Komasan in the City: The Turnstile (Japanese: コマさん ～はじめての改札編～,Komasan ~Hajimete no Kaisatsu-hen~), Yo-kai Spenp (Japanese: 妖怪ムダヅカイ,Yōkai Mudazukai), Yo-kai Noway (Japanese: 妖怪ムリカベ,Yōkai Murikabe), and Manjimutt: The Great Dog Escape: Catch & Release (Japanese: 予告! アイツが帰ってくる!,Yoyaku! Aitsu ga Kaettekuru!) is the 11th episode of the Yo-kai Watch anime series. It was broadcasted in Japan on March 26, 2014, and in the United States on November 16, 2015.
Komasan has trouble trying to get past a turnstile at a train station. Nate, Bear, and Eddie waste their money because they get inspirited by Spenp. Nate gets inspirited by Noway.
Plot[]
Komasan in the City: The Turnstile[]
Yo-kai Spenp[]
Yo-kai Noway[]
Manjimutt: The Great Dog Escape: Catch & Release[]
The logo for Manjimutt's film is a parody of the Universal Studios logo.
Manjimutt etching a map of the prison on his tummy is a reference to the 2005 American drama series Prison Break, where the main character named Michael Scofield puts a tattoo of the prison's blueprints that covers his entire stomach and arms.
Both the Yuppie and Bubble eras were a period of economic prosperity in both America and Japan during the 1980s.
A communist is someone who supports the economic/political system of Communism, characterized by the complete dominance of the economy by the state.
This goes along with Spenp's background. The Cold War was still going on during the 1980s, which was a battle for cultural and ideological domination between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Pretty Woman is a movie from 1990, that was still made during the late 80's.
"Trickle-down economics" is a economic theory where by giving tax breaks to the rich, the retained money would be reinvested into the economy and eventually result in overall economic growth.
Katie holding a barbecue would later be referenced in EP132, where Nate actually visits it in the episode.
This is the last episode of the Yo-kai Watch anime franchise to air in its initial slot on Wednesday nights at 7:00 P.M. across the TV Tokyo networks before moving to air on Fridays for the rest of its run.
Dub Differences[]
In the original version, it was a monthly comic Nate, Eddie and Bear were about to buy. As such, the books were edited as a box.
Whisper asks Nate if he bought a lot of toilet paper due to him eating burritos, which was added in the dub.
Whisper saying that he's checking that if the wiki is still using his "knowledge" was added in the dub.
Eddie says the totem pole is going in his bedroom in the original, while the English dub says he'll take it everywhere he goes.
Spenp calls Nate a communist in the dub.
He tells Nate and Whisper that wasting money is fun, while the dub states it's how trickling economics works.
Whisper in the original states that Spenp is from the Bubble era, while the dub states he's from the Yuppie era.
Whisper saying about "Pretty Woman" and DeLoreans, and Spenp talking about Armani and Swatch watches were added in the dub.
The prize vendor states the comics/game was the special prize in the original, while the dub is third prize.
In the Japanese version, the trailer for Manjimutt: The Great (Dog) Escape includes certain text cards in-between comments from the audience. These are left out of the English dub.
Errors[]
When Komasan walks towards the turnstile, his head is drawn bigger than usual.
