Dancing flame

Dragon Quest monster
Dancing flame
	File:DQII Dancing Flame.png; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	フレイム
Romaji	Fureimu
First appearance	Dragon Quest II
Old localisation	Flame

The Dancing flame is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest II, it is a human-shaped being of fire sporting a smoldering smile.

Characteristics

Dancing flames are somewhat humanoid in shape, having two arms, two legs, and a round body with a slight lump at the top to help put a head to their phantasmal face. In some titles they are depicted as having blue fire filling the insides of their yellow-red fire bodies, indicating that their centers are much hotter than the rest of their body.

Seeing as how they appear to be fire itself, dancing flames are usually shown to be masters of fire attacks both magic and skill based. Their fiery bodies also give a kick to their physical attacks, and provides them with full inferno immunity in all appearances.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Dancing Flame

Sprite	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	55	0	185	101	99	32	78	¹⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	²⁄₇	²⁄₇	²⁄₇	²⁄₇	⁷⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Fire Breath Call ally	Cave to Rendarak	Magic armor (¹⁄₃₂)

Dancing Flame

Sprites	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	65	0	315	101	85	54	68	¹⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	¹⁄₇	¹⁄₇	¹⁄₇	¹⁄₇	⁷⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
Fire Breath Call ally	Cave to Rendarak	Magic armor (¹⁄₃₂)

Dragon Quest VIII

Dancing flame
Defeated Monster List No. : 147

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Elemental	90	0	143	14	112	92	78	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Attack	Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack
30%	100%	100%	100%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	50%
Army	Poison	Stun	Paralysis	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	100%	50%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Flame Breath Inferno	Desert	Bandit's grass skirt¹⁄₃₂ Spicy cheese¹⁄₆₄
Description		The physical manifestation of the flames of a subterranean volcano. Fond of using their scorching breath to give adventurers a warm reception!
Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

The Flame is a two-star member of the Elemental family with a weight of 3. It can be found in the Cave to Rendarak. It naturally learns Fire Breath, Blaze and Panic Dance. Its in-game description reads "It was given life by flames. It must eat burning things to live."

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

[[File:DQMJ Icon Material.png|link= Material family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Dancing flame

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	F	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Frizzmeister			Fire Fighter		Healed by Frizz, Vulnerable to Crack, Healed by Fire Breath

Additional information
Description	These fiery creatures are actually passionate lovers as well as fighters.
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves
Location	Xeroph Isle
Breeding chart	Bag o' laughs x Firespirit

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

The dancing flame is a Rank E material monster in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2.

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Dancing flames are among the Platiosi that are part of the Plob and appear specifically in Flucifer's Necropolis, though they can show up in tank battles elsewhere. They attack using a prolonged wave of fire breath, an attack that works very well at wrecking the insides of a tank. Despite being made mostly of fire, Rocket, the player's character, has no difficulty in carrying them around. A dancing flame defeated by being thrown into water will always yield a Lucky Bag containing either a Chili Pepper or Fire Water, at least until the player has sent home the maximum of sixteen Lucky Bags.

Dragon Quest Builders

Dancing flame

Image

Chapter 3 Attributes
HP	Attack	Defence	Dropped items	Locations
1	14	0	Flame orb (★★★)	Kol volcanic region

Being Elementals, dancing flames are immune to all types of physical damage and must be slain with either a Crack shot or an ethereal weapon.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Dancing flame (フレイム Fureimu)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	27	30g	Yes

List No.	015
Field Notes	Some say these fiery phantasms are the souls of the damned, burning with hatred for humankind. They try to put a brave face on their unhappy fate, and get very upset if anyone suggests their smiles are just for show.
Location(s)	The Grand Dunes, The Battle of Dunisia
Item(s) Dropped	Warmaline, Wrecklace

Related Monsters

Similar Species

Gallery

Early concept art.
Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest.