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Grumples (Japanese: しわくちゃん Shiwaku-chan) is a Rank B, Drain-attribute Yo-kai of the Eerie Tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch.
Grumples evolves into Everfore when fused with Ageless Powder.
Appearances[]
Video games[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 2: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Playable Yo-kai
Anime series[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Minor Yo-kai
Biology[]
Grumples resembles a rather elderly woman with wrinkled skin, sunken eyes and only two teeth on her upper mouth. She wears a ragged old cloak, which is patched in some areas and is accompanied by a green sash. She carries a wooden staff with a ghoulish face in the top.
In the anime she behaves like an old woman, matching her appearance, in that she has a lot of trouble hearing Nathan's complaints about her powers and showing signs of senility.
Grumples drains the youth (and possibly life-force) of whoever she inspirits, causing them to rapidly age, though the progression of their aging follows a natural course that includes causing children to grow up. She can return what she stole, but this typically requires forcing her to do so.
In the anime, Grumples has the additional ability to shrivel anything inanimate, and utilizes a beam from her staff to do so. When the beam is used on humans or other Yo-kai, they're instantly turned elderly, and, unlike the game, kids do not grow up, but instead simply become elderly versions of themselves. In the anime, this can be undone by a special lotion made by Toiletta.
Profile[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
Grumples can be found in the Gourd Pond Museum at night, at any time in long grass everywhere in Breezy Hills and on floor 5 and 6 in the Infinite Inferno.
She can also be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Purple Coin.
Yo-kai Watch 2[]
Grumples can be found by graves, in bamboo groves and in trees in Blossom Heights.
She can also be freed from the present Crank-a-kai with a Purple Coin.
She can possibly be battled, and thus befriended, at the "Beautiful Angel in a Flap" Yo-kai Spot, featuring Blizzaria.
Yo-kai Watch 3[]
Grumples can be found in garbage, under cars and porches in Uptown Springdale.
She can also be found between 20,000 and 39,999 yards in Hazy Lane.
Alternatively, she can be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a One-Star Coin.
Occasionally, when escorting the Old Lady to her requested location, Grumples will ambush the player, calling them "too trusting."
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
Grumples can be found on Patrol Missions in Blossom Heights.
She can also be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Purple Coin.
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
Grumples can be found and befriended in Hidden Stage 4 which can be unlocked by clearing Stage 55 three times.
She can also be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Great Purple Coin.
Game data[]
Main series[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
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Attribute Tolerance[]
Held Items[]
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| Yo-kai Watch | Getaway Plush 40%
Yellowed Sash 5% |
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Spin-off games[]
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2[]
Other games[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
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Fusion[]
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Quotes[]
- Befriended: "Such delicious youth! Take me with!"
- Loafing: "M-my back..."
- Receiving food (favorite): "Heehee, goood."
- Receiving food (normal): "Just average."
- Receiving food (disliked): "Gross!"
- Freed from the Crank-a-kai: "Ah, youth. The key to freedom. Take me with you, won"t you?"
- Traded: "Heh, this place is brimming with youth... If only I were one of them."
In the anime[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
Grumples appears in Yo-kai Grumples, when she is revealed to be responsible for the shriveling of Nate's school paper. Nate complains, to no avail, since Grumples has severe hearing problems. Instead, she chooses to continue wrinkling all of Nate's belongings, even going as far as to use her powers on Nate and Whisper, turning them into old men. Toiletta then arrives on the scene and gives them a special lotion, which reversed the effects of Grumples's abilities for Nate and Whisper, but couldn't rejuvenate Grumples herself. After hearing of this, Toiletta puts Grumples and the others through a training regime, which successfully ends up rejuvenating Grumples into Everfore. Everfore then gives Nate her Yo-kai Medal out of gratitude; however, not too long after that, a fly flew past her nose, causing her to sneeze and turn back into Grumples, who then begins to fire wrinkle beams everywhere in an attempt to forcefully recover her youth.
In the manga[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
Grumples in the manga
Grumples appears in The Beautiful Yo-kai Who Absorbs Your Vitality! after Hungorge drains Everfore's vitality. Nate tells Everfore off for stealing their energy but understands if she has to do it to stay alive. He suggests Grumples only take it from bad Yo-kai but Whisper states that bad Yo-kai are usually really strong. Nate adds that he'll protect Grumples to help her do that despite Whisper's objections. Everfore is overwhelmed and gives Nate her medal, promising to do what he suggested.
Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days[]
Grumples in Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days
Grumples appears in Every Day Beauty! where she Inspirits Nate, Jibanyan and Whisper. Grumples explains that she used to be beautiful, but she's now wrinkled, and nobody will call her beautiful, so she steals people's youth in revenge. Katie tries to reassure her by telling her everyone gets old, before Grumples angrily tells her Yo-kai aren't meant to get old. Grumples then tries to make Katie old and wrinkly, but she dodges her attacks and uses Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan as shields. With Grumples now tired, Katie comes up with her next move. She ends up using her mother's face cream on Grumples' face, making her look young again. She confesses to Whisper that it came in a container that looked similar to the Yo-kai Watch, which is why she thought of it. On his Yo-kai Pad, Whisper finds out that skin cream is extra effective on Yo-kai. A thankful Grumples gives Katie her medal. Katie then asks Whisper and Jibanyan if she'll look that wrinkly when she's old, with both of them denying it.
The next day, Katie is visited by the evolved form of Grumples, Everfore. Katie is shocked and tells Everfore she used too much cream.
Etymology[]
- "Shiwaku-chan" comes from しわくshiwaku (wrinkle) and the honorific -chan.
- "Grumples" may come from the words grump and wrinkles.
- In Spanish, "Arruñona" comes from arruga (wrinkle) and gruñona (grump).
- In German, "Dörrte" is a combination of "dörr" (parch, dry) and the female name "Birte."
Origin[]
Given that Grumples evolves with the application of face powder, she might be partially inspired by the oshiroi babaa ("face-powder hag"), a ghostly old woman who serves a god of cosmetics, bringing him sake to warm him in the coldest days of winter, and constantly applies face powder on herself because she's ashamed of her aged, wrinkled features.
Trivia[]
- In Yo-kai Watch 2 and Yo-kai Watch 3, Grumples may attack when you agree to escort an old lady, calling you "too trusting." She cannot be befriended when battled.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese
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しわくちゃん | |
 Spanish
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Arruñona | |
 French
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Cenridion | |
 Italian
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Rugada | |
 German
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Dörrte | |
 Korean
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주름할멈 | |
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 Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Matusaleia | |