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Cricky


Yo-kai Medallium biography
"Poor Cricky is sure to wake up with a pain in his neck no matter how fluffy his pillows are."


Cricky (Japanese: ねちがえる Nechigaeru) is a Rank E, Water-attribute Yo-kai of the Slippery tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 2.

In Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Kiwami and Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Gakuen Y, he is classified as the Uwanosora tribe.

In Yo-kai Watch World, he is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Komashura.

Appearances

Video games

Anime series

Manga series

Biology

Cricky is a dark teal frog with three dark orange stripes on its head. Its mouth, chest, and stomach is white. It wears a light orange pair of shorts with a yellow string. It carries a beige pillow with white trimmings.

Cricky appears to have a non-confrontational personality and is more likely to surrender rather than fight when cornered.

Cricky causes the possessed to sleep in a weird position, causing their head to be in a strange alignment similar to how his head is aligned. This causes the victim to suffer from neck pains when they wake up.

Profile

Yo-kai Watch 2

Cricky can be found in the river in Uptown Springdale and the river and ocean in Downtown Springdale. He can also be found in a Yo-kai spot on the frog statue in Mount Wildwood Shrine, in Gourd Pond Museum behind the 40 Gate Globe door on a team with Cadin, on the Gold Gleaming Highway - Eastbound as well as under 2000 yards in the Infinite Tunnel.

He can also be freed from the past Crank-a-kai with a Light Blue Coin.

Yo-kai Watch 3

Cricky can be found in the eastern river in Uptown Springdale during the day.

He can also be found in Blasters T in the Pyramid of Clu ②.

Yo-kai Watch Blasters

Cricky is exclusive to White Dog Squad. He can be found on Patrol Missions in Uptown Springdale.

Yo-kai Watch World

Cricky can be found in various regions.

He can also be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a One-Star Coin, Level 40 Coin 1 and Level 40 Coin 3.

Game data

Main series

Yo-kai Watch 2

Stats Calculation
HP
 
 300
STR
 
 78
SPR
 
 152
DEF
 
 85
SPD
 
 149
This shows Cricky's stat on level: 99.


Type Name Power Attribute Range
Attack Headsmack (Japanese: ずつき Zutsuki) 15-67 Single enemy
No description.
Technique Rapids (Japanese: 水流の術 Suiryū no Jutsu) 50-110 Water Single enemy
No description.
Inspirit Pain in the Neck (Japanese: ねちがえさせる Nechigae sa seru) Single enemy
The Inspirited Yo-kai has a crick in its neck and slowly loses HP.
Soultimate Move Morning Shower (Japanese: ねちがえ朝シャワー Nechigae asa shawā) 60-157 Water All enemies
A powerful morning shower causes damage to all enemies.
Skill Rest Less (Japanese: ねちがえ Nechigae) All Yo-kai
All Yo-kai take damage while Loafing.
Soul Effect
Ignores opponent's Guard (Medium)
Blasters stats
Blasters Stats Cricky
HP: 1
Strength
Spirit
Speed


Button Move
Attack
Hits an enemy nearby
Rapids
Attacks far-off enemies with stronger water.

Yo-kai Watch 3

Blasters stats

Attribute tolerance

- - - ○ △ -
Tolerance of attribute attack
Strong × ⇒ △ ⇒ - ⇒ ○ ⇒ ◎ weak

Held items

Games Items
Yo-kai Watch 2 Spiritizer Y
Yo-kai Watch 3
Yo-kai Watch 4
Yo-kai Watch Blasters

Spin-off games

Yo-kai Watch Blasters

Yo-kai Watch Busters 2

Other games

Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble

Stats Calculation
HP
 
 98-171
Attack
 
 148-252
This shows Cricky's stat on level: 50.
Soultimate Move
Morning Shower ねちがえ朝シャワー
Damage an enemy with a shower
Other Effects
N/A
Soultimate Levels
LV01 7pt
LV02 13pt
LV03 18pt
LV04 24pt
LV05 29pt
LV06 35pt
LV07 40pt
Skill Levels
N/A
LV01 Effect: N/A
LV02 Effect: N/A
LV03 Effect: N/A
LV04 Effect: N/A
LV05 Effect: N/A


Quotes

  • Befriended:
  • Loafing:
  • Receiving food (favourite): "Amazing! Ribbit!"
  • Receiving food (normal): 
  • Receiving food (disliked):
  • Freed from Crank-a-kai:
  • Blasters T camp: "I can't sleep like this... my pillow's so uncomfortable..."

In the anime

Yo-kai Watch

CrickyRealFrog

Cricky is found in Yo-kai Cricky after Nate notices that everyone in school has developed stiff necks. Although he summons Jibanyan to deal with Cricky, the opponent readily surrenders without a fight. He admits to his wrongdoing and tells them his history.

While he was alive, Cricky was a wild frog who was adopted by an elderly masseuse and nicknamed "Froggy". The masseuse ran a very successful massage clinic by herself due to her skill and popularity with the customers, and even the children hung around to watch Cricky in his tank. However, a large health spa was constructed near her clinic and her customers were drawn away. Upon hearing that his owner considered closing up shop, Cricky ran out to draw in more customers but was killed in a collision with a bicycle, and woke up as a Yo-kai. He gave everyone stiff necks in hopes they would go to his owner's clinic as customers.

Moved by his story, Nate, Jibanyan and Whisper decide to visit the masseuse with Cricky in tow, discovering that the masseuse renamed her clinic after Cricky's nickname, and her customers had returned to her after realizing that the health spa only used massage chairs. The masseuse admits to a young client that she considered retiring, but she remembered the energetic hopping of her pet frog and took it as a message that she shouldn't give up. Although she was saddened when "Froggy" left, she remains hopeful that he is outside drawing in customers and hopes that he will return one day. In tears, Cricky gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal, swearing to stay by his owner's side even though she can no longer see him.

Etymology

  • "Nechigaeru" is a pun on kaeru (蛙, "frog") and nechigaeru (寝違える, "getting a stiff neck from bad sleep posture").
  • "Cricky" derives from crick, which alludes to the phrase "having a crick in your neck." It also bears some similarity to croak, the sound a frog makes.
  • "Tortícolis" and "Torcicolo" is literally "Stiff neck or Cricky."
  • "Torcirana is portmanteau of "torcicollo" (stiff neck) and "rana" (frog).
  • "Qnack" is a portmanteau of the corruption of the word "knack" (a word that refers to a sharp or cracking sound) and "nacken" (neck).
  • "Crampaud" is a portmanteau of "crampe" (cramp or crick) and "crapaud" (toad).

Origin

Cricky, or Nechigaeru, is based off of the yōkai Makura-Gaeshi (see Flippit#Orgin). In some cases and legends, those that have been possessed by Makura-Gaeshi would wake up with sore necks after their pillow has been switched in their sleep.

Trivia

  • Cricky's "random" nicknames are: Cricket, Froggy, Malcolm, and Gidget.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
  Japanese Nechigaeru From "kaeru" (frog) and "nechigaeru" (getting a stiff neck from bad sleep posture).
  Spanish Torcicolis From Tortícolis (stiff neck).
  French Crampaud From "crampe" (cramp or crick) and "crapaud" (toad).
  Italian Torcirana From "torcicollo" (stiff neck) and "rana" (frog).
  German Qnack From "knack" (a sharp or cracking sound) and "nacken" (neck).
More Languages
  Portuguese (Brazilian) Torcicolo From Torcicolo (Torticollis).