Munchy Monk (character)

The Munchy Monk (修行おとこ^?, Shūgyō Otoko), known as the Training Monk^[1], is a bald monk in training who appears in the Rhythm Game Munchy Monk in Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Megamix, and the Endless Game of the same name in Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Backstory

The Munchy Monk is first seen training deep in the mountains, 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 (クマさん^?, Kuma-san), who was ready to eat him for dinner, but left him alone after witnessing the monk eat a dozen dumplings at once, which disgusted the bear. He was hired as a clown by Carny Barker (園長さん^?, Enchō-san), but was ironically fired for eating on the job.

He was later spotted in the mountains by the Circus Ringmaster (園長さん^?, Danchō-san), who was so impressed by the monk's eating abilities, that he hired him at once. Life on the glittering stage held no appeal for the monk and he vanished soon after. His incredible eating abilities earned him the title of "Dumpling Man", as well as news coverage of any sightings of him.

After mastering eating, he aims to perfect the art of feeding someone else (in this case, a Chorus Kid) on a moving train.^[2]

Appearances

Gallery

Training Monky.png

Artwork for Munchy Monk from Rhythm Heaven
Monk 2.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
Offscreen details on the sprite in Remix 4 from Rhythm Heaven
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven
EndlessGameMunchyMonkIcon.gif

Sprite from Rhythm Heaven Fever
Munchy Monk Wii.png

Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Fever
Munchy Monk Megamix.png

Artwork from Rhythm Heaven Megamix
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Screenshot from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Trivia

In Rhythm Heaven, the Munchy Monk has no sleeves in the game, but is depicted in the prologue artwork 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.
The Munchy Monk appears as a defense-type spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. His spirit battle takes place on the Spirit Train stage (a reference to the Endless Game). 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 (representing the dumplings).

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	修行おとこ	Training Man
English^NOA	Munchy Monk Training Monk^[1]
English^NOE	Munchy Monk Training Monk^[1]
French	L'avide ascète Avide ascète^[3] Altruiste ascète^[4]	The munching ascetic Munching ascetic Altruistic ascetic
Spanish	Pi Ying, el monje tragón Monje tragón^[4]	Pi Ying, the munching monk Munching monk
Italian	Monaco Gnam	Monk Yum
Dutch	Bikkende broeder^[4]	Biting brother
Russian	Монах Жорий^[4]	Monk Zhoriy [pun on "Жор" (having a voracious appetite)]
Chinese^SI	Munchy Monk^[4]
Korean	수행자	Performer