The Jowler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, debuting in Dragon Quest V. It is a green, ape-like oddity with a blue mane running down its back.
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Jowler | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | マムー |
| Romaji | Mamū |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest V |
| Old localization | None |
Characteristics
Jowlers are great lumbering beasts with wrinkled green skin and enormous jaws that walk about on their knuckles like gorillas. They have shaggy blue manes and short horns on their heads and backs. The brutes attack by punching foes with their enormous fists or delivering powerful kicks with their hind legs. As the jowlers have no ability in magic to speak of, they will call for aid from other monsters to keep them healed in battle.
Appearances
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
| Jowler (マムー Mamū) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
 |
99 | 0 | 105 | 45 |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 51 | 183 | 37 | N/A | |
| Bestiary No. | #115 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Calls for backup (Cureslime) Kicks character (125% damage) |
| Location(s) | Knick-Knackatory Central Continent Ancient Ruins area (G3) |
| Item dropped | Seed of Agility1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Frizz resistance * | Sizz resistance * | Fire Breath resistance * | |
| 1⁄64 | 0% | 20% | 20% | |
| Bang resistance * | Crack resistance * | Ice Breath resistance * | Woosh resistance * | |
| 20% | 67% | 67% | 0% | |
| Zap resistance * | Drain Magic resistance * | Whack resistance * | Kamikazee resistance * | |
| 0% | 100% | 67% | 0% | |
| Poof resistance | Poison resistance * | Fuddle resistance | Snooze resistance * | |
| 67% | 100% | 20% | 67% | |
| Dazzle resistance * | Sap resistance * | Fizzle resistance | Stun resistance * | |
| 20% | 0% | 100% | 20% | |
| PS2 model | DS & Mobile sprite |
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
| Jowler (マムー Mamū) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
456 | 18 | 177 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 135 | 66 | 678 | 105 |
| Bestiary no. | #129 |
| Family | Beast |
| In-game description | Don't make the mistake of overlooking these lumbering, lantern-jawed beasts just because they're cute—they'll clobber you good. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Calls for backup (Medislime) Gives character a good kicking (125% damage) |
| Location(s) | Insula Occidentalis (first act) The First Forest (first act) The Hekswood (first act) Neverglade (3DS and Definitive Edition only) |
| Item(s) dropped | Magic beast horn 1⁄16 Spellbound bough 1⁄32 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | |
| N/A | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Rock Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | -110% | |
| 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 * | |
| 100% | 25% | 0% | 0% | |
| Beguile Resistance * | Double Down Resistance * | Elemental Resistance * | ||
| 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Malicious jowler (マムー・邪 Mamū・ja) | |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
| |
1,046 | 48 | 327 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 335 | 145 | 1,525 | 414 |
| Bestiary no. | #575 |
| Family | Beast |
| In-game description | Jowlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Calls for backup (Malicious Elysium bird) Gives character a good kicking (125% damage) |
| Location(s) | The First Forest (third act) |
| Item(s) dropped | Magic beast horn1⁄16 Cumulonimbough1⁄32 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | |
| N/A | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Rock Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | -110% | |
| Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * | Poof Resistance | Poison Resistance * | |
| 0% | 25% | 100% | -125% | |
| 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% | 0% | 25% | |
| Beguile Resistance * | Double Down Resistance * | Elemental Resistance * | ||
| 25% | 0% | 0% | ||
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key
Jowler appears as an A-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version of the game.
Etymology
The jowl usually means the jaw or cheek of the subject in question. This same area on the jowler is rather prominent, especially in the remakes where animations accentuate those parts of the monster.
Gallery
Modern artwork
XI polygon model
A malicious jowler
