Bongo fandango

Dragon Quest monster Bongo fandango
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ホワイトビート Romaji Howaitobīto First appearance Dragon Quest XI

The Bongo fandango is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a monster drummer that performs invigorating concerts in snowy regions with its animated drum.

Characteristics

Bongo fandangos are rotund, paper white djinn or ghost-like spirits with a large living drum made of light blue wood attached to the front of their bodies with rope. They have solid yellow eyes, pointy ears, and curly tendrils on top of their heads and they move around by levitating. They wear lavender vests and wristbands as their attire. Both their rope belts and the drumsticks they use are coloured blue and white. Their drums have yellow eyes and they display jolly smiles with their jagged mouths, overall being more full of life than their performers. Depending on the time of day, bongo fandangos can be seen giving performances to different monsters—silver sabrecubs and dragon slimes during the day and luminous lamplings at nighttime. In the heat of battle, their vigorous drumming is capable of pepping up their allies. When push comes to shove, the bongo fandangos use their drumsticks to bludgeon enemies and can use a drumbeat to call for more of their kind to assist them.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Bongo fandango (ホワイトビート Howaitobīto)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	156	17	131
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
128	79	339	58

Bestiary no.	#164
Family	Material
In-game description	Passionate percussionists who pound away enthusiastically despite the nippy northern winds. What better than a jam session to warm you up?
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up Call for backup (Bongo fandango) Plays a peppy beat (Peps up all enemies) Double Decker (Pep power, with Bongo fandango)
Location(s)	Sniflheim Region (first act, during clear weather) The Snærfelt (first act, during clear weather)
Item(s) dropped	Avabranche1⁄8 Ice crystal1⁄64

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

Vicious

Vicious bongo fandango (ホワイトビート・強 Howaitobīto・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	218	27	160
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
168	100	879	180

Bestiary no.	#314
Family	Material
In-game description	Bongo fandangos driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up Call for backup (Vicious bongo fandango) Plays a peppy beat (Peps up all enemies) Double Decker (Pep power, with Vicious bongo fandango)
Location(s)	Sniflheim Region (second act) Drustan's Labyrinth - Path to Trial Isle (third act, day only)
Item(s) dropped	Avabranche1⁄8 Ice crystal1⁄64

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Bongo fandango (ホワイトビート Howaitobīto)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,370	510
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
590	500	420	390

Bestiary No.	#332
Rank	C
In-game description	Polar percussionists who seem unfazed by cold climes in spite of their skimpy costumes. They just set up a drum circle with like-minded pals and drum away the chill
Talents	Party Monster (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Late Bloomer (lv. 1) Evasive Impulse (lv. 20) Demonsbane (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Unhealthy Advantage (lv. 1) Tit for Tat (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
0%	0%	-25%	25%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
0%	50%	50%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
50%	0%	0%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
50%	50%	-25%	0%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
25%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Rivals

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In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Bongo fandango	Same as English name. From bongó, a drum of Afro-Cuban origin played by beating with the hands, and the Spanish fandango, a form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations.
Français	Big bongo	From the English big and bongó, a type of drum.
Deutsch	Bongo Fandango	Same as English name. From bongó, a type of drum, and the Spanish fandango, a lively type of music and dance.

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious bongo fandango

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  Rivals card

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• Bongo drongo
• Bongo bango
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• Wrongo bongo