Munchy Monk (character)

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

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.^[1]

Appearances

Gallery

Monk 2.png

Artwork for Munchy Monk from Rhythm Heaven
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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
Unused details on the sprite in Remix 4 from Rhythm Heaven
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven
Munchy Monk guy.png

Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Fever
Munchy Monk Wii.png

Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Fever
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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 (an uppercut-like move), 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	Shūgyō Otoko
English^NOA	Munchy Monk
English^NOE	Munchy Monk
French	L'avide ascète Altruiste ascète^[2]	The munching ascetic Altruistic ascetic
Spanish	Pi Ying, el monje tragón Monje tragón^[2]	Pi Ying, the munching monk Munching monk
Italian	Monaco Gnam	Monk Yum
Dutch	Bikkende broeder^[2]	Biting brother
Russian	Монах Жорий^[2]	Monk Zhoriy [pun on "Жор" (having a voracious appetite)]
Chinese^SI	Munchy Monk^[2]
Korean	수행자	Performer