Bongo fandango

Dragon Quest monster Bongo fandango
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ホワイトビート Romaji Howaitobīto First appearance Dragon Quest XI

The Bongo fandango is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a monster drummer that performs invigorating concerts in snowy regions with its animated drum.

Characteristics

Bongo fandangos are rotund paper white djinn or ghost-like spirits with a large living drum made of light blue wood attached to the front of their bodies with rope. They have solid yellow eyes, pointy ears, and tendrils on top of their heads and they move around by levitating. They wear lavender vests and wristbands as their attire. Both their rope belts and the drumsticks they use are colored blue and white. Their drums have yellow eyes and they display jolly smiles with their jagged mouths, overall being more full of life than their performers. Depending on the time of day, bongo fandangos can be seen giving performances to different monsters—silver sabrecubs and dragon slimes during the day and luminous lamplings at nighttime. In the heat of battle, their vigorous drumming is capable of pepping up their allies. When push comes to shove, the bongo fandangos use their drumsticks to bludgeon enemies and can use a drumbeat to call for more of their kind to assist them.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI

Bongo fandango (ホワイトビート Howaitobīto)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	156	17	131
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
128	79	339	58

Bestiary no.	#164
Family	Material
In-game description	Passionate percussionists who pound away enthusiastically despite the nippy northern winds. What better than a jam session to warm you up?
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up Call for backup (Bongo fandango) Plays a peppy beat (Peps up all enemies)
Location(s)	Sniflheim Region (first act, during clear weather) The Snærfelt (first act, during clear weather)
Item(s) dropped	Avabranche1⁄8 Ice crystal1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	0%	0%	25%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	25%	100%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious bongo fandango (ホワイトビート・強 Howaitobīto・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	218	27	160
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
168	100	879	180

Bestiary no.	#314
Family	Material
In-game description	Bongo fandangos driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up Call for backup (Vicious bongo fandango) Plays a peppy beat (Peps up all enemies)
Location(s)	Sniflheim Region (second act) Drustan's Labyrinth - Path to Trial Isle (third act, day only)
Item(s) dropped	Avabranche1⁄8 Ice crystal1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	0%	0%	25%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	100%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious bongo fandango

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  Rivals card

Related monsters

Similar species

• Bongo drongo
• Bongo bango
• Bingo bango bongo
• Wrongo bongo