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 Variants Moppet (infamous monster)
Puppet master
Puppet player

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: Journey of the Cursed King

Puppeteer (パペットこぞう, Papettokozō ) Defeated Monster List No. : #041

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Humanoid 75 12 45 21 41 38 38 1⁄64

Resistances Attack Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack 0% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 0% 25% 15% Army Poison Stun Paralysis Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance 0% 0% 50% 15% 50% 50% 0% 15% 0% 15% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Dazzle 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) Kingdom of Ascantha (day only) Silk robe1⁄32 Slime earrings1⁄64 Description A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets. Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Puppeteer

Sprite Attributes Family Rank Max HP Max MP Max Attack Max Defence Max Agility Max Wisdom Material C ? ? ? ? ? ? Traits Skills Resistances - All-Rounder Sleepproof

Additional information Description He made the puppets all by himself. Weapons Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves Location - Breeding chart Dingaling x Skeleton

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Puppeteer

Sprite Attributes Family Rank Size Max HP Max MP Max Attack Max Defence Max Agility Max Wisdom Material C S ? ? ? ? ? ? Traits Skills Resistances - All-Rounder Vulnerable to Inaction, Immune to Sleep

Additional information Weapons Swords, Whips, Hammers, Staves 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.

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  Monsters: Joker model
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