Also

• Batterfly knife