Doppelganger Arle

Doppelganger Arle
Puyo Puyo~n's Doppelganger Arle, as she appears in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.
Name
Kana	ドッペルゲンガーアルル
Romanization	Dopperugengā Aruru
Other Names	Pierrot 分身亚鲁鲁 (fēnshēnyàlǔlǔ) Arle Maléfique Némesis de Arle (Champions, Tetris 2) Doppelgänger de Arle (Puzzle Pop) Двойник Арль
Personal Info
Gender	Female
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari I
Latest appearance	Puyo Puyo!! Quest
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Reiko Kurusu (Madou Monogatari 123) Emi Motoi (Puyo Puyo~n) Mie Sonozaki (Puyo Puyo!! Quest)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Doppelganger Arle is a magical double of the series' protagonist Arle Nadja. She is a recurring character throughout the Madou Monogatari series, but arguably the most prominent Doppelganger Arle serves as the primary antagonist of Puyo Puyo~n.

See also: Lilith

Biography

Appearance

Doppelganger Arles are the spitting image of the series main protagonist Arle Nadja, however to what degree varies.

• In some games, generic Doppelgangers who appear identical appearance to Arle. Other times, they take a reddish tint to their bodies and wear red armor. They also often wear their armor backward compared to Arle.
• Warle, a boss fight in the Genesis version of Madou Monogatari 1, has a darker appearance. Her armor is also purple.
• Puyo Puyo~n's Doppelganger Arle wears an outfit identical to that of Arle's outfit in Yo~n. Her general design is retained in Puyo Puyo!! Quest, save for detached sleeves instead of palmless gloves. As Pierrot, she wears a harlequin outfit, composed of shades of red and black, with a white mask, and white gloves.

Personality

Personalities of the generic enemy Doppelganger Arles are mostly unknown, as they do not do much aside from existing to fight.

Doppelganger Arle in Puyo Puyo~n is primarily fueled by hatred and jealousy of Arle Nadja, having an extreme desire to take her place. In Puyo Puyo!! Quest, she is very calm, composed, and secretive to herself and others, though she has fits of laughter. In her Pierrot disguise, she plays up her fool-hardy nature and acts as more of a goofball, though this element is not retained in Quest.

Abilities

Generally, a Doppelganger Arle has similar abilities to Arle herself, and can use the same spells: Fire, Thunder, Ice Storm, Brain Dumbed, Diacute, and more. For more information, see Arle Nadja's page. Doppelganger Arle in Puyo Puyo~n has her own unique spells that follow a religious/apocalyptic theme, as they are Abyss, Chaos, Labyrinth, Eclipse, Grand Cross, Ragnarok, and Armageddon, in addition to her Super Attack Void Hole: however, while they are differently named, they all resemble Arle's spells Fire, Ice Storm, Diacute, Brain Dumbed, Jugem, Bayoen, and Ruipanko, while Armageddon is exclusive to the GBC version of Puyo Puyo~n and thus has no animation. Puyo Puyo!! Quest adds Illusion to this list. While in her Pierrot disguise in both Pocket Puyo Puyo~n and Puyo Puyo!! Quest, she can use the same abilities.

Relationships

Arle

In Puyo Puyo~n, Doppelganger Arle despises her, wanting to 'erase and replace' her as she claims to be the real Arle and is jealous of the attention she receives.

History

Madou Monogatari series

Doppelganger Arle debuted as a random enemy in the MSX, PC98, and Game Gear versions of Madou Monogatari I. The Mega Drive remake of Madou Monogatari I features a specific Doppelganger Arle named Warle who causes mischief. She is fought as a boss, and defeated by a younger Arle: this is one of the few instances of a specific Doppelganger Arle prior to Puyo Puyo~n. Another one serves the role of a helpful NPC.

In Madou Monogatari 1, she looks almost exactly like Arle. In Madou Monogatari 2 for PC98, her shoulder armor is flipped to the opposite side. Her armor was later recolored black in Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji.

Puyo Puyo~n

Doppelganger Arle is the final boss in this game. She is released from her containment by Satan at the beginning of the game. She brainwashed Satan and tried to obtain Carbuncle, drawing Arle to the Puyo Circus' tent. Meanwhile, she disguised herself as a clown known as Pierrot. While there, she confronts Arle after Satan had already subdued her friends. She is defeated and Arle regains the right to exist. Doppelganger Arle's fate is not explicitly shown, though it is said that she fades away. Afterwards, she is unlocked for use in Free Battle and Multiplayer, except on the Nintendo 64.

In Pocket Puyo Puyo~n, the scenario is slightly different: Doppelganger Arle explains why she wants to defeat Arle directly. After being defeated, she teleports Arle out of the arena to see Carbuncle. Earlier on, Pierrot is fought as the first opponent: they opt to fight without a Super Attack, putting them at a disadvantage. They choose to fight seemingly for the rush of battle, though really it's due to her attempting to impede Arle's search for Carbuncle. Both Doppelganger Arle and Pierrot are playable in this version of the game, and they have identical voice clips in battle.

Puyo Puyo Box

Doppelganger Arle is one of the final opponents in the 20- and 30-man Scramble mode gauntlets, appearing after Schezo Wegey in both instances. She uses Puyo Puyo rule in the 20-man course and Yon rule in the 30-man course. Unlike other major characters, Doppelganger Arle does not appear in the Quest mode.

Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux

Doppelganger Arle is the final opponent of Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux. However, she does not appear in the remade version of the game featured in Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux, instead being replaced by Rulue.

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

For this character's stats in Puyo Puyo!! Quest, see PPQ:Doppelganger Arle.

Pierrot (★3 and ★4) or Doppelganger Arle (★5 and ★6) returns as a special grant red card for the occasion of the game's 1st anniversary from April 24 2014, obtainable via inviting friends to join. This service has since ended: she is now obtained through the PuyoPoint Exchange, although players are allowed only one copy. Although she has the same ID number as Jarne, Panotty, Chico and Incubus in in-game data (for example, she is listed before Oshare Bones in the card list, like how Jarne is listed before Skeleton T and etc.), her skills and stats are very different.

Puyo Puyo Drama CD

In Volume 5 during the track "Time Space Travel Tour", Doppelganger Arle makes an appearance near the end in an alternate universe when Arle, Carbuncle, and Ringo are warped there by Ecolo. Her presence is foreshadowed by an alternative version of Witch. She reacts with shock initially upon seeing Arle again, confirming that she is the very same one from Yo~n, but Doppelganger Arle only gets to meet Arle for a bit before Ringo scolds Ecolo and asks them to bring them back to their main universe's Primp Town. Ecolo notably mentions that he "isn't supposed to show them" that version of Primp Town.

Trivia

• The Doppelganger Arle in Puyo Puyo~n may dress as a clown because "harlequin" (アルルカン) contains Arle's name (アルル) in both English and Japanese.
• Doppelganger Arle is the first character card in Puyo Puyo!! Quest to have different names across transformation as of her release. The other being Santa Schezo.
• In all of her appearances, Doppelganger Arle shares her voice actress with Arle. Sometimes she has identical voice clips, but Puyo Puyo~n's Doppelganger Arle uses her own set of voice clips.
• Kenichi Ina, one of the story planners for Pocket Puyo Puyo~n, shared his original plans for Doppelganger Arle on his now-offline personal blog: Doppleganger Arle would have been half of the Madou Monogatari Arle's soul, trapped during the destruction and rebirth of the universe as described in True Madou Monogatari's timeline and left wandering the void for centuries before being noticed and rescued by Satan. He would have bestowed the clown costume onto Doppelganger Arle, both to suppress her powers, hence why Pierrot doesn't use a Super Attack, and to help her remain in the universe despite a rule allowing only one version of a character in the universe at a time. However, Ina noted that the staff did not like the idea of serious cutscenes in Pocket Puyo Puyo~n, and this plot was presumably dropped for that reason.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo

• Puyo Puyo~n
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest

Madou Monogatari

• Madou Monogatari 1-2
• Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
• Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji

In addition, Lilith is considered a Doppelganger Arle in Madou Monogatari: Final Exam.

Other Media

• Puyo Puyo Drama CD Volume 5

Spinoffs

• Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux

Character specific mechanics

Super Attack

Puyo Puyo~n

Void Hole: Nuisance Puyo do not fall into the player's field for 30 seconds.

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

00-None: No effect. (Pierrot)

06-Dark Slash: A random row in the opponent's field is changed to six Iron Puyo. (Doppelganger Arle)

Puyo Puyo Box

Hyper Barrier: Nuisance Puyo do not fall into the player's field for 20 seconds.

Chants

Yo~n

Player Combo

Combo	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
1	ふふっ	Fufu!	Heh heh!
2	アビス	Abisu	Abyss
3	ケイオス	Keiosu	Chaos
4	ラビリンス	Rabyrinsu	Labyrinth
5	イクリプス	Ikuripusu	Eclipse
6	グランドクロス	Gurando Kurosu	Grand Cross
7	ラグナロク	Ragunaroku	Ragnarok

Super Attack

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation
ヴォイドホール	Voido Hooru	Void Hole

Enemy Attack

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Light	ふふふっ	Fufufu	Heh heh heh
Heavy	ははは…	Hahaha...	Hahaha...

Match Start and Result

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Match start	ふふっ	fufu	Heh heh
Win	ふふふふ…	Fufufufu...	Heh heh heh heh...
Lose	ははは…	Hahaha...	Hahaha...

Unused

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation
デジャヴ	Deja Vu	Déjà Vu
アーマゲドン	Aamagedon	Armageddon

Pocket Yo~n

Player Combo

Combo	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
1	アビス	Abisu	Abyss
2	ケイオス	Keiosu	Chaos
3	ラビリンス	Rabyrinsu	Labyrinth
4	イクリプス	Ikuripusu	Eclipse
5	グランドクロス	Gurando Kurosu	Grand Cross
6	ラグナロク	Ragunaroku	Ragnarok
7	アーマゲドン	Aamagedon	Armageddon

The above applies to both Doppelganger Arle and Pierrot.

Quest

Mie Sonozaki (園崎未恵)

Gallery

Madou Monogatari

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  Madou Monogatari 1 MSX2
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  Madou Monogatari 2 PC98
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  Madou Monogatari 1 Game Gear
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  Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
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  Warle from Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
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  Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji

Puyo Puyo~n

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  Puyo Puyo~n ending picture
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  Manzai demo
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  Manzai demo (hurt)
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  Manzai demo/Victory cut-in
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  Void Hole cut-in

Puyo Puyo Box

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  Neutral sprite (Original)
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  Win sprite (Original)
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  Lose sprite (Original)
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  Neutral sprite (Yon)
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  Win sprite (Yon)
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  Lose sprite (Yon)

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

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  [★5] Doppelganger Arle
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  [★6] Doppelganger Arle
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  [★7] Doppelganger Arle
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  [★6] Dusklight Doppelganger Arle
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  [★7] Dusklight Doppelganger Arle
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  [★6] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle
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  [★6] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle Full Power
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  [★7] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle
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  [★7] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle Full Power
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  [★7] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle EP Change
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  [★7] Valkyrie Doppelganger Arle EP Change + Full Power

Pierrot

Puyo Puyo~n

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  Puyo Puyo~n
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  Puyo Puyo~n Party & Pocket Puyo Puyo~n
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  Puyo Puyo~n Party
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  Puyo Puyo~n
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  Manzai demo
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  Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

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  [★3] Pierrot
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  [★4] Pierrot