"Explain something really well but the other person just doesn't seem to get it? This guy's the culprit! As long as he's around, you can count on everyone around you being cornfused."
Yo-kai Medallium biography
"You won't understand anything when this guy's around, no matter how well it's explained."
Cornfused are corn-on-the-cob with blue eyes and triangular mouths. They have small arms and feet. Cornfused are small, poor-looking Yo-kai. They talk with a bored or low voice.
When a person is inspirited by a Cornfused, they tend to "not get" something, no matter how they would feel about it otherwise.
After moving into their new home, Nate notices that his mother is under a Yo-kai's influence. The original Yo-kai Watch is unable to reveal the Yo-kai responsible, and after some shenanigans Whisper gives Nate the new U1 Yo-kai Watch, which succeeds in revealing a Cornfused inspiriting Nate's mother. Nate summons Jibanyan and battles the Cornfused, defeating it.
Cornfused makes his first appearance in A New Watch!, when one causes Nate to show a lack of interest on the Yo-kai Watch Model U. When he is discovered, he gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal.
Cornfused makes sporadic cameos in Hailey Anne and Usapyon's corner, usually making Hailey Anne to feel "so-so" over a matter of investigation or if Usapyon is a Champy.
He is one of the few Yo-kai attracted by the need of Tomnyan for a Baseball team in EP155.
He appears briefly in the Recap Time of EP187 with Damona.
Etymology[]
"Pintocorn" is a wordplay on pintokonai (ピンと来ない, "I don't get it“) and the English corn.
"Cornfused" is a play on the words "confused" and "corn."
"Mazorco" is a play on the words "Mazorca" (Cob) and "Confundido" (Confused).
"Epigerien" is a play on the word "épi" (French meaning of "cob") and on the expression "je pige rien" ("I twig nothing"/"I don't understand anything").
"Doofkolb" is a Wordplay of Doof (Silly) and Maiskolben (Corncob).
"Maisicuro" is a pun on "mais" (corn) and "mai sicuro" (never sure).
Most of the time in Yo-kai Watch 3, the word "confused" or any of its other variations are replaced with Cornfused's name (eg. confusing = cornfusing).
In other languages[]
Language
Name
Meaning
Japanese
ピントコーン Pintokōn
Spanish
Mazorco
French
Epigerien
Italian
Maisicuro
German
Doofkolb
Russian
Кукурузница
More Languages
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Emílio Fuso
From the name Emílio, Milho (Corn) and Confuso (Confused).
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