Scourgette

Dragon Quest monster Scourgette Japanese ブラックベジター Romaji Burakkubejitā First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Scourgette is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is a more powerful variant of the Cruelcumber with an appearance similar to that of an aubergine. Their name is a play on courgette, a British term for zucchini, and the word "scourge".

Characteristics

Scourgettes are anthropomorphic vegetables with a goofy faces, wielding a long spear in their hands. They have purplish-indigo bodies like a Solanum melongena with pink markings on their faces and white designs tattooed on their lower bodies. The vegetables have the ability to cast explosive magic and can also revive their fellow monsters with Zing, but they are limited due to their low MP pools. As they are plant-based, the scourgettes will wilt quickly if burned down with fire attacks and spells. Their bestiary description in X states that if a scourgette loses the spear they wield, they can grow new ones from the stems on their heads and pull it out.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Scourgette (ブラックベジター Burakkubejitā)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	96	20	90
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
98	81	500	130

Bestiary no.	#106
Family	Plant
In-game description	These veteran vegetables are very versatile, and can batter with Boom, and resurrect perished pals with Zing. The white design on their bellies is the mark of a misspent youth. It seemed like a good idea once, but now they're not so sure.
Spell(s)	Boom Zing
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Hermany Pluvi Isle Lonely Coast (high ground) Newid Isle (high ground)
Item(s) dropped	Rockbomb shard1⁄32 Long spear1⁄128

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
-150%	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	25%	-150%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	25%	50%	50%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	0%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
25%	50%	50%	25%
Charm Resistance *
65%

Dragon Quest X

Scourgettes began appearing in Version 3.3 of the game, this time actually being second strongest behind the Cruelcumbers, who wouldn't be introduced until Version 5.0. They are able to perform a Multithrust with their spears and will revive their fellow monsters with Zing as in the previous game. Their magic has upgraded to being able to cast Kaboom and they will even cast Kaboomle when they become enraged.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Scourgette (ブラックベジター Burakkubejitā)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	168	24	133
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
133	118	521	101

Bestiary no.	#246
Family	Nature
In-game description	Wandering cucumber wizards with a wide repertoire of spells-not just the offensive numbers, but some others like Oomph and Zing as well.
Spell(s)	Boom Zing Oomph
Skill(s)	Deflects attacks
Location(s)	The Champs Sauvage (second act, day only) Ruby Path of Doom (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Narspicious1⁄16 Storm spear1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-125%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	-125%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
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 *
0%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious scourgette (ブラックベジター・強 Burakkubejitā・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	484	48	271
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
310	254	1,544	312

Bestiary no.	#604
Family	Nature
In-game description	Scourgettes driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	Kaboom Kazing Oomphle
Skill(s)	Deflects attacks
Location(s)	The Sage's Trial - The Fierce Forest (third act, night only)
Item(s) dropped	Narspicious1⁄16 Storm spear1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-125%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	-125%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
50%	25%	0%	25%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Trivia

• In Dragon Quest XI, the scourgette is the only monster amongst its variants to gain either a vicious or a malicious counterpart.

Gallery

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  A scourgette in X

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious scourgette

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  Rivals card

Related monsters

Similar species

• Cruelcumber
• Zumeanie