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Yo-kai Medallium (Japanese: 妖怪大辞典 Yōkai Dai-jiten), Yo-kai Hungramps (Japanese: 妖怪 ひも爺 Yōkai Himojii), Yo-kai Wazzat (Japanese: 妖怪 わすれん帽 Yōkai Wasurenbō), and Manjimutt: Part 3 (Japanese: じんめん犬 Ｐａｒｔ３ Jinmenken Pāto Surī) is the 4th episode of the Yo-kai Watch anime series. It was broadcasted in Japan on January 29, 2014, and in the United States on October 8, 2015.
Summary
Unable to find a decent place to store his Yo-kai Medals, Nate receives a Yo-kai Medallium from Whisper. Nate confronts and befriends Hungramps. Wazzat causes havoc at Nate's school. Manjimutt's hair salon fails due to the fact that everyone thinks he's a dog groomer.
Plot
Yo-kai Medallium
Angry at the sight of Nate's messy room, Nate's mom orders him to clean it. Although Nate is terrified of his mother's temper, he isn't too bothered with actually cleaning despite Whisper helping him out. Nate wonders where he should put his Yo-kai Medals, but he just throws them in one of his drawers. Outraged, Whisper gives him a Yo-kai Medallium to keep his Medals in, which he claims has enough space for all of them. Nate asks Whisper how many Medals exist, but realizes that Whisper has no idea. Whisper retorts that it's Nate's duty to collect as many Yo-kai as possible, so the Medallium will summon the most powerful and rare Yo-kai in existence. Just then, Nate's mother arrives to see the room as messy as she left it, and flies into a rage that merits her own Yo-kai introduction as "Monster Mom", to the horror of Nate and Whisper.
Yo-kai Hungramps
Nate notices that Katie is eating a lengthy-sized baguette hot dog, where the latter tries to hide from him. While Whisper is shocked at the large portion, Katie tries to cover it up by claiming that she's feeling very sick from eating greasy food from the Everymart store. Whisper realizes that Nate is about to comment on Katie's appearance, but before he can warn Nate, Nate agrees with Katie and insults her appearance.
When Katie runs off, Whisper tells Nate that he should never insult a girl's appearance no matter the situation. Nate thinks about what he should do, but instantly presumes that a Yo-kai has been inspiriting others at the Everymart, completely ignoring Whisper's advice. Nate instantly goes to the place and scans the outdoor area, while Whisper doubts his intentions but acts shocked when he finds Yo-kai Hungramps.
As Whisper explains about Hungramps' ability of giving people a craving for food, Nate initially attempts to negotiate calmly, but Whisper suggests that Nate was more forceful in his approach. Nate introduces himself to Hungramps politely, but Whisper disagrees with his attitude and forces him to act more serious because of how "powerful" the Yo-kai is.
Hungramps is angered at Nate's first impression, causing Hungramps to radiate a powerful aura that knocks Nate and Whisper back. When they both approach Hungramps again, they discover that he has fallen asleep. Whisper suggests that Hungramps has to take power naps given his age, and Hungramps wakes up in a better mood. When Nate asks him to leave the outside of the Everymart store, he refuses to leave the spot for several reasons.
Nate tries to ask why Hungramps keeps staying outside of the store, but he falls asleep again, frustrating them both. Whisper suggest Nate to summon Tattletell with his Yo-kai Watch, in hopes of making Hungramps tell his backstory. Tattletell attempts to make Hungramps spill his secrets, but stops in the middle of it, revealing that they both know each other.
After the two Yo-kai drink some tea, Hungramps explains that he had a granddaughter when he was alive, and he used to bring her to this store all the time when she was a little girl. When she wanted something, he would buy it for her. She was a happy and sweet child, but those days came to an end.
She went to school and spent more time with her friends than with him. Although he recognized that all children grow up, he was saddened that his granddaughter had left him. Eventually, he died from natural causes, thus leaving everything behind. He decided to inspirit the store so he could look at her one last time, but eventually forgot what she looked like.
Whisper is moved to tears by Hungramps' story. Nate empathizes with Hungramps but tells him that he still shouldn't cause trouble by inspiriting the store and making people hungry. Hungramps relents, agreeing that it might be best for him to move on. As he leaves, two schoolgirls walk by the store, one of them mentioning that she used to visit the store with her grandfather, who she claims was her "best friend" when she was little.
Nate, Whisper, and Hungramps notice an old plush bear dangling from her bag, realizing that the girl is in fact, Hungramps' granddaughter. She explains to her friend that when she started school, she didn't have much time to play with her grandfather. In her heart, she wanted to spend more time with him and misses him every day. As the two girls leave, Hungramps bursts into tears, and gratefully gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal.
Later, Nate is surprised to see Katie jogging. Katie is still angry at him for his remark on her appearance, which is why she started jogging. Despondent, Nate wonders if a Yo-kai exists who can help him deal with girls.
Yo-kai Wazzat
Bear's mom comes in, bringing Bear the gym clothes that he forgot, referring to him as "pookie bear", much to his embarrassment. Nate and Eddie discuss how mothers tend to embarrass their kids, as Katie realizes she forgot to bring her pencil case. Eddie remarks on this but discovers that forgot all the stuff in his backpack, while Nate forgot his backpack entirely. The teacher, Mr. Johnson, admonishes the class for their forgetfulness until someone points out that he forgot to change out of his pajamas. Nate and Whisper decide a Yo-kai must be the reason why everyone is scatterbrained, and a scan reveals the hat-like Yo-kai Wazzat on Mr. Johnson's head. Whisper explains that Wazzat feeds on the memories of people, causing them to forget everything. Determining Wazzat to be a dangerous Yo-kai, Whisper attempts to apprehend Wazzat, but Wazzat inspirits him and eats his memory, doing so each time Whisper tries to catch it.
Later that day, Nate finds that Katie is still angry at him for insulting her appearance. Wazzat volunteers to eat her memory of the event and does so, leaving Katie no longer furious at Nate. Nate is amazed, but an angry Whisper tells him that he should not use Yo-kai for personal purposes, but Wazzat erases Whisper's memory again, telling Nate that he can call on Wazzat whenever he likes before floating away. Subsequently, Mr. Johnson prepares to hold a big test for the class, which Nate forgot to study for. Wazzat appears and erases Mr. Johnson's memory so he forgets about the test, much to the class' delight, but Whisper tells Nate that what he is doing is inexcusable.
Outside school, Whisper, and Wazzat argue with Nate on what to do with Wazzat. Wazzat insists that there's nothing wrong with what he's doing, pointing out that he's helped Nate avoid awkward situations. Nate agrees but admits that as a result, he hasn't been able to learn from his experiences either. Offended, Wazzat claims that Nate is discarding him like trash, and begins telling the story about how he was betrayed. Wazzat used to be a normal hat, the favorite hat of a young girl, but was left behind in a wardrobe after fashions changed, forgotten and never to be worn again. Wazzat rants about how humans often discard memories out of personal convenience.
Nate is surprised that inanimate objects can become Yo-kai, which Whisper explains can happen on rare occasions. Angry that he's being ignored, Wazzat threatens to eat all of Nate's memories and chases after him. At Whisper's advice, Nate summons out a Yo-kai friend to help but summons Manjimutt by mistake instead of Jibanyan. Wazzat eats his memories but finds Manjimutt's memories to taste so bad he falls off in defeat.
Nate apologizes to Wazzat, promising not to forget or hurt him; he wants to be Wazzat's friend. Touched, Wazzat gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal, then tries to help by shading Nate's head from the sun like a hat. However, he accidentally eats Nate's memories and is stunned to see Nate forget him.
Manjimutt: Part 3
Following the events of the previous segment, Manjimutt decided to run a business at a barber shop. Nate and Whisper go to see him there, but is driven out immediately so he could handle the expected customers coming to the hairdresser in a stylistic fashion.
Later on, Manjimutt's barber shop suddenly became run down because all of his customers were entirely dogs and frustratingly stated that his business was no place for it. After he has a breakdown, Nate and Whisper notice a magazine which is about attracting women. After he notices that a cameraman job is present, Manjimutt overhears them and plans to get a job there.
Characters
Humans
- Nate
- Katie
- Eddie
- Bear
- Mrs. Bernstein (debut)
- Mr. Johnson (debut)
Yo-kai
Trivia
- This is Jibanyan’s first absence in the anime. Though he was mentioned and pretended to be summoned in Wazzat segment.
- "Pot meet kettle" is an idiom of a person who is guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another.
- This is the first episode to feature a direct tie-in to a piece of merchandise in Japan, which is that of the DX Bandai Yo-kai Medallium. Later episodes would feature more of them.
- The Japanese name of Manjimutt's hair salon, GMK (Gee-em-kay) sounds like "Jimenken" when pronounced with initials, which is his Japanese name.
- When Nate opens the cluttered drawer, a handheld device resembling the Nintendo 3DS can be seen.
- When Whisper is inspirited by Wazzat, he makes a pose and expression similar to the ghost on the cover of the Japanese children's book, Don't Want to go to bed?.
Dub differences
- Katie originally said that she was getting fat from the food, as well as Nate unexpectedly insulting her for it. This was partially written over in the English dub, with Nate calling her "terrible" instead.
- The "Yoroz Mart" has been renamed as "Everymart" to match the games.
- The Manjimutt: Part 3 title card was removed in the English dub, as well as the jingle that appears at the end of the segment, making it the first time the latter was removed.
- The Hairdresser was renamed from "GMK" to "MJM", to reflect the acronym of Manjimutt's English name. The Japanese text on the opening sign was also replaced with an image of scissors.
Errors
- In the English dub, some parts of the convenience store still say "Yoroz Mart" instead of "Everymart".
- The Netflix captions state that it was Nate who asked Mr. Johnson about his clothing, even though the voice is from Eddie.
- When Nate was looking at the medal, he would have noticed he was holding the wrong medal.