Wooper trooper

Dragon Quest monster Wooper trooper

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ウパソルジャー Romaji Upasorujā First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Wooper trooper is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is a salamander soldier wielding a sword and shield.

Characteristics

Wooper troopers are anthropomorphic salamander swordsmen with sky blue skin wearing simple red tabards and horned helmets. Their equipment consists of simple copper swords and shields. They are well-versed in utilising their shields for their defence.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Wooper trooper (ウパソルジャー, Upasorujā) Defeated Monster List No. : #017

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Aquatic 30 4 40 32 33 24 28

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle -25% 0% 0% 0% 0% -25% -25% 0% 0% 25% 100% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 0% 25% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items None Defends Blocks with its shield Back Atcha Western Stornway Eastern Stornway Zere Pot lid1⁄16 Soldier's sword1⁄64 Description Amphibious soldiers and adepts of defence who can be found patrolling around bodies of water. They're forever scraping their soles on seashells while on beach patrol, and have been saving up to buy boots.

Dragon Quest X

Wooper troopers are set to reappear in the game in Version 7.

Dragon Quest Tact

Wooper trooper appears as an E-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the Dragon Quest IX event. It can be scouted from the Memories of the Dead stage of "Be Kind to Monsters" at any difficulty.

Trivia

• The wooper trooper, along with the rest of its variants, are based on the axolotl, an endangered species of salamander from Mexico. The name wooper itself references the term "wooper looper" (ウーパールーパー, Ūpārūpā), a term introduced by the Nissin Foods company to refer to their axolotl mascot, which first appeared in a 1985 commercial.
• Additionally, the adding of "trooper" to the end draws a parallel to the turtle character from Super Mario, the Koopa Troopa - which in itself was likely a nod to the Abba song "Super Trouper", as well as being a generally obvious rhyme to use.

Related monsters

• Salamarauder
• Axolhotl

Gallery

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  A Wooper Trooper, as seen in Dragon Quest X
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  Rivals card
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  The wooper trooper and other monsters that can be encountered in "Be Kind to Monsters" in Tact