Munchy Monk (character)

The Munchy Monk (修行おとこ^?, Shūgyō Otoko), known as the Training Monk in Rhythm Heaven, is a bald monk in training who made his debut in the minigame Munchy Monk from Rhythm Heaven.

Munchy Monk

Image

[[File:File:Munchy Monk Megamix.png|frameless|400x270px]]
Artwork from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Appears in

Rhythm Heaven,
Rhythm Heaven Fever,
Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Backstory

The Munchy Monk is first seen training deep in the mountains, which which involves eating dumplings all day, as well as caring for a baby in Rhythm Heaven Megamix. At one point, the monk was spotted by a bear, who was ready to eat him, but left him alone after witnessing the monk eat a dozen dumplings at once. He was spotted in the mountains by a circus ringmaster who hired him as a clown, but was ironically fired by Carny Barker for eating on the job. The monk's incredible eating abilities earned him the title of "Dumpling Man", as well as news coverage of any sightings of him. At an unknown point, the Munchy Monk was seen performing his act as a proper clown at a carnival. After mastering eating, he aims to perfect the art of feeding someone else (in this case, a Chorus Kid) on a moving train.

Appearances

• File:Munchy Monk 3DS icon.png Munchy Monk
• File:Remix 4 DS icon.png Remix 4
• File:Remix 8 DS icon.png Remix 8
• File:Munchy Monk 2 icon.png Munchy Monk 2
• File:Remix 10 DS icon.png Remix 10
• File:Item placeholder.png Munchy Monk (Wii)
• File:Final Remix icon.png Final Remix

Gallery

• Monk 2.png

  Artwork for Munchy Monk from Rhythm Heaven

• Training Monky.png

  Artwork for Munchy Monk from Rhythm Heaven

• Circus Monk.png

  Artwork for Munchy Monk 2 from Rhythm Heaven

• Munchy Monk Remix 4.png

  Screenshot of Remix 4 from Rhythm Heaven

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  Unused details on the sprite in Remix 4 from Rhythm Heaven

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  Sprite from Rhythm Heaven

• Munchy Monk guy.png

  Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Munchy Monk Wii.png

  Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Fever

• Munchy Monk gameplay 3DS.PNG

  Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Trivia

• In Rhythm Heaven, he's sleeveless in the game, but his artwork depicts him with sleeves. In later games, he always has sleeves.
• In Rhythm Heaven Fever and Rhythm Heaven Megamix his design was changed to resemble Employee 333-4-591032 more closely.
• He appears as a defense-type spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. His spirit battle takes place in the Spirit Train stage (a reference to Munchy Monk (Wii)). He is represented by a blue Ken who is distracted by items but has a powered-up Shoryuken, and he is backed up by three white Kirbys (meant to represent dumplings).

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	修行おとこ	Training Man
EnglishNOA	Munchy Monk
EnglishNOE	Munchy Monk
French	L'avide ascète Altruiste ascète	The munching ascetic Altruistic ascetic
Spanish	Pi Ying, el monje tragón Monje tragón	Pi Ying, the munching monk Munching monk
Italian	Monaco Gnam	Monk Yum
Dutch	Bikkende broeder	Biting brother
Russian	Монах Жорий	Monk Zhoriy [pun on "Жор" (having a voracious appetite)]
ChineseSI	Munchy Monk
Korean	수행자	Performer