Smiling Fairy

The Smiling Fairy is a monster encountered in Dark Cloud (known as the Pockle) and Dark Cloud 2 (known as the Laughing Pockle in the Japanese version). It makes its debut in the Wise Owl Forest, and on the first floor of the Starlight Canyon, respectively. It is seen as a small, thief-like monster with an Elven racial appearance.

In Dark Cloud, seven sub-variations of the Pockle exist, together which make up The Legendary Pockle Seven. Another variation, the Hell Pockle, exists in Dark Cloud, and is encountered in the Moon Sea, but does not have sub-variations like the Pockle does. In Dark Cloud 2, only one sub-variation of the original Pockle transferred, and is referred to as the Smiling Fairy. Although it is referred to as a Fairy in Dark Cloud 2, it is actually a dwarf revealed by the Pocklekul weapon in both games.

For quotes, see Steve's Quotes or Monster Quotes.

Battle Tactics

Dark Cloud

In the Wise Owl Forest, seven sub-variations of the Pockle exist, each named after a day in the week. Each Pockle has their own color scheme, fighting style, and item drops. Although they are each different, the Pockles are generally easy to dodge and defeat, given their small size and vulnerability to combo attacks. The Pockle, and its later variant the Hell Pockle, mostly use hit-and-run tactics, no matter what weapon they may be carrying.

Sunday, the yellow one, carries around a knife and uses it for quick attacks. Monday, the blue one, carries a spear and robs you of your money. You must defeat it to get your money back. It may drop Cheese on defeat. Tuesday, the pink one, uses a blowdart and can easily poison you. Wednesday, the red one, carries an axe and will quickly charge at you while attacking. Thursday, the green one, carries poisonous apples and will throw them at you. It may drop Regular Water on defeat. Friday, the black one, doesn't carry any weapon, but will instead leap kick you to attack. Saturday, the white one, carries boxing gloves it uses to punch you. It may drop Regular Water on defeat. Hell Pockle in Moon Sea uses a shovel and attacks very much like the Wednesday.

Dark Cloud 2

The Smiling Fairy and its variations are agile, and are one of the fastest attacking enemies in the game. In direct knowledge of your presence, it will dash towards you with a charging knife attack. This is one of its two attacks. Be ready to block at all times when it has noticed you; it will startle you with the speed it charges. The second attack is a simple two swing knife attack, used when adjacent to the player. The attack is safely blocked, and is easy to predict, as the Smiling Fairy will make a high pitched devil-like laugh when making this attack.

The Smiling Fairy is unpredictable. It moves around one second, and is throwing five attacks the next. Be on your guard at all times. But you must bear in mind that this monster does have weaknesses. For all the speed it has, it sacrifices its strength. It has a very low pain chance and quite low health. Use this to dominate the fight, by timing your first attacks, and delivering massive damage when you have the chance.

Monster Notes

Dark Cloud	The Legendary Pockle Seven	Hell Pockle
Habitat	Wise Owl Forest	Moon Sea
Type	None	None
Hit Points	60	270
ABS	3	5
Defend	No	Yes
Weakness	None	None
Steal	Various	None

Dark Cloud 2	Smiling Fairy/ Laughing Pockle	Heat Fairy/ Fire Pockle	Fairy Helper/ Pockle Worker	Hell Fairy/ Hell Pockle
Habitat	Starlight Canyon	Starlight Canyon Star Path	Zelmite Mine	Zelmite Mine Depths
Type	Beast	Beast	Beast	Beast
Hit Points	99	550	1600	6100
Attack/Defense	22/10	70/55	124/77	147/95
ABS/Gilda	18/12	110/112	200/99	300/120
Weakness	Chill (150%)	Chill (250%), Cyclone (150%)	Chill (150%)	Chill (150%), Exorcism (200%)
Effective Weapons	None	None	None	None
Ineffective Weapons	None	None	None	None
Item Inventory	Bread, Wind Crystal	Bread, Wind Crystal	Bread, Wind Crystal	Bread, Wind Crystal

Trivia

The armband Pocklekul is named after the Pockle monster, as its description states, "A weapon made to honor the forest dwarfs".
The Legendary Pockle Seven are a reference to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as their appearance is dwarf-like, but rather then being named after emotions, they are named after the seven days of the week. We know they are based off Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs because the Pocklekul weapon specifically states they are forest dwarfs and there is seven of them.
Pockle means "swindle, cheat, hustle" meaning they were named "Pockle" after those attributes. The name could be also reference to the many pockets they sport on their attire. In Dark Cloud 2, the name "Pockle" is changed to "Fairy" for some reason. Although they are not really fairies, they are forest dwarfs as referenced by the description of the Pocklekul weapon, and the Steve Slingshot.
The variations of the Smiling Fairy in Dark Cloud 2 wield a variety of weapons as well. The Heat Fairy uses a kitchen devil knife rather than a regular kitchen knife, attributing to its devil-like appearance. The Fairy Helper uses a wrench, which references the Santa's little helper elves, and the Hell Fairy uses a Trowel which is basically a little hand shovel being parallel to the Shovel used by Hell Pockle's in Dark Cloud.
Hell Pockle/ Hell Fairy gets a different weapon (a trowel) and palette swap compared to what it has in the original Dark Cloud.
The "Pockle" name doesn't change to "Fairy" in the Japanese version of Dark Cloud 2 (Dark Chronicle) . "Smiling Fairy" in the Japanese version of Dark Chronicle is known as "Laughing Pockle", the Heat Fairy is known as "Fire Pockle", the Fairy Helper is known as "Pockle Worker", and the Hell Fairy is known as "Hell Pockle". They may have been renamed "Fairy" in the in the English version so they go along with the Pixies in Rainbow Butterfly Woods similar to how the Turtle goes along with the Tortoise, but it is also possible the rename was a simple translation error.