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{{Spell Infobox
|title = Bazoom
|image = [[image:DQ3 Spell Bazoom.png|170px]]
|japanese = バシルーラ 
|romaji = Bashiruura
|old = Limbo, Disperse
|type = Banishing
}}
'''Bazoom''' and '''Blasto''' refer to a recurring spell in the {{DQSeries}}. It tries to remove a single enemy in battle, and if successful then no experience points or gold will be counted for the expelled monster at the end of combat.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
The spell is learned by [[Priest]]s & [[Sage]]s at Level 20. and costs 7 {{MP}} to cast.
If your characters are hit by the spell, they will wind up back at [[Patty's Party Planning Place|Patty's tavern]], though The {{Hero 3}} is immune to the spell until [[Zoma]] is defeated in the remakes.

==={{DQ6}}===
This spell is obtained by advancing to either Rank 6 of the [[Armamentalist]] vocation or rank 3 of the [[Sage]] vocation, and now costs 8 {{MP}}. Bazoom is typically inaccurate, using a 50%, 20%, 10%, and 0% success rate ratio instead of the typical 100%, 85%, 50%, 0% used by nearly all status inflicting spells and abilities in ''VI''. This rate is shared with [[Poof]].

==={{DQ7}}===
Bazoom features the same success rate and cost as in the previous game and is once again learned by reaching rank 6 of the Armamentalist and, in the {{3DS}} Version, rank 4 of the [[Hero (vocation)|Hero vocation]].

==={{DQ8}}===
"Blasto" is used by certain monsters to remove your monster arena team if you call them into battle. Monsters that have this spell will typically cast it the first turn they have after the monster team is called in.

===''[[Dragon Quest Tact]]''===
Bazoom can be learned by [[Elysium bird]] at level 26 and costs 24 MP to use. It has a range of three squares in front of it and sends the target backwards up to five spaces. Upgrading the skill reduces the amount of MP it costs to use.
{{DQTactSkill
|name=Bazoom
|kanji=バシルーラ 
|romanji=Bashiruura
|role=Support
|type=Spell
|element=[[Image:DQTact Non-elemental.png]]
|mp=24
|range=[[Image:DQTact RangeFront1.png|48px]]<br>Front
|status=None
|description=Knocks 1 enemy back 5 spaces
|monsters=Elysium Bird
}}

==Etymology and localization==
Bashiruura is derived from ''ruura'', the Japanese name for the [[Zoom]] spell. The meaning behind this is that zoom is being cast on the user's enemies, hence the total removal from battle. How the spell can be used indoors is never fully explained, with the assumption being that the spell either generates enough force to break through walls and ceilings to expel the target or warps space to teleport the victim away from the caster. The latter interpretation was used in the [[Dragon Quest Monsters +]] manga.

On the other side of the Pacific, the spell is unique in that it simultaneously possesses two localization names under [[Square Enix]]. First localized as Blasto for the 2005 release of ''DQ VIII'', it was assumed this would be the new term associated with it until the 2011 release of the {{DS}} remake of ''DQ VI''. In that script it was dubbed Bazoom, being a more faithful adaptation of the wordplay found in the original Japanese version. In 2014, the [[Cell phone]] localization of ''DQ III'' reverted back to the Blasto term, which was reverted back from yet again in the {{3DS}} remake of ''DQ VII'' in 2016. Currently, Bazoom is the latest term associated with the spell.

==See Also==
*[[Spell List]]

{{DQSpells}}

[[Category:Spells]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest III spells]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VI spells]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VII spells]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VIII spells]]