Badja

Dragon Quest monster
Badja
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ブラックタヌー
Romaji	Burakku tanū
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX

The Badja is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Badjas are bipedal badgers with black fur and red markings in the shape of a mask over their eyes, carrying around a large red maple leaf. Around their necks, they wear a necklace of acorns. They fight using techniques used by fictional ninjas, such as shrouding themselves in mist to evade attackers, and have some knowledge of magic.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Badja (ブラックタヌー, Burakku tanū)
Defeated Monster List No. : #108

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast	105	20	570	144	98	101	104

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	0%	0%	0%	-50%	0%	-50%	0%	0%	50%	25%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
50%	50%	50%	25%	25%	50%	50%	50%	0%	65%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Swoosh Fizzle	Blocks with its shield Mist Shroud (increases evasion by two stages for 6~9 turns)	Slurry Coast (summoned by Bud brother) Urdus Marshland Djust Desert (northeast island) Grotto (Fire, rank 5)	Magic beast hide¹⁄₈ Special medicine¹⁄₆₄
Description		Pure-hearted masters of the mighty way of the Badja, they evade blows with a mysterious mist, and foil magic with Fizzle. Badjas are entrusted with the scroll detailing the art of evasion when they grow old enough to leave the ninja village.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Malpache enmascarado	From the Spanish mal and mapache and enmascarado.
Français	Blaireau ninja	French for "badger ninja".
Deutsch	Frechdachs	From the German frech and Dachs.
Italiano	Cattican	From the Italian cattivo and canide.

Trivia

The badja's name is spoken phonetically similar to the word "badger", as well as being a combination of the words "bad" and "ninja".