Kisser

Dragon Quest monster Kisser

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ブチュチュンパ Romaji Buchuchunpa First appearance Dragon Quest VI Old localization Smoocher

The Kisser is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VI. They are a dark green variant of the more common Lips, with spotted backs, salmon underbellies, and pink lips hiding blue tongues.

Characteristics

Kissers are upright slugs that live in claustrophobic caves and catch their prey by slowly slobbering them with their sickening tongues and kissing them with killer lips. In battle, they spend half their time spewing Sweet Breath to send all foes to fall asleep. Starting with XI, the kissers also gained the ability to send out kisses to stun any unfortunate traveler they face and some protective magic to ward themselves and their allies against harmful spells.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Kisser (ブチュチュンパ Buchuchunpa)

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	160	0	128	91
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
100	273	72	N/A

Bestiary No.	#139
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flee Sweet Breath Tongue Lashing
Location(s)	Old Coal Mine Cavern Under the Lake
Item(s) Dropped	Seed of Agility1⁄256

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	25%	25%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
25%	0%	100%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	50%	15%	15%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Kisser (ブチュチュンパ Buchuchunpa)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	52	0	40	30
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
27	22 (PS1) 33 (3DS)	8 (PS1) 12 (3DS)	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	#033
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Poolside Cave (past) Western Cave Dungeon of Descent Allblades Arena x3
Item(s) Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	0%	50%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

A trio of Kissers are fought alongside Wyatt in the fourth battle at Allblades Arena. They should be taken out first to prevent them from putting the party to sleep with their Sweet Breath. Boomerangs, whips, and Ruff's wolf abilities will make quick work of them before focusing on Wyatt himself.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Kisser (ブチュチュンパ Buchuchunpa)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	49	0	46
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
36	42	42	15

Bestiary no.	#050
Family	Bug
In-game description	Wet and glistening monsters said to carry various moulds that can be used to make special cheeses.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Kingdom of Ascantha Pickham Region (near beach)
Item(s) dropped	Waterweed mould1⁄16 Red mould1⁄16

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
0%	15%	15%	15%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Kisser (ブチュチュンパ Buchuchunpa)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	169	10	133
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
154	137	872	188

Bestiary no.	#340
Family	Nature
In-game description	'Smoochy, smoochy!' That's the only sound you'll hear when one of these lip-smacking so-and-sos is near.
Spell(s)	Magic Barrier
Skill(s)	Tongue Lashing Blow Kiss
Location(s)	Laguna di Gondolia (second act) Pillar of Pegasus 3-5F (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Narspicious1⁄16 Pretty betsy1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	50%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious kisser (ブチュチュンパ・強 Buchuchunpa・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	315	16	210
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
252	227	1,311	303

Bestiary no.	#609
Family	Nature
In-game description	Kissers driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	Magic Barrier
Skill(s)	Tongue Bashing Blow Kiss
Location(s)	The Sage's Trial - The Fierce Forest (third act, night only)
Item(s) dropped	Narspicious1⁄16 Pretty betsy1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	50%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	25%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Tact

Kisser appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family during the second part of the limited Behold the Ultimate Automaton! Battle the Mindini Hunter! event. It will join the party in Chapter 2, Episode 1 of the event quests and it can be fully awakened by repeating the quest at any difficulty. The kisser also stars in its own Battle Road.

Kisser (ブチュチュンパ Buchuchunpa)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		1,172	455	2-3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
257	287	446	171	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Burning Breath		Rake*		Passionate Kiss*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Move +1 / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Passionate Kiss Potency +5% / Stats Up Max HP +50
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Passionate Kiss Potency +5% / Stats Up Desperate Passionate Kiss: Attacks with Passionate Kiss if enemy is within fan-shaped area of effect up to 3 times per battle

Leader Perks

First

Raises martial potency of nature allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +20	AGL +15	Passionate Kiss Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Move +1: Raises Move by 1.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Very Weak
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Immune
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Super Weak	Normal	Half Res	Normal

Trivia

• Kisser's original Japanese name, Buchuchunpa, is based on the word chu (ちゅっ), which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of a kiss.

Gallery

• 

  Boss encounter in the Nintendo 3DS version of VII

• 

  XI polygon model

• 

  A vicious kisser

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  Rivals card

• 

  Kisser in Tact

Related monsters

Similar species

• Lips
• Wet kisser
• Smacker
• Pucker sucker