Platypunk

Dragon Quest monster
Platypunk
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ももんじゃ
Romaji	Momonja
First appearance	Dragon Quest IV
Old localisation	Monjar (IV NES); Mommonja (Monsters 1 and 2 GBC, Torneko 2)

The Platypunk is a recurring enemy in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest IV, they are essentially a cross between a platypus and a monkey, the 'punk' in their names likely referencing their Mohawks.

Characteristics

Platypunks are short, round creatures with duckbills, bird-like claws, long, monkey-esque tails, and a Mohawk. They are often depicted as being white and silver furred and their eyes have a roundness to them that is similar to that seen in Slime eyes.

In terms of strength, Platypunks aren't too strong, often being one of the weakest enemies in the games they appear in. Their methods of attack have varied between spitting water, spinning out with their tails, or viciously scratching with their claws.

In the Slime MoriMori series they are established as the primary villains, though they still aren't very strong.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IV

Platypunk (ももんじゃ, Momonja )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #046

Sprites		Attributes
NES	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		10	0	3	8	10	6	5	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Bang	Crack	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Drain Magic	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Flee	Aubout du Monde region (Chapter 4) Laissez Fayre region (Chapter 4) The Cistern Chapel (Chapters 5 & 6) Trans-Montane Tunnel (Chapters 5 & 6)	Medicinal herb(¹⁄₁₂₈)
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest X

Platypunks reappear as monsters from the start of Version 4 onwards. Prior to their reappearance in the 2012 game, they appeared as prism while one appears as guide for the fishing minigame from the first half of 3.4 onwards.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Platypunk (ももんじゃ, Momonja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #012

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast	19	3	8	10	22	19	5

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
0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Claws cruelly (125% damage) Flee	Heliodor Region (first act) Heliodorian Foothills (first act) Cobblestone Tor (second act)	Hardy hide¹⁄₃₂ Fine fur¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Don't be fooled by their funny faces - these menaces of the meadows make no bones about beating all and sundry black and blue.

Malicious platypunk (ももんじゃ・邪, Momonja・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #399

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast	343	6	1,103	303	208	232	163

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%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Sap	Claws cruelly (125% damage) Flee	Heliodor Region (third act)	Hardy hide¹⁄₃₂ Fine fur¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Platypunks who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters

[[File:DQM Icon Beast.png|link= Beast family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Mommonja (ももんじゃ, Momonja )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	35	2/5	3/5	2/5	2/5	3/5	5/5

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Zap*
None	None	None	None	None	None	Weak	Immune	Weak
Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*
Immune	None	None	Weak	None	None	None	Weak	None
Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
None	None	Immune	Immune	Immune	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description	It follows you like a dog
Skills	IceBolt, LureDance, MouthShut
Location	Gate of Temptation, Goopi's Gate #2
Breeding Chart	Beast family x DuckKite

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

[[File:DQM2 Icon Beast.png|link=Beast family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Mommonja (ももんじゃ, Momonja )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	35	5/10	6/10	6/10	5/10	5/10	4/10

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*
None	None	None	None	None	None	Weak	Immune	Weak
Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*
Weak	Immune	None	None	Weak	None	None	None	Weak
Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
None	None	None	Immune	Immune	Immune	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description	Its humorous face makes it popular.
Skills	LureDance, MouthShut, EagleEye
Location
Breeding Chart	Beast family x DuckKite

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

The Mommonja is a one-star member of the Animal family with a weight of 2. Its in-game description reads "Its big, wooly tail is fun to pet!"

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

The Platypunk is one of three potential starting monsters along with the Dracky and the Mischievous mole.

[[File:DQMJ Icon Beast.png|link= Beast family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Platypunk

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	F	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
-			Naturalist, Defense Boost		Fizzleproof

Additional information
Description	Their waggish expression belies their ferocity.
Weapons	Spears, Axes, Hammers, Staves
Location	Infant Isle
Breeding chart	Capsichum x Bag o' laughs

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Beast.png|link= Beast family|14px|class=pixels]] Platypunk

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
F	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Hit Squad			Naturalist		Vulnerable to Sizz, Immune to Fizzle

Additional information
Weapons	Axes, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Location	Doubtback
Breeding chart	Slime x Ghost or Stump chump

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

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Dragon Quest Heroes II

Platypunk (ももんじゃ Momonja)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	2	3G	Yes

List No.	#002
Field Notes	Don't be fooled by their fluffy fur and funny faces—these big-beaked bad 'uns pack a punch! One whack from their long, white tails can set enemies snoring—and sometimes even bring about the Big Sleep.
Location(s)	Greena Pastures
Item(s) Dropped	Fine fur, Hardy hide

Dragon Quest Tact

Platypunk appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family and can be recruited from Episodes 2 and 3 of Chapter 4. It can also be recruited from the Orc King Fortuneteller stage from The Beastliest Beast of Bravas Qualifiers during the limited Beast Fest event at any difficulty, as well as the Platypunk stage of Terry's Big Tour: Woodwin during the limited Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland event at any difficulty. The platypunk can participate in Great sabrecub, Bewarewolf, Rashaverak, and Thunderbird's Battle Roads as a party member.

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Beast.png|link=

Beast family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon

.png|24px]] Platypunk (ももんじゃ Momonja)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact AttackType.png\|30px]] Attack	90	325	101	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
220	180	96	96	5
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Normal	Very Weak	Super Weak	Normal	Super Weak
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Normal	Half Res	Immune
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Swipestorm Pounce* Talent Blossoming: Platypunk Dance	ATK +5 / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Pounce Potency +5% / Stats Up Crack Res +25 / Stats Up Pounce Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	Pounce Potency +2% N/a N/a
Leader perk	N/a
Awakening perk	ATK +5: Raises ATK by 5.