Batterfly
The Batterfly is a monster in the series.
| 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) |
Characteristics edit
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 edit
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation edit
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake edit
Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit
Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)
Remake exclusive (3DS)
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
| 12 | 5 | 11 | 7 | |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 8 | 14 | 6 | 1⁄64 | |
| Bestiary No. | DLC #048 |
| Spell(s) | Dazzle |
| Skill(s) | None |
| Location(s) | Tough Guy's Trial |
| Item(s) Dropped | Chimaera wing1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 1⁄64 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance * | Whack Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 15% | 0% |
| Poof Resistance * | Ban Dance Resistance | Dazzle Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance * |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | 15% |
| Fuddle Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance* | Poison Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * |
| 0% | 50% | 0% | 15% |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | |
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies edit
Batterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)
Dragon Quest X edit
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 edit
Butterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)
| Sprite | Level cap * | HP growth | MP growth |
 |
30 | 3/5 | 1/5 |
| Strength growth | Resilience growth | Wisdom growth | Agility growth |
| 2/5 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Family | Bug |
| In-game description | Powder on its wings have hallucinogenic effect |
| Abilities | Surround, Curse, CallHelp |
| Habitat | Gate of Monster Farm Gate, Gate of Ambition |
| Breeding chart | Bug family x Bird family |
| Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * | Bang Resistance * |
| None | None | None | None |
| Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Rock/Army Resistance * |
| None | None | Weak | Immune |
| Zap Resistance * | Gigaslash Resistance | Magic Burst Resistance | Drain Magic Resistance * |
| Weak | Immune | None | None |
| Whack Resistance * | Kamikazee Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * |
| None | None | Strong | Strong |
| Fuddle Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance |
| Strong | Strong | None | None |
| Ban Dance Resistance | Gobstopper Resistance | Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * |
| Weak | Weak | Weak | None |
| Decelerate Resistance * | Curse Resistance | ||
| None | Strong | ||
Dragon Quest Monsters 2 edit
Butterfly (じんめんちょう Jinmenchō)
| Sprite | Level cap * | HP growth | MP growth |
 |
30 | 6/10 | 2/10 |
| Strength growth | Resilience growth | Wisdom growth | Agility growth |
| 4/10 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 7/10 |
| Family | Bug |
| In-game description | Scatters dust to confuse foes. |
| Abilities | CallHelp, Curse, Surround |
| Habitat | Sea World (Tara's Adventure) |
| Breeding chart | Bug family x Bird family |
| Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * | Bang Resistance * |
| None | None | None | None |
| Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Rock/Army Resistance * |
| None | None | Weak | Immune |
| Water Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Gigaslash Resistance | Magic Burst Resistance |
| None | Weak | Immune | None |
| Drain Magic Resistance * | Whack Resistance * | Kamikazee Resistance * | Poison Resistance * |
| None | None | None | Strong |
| Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * |
| Strong | Strong | Strong | None |
| Fizzle Resistance | Ban Dance Resistance | Gobstopper Resistance | Stun Resistance * |
| None | Weak | Weak | Weak |
| Sap Resistance * | Decelerate Resistance * | Curse Resistance | |
| None | None | Strong | |
In Other Languages edit
| 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 edit
- 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 edit
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Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake. -
DQM1·2 sprite. -
Terry's Wonderland 3D polygon model. -
Stars model. -
A Batterfly in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.
