Zepling

Dragon Quest monster Zepling

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese バブリン Romaji Bablin First appearance Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past Old localisation Babbleoon

The Zepling is a monster introduced in Dragon Quest VII. It is a living balloon, and as such is vulnerable to Flying Knee.

Characteristics

Zeplings are creepy, zany monsters with bouncy bulbous yellow bodies, marked with miserable jagged red lips surrounding a mouth that they use to munch on foes, and a tiny pair of odd eyes that they stare down adventures with. Although sometimes they spending an entire turn uselessly staring at enemies. They bear a bullseye-like symbol on their bouncing bellies, a long trailing tail, puzzling pointy ears, and small arms that they wave in a weird way, almost like they're trying to stay afloat. Their air-headed floatiness allows them to fling the windy Woosh spells at foes, hitting all foes in a single swish.

In the original Sony PlayStation version, Zeplings had an unusual attack animation where they expelled multiple, smaller Zeplings from its mouth.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Zepling (バブリン, Bablin ) Big Book of Beasts No. : 038

Sprite Attributes HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate 61 15 23 (PS1) 35 (3DS) 10 (PS1) 15 (3DS) 52 30 28 1⁄64 1⁄32

Resistances Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack Paralysis 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 10% Army Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance 0% 0% 0% 80% 0% 0% 15% 50% 0% 15% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Woosh Waste turn Dungeon of Descent Al-Balad Plain clothes1⁄64 Notable changes in the remakes

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• Discombombulator
• Healium balloon
• Li'l whizzer
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