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The tortoceratops and its pallet swaps are stout looking monsters that take inspiration from the Nodosauridae family of Ankylosaurian dinosaurs. They lack the distinctive tail club to mark them as true ankylosaurids, but they do sport crested frills and nose horns reminiscent of Ceratopsians. The family also bears a striking resemblance to the Toho studios monster [http://giantmonsters.wikia.com/wiki/Anguirus| Anguirus], especially considering the tortoceratops' similar brown and gray hues. | The tortoceratops and its pallet swaps are stout looking monsters that take inspiration from the Nodosauridae family of Ankylosaurian dinosaurs. They lack the distinctive tail club to mark them as true ankylosaurids, but they do sport crested frills and nose horns reminiscent of Ceratopsians. The family also bears a striking resemblance to the Toho studios monster [http://giantmonsters.wikia.com/wiki/Anguirus| Anguirus], especially considering the tortoceratops' similar brown and gray hues. The tortoceratops can also fly by retracting its limbs and expelling fire from the sockets, allowing it to spin and ram into enemies at high speeds like [http://giantmonsters.wikia.com/wiki/Gamera| Gamera], as shown in the video below. | ||
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Revision as of 13:58, 1 November 2017
Dragon Quest monster | |
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Tortoceratops | |
Art by Akira Toriyama | |
Japanese | デンタザウルス |
Romaji | Dentasaurus |
First appearance | Dragon Quest V |
The Tortoceratops (formerly Spikerous) is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest V, it is a quadrupedal, dinosaur-like monster with a spiked body.
Characteristics
The tortoceratops and its pallet swaps are stout looking monsters that take inspiration from the Nodosauridae family of Ankylosaurian dinosaurs. They lack the distinctive tail club to mark them as true ankylosaurids, but they do sport crested frills and nose horns reminiscent of Ceratopsians. The family also bears a striking resemblance to the Toho studios monster Anguirus, especially considering the tortoceratops' similar brown and gray hues. The tortoceratops can also fly by retracting its limbs and expelling fire from the sockets, allowing it to spin and ram into enemies at high speeds like Gamera, as shown in the video below.
Appearances
Dragon Quest V
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Dropped Item | Seed of strength | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locations | Knick-Knackatory Central Continent Ancient Ruins area (G3) Diggery Pokery area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skills | Muster Strength | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bestiary # | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game | Dragon Quest V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Console | DS |
The first appearance of the Tortoceratops. They're purely physical attacking monsters that have high defense and can charge up power for a stronger attack. In the English fan translation for the SNES version, they're known as "Dentasaurus".
Dragon Quest X
After a long absence the spiked behemoths return in the tenth entry in the series, only they are classified as members of the Beast family despite clear saurian traits. Additionally, they now make use of Pincushion, retracting their limbs into their shell like the first half of their namesake and putting their scutes to good use.
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Dragon Quest Monsters 2
You can create a Tortoceratops by breeding any dragon-family monster with an ArmyCrab or a Digster. Its default skills are Berserker, RockThrow, and Kamikaze. Its blurb in the library states that it "Breaks foes as if they were rocks."
Variants
Terrorceratops
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Terrotceratops | |
Art by Akira Toriyama | |
Japanese | サウルスロード |
First appearance | Dragon Quest V |
Dragon Quest V
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Dropped Item | Seed of resilience | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locations | Diggery Pokery Mantleplace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bestiary # | 138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game | Dragon Quest V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Console | DS |
Tyrannoceratops
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Tyrannoceratops | |
Art by Akira Toriyama | |
Japanese | バザックス |
First appearance | Dragon Quest V |
Dragon Quest V
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Dropped Item | Seed of resilience | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locations | Nadiria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bestiary # | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game | Dragon Quest V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Console | DS |
Trikaceratops
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Trikaceratops | |
Art by Akira Toriyama | |
Japanese | トリカトラプス |
First appearance | Dragon Quest X |
Dragon Quest X
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Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light
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Videos
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory finishing move