Jerkules

Dragon Quest monster Jerkules
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese メガトンケイル Romaji Megatonkeiru First appearance Dragon Quest XI Variants Badonis
Boodica
Brodysseus
Hunkorvus
Jockilles

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

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  A vicious jerkules
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  Appearance in Super Light
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  Rivals card