Weartiger

Dragon Quest monster
Weartiger
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	とらおとこ
Romaji	Tora otoko
First appearance	Dragon Quest IV
Old localisation	Weretiger

The Weartiger is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen.

Although they appear to be monstrous anthropomorphic tigers, they are actually absurd men wearing tiger skins and thus belong to the Humanoid family.

Description

At first inspection, the Weartiger appears to be large orange jungle cat monster, but by looking in the tiger's mouth, there is a red-skinned humanoid wearing the tiger's skin like a costume. Their description in XI even states that the Weartigers happen to be committed vegetarians. These monstrous men have large eyes, orange tongues, and a mouth lined with sharp fangs. They attack by using the sharp claws of their costume to tear through enemies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Weartiger (とらおとこ, Toro otoko )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #057

Sprites		Attributes
NES	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		50	0	30	50	54	32	20	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Bang	Crack	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Drain Magic	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap
25%	0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	25%	0%	100%	0%	25%	100%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	War Cry	Mamon region (Chapter 4) Mamon Mine (Chapter 4) Porthtrunnel region (Chapters 5 & 6) Pharos Beacon region (Chapters 5 & 6)	Wayfarer's clothes(¹⁄₁₂₈)
Notable changes in the remakes		None

A Weartiger NPC appears in the Mine of Mamon after receiving news that Estark is unearthed. Along with a Minidemon, they both wander around aimlessly on B3F. It is worth noting that no actual Weartigers are actually fought in Mamon Mine at all.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Weartiger (とらおとこ, Tora otoko )
Defeated Monster List No. : #065

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Humanoid	90	9	85	39	99	71	37

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-125%	-110%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	War Cry Eats fruit to restore HP	Laguna di Gondolia (first act) Insula Australis (first act) Grotta della Fonte (second act)	Kitty litter¹⁄₁₆ Cat hat¹⁄₆₄
Description	Tigerskin-clad troublemakers who give travelers no end of tribulations. Despite their costumes, they're actually committed vegetarians.

Malicious weartiger (とらおとこ・邪, Tora otoko・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #447

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Humanoid	653	37	1,329	416	307	320	141

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-125%	-110%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	25%	-125%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	50%	25%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	War Cry Eats fruit to restore HP	Zwaardsrust Region (third act)	Kitty litter¹⁄₁₆ Cat hood¹⁄₆₄
Description	Weartigers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Tryger the Weartiger is a finalist in the Monster Scout Challenge. He is the third challenger and uses a Garuda and a Beetlebully.

[[File:DQMJ Icon Beast.png|link=Beast family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Weartiger

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	D	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Critical Massacre			Boom Boxer		Fizzleproof

Additional information
Description	These feline beasts have become possessed by the very men they ate.
Weapons	Swords, Axes, Hammers, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Orc x Headhunter

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Beast.png|link=Beast family|14px|class=pixels]] Weartiger

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
D	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Critical Massacre, Hit Squad			Boom Boxer		Vulnerable to Abiliterator, Immune to Fizzle

Additional information
Weapons	Swords, Axes, Hammers, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Orc x Gasbagon Night emperor x Angel slime

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

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Dragon Quest Rivals

Weartiger appeared as a common card in the third card pack, "Cries of the Phoenix and Mother Earth".

Etymology

The Weartiger's name is a pun based on the words "weretiger" and "wear". Weretigers are fictional beings analogous to werewolves—a human who is able to shapeshift or transform into a tiger by some means, such as a curse.

Trivia

The Weartiger is physically identical to the later-appearing Caper tiger. Given that the Caper tiger's original Japanese name is an approximation of "weretiger" (the original localization name of this monster), it is possible that the caper tiger was originally meant to be the original Weartiger but with a new name.
The Weartiger is likely based on the Oni, a Japanese ogre that's sometimes red-skinned and wears tiger skins as clothing.

Gallery

IV Famicom artwork.
A Weartiger NPC in Mamon Mine.
XI polygon model
A Malicious weartiger
Joker model.
Stars model.
Rivals card.
Celebrating the Year of the Tiger in Walk.