Badboon

Dragon Quest monster Badboon
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マンドリル Romaji Mandoriru First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Baboon (NES and GBC)

The Badboon is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II. The large brown-furred primate and its cousins are among the earliest examples of the Beast family of monsters.

Characteristics

Badboons are based on mandrills, Old World monkeys that are native to western Africa in the real world. They are large, brown bulky primates with colourful faces and posteriors. Bulkier than real life mandrills, their stature resembles orangutans and gorillas. The primates made a reappearance in the series in IX after a 22 year absence.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Badboon (マンドリル Mandoriru)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	40	0	48
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
12	20	18	45

Abilities	Flee
Location(s)	Moonahan region Outside of Moonbrooke Dragon's Horn
Item Dropped	Oaken club (1⁄16)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	2⁄7	2⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	35	0	40
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
12	18	33	45

Abilities	Flee
Location(s)	Moonahan region Outside of Moonbrooke Dragon's Horn
Item Dropped	Oaken club (1⁄16)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	1⁄7	2⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Badboon (マンドリル Mandoriru)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	90	6	80
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
64	40	171	69

Bestiary no.	#050
Family	Beast
In-game description	Giant apes and lords of the jungle who store up their anger, then attack with full, explosive force. The one with the loudest War Cry wins the leadership, so every spring the forest comes alive with their cacophonous cries.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Completely loses it and starts on character (125% damage) Psyche Up War Cry
Location(s)	Newid Isle Tower of Trades
Item(s) dropped	Magic beast hide1⁄16 Strong medicine1⁄32

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	-25%	-25%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
25%	0%	50%	25%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
50%	0%	100%	25%
Charm Resistance *
25%

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

A badboon makes an appearance at the beginning of the story as one of the friendly monsters living alongside Dai and Brass on Dermline Island. However, in the 2020 anime series, it is nowhere to be found.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

Making its first appearance in a Monsters game, Badboon appears as a D-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the smartphone version.

Dragon Quest Treasures

A statue of a badboon is Treasure No. 515 in the Monster Statues category. Its base value is 180,000 gold.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Malandril	From the Spanish mal and mandrill.
Français	Babourin	Derived from "babouin", the French word for baboon.
Deutsch	Gibbonze	From the German Gibbon and Bonze
Italiano	Scimpanzer	From the Italian scimpanzé and the German Panzer.

Gallery

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  A mandrill, in the upper right, in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.

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  Treasures statue icon.

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  A badboon in Walk.

Similar species

• Big badboon
• Brainy badboon