Hot Air Buffoon
Artwork
Medal Art
Medal Art (Bombasticate)
Yo-kai Medallium biography
"For all his huffing and puffing, he's actually a little bit scared of heights, so he tends to hover at low altitudes"
Hot Air Buffoon (Japanese : いばる~ん , Ibarūn ) is a Rank B Fire -attribute 'Merican Yo-kai of the Brave tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 3 .
Appearances [ ]
Video games [ ]
Anime series [ ]
Biology [ ]
Hot Air Buffoon is a hot air balloon that is burgundy colored at the top, a yellow line across the center, and royal purple at the bottom with two yellow buttons. He has a brown mustache, lime green pupils, and a golden crown with a red gem.
He can make someone become very boastful.
Profile [ ]
Hot Air Buffoon can be found in Condor Canyon.
He can also be found in Blasters T in the Statue of Clunubis ① and Cluphinx Spade Mouth ②.
Game data [ ]
Main series [ ]
Yo-kai Watch 3 [ ]
Stats
Calculation
HP
520
STR
211
SPR
76
DEF
165
SPD
91
This shows Hot Air Buffoon's stat on level: 99.
Type
Name
Power
Attribute
Range
Attack
Tackle (Japanese : タックル , Takkuru )
35
Single enemy
Knocks enemy back one tile.
Technique
Blaze (Japanese : 火炎の術 , Kaen'nojutsu )
50
Fire
Single enemy
No description.
Inspirit
Inflated Ego (Japanese : いばらせる , Ibara seru )
Single enemy
Makes a foe puffed up with pride, and reluctant to act.
Soultimate Move
Bombasticate (Japanese : いばりんボカ~ン! , Ibarin boka ~ n! , lit. Boom!)
200
+ shape
Self-destructs in an explosion that damages all within range.
Skill
Boing! (Japanese : バルーン , Barūn , lit. Balloon)
Reflects a small amount of damage back to the foe.
Blasters stats [ ]
Attribute tolerance [ ]
Tolerance of attribute attack Strong × ⇒ △ ⇒ - ⇒ ○ ⇒ ◎ weak
Held items [ ]
Spin-off games [ ]
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 [ ]
Other games [ ]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble [ ]
Etymology [ ]
"Iballoon" is a wordplay on ibaru (威張る, "being overbearing or bossy, acting boastfully, putting on airs") and the English balloon .
"Hot Air Buffoon" is a wordplay on the word "buffoon", someone who makes a fool of themselves, and "hot air balloon" which is what he is.
"Heißluftbaron" is a pun on Heißluftballon ("hot air balloon") and Baron .
"Globonauta" is a combination of globo (balloon) and astronauta (astronaut).
"Pallongonfio" comes from "Pallone Gonfiato" (someone full of themselves).
Trivia [ ]
In other languages [ ]
Language
Name
Meaning
Japanese
いばる~ん Ibarūn
Spanish
Globonauta
French
Bobdruche
Italian
Pallongonfio
German
Heißluftbaron
Russian
Воздушний Хвальношар