Puppeteer
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Puppeteer | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | パペットこぞう |
| Romaji | Papettokozō |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest VIII |
The Puppeteer is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest VIII, it is a humanoid monster armed with hand puppets.
Characteristics
Puppeteers wear outfits that completely cover their forms with only their blank eyes being visible through the eye-holes in their masks, much like those worn by stagehands in traditional Japanese theater known as kuroko. This concealing garb is mostly a black color with some blue and green, likely to focus attention towards the more colorful puppets used by the puppeteer, namely a lump mage on their right arms and a slime on their left. It also carries a puppet of a dracky and a golem that it uses when telling different stories. The puppeteer can also envelop its enemies in illusions and uses its slime puppet to perform punches.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VIII
| Puppeteer (パペットこぞう Papettokozō) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
75 | 12 | 41 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 38 | 38 | 45 | 21 |
| Bestiary no. | #041 |
| Family | Humanoid |
| In-game description | A unique monster that delights in telling its opponents stories using hand-puppets. |
| Spell(s) | Dazzle |
| Skill(s) | Punches with his slime puppet Performs a Funny Story (attempts to stun entire party for one turn) Performs an Exciting Tale (increases entire party's Tension by one stage) Performs a Lame Story (reduces entire party's Tension level to 0) |
| Location(s) | Kingdom of Ascantha (day only) |
| Item(s) dropped | Silk robe1⁄32 Slime earrings1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Attack Resistance | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | |
| 1⁄64 | 0% | 25% | 25% | |
| Fire Breath Resistance * |
Bang Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% | |
| Ice breath Resistance * |
Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | |
| 25% | 0% | 25% | 15% | |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | |
| 15% | 0% | 15% | 15% | |
| Snooze resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Fizzle Resistance | Ban Dance Resistance | |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | 100% | |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | ||
| 50% | 0% | 0% | ||
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
| Puppeteer | |
|---|---|
| Family | Material |
| Rank | C |
| Description | He made the puppets all by himself. |
| Weapons | Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves |
| Traits | - |
| Resistances | Sleepproof |
| Skill | All-Rounder |
| Location | - |
| Breeding chart | Dingaling x Skeleton |
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
| Puppeteer | |
|---|---|
| Family | Material |
| Rank | C |
| Size | S |
| Weapons | Swords, Whips, Hammers, Staves |
| Traits | - |
| Resistances | Vulnerable to Inaction, Immune to Sleep |
| Skill | All-Rounder |
| Location | Dark World |
| Breeding chart | Firn fiend x Khalamari kid or Dancing flame |
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
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Trivia
The design of the Puppeteer and the other puppet-carrying monsters is based on Japanese comedy duo Puppet Muppet (パペットマペット, Papetto mapetto), who consist of a frog puppet (Kaeru-kun) and a cow puppet (Ushi-kun) who are manipulated by a puppeteer wearing an obscuring black costume known as Kuroko that they do not acknowledge. Article on Japanese Wikipedia.
