Puppeteer
The Puppeteer is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest VIII, it is a humanoid monster armed with hand puppets.
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Puppeteer | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | パペットこぞう |
| Romaji | Papettokozō |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest VIII |
Characteristics
Puppeteers wear outfits that completely cover their forms with only their blank eyes being visible through the eye-holes in their masks, much like those worn by stagehands in traditional Japanese theater known as kuroko. This concealing garb is mostly a black color with some blue and green, likely to focus attention towards the more colorful puppets used by the puppeteer, namely a lump mage on their right arms and a slime on their left. It also carries a puppet of a dracky and a golem that it uses when telling different stories. The puppeteer can also envelop its enemies in illusions and uses its slime puppet to perform punches.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VIII
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| Bestiary No. | Family | |||||
| #041 | Humanoid | |||||
| Experience | Gold | HP | MP | |||
| 45 | 21 | 75 | 12 | |||
| Attack | Defense | Agility | Evasion | |||
| 41 | 38 | 38 | 1⁄64 | |||
| In-Game Description | A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets. |
| Spell(s) | Dazzle |
| Skill(s) | Punches with his slime puppet Performs a Funny Story (attempts to stun entire party for one turn) Performs an Exciting Tale (increases entire party's Tension by one stage) Performs a Lame Story (reduces entire party's Tension level to 0) |
| Location(s) | Kingdom of Ascantha (day only) |
| Item(s) Dropped | Silk robe1⁄32 Slime earrings1⁄64 |
| Attack Resistance | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 0% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice breath Resistance * |
Woosh Resistance * |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * |
| 0% | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| Ban Dance Resistance | Dazzle Resistance | Fizzle Resistance | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 100% | 50% | 0% | 15% |
| Paralysis Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Snooze resistance * | Stun Resistance * |
| 15% | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Sap Resistance * | |||
| 0% | |||
| Army Resistance * | |||
| 0% | |||
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
| Puppeteer | |
|---|---|
| Family | Material |
| Rank | C |
| Description | He made the puppets all by himself. |
| Weapons | Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves |
| Traits | - |
| Resistances | Sleepproof |
| Skill | All-Rounder |
| Location | - |
| Breeding chart | Dingaling x Skeleton |
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
| Puppeteer | |
|---|---|
| Family | Material |
| Rank | C |
| Size | S |
| Weapons | Swords, Whips, Hammers, Staves |
| Traits | - |
| Resistances | Vulnerable to Inaction, Immune to Sleep |
| Skill | All-Rounder |
| Location | Dark World |
| Breeding chart | Firn fiend x Khalamari kid or Dancing flame |
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
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Trivia
The design of the Puppeteer and the other puppet-carrying monsters is based on Japanese comedy duo Puppet Muppet (パペットマペット, Papetto mapetto), who consist of a frog puppet (Kaeru-kun) and a cow puppet (Ushi-kun) who are manipulated by a puppeteer wearing an obscuring black costume known as Kuroko that they do not acknowledge. Article on Japanese Wikipedia.
