Wooper trooper

Dragon Quest monster Wooper trooper

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ウパソルジャー Romaji Upa Soldier First appearance Dragon Quest IX

A Wooper trooper is an enemy featured in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

#017 - Wooper trooper
HP MP Experience Gold 30 4 40 32 Attack Defense Speed 33 24 28
Dropped Item	Pot lid (common, 6.25% ) Soldier's sword (rare, 1.56% )
Locations	Western Stornway Eastern Stornway Zere
Skills	Back Atcha
Family	Aquatic family
Bestiary #	017
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Amphibious soldiers and adepts of defence who can be found patrolling around bodies of water. They're forever scraping their soles on seashells while on beach patrol, and have been saving up to buy boots.

One of the monsters in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. It has a better defense than monsters in the area, Loch Storn, and may take a bit of effort to kill. Useful for early game grinding due to its EXP yield.

Etymology

It bears a resemblance in both name and appearance to Wooper from Pokémon. This is down to the fact that they are both based on the real world axolotl, a type of salamander.

Also, the adding of "trooper" to the end draws a parallel to the turtle character from Super Mario, the Koopa Troopa - which in itself was likely a nod to the Abba song "Super Trouper", as well as being a generally obvious rhyme to use.

Related enemies

• Salamarauder
• Axolhotl