Badboon
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Badboon | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | マンドリル |
| Romaji | Mandoriru |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest II |
| Old localization | Baboon (NES and GBC) |
The Badboon is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II. The large brown-furred primate and its cousins are among the earliest examples of the Beast family of monsters.
Characteristics[edit]
Badboons are based on mandrills, Old World monkeys that are native to western Africa in the real world. They are large, brown bulky primates with colourful faces and posteriors. Bulkier than real life mandrills, their stature resembles orangutans and gorillas. The primates made a reappearance in the series in IX after a 22 year absence.
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line[edit]
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai[edit]
A badboon makes an appearance at the beginning of the story as one of the friendly monsters living alongside Dai and Brass on Dermline Island. However, in the 2020 anime series, it is nowhere to be found.
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[edit]
Making its first appearance in a Monsters game, Badboon appears as a D-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the smartphone version.
Dragon Quest Treasures[edit]
A statue of a badboon is Treasure No. 515 in the Monster Statues category. Its base value is 180,000 gold.
In Other Languages[edit]
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español | Malandril | From the Spanish mal and mandrill. |
 Français | Babourin | Derived from "babouin", the French word for baboon. |
 Deutsch | Gibbonze | From the German Gibbon and Bonze |
 Italiano | Scimpanzer | From the Italian scimpanzé and the German Panzer. |
