Gnew Guy Gnomey (Japanese: 新人のざしきわらし,Shinjin no Zashiki-warashi), Yo-kai Mynimo (Japanese: 妖怪 えこひい鬼,Yōkai Ekohiiki), and Yo-kai Grumples (Japanese: 妖怪 しわくちゃん,Yōkai Shiwaku-chan) is the 69th episode of Yo-kai Watch anime series. It was broadcasted in Japan on May 15, 2015, and in the United States on April 25, 2017.
Gnew Guy Gnomey has trouble doing various household chores. Springdale Elementary teacher Mr. Johnson suddenly feels laid-back than usual and gives select students better treatment, leaving Yo-kai Mynimo behind this. Nate notices that his homework has been crumpled and eventually finds out that Yo-kai Grumples is causing it.
The illustrated spiritual creatures that Gnomey looks at in his guidebook bears resemblance to Pokémon Gastly, Haunter and Gengar.
In Japanese culture, a leaf sprouting in green tea is considered good luck.
The scene where Nate, Jibanyan, Whisper and Grumples drinks the vegetarian drink as part of Toiletta's makeover process and comments on it in disgust is a reference to the Japanese Q'Sai green juice powder commercial in the 1990s where a man drinks it and comments on it negatively in the same fashion.
This is the second time that Nate tries to do a power kick from Inazuma Eleven.
This episode makes further reference to Springdale being in America when Whisper says, "That is not the American way."
Dub Differences
When Jibanyan is summoned, he claims he is "in the middle of a flame war" while in the original, he was busy trying to get tickets for Next HarMEOWny.
At the end of the Mynimo segment, the class wanted to get some milkshakes while in the original, they wanted to get juice.
The "HANAKO" logo (Toiletta's Japanese name) on the shampoo bottle and around the banners was removed in the English dub.
The scene of Nate, Whisper, Jibanyan, and Grumples consuming the medicinal pills were cut.
