History YMMV / DragonQuestIX

* GoddamnedBoss: [[BonusBoss Shogum]] does on occasion summon King Cureslimes, which if you don't kill them quickly, will cast Omniheal, restoring all HP to Shogum (and the King Cureslime).

* CompleteMonster:
** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]], ruler of the Gittish Empire, stands out as the prime definition of HumansAreTheRealMonsters within a monster-filled world. [[{{Patricide}} Murdering his father]] and trapping his soul within a tomb out of impatience of not being granted the Empire, Godwyn then led a brutal campaign across the lands. Anyone captured by his forces would be enslaved and taken to the Gortress, where they would be brutalised constantly and killed whenever they grew weak or old. Godwyn also took to kidnapping Celestrians and had them trapped within TheOubliette, draining them of their powers, and also causing the Celestrian Corvus to snap from his 300-year-long torture. Revived by Corvus, Godwyn restarts his ambitions of conquest and enslavement, this time aiming to use the fallen Fyggs to allow him to have complete dominion over the planet. Defeated by the hero, Godwyn makes one last mad attempt on their life, forcing their mentor Aquila to make a HeroicSacrifice.
** [[TheDragon Barbarus]] is a sadistic dragon who aided the Gittish Empire with their acts of conquest before being slain by his brother Greygnarl. [[BackFromTheDead Resurrected]], Barbarus heads to Upover to enact his revenge on Greygnarl for his past defeat. Not content with simply just defeating Greygnarl, Barbarus [[ForcedToWatch forces Greygnarl to watch]] as he attempts to destroy Upover and its inhabitants. Barbarus later attempts to destroy the Gortress to kill the rebelling prisoners, [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring that there's still loyal soldiers there as well]]. When Corvus breaks free from The Oubliette, Barbarus abandons serving the Empire and tries to aid Corvus with the [[OmnicidalManiac obliteration of existence]].
** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Stellestria]] was a vain and haughty woman [[TheCorrupter responsible for the corruption]] of the Gittish Empire into hardened conquerors. Building the Gortress, Stellestria would have anyone who disagreed with her brutalities sent there to be enslaved. Anyone not sent to the Gortress, Stellestria would have killed, culminating with her having a cliff full of the graves of her foes. Despite being deceased long before the story's start, Stellestria's evil still lingers on in the Protectorate.
** [[AncientEvil Yore]] is a demonic being who had a contract with the Gittish Empire to help them raze the surface world. Approaching Stornway, Yore [[DealWithTheDevil made a deal with the King]] that he would spare them if he sacrificed their neighboring ally Brigadoom to him. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Yore]] then laid siege to Brigadoom, wiping out its inhabitants and leaving the kingdom in ruins, [[{{Sadist}} something he took great pleasure in]]. Freed by Princess Simona who asked him restore Brigadoom at the cost of Stornway, Yore denies her request and declares he'll raze Stornway before moving onto the rest of the surface world to wipe out mortal life.
** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard King Godwyn's father's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from its prison, the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Player's party reaches the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again.

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]], ruler of the Gittish Empire, stands out as the prime definition of HumansAreTheRealMonsters within a monster-filled world. [[{{Patricide}} Murdering his father, Godfrey]] and trapping his soul within the Quarantomb out of impatience of not being granted the Empire, Godwyn then led a brutal campaign across the lands. Anyone captured by his forces would be enslaved and taken to the Gortress, where they would be brutalized constantly and killed whenever they grew weak or old. Godwyn also took to kidnapping Celestrians and had them trapped within TheOubliette, draining them of their powers, and also causing the Celestrian Corvus to snap from his 300-year-long torture. Revived by Corvus, Godwyn restarts his ambitions of conquest and enslavement, this time aiming to use the fallen Fyggs to allow him to have complete dominion over the planet. Defeated by the hero, Godwyn makes one last mad attempt on their life, forcing their mentor Aquila to make a HeroicSacrifice.

** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard Godfrey's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from [[SealedEvilInACan its prison]], the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Hero, their party, and Dr. Phlegming reach the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again, but is defeated, though despite being resealed, [[PosthumousVillainVictory its illness manages to kill Catarrhina out of spite for being resealed by her husband]].

** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard Godfrey's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from [[SealedEvilInACan its prison]], the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Hero the party, and Dr. Phlegming reach the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again, but is defeated, though despite being resealed, [[PosthumousVillainVictory its illness manages to kill Catarrhina out of spite for being resealed by her husband]].

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]], ruler of the Gittish Empire, stands out as the prime definition of HumansAreTheRealMonsters within a monster-filled world. [[{{Patricide}} Murdering his father, Godfrey]] and trapping his soul within a tomb out of impatience of not being granted the Empire, Godwyn then led a brutal campaign across the lands. Anyone captured by his forces would be enslaved and taken to the Gortress, where they would be brutalized constantly and killed whenever they grew weak or old. Godwyn also took to kidnapping Celestrians and had them trapped within TheOubliette, draining them of their powers, and also causing the Celestrian Corvus to snap from his 300-year-long torture. Revived by Corvus, Godwyn restarts his ambitions of conquest and enslavement, this time aiming to use the fallen Fyggs to allow him to have complete dominion over the planet. Defeated by the hero, Godwyn makes one last mad attempt on their life, forcing their mentor Aquila to make a HeroicSacrifice.

** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard Godfrey's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from [[SealedEvilInACan its prison]], the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Player's party reaches the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again.

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]], ruler of the Gittish Empire, stands out as the prime definition of HumansAreTheRealMonsters within a monster-filled world. [[{{Patricide}} Murdering his father]] and trapping his soul within a tomb out of impatience of not being granted the Empire, Godwyn then led a brutal campaign across the lands. Anyone captured by his forces would be enslaved and taken to the Gortress, where they would be brutalised constantly and killed whenever they grew weak or old. Godwyn also took to kidnapping Celestrians and had them trapped within TheOubliette, draining them of their powers, and also causing the Celestrian Corvus to snap from his 300-year-long torture. Revived by Corvus, Godwyn restarts his ambitions of conquest and enslavement, this time aiming to use the fallen Fyggs to allow him to have complete dominion over the planet. Defeated by the hero, Godwyn makes one last mad attempt on their life, forcing their mentor Aquila to make a HeroicSacrifice.

** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard King Godwyn's father's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from [[SealedEvilInACan its prison]], the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Player's party reaches the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again.

* FridgeHorror:
** There is one high level type of Sanguini, the "Genie Sanguini", who did not turn into a demon. "By some miracle", according to the bestiary. It RandomlyDrops Saint's Ashes, an item which inverts cursed and dark equipment into their holy counterparts. Implied: The Genie Sanguini didn't become a demon because it ''ate a saint.''
** During the sidequests "Nicholas's Necklace" and Not Nicholas's Necklace", it's mentioned that both men have a lost love called Annabella/Anabella and that on that island in Eastern Stornway is a monster called a Cannibelle. According to its bestiary entry, it's the end result of badly treated maidens selling their souls to become more beautiful and that it believes that its victims cries of despair make them more beautiful. Theres a lot of implications to be had from all this.
** To a lesser extent, the idea that Chris Cringle lives alone on an island where Uncommon Colds can show up means that every so often, he has to live in fear of these snow elementals who kill anyone foolish enough to get in their way and consume their souls after killing them.
** One of the Celestrians, just before Fyggbloom, mentions how the the Observatory floats directly above a wasteland that had once been a prosperous kingdom. This matches the description of Brigadoom, but also the Gittish Empire... and if it's the latter, the irony becomes horrible.

** [[MonstrousGerms The Ragin' Contagion]] is a sapient disease created by the Gittish Empire to guard King Godwyn's father's imprisoned soul within the Quarantomb. After the earthquake releases it from its prison, the Contagion's essence spreads to the nearby town of Coffinwell, infecting several citizens of all ages with a bedridden illness with the inevitable outcome of death--leaving fears of the whole town being wiped out. When the Player's party reaches the Contagion, the latter attempts to kill them so as to never be imprisoned again.

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]] is the ruler of the Gittish Empire who [[{{Patricide}} murdered his father]] and imprisoned his soul to take control, out of simple impatience. [[WarForFunAndProfit Leading the Gittish Empire on a brutal expansionist war]] to kill countless people, Godwyn also imprisoned Celestrians in the prison known as TheOubliette, where they would have their powers drained after torture, including Corvus, who was tortured into a shell of himself. Upon his revival, Godwyn repeats his ambitions of 300 years ago and later [[HeroKiller murders Aquila]] after losing to the Hero in a fit of rage.

* MoralEventHorizon: King Godwyn starts off as your typical evil warlord, but when he starts kidnapping Celestrians to drain them dry...

** [[TheDragon Barbarus]] is a sadistic dragon who aided the Gittish Empire with their acts of conquest before being slain by his brother Greygnarl. [[BackFromTheDead Resurrected]], Barbarus shoots down the Starflight Express on Hootingham-Gore's orders to show [[EstablishingCharacterMoment how "fired up" he's been since his revival]] and heads to Upover to enact his revenge on Greygnarl for his past defeat. Not content with simply just defeating Greygnarl, Barbarus [[ForcedToWatch forces Greygnarl to watch]] as he attempts to destroy Upover and its inhabitants, forcing Greygnarl to sacrifice himself to save his town, while dropping the Hero into Gittish territory. Barbarus later attempts to destroy the Gortress to kill the rebelling prisoners, [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring that there's still loyal soldiers there as well]]. When Corvus breaks free from The Oubliette, Barbarus abandons serving the Empire and tries to aid Corvus with the [[OmnicidalManiac obliteration of existence]].

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]] is the ruler of the Gittish empire who [[{{Patricide}} murdered his father]] and imprisoned his soul to take control, out of simple impatience. [[WarForFunAndProfit Leading the Gittish empire on a brutal expansionist war]] to kill countless people, Godwyn also imprisoned Celestrians in the prison known as TheOubliette, where they would have their powers drained after torture, including Corvus, who was tortured into a shell of himself. Upon his revival, Godwyn repeats his ambitions of 300 years ago and later [[HeroKiller murders Aquila]] after losing to the Hero in a fit of rage.
** [[TheDragon Barbarus]] is a sadistic dragon who aided the Gittish Empire with their acts of conquest before being slain by his brother Greygnarl. [[BackFromTheDead Resurrected]], Barbarus heads to Upover to enact his revenge on Greygnarl for his past defeat. Not content with simply just defeating Greygnarl, Barbarus [[ForcedToWatch forces Greygnarl to watch]] as he attempts to destroy Upover and its inhabitants. Barbarus later attempts to destroy the Gortress to kill the rebelling prisoners, [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring that there's still loyal soldiers there as well]]. When Corvus breaks free from The Oubliette, Barbarus abandons serving the Empire and tries to aid Corvus with the [[OmnicidalManiac obliteration of existence]].

** The Metal slimes. In order to unlock the Armamentalist vocation, you have to kill two with a wizard ward barrier up. Easier said than done, given the fact that Metal Slimes have a tendency to ''run'' before you can even get their health down to the point where a mage can finish them off. (Granted, mages can inflict 1 damage, and you ''can'' give them Metal Slash, or exploit abilities).
** Just about every enemy that insists on chasing after you, no matter how weak they are, beginning with the Teeny Sanguinis around Angel Falls. Especially annoying in the Bad Cave where every enemy is one of these, and in the Bowhole where you can expect the Sculpture Vultures to get in the way of Liquid Metal Slime hunting. They do eventually start running away from you once your level is high enough, but you're normally able to easily decimate them long before that arbitrary point.

** [[TheDragon Barbarus]] is a sadistic dragon who aided the Gittish Empire with their acts of conquest before being slain by his brother Greygnarl. [[BackFromTheDead Resurrected]], Barbarus heads to Upover to enact his revenge on Greygnarl for his past defeat. Not content with simply just defeating Greygnarl, Barbarus [[ForcedToWatch forces Greygnarl to watch]] as he attempts to destroy Upover and its inhabitants. Barbarus later attempts to destroy the Gortress to kill the rebelling prisoners, [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring that there's still loyal soldiers there as well]]. When Corvus breaks free from The Oubliette, Barbarus abandons serving the empire and tries to aid Corvus with the [[OmnicidalManiac obliteration of existence]].

** [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]] is the ruler of the Gittish empire who [[{{Patricide}} murdered his father]] and imprisoned his soul to take control, out of simple impatience. [[WarForFunAndProfit Leading the Gittish empire on a brutal expansionist war]] to kill countless people, Godwyn also imprisoned Celestrians in the prison known as TheOubliette, where they would have their powers drained after torture, including Corvus, who was tortured into a shell of himself. Upon his revival, Godwyn attempts to revive the dark dragon Barbarus to devastate the world until he reigns over what's left.
** [[AncientEvil Yore]] is a demonic being who had a contract with the Gittish Empire to help them raze the surface world. Approaching Stornway, Yore [[DealWithTheDevil made a deal with the King]] that he would spare them if he sacrificed their neighboring allies Brigadoom to him. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Yore]] then laid siege to Brigadoom, wiping out its inhabitants and leaving the kingdom in ruins, [[{{Sadist}} something he took great pleasure in]]. Freed by Princess Simona who asked him restore Brigadoom at the cost of Stornway, Yore denies her request and declares he'll raze Stornway before moving onto the rest of the surface world to wipe out mortal life.

* CompleteMonster: [[SorcerousOverlord King Godwyn]] is the ruler of the Gittish empire who [[{{Patricide}} murdered his father]] and imprisoned his soul to take control, out of simple impatience. [[WarForFunAndProfit Leading the Gittish empire on a brutal expansionist war]] to kill countless people, Godwyn also imprisoned Celestrians in the prison known as TheOubliette, where they would have their powers drained after torture, including Corvus, who was tortured into a shell of himself. Upon his revival, Godwyn attempts to revive the dark dragon Barbarus to devastate the world until he reigns over what's left.

* DemonicSpiders: Boa Bishops. Good Almighty, Boa Bishops. These things get two goes per turn, have a hit-everything attack that can destroy mages in one or two turns, an automatic sleep attack, very much avert SquishyWizard ''and'' FragileSpeedster. And they show up in twos and threes, often accompanied by cyber spiders (DemonicSpiders themselves, what with their blinding and slowing moves, high attack, and needing magic to be killed) or freaky tikis (which lower resistance to StandardStatusEffects and also have a blinding move). Oh, and if that wasn't enough, they also chase you instead of going in a straight line, and their snake tentacles/feet give them extra width so you can't even dodge or go around. Even level 99 parties can be quickly killed by these things.

** Goresby-Purrvis is also criminally obnoxious, given that he can attack twice and has his turn-skipping [[ThatOneAttack upward slice]] to keep you from retaliating, along with the fact that he [[LightningBruiser hits like a truck]] and can easily ''kill'' a character in one turn.