Morrie
Morrie Mozzarella | |
Dragon Quest VIII | |
Japanese name | モリー |
Romaji | Morī |
Race | Human |
"You know what they say: You never know the depths of your own passion until you play with yourself."
Morrie Mozzarella is a mostly comical character, introduced in Dragon Quest VIII. He also acts as "host" for the Monster Battle sub-series.
In Dragon Quest VIII, the heroes first encounter Morrie on the rooftop of his Monster Arena. Sensing something special in the Hero, Morrie sends him to capture three "infamous monsters" to deem the Hero worthy to enter his arena. Once the party has succeeded in making the captures, Morrie allows The Hero to compete in his Monstrous Pit on one condition: he must compete with GUSTO!
Although Morrie was introduced as an NPC in the original PS2 release of the game, he has been upgraded to a playable character for the 3DS version. In combat, he is capable of wielding clubs, boomerangs, and claws, as well as utilizing the abilities of monsters from his infamous pit.
Appearance and Personality
Morrie's outfit consists of an almost jester-like tunic with alternating sections of green and red, as well as very tight leggings. He wears a white scarf and a black belt, gloves and shoes. Morrie speaks with an Italian accent and peppers his dialuge with Italian terms, such as calling the Hero "ragazzo" or Jessica "Bambina".
In Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, Morrie Morrie (as he is called here) is a little, orange slime (in some way similar to a she-slime, although Morrie Morrie is clearly male) with his furry beard and eyebrows still on him and now uses his white scarf as a white bandau.
Stats
Attribute | Starting Stats | Maximum Stats |
Level | 35 | 99 |
HP | 328 | 730 |
MP | 133 | 400 |
Strength | 123 | 360 |
Agility | 114 | 230 |
Resilience | 46 | 166 |
Wisdom | 134 | 300 |
Initial gear |
Abilities
Knives
Name | MP | Points | Target | Tension | Info | Oomph |
Crosscutter Throw | 2 | 6 | All | Yes | Hits first enemy twice. | First hit |
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Attack +5 | -- | 12 | -- | -- | Increase attack +5 when equipped with a boomerang. | -- |
Power Throw | 4 | 18 | All | Yes | Slightly less damage but damage does not decrease. | First hit |
Ooze Bruiser | 0 | 25 | All | Yes | Deals 150% damage to Slimes. | yes |
Attack +10 | -- | 32 | -- | -- | Increases attack by ten when equipped by a Boomerang. | -- |
Metalicker | 0 | 40 | All | Yes | Deals 1~2 damage to metal slimes, does not stack with Metal wing boomerang. | No |
Attack +15 | -- | 52 | -- | -- | Increases attack by fifteen when equipped by a Boomerang. | -- |
Super Throw | 4 | 88 | All | Yes | 120% damage to all enemies, does not decrease. | First hit |
Attack +20 | -- | 82 | -- | -- | Increases attack by twenty when equipped with a Boomerang. | -- |
Swing Both Ways | 10 | 100 | All | Yes | Strikes all enemies twice. | First hit |
Claws
Name | MP | Points | Target | Tension | Info | Oomph |
Attack +5 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | Increase attack +5 when equipped with claws | -- |
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Propeller Blade | 2 | 9 | One | Yes | Deals extra damage equal to Morrie's level. Bonus damage is not woosh-element. | First hit |
Attack +10 | -- | 15 | -- | -- | Increase attack +10 when equipped with claws | -- |
Can Opener | 0 | 22 | One | Yes | Deals 150% damage to material and mechanical monsters. | Yes |
Critical hit rate up | 3 | 30 | One | -- | Increases chance of critical hit with no weapon equipped from 1/64 to 1/32. | -- |
Hardclaw | 0 | 40 | One | Yes | Attack one enemy three times at half strength for 150% damage. | First hit |
Attack +20 | -- | 52 | -- | -- | Attack increases by 20 when equipped with claws. | -- |
Rake 'n' Break | 3 | 66 | One | Yes | Attacks one enemy and removes buffs and debuffs. | Yes |
Attack +25 | -- | 82 | -- | -- | Attack increases by 25 when equipped with claws. | -- |
Hand of God | 10 | 100 | One | Yes | 100%~150% damage to one enemy, ignores defence | Yes |
Clubs
Name | MP | Points | Target | Tension | Info | Oomph |
Attack +5 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | Increases attack by five when equipped with a club. | -- |
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Shield Break | 0 | 14 | One | Yes | Chance of reducing a foe's defence by 25%. | Yes |
Heart Breaker | 2 | 20 | One | Yes | Single strike that deals normal damage and has a 12.5%(1⁄8) chance of stunning an enemy for one turn. | Yes |
Attack +10 | -- | 30 | -- | -- | Increase attack +10 when equipped with a club. | -- |
Crit-or-miss Club skill | 3 | 40 | One | Yes | 25% chance to land a critical hit or normal blow, 50% chance to miss. | No |
Mind Breaker | 2 | 71 | All | Yes | Single strike that deals 25% more damage than a normal attack and has a 1/4 chance of causing an enemy to lose one turn. | Yes |
Attack power +25 | -- | 82 | -- | -- | Increase attack +25 when equipped with a Club. | -- |
Improved crit-or-miss Club skill | 3 | 93 | One | No | Single strike with a 50% chance of hitting the enemy and is an automatic critical hit if it connects. | No |
Feel the Beat | 10 | 100 | All | Yes | Strikes all enemies for 130 damage, with a 12.5%(1⁄8) chance to stun. | No |
Fisticuffs
Name | MP | Points | Target | Tension | Info | Oomph |
Stone's Throw | 0 | 7 | group | yes | 8-20 damage on a group of enemies. | no |
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Attack +10 | -- | 14 | -- | -- | Increases attack by ten when unarmed. | -- |
Agility +10 | -- | 21 | -- | -- | Increases Morrie's agility by ten when unarmed. | -- |
Knuckle Sandwich | 0 | 28 | One | Yes | Inflicts 150% damage, strike/rock element. | Yes |
Attack +20 | -- | 35 | -- | -- | Increase attack twenty when unarmed. | -- |
Thin Air | 2 | 42 | All | Yes | Morrie sends waves of thin air at the enemy, power rising with her level | No |
Critical Hit Up | -- | 54 | -- | -- | Increases chance of critical hit with no weapon equipped from 1/64 to 1/32. | -- |
Multifists | 6 | 68 | Random | Yes | Strikes four random foes at 33% damage per punch. | First hit |
Attack +50 | -- | 82 | -- | -- | Increase attack by fifty when unarmed. | -- |
PASSION plunge | 8 | 100 | One | Yes | 100%~200% damage that ignores defence. Morrie takes 50% recoil damage | Yes |
PASSION
Name | MP | Points | Target | Tension | Info | Oomph |
Oomph | 6 | 3 | -- | -- | Increases an ally's attack by 80%. | -- |
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Sap | 3 | 8 | One | Yes | Reduces one foe's defence by 50%. | -- |
Arena of Flames | 5 | 18 | All | Yes | Roasts all enemies with the flames of passion. Damage is calculated as LvL/2 +30. | -- |
Intesso | 5 | 30 | -- | -- | Raises one ally's tension up to two levels. | -- |
Pit Stop | 0 | 42 | -- | -- | Restores 75~90 HP and removes status ailments. | -- |
Critical hit rate up | 6 | 54 | -- | -- | -- | |
GRANDE GUSTO | 0 | 68 | Self | -- | Increases Morrie's tension by two levels. | -- |
Improved Arena of Flames | 5 | 78 | All | -- | Fire damage calculated as LvL/2 + 65 | -- |
Kazing | 15 | 88 | One | -- | Revies one ally to full health. | -- |
Monster Mia | 15 | 100 | Random | -- | Morrie summons either Mazin, a Slime, or a pride of Great sabrecats to battle for random effects. | -- |
Other Appearances
Itadaki Street Portable
Dragon Quest: Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Dragon Quest monster | |
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Morrie-morrie (slime) | |
Art by Akira Toriyama |
In Rocket Slime, Morrie appears as a guest character. Though in the world where the events take place the human race is not present at all, Morrie has become a slime himself.
Trivia
- His appearance is loosely based on Toriyama's own Mr. Satan/Hercule character from the famous Dragon Ball series.
- Morrie's outfit is based on the Italian flag.
- In his clash with the Hero inside the Monster Arena it is revealed that his last name is Mozzarella through the announcer's introductions in the Rank S finals.
- Prior to the release of the 3DS version in Japan, Dragon Quest VIII's producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto stated that if Morrie were classified with a vocation, he would be an evolved mix of a Minstrel and Martial Artist.
- Morrie has the lowest resilience of all characters in VIII. This is due to both his age and beanpole build.
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