Jerkules

Dragon Quest monster
Jerkules
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	メガトンケイル
Romaji	Megatonkeiru
First appearance	Dragon Quest XI

The Jerkules is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a muscular one-eyed monster with four arms.

Characteristics

Jerkules are muscular, four-armed cyclopes with red skin and dark purple bands on their biceps and upper legs. They have no mouths and wear golden warrior's helmets on their heads. The giants wear very little clothing that consists of a chain harness with a blue crystal orb in the center that they use for blocking attacks, a purple pteruges skirt with a studded belt worn over trunks, metal anklets, and purple cestus gloves on each of their hands. The monsters are obsessed with their own impressive musculature and will show it off to any onlookers in an attempt to mesmerise them. They then viciously beat their opponents to a pulp with their Multifists attack.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Jerkules (メガトンケイル, Megatonkeiru )
Defeated Monster List No. : #364

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Demon	1,198	18	3,020	543	364	243	171

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	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%	-125%	99%	100%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Acts twice per turn Deflects attacks Flexes for the pleasure of onlookers (attempts to beguile entire party) Multifists	Mount Huji (second act) Fortress of Fear - Level 3 (second act)	Finessence¹⁄₈ Great helm¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Monstrously muscled four-armed fiends who love nothing more than flexing in front of the mirror. They've got a pose for every possible occasion.

Vicious

Vicious jerkules (メガトンケイル・強, Megatonkeiru・kyō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #645

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Demon	1,803	48	4,260	628	512	398	269

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	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%	-125%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Acts twice per turn Deflects attacks Flexes for the pleasure of onlookers (attempts to beguile entire party) Multifists	The Luminary's Trial - Citadel of Spite - Level 3 (third act)	Finessence¹⁄₈
Description		Jerkuleses driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.

Trivia

A jerkules is seen in the opening cinematic for Dragon Quest XI fighting against the party inside of Mount Huji.
Jerkules's English name comes from a combination of the word jerk, an unpleasant or unlikable person, and Hercules, the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles. Heracles was the son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, being famous for his strength and for his many exploits and deeds.
The jerkules' Japanese name Megatonkeiru (メガトンケイル) is a combination of the words "mega", which means great, large, or mighty, and Hecatoncheir, a trio of monstrous giants from Greek mythology that each had fifty heads and a hundred arms. Their name literally means "hundred-handed ones".

Gallery

A vicious jerkules
Appearance in Super Light
Rivals card