Bag o' laughs

Dragon Quest monster Bag o' laughs

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese 笑い袋
わらいぶくろ Romaji Warai bukuro First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Trick Bag

Characteristics

The standard Bag o' laughs appears as a cartoonish, blue burlap bag with a face that consists of two eyes, rosy cheeks, and a fanged mouth with tongue lolling out.

Bag o' laughs are just as annoying as their beige brethren, casting debilitating magic instead of directly attacking and thus are most dangerous when encountered along with more ferocious monsters that take advantage of their adventurer enfeebling.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III

Bag o' laughs

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		11	40	255
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
15	37	64	5	350

Bestiary No.
Spell(s)	Dazzle Deceleratle Fizzle Heal Kabuff
Skill(s)	Weird Dance
Location(s)	Pyramid
Item Dropped	Seed of Resilience1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
1⁄4	100%	100%	100%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	100%	100%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
0%	70%	100%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	100%	70%

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest V

Bag o' laughs

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	31	255	33	15
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
25	10	55	N/A

Bestiary no.	038
Spell(s)	Fizzle Fuddle Snooze
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Healslime) Laughs and wastes turn
Location(s)	Ancient Ruins Fortuna area Abovitall Tower
Item dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄32

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
1/4	20%	67%	67%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
100%	0%	0%	67%
Zap resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *	Poof resistance
0%	0%	0%	20%
Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *	Dazzle resistance *
67%	100%	20%	0%
Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Drain Magic resistance *	Stun resistance *
0%	100%	?	0%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VII

Bag o' laughs (笑いぶくろ Warai bakuro)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	70	10	58	75
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
65	50 (PS1) 75 (3DS)	50 (PS1) 75 (3DS)	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	051
Spell(s)	Frizz
Skill(s)	Laughs Weird Dance Call for Help (Monolog)
Location(s)	Likeness of the Great Evil Aeolus Vale Sanctum of the Cirrus
Item(s) Dropped	Plain clothes1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄32	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	15%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
15%	0%	0%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	100%	15%	0%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest VIII

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	34	10	31
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
29	31	35	24

Bestiary no.	034
Family	Material
In-game description	Despite their silly appearance, these monsters are crafty opponents capable of preventing their enemies from casting spells.
Spell(s)	Fizzle Frizz
Skill(s)	Call for help Laughe (waste turn) Weird Dance
Location(s)	Kingdom of Ascantha
Item(s) dropped	Plain clothes1⁄16 Hairband1⁄32

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
1⁄32	0%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	25%	15%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	0%	15%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	15%	15%	15%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IX

#008 - Bag o' laughs
HP MP Experience Gold 16 4 11 26 Attack Defense Speed 19 14 24
Dropped Item	Cowpat (common, 12.5%) Strong medicine (rare, 1.56% )
Locations	The Hexagon
Skills	Weird Dance
Family	Material
Bestiary #	008
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Bag o' laughs
Family	Material
Rank	F
Description	These barbarous bags may be smiling, but they're a sackful of trouble.
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	-
Skill	Fear-monger, Defense Boost
Location	Xeroph Isle (Ruins)
Breeding chart	Platypunk x Firespirit

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Bag o' laughs
Family	Material
Rank	F
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	Crafty Sleeper
Resistances	Vulnerable to Fizzle,
Skill	Fear-monger
Location	Doubtback (Night, bag dropped by Satyr), Iceolation (Day, dropped by Hammerhood)
Breeding chart	Komodo x Bad egg Platypunk x Stump chump

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Bag o' laughs

Model	Experience	Gold
	20	40g

List No.	055
Field Notes	Playful pouches of peril whose unshakeable smiles are almost as disturbing as their dancing. They crack up at their own gags, oblivious to the glares of nearby hammerhoods—the true comedy connoisseurs.
Location(s)	Arba Castle (Captain) Colissea (Recruit, Captain) Colissean Desert (Recruit, Captain) Pinnacle of Light (Recruit) Sylvea (Hero) The Lion's Den (Showdown: Feral Feline) The Shrine of Scales (Recruit)
Item(s) Dropped	Snakeskin Narspicious

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Bag o' laughs (わらいぶくろ Warai bukuro)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	95	40g	Yes

List No.	042
Field Notes	Playful pouches of peril whose unshakeable smiles are almost as disturbing as their dancing. They crack up at their own gags, oblivious to the glares of nearby hammerhoods—the true comedy connoisseurs.
Location(s)	The Battle of Ingenia
Item(s) Dropped	Blue eye Snakeskin

Gallery

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  A group of Bag o' Laughs assaulting the party in III

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  Alternative BoL art

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  Joker 1 model

See also

• Goodybag
• Lucky bag