Man Trap





Man Trap is a unique plant-based enemy that is constantly around trees. It does not heal for very much, meaning you can just attack from a distance, pelting it with enough damage to win. If you lack MP, you'll need to go for Physical attacks instead.

In the Gameboy game Healing Lv 1 can give close to 20 at times, meaning you'll need to deal high damage with spells or get close enough to physical attack, forcing the A.I. to just go after you instead.

Enemy Formations
Man Trap x 1

Man Trap x 2

Man Trap x 1, Bat x 1

Man Trap x 1, Bat x 2

Trivia

 * Man Trap is byte value 6 in the coding.
 * This is one of the few regular enemies with no item drops, even in the remake which gave enemies like Mimic an Item Drop.
 * It has a counterpart in Hot Lips, which shares the same animation and body. They're even more similar in the remake.
 * In the remake they share more animations for attacks. Also, Hot Lips has two moves compared to one this time around.
 * Whereas Man Trap has a giant eye, Hot Lips just has giant lips. The distinct body part cannot be found on the opposing monster.
 * The name is Mandragora combined with Venus Fly Trap.
 * Coincidentally it only attacks "man" due to Brian being the only opponent it can face.
 * Despite the name origin, it clearly has a more rose-like design. It is not prickly or poisonous, but it does have a powerful physical attack overall which represents being careful about a rose so you don't get hurt fairly well.
 * The petals on it are also red, making the rose design more obvious. Its remake color is even more reddish, further driving it home.
 * Plants are able to heal using Sunlight. As it's always under shade due to being in a dense forest, it becomes ironic for it to have a Healing spell.
 * Incidentally despite needing Water in that case, it has little association with it beyond having a Water spell in Healing Lv 1. This may be as close to the idea of "needing" Water as they can muster. Being a fantasy game, liberties are expected.
 * For its physical attack, it uses its head to damage you.
 * A similar case happens with Pin Head, who bites you.
 * Termant(known as Giant Ant in the remake) appears to do something similar, but uses its front legs instead, apparently.
 * Man Eater may be attacking with its head or the bones stuck in its body in the remake.
 * Ork Jr has very tiny arms, and is likely using its head for the physical attack as well in the remake.