Zepling

Dragon Quest monster Zepling

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese バブリン Romaji Bablin First appearance Dragon Quest VII Old localization Babbleoon

The Zepling is a monster introduced in Dragon Quest VII. It is a living balloon, and as such is vulnerable to Flying Knee.

Characteristics

Zeplings are creepy, zany monsters with bouncy bulbous yellow bodies, marked with miserable jagged red lips surrounding a mouth that they use to munch on foes, and a tiny pair of odd eyes that they stare down adventures with. Although sometimes they spending an entire turn uselessly staring at enemies. They bear a bullseye-like symbol on their bouncing bellies, a long trailing tail, puzzling pointy ears, and small arms that they wave in a weird way, almost like they're trying to stay afloat. Their air-headed floatiness allows them to fling the windy Woosh spells at foes, hitting all foes in a single swish.

In the original Sony PlayStation version, zeplings had an unusual attack animation where they expelled multiple, smaller zeplings from its mouth.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII

Zepling (バブリン Bablin)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	61	15	52	30
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
28	23 (PS1) 35 (3DS)	10 (PS1) 15 (3DS)	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	038
Spell(s)	Woosh
Skill(s)	Waste turn
Location(s)	Dungeon of Descent Al-Balad
Item(s) Dropped	Plain clothes1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄64	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 *
80%	0%	10%	50%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	0%	15%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

Related Monsters

• Discombombulator
• Healium balloon
• Li'l whizzer