Leafy larrikin

Dragon Quest monster Leafy larrikin

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese もみじこぞう First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The leafy larrikin is an animated, cyclopean plant reminiscent of an autumn maple leaf. It protects its stubby roots with geta clogs, giving it a rare Japanese touch.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX

#033 - Leafy larrikin
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HP MP Experience Gold 36 6 42 28 Attack Defense Speed 40 28 66
Dropped Item	Moonwort bulb (common, 1/8) Strong medicine (rare, 1/32)
Locations	Eastern Coffinwell
Skills	Summon reinforcements
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	033
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	They flutter their leafy bodies to evade attack, and sometimes summon their buddies, the badger magers. Cross the breezy autumn's eve, Through the dells of Coffinwell, Lo, how the larrikin larks!' L. Larrikin

Variants

Bud brother

#065 - Bud brother
HP MP Experience Gold 65 6 100 62 Attack Defense Speed 68 55 90
Dropped Item	Moonwort bulb (common, 1/8) Strong medicine (rare, 1/32)
Locations	Slurry Coast
Skills	Summon reinforcements
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	065
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	They like to bring buddies into battle to beef up the bloodshed, or if they're feeling inferior, they'll beckon forth a badja. They rustle round the forest, kicking up clumps of fallen foliage and attacking adventurers who interrupt them.

Shivery shrubbery

#125 - Shivery shrubbery
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HP MP Experience Gold 81 14 680 98 Attack Defense Speed 96 99 102
Dropped Item	ice crystal (1/32) narspicious (1/64)
Locations	Snowberia Snowberian Coast
Skills	Summon reinforcements
Spells	Crackle Drain Magic
Family	Elemental
Bestiary #	125
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Romanized Jap.	デビルスノー
Description	They go around in gangs trying to turn the world to ice by stealing MP with Drain Magic and using it to cast Crackle. Ice crystal critters with an insatiable lust for life, they try to live fast before they die young in the spring thaw.

Etymology

• A Larrikin refers to a bad mannered young man with little regard for common social conventions.
• Bud Brother is a play on the term Blood brother, referring to the symbiotic relationship between the plants and the Badjas.
• Shivery is derived from the word Shiver; I.E. to tremble when cold.

Gallery

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  Bud brother

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  Shivery shrubbery