She-slime

Dragon Quest Monster She-slime
Art by Akira Toriyama Kanji スライムべス Romanji Suraimu besu First Appearance Dragon Quest Old Localization red-slime

The She-slime is the first pallet swap monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the very first game, they are basically reddish, ever-so-slightly-stronger slimes.

Despite the name, the scarlet slimes' sexes are as ambiguous as those of regular slimes. The change from red slime may be on account that their modern depictions; with more shades available to them than what the graphical limitations of the NES allowed, the globs are more of an orange shade than red. According to some games, the she-slimes are a different color than ordinary slimes due to an uncommon genetic mutation; this relative rarity has led them to be referred to as "don't-often-see-slimes".

Dragon Quest

She-slime (スライムべス suraimubesu)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	4	?	1	3	7	3	4

Spell(s)
Location(s)

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄64	15⁄16	0⁄16	0⁄16

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	4	?	2	4	7	3	4

Spell(s)
Location(s)

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄64	7⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest III

She-slime

Original (NES)

Sprite	Level	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	63	6	0	11	3	18	6	7

Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Tantegel region
Item Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance	Poof Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0%	0%	100%	0%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IV

She-slime
File:Redslime.png
HP MP Experience Gold 10 2 5 Attack Defense Speed 9 5 3
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb
Locations	Zalenagrad outskirts (Chapter 2) Taborov outskirts (Chapter 2) Laissez Fayre outskirts (Chapter 4) Aubout du Monde outskirts (Chapter 4) Palais de Léon outskirts (Chapter 4)
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	NES

#018 - She-slime
HP MP Experience Gold 10 2 5 Attack Defense Speed 9 5 3
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb
Locations	Zalenagrad outskirts (Chapter 2) Taborov outskirts (Chapter 2) Laissez Fayre outskirts (Chapter 4) Aubout du Monde outskirts (Chapter 4) Palais de Léon outskirts (Chapter 4)
Bestiary #	018
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	PSX

#018 - She-slime
HP MP Experience Gold 10 2 5 Attack Defense Speed 9 5 3
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb
Locations	Zalenagrad outskirts (Chapter 2) Taborov outskirts (Chapter 2) Laissez Fayre outskirts (Chapter 4) Aubout du Monde outskirts (Chapter 4) Palais de Léon outskirts (Chapter 4)
Bestiary #	018
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	DS

Dragon Quest VI

She-slime

Sprite	HP *	MP	Experience *	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility	Tame Rate
	16	0	9	6	24	20	8	N/A

Bestiary No.	21
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)
Item(s) Dropped	Holy water1⁄32

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
80%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%
Stun Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Fire Breath Resistance *	Cool Breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Army Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest VII

Original (PSX)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility	Tame Rate
	33	0	10	4	24	15	25	1⁄8

Bestiary No.	021
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Roamers region Faraday Grondal
Item(s) Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
80%	0%	0%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%
Stun Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Fire Breath Resistance *	Cool Breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Army Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	10%	0%

Remake (3DS)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest VIII

She-Slime (スライムべス Suraimubesu)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
File:She-slime DQVIII PS2.png	18	0	8	6	16	15	25

Bestiary No.	008
Family	Slime family
In-Game Description	Slimes of a different color, apparently due to a sudden mutation. Although commonly referred to as 'she-slimes', their true gender remains unknown.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Maella Region
Item(s) Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄64 Slime Earrings1⁄128

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Flame *	Ice *	Stone/Strike Resistance *	Troop Resistance *	Death Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Shock Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sleep *	Confusion *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Dance Sealing Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	100%	?

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IX

#14 - She-slime
HP MP Experience Gold 19 4 20 22 Attack Defense Speed 23 18 25
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8) Slimedrop (Rare, 1/8)
Locations	Western Stornway, Eastern Stornway, Zere area (southern, daytime), Angel Falls area (high ground)
Family	Slime
Bestiary #	14
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Game description: These slimes are the result of a rare genetic mutation, and are also known as "don't-often-see-slimes." Guide description: They're bitter rivals of standard slimes, who they match for shape, size and colour, but can't beat as far as fan base goes.

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Gootrude, Bo, Itsy, and Morrie-Morrie all appear to be she-slimes. Of the four, Gootrude is the one who most resembles a she-slime as Bo, Rocket's sister, is a bit smaller and wears a white bow, Itsy is very small, and Morrie-Morrie sports facial hair and a white headband.

Gallery

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  She-slime Famicom art

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  She-slime (modern)

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  She-slime Dragon Quest: Monster Battle card

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Etymology

Bseu is a corruption of the hebrew letter Beth, the second in their alphabet. In the context of Dragon Quest it means "second slime", referring to the fact that she-slimes are less often encountered than blue slimes.