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Ol' Saint Trick (Japanese: サンタク老師 Santaku Rōshi) is a Restoration-attribute Yo-kai of the Heartful tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch.
Introduced as Rank B, he was demoted to Rank C in Yo-kai Watch Blasters.
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
- Yo-kai Watch World: Playable Yo-kai
Anime series[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Minor Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch!: Minor Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch♪: Minor Yo-kai
Biology[]
Ol' Saint Trick has an elderly appearance, with white eyebrows and a bushy, long mustache. He wears a red Santa Claus-esque outfit, with the arms and legs sporting orange stripes. He is seen with three huge bags surrounding him on the sides and above his head. He rides in a cloud slightly wider than his folded legs.
Ol' Saint Trick asks his target a quiz question, putting them under a quiz show setting (similar to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?). He can summon prizes out of his sacks to be given to challengers who answer his questions correctly, but these sacks can also suck in and contain challengers who answer incorrectly. Also, he appears to have a whimsical personality and sometimes changes the terms and conditions of his prizes. When Inspiriting someone, Ol' Saint Trick causes the Inspirited to inherit his personality and force others to answer questions in a similar manner.
According to Whisper, Ol' Saint Trick is also responsible for choosing Yo-kai to be Santa's helpers on Christmas.
Profile[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
Ol' Saint Trick appears in trees at Triangle Way at night in western Uptown Springdale.
Yo-kai Watch 2[]
Ol' Saint Trick appears in trees in the Excellent Expressway as well as through the binoculars in Excellent Tower.
He can also be freed from the past Crank-a-kai with a Green Coin.
Yo-kai Watch 3[]
Ol' Saint Trick appears in trees in Southmond and in East Pine.
He can also be found between 20,000 and 39,999 yards in Hazy Lane.
He can also be found in Blasters T in the Temple of Clusis ②.
He is required for a Baffle Board in Shopper's Row by the riverbank. He allows you to trade Crank-a-kai Coin fragments for full coins.
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
Ol' Saint Trick can be found on Patrol Missions in Shopper's Row and Uptown Springdale.
He is rewarded for completing the Lost in Translation Yo-kai Circle.
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2[]
Ol' Saint Trick can be found in the Tamesoudo Iseki Chi ③.
He is required for the Super Healthy Elder Association Yo-kai Circle.
Game data[]
Main series[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
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**: Depending on chance, this Soultimate Move will either:
- Heal all allies
- Raise stats of all allies
- Drop a basin on Ol' Saint Trick for 1 damage
Yo-kai Watch 2[]
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**: Depending on chance, this Soultimate Move will either:
- Heal all allies
- Raise stats of all allies
- Drop a basin on Ol' Saint Trick for 1 damage
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Yo-kai Watch 3[]
Blasters stats[]
Attribute tolerance[]
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Held items[]
| Games | Items |
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| Yo-kai Watch | Getaway Plush 35%
Sleepillow 5% |
| Yo-kai Watch 2 | |
| Yo-kai Watch 3 | |
| Yo-kai Watch Blasters |
Spin-off games[]
Yo-kai Watch Blasters[]
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2[]
Other games[]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble[]
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Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukupedia[]
Quotes[]
- Befriended: "Hohoho... It's beginning to look a lot like friendship?"
- Loafing:
- Receiving food (favourite): "Ho ho ho!"
- Receiving food (normal): "Hm. Not bad."
- Receiving food (disliked):
- Freed from Crank-a-kai: "Hohoho... Now that I'm out, you'd better watch out!
In the anime[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
In EP049, Ol' Saint Trick briefly Inspirits Nate's mom, causing her to force Nate into a quiz question to identify what she has cooked for dinner. Ol' Saint Trick later puts Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan through more questions after being identified, sucking Whisper and Jibanyan into his sacks when they answer wrongly. Ol' Saint Trick presents Nate with a final question, allowing him to pick a sack and claim what's inside as his prize. Nate decides to pick the sack with a pair of sports shoes that he wants, ignoring Whisper and Jibanyan, much to their dismay. Unfortunately, Ol' Saint Trick says that Nate's reward for his "brutal honesty" is to claim the contents of the sacks he didn't pick, and leaves Nate with his Yo-kai friends and a Yo-Kai Medal.
Yo-kai Watch![]
He makes a cameo appearance in EX011.
He appears in EX036.
Yo-kai Watch♪[]
He makes a cameo appearance in MN029.
He appears in MN085.
Etymology[]
- "Ol' Saint Trick" is a play on "Ol' Saint Nick", one of the many nicknames of Santa Claus, referring to his Saint Nicholas origins.
- "Santaku Rōshi" translates as "three choices mentor" (Japanese: 三択老師 Santaku Rōshi), while playing on the katakana pronunciation of Santa Claus (Japanese: サンタクロース Santa Kurōsu).
- "Tricotom" is a corruption of "Trick or treat" (expression used by children to ask for candy when visiting someone's home in costume on Halloween) and possibly "Jultomten" (Swedish for Santa Claus).
- "Papai Não É" is a pun on "Papai Noel" (Santa Claus) with "Não é" (Is not, referencing that he is costumed as Santa Claus).
- "Trickolaus" combines "Trick" (trick) and "Sankt Nikolaus" (Saint Nicholas).
Origin[]
Ol' Saint Trick is based on Santa Claus, the typically Western folkloric figure associated with Christmas, who most famously is based in the North Pole and delivers presents to children during the night of Christmas eve. He derives from the European lore of Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas (see Ol' Fortune#Origin), the latter which typically dressed in a green or scarlet fur-lined bishop habit. However, in modern times the color turned to red with Santa Claus (which is mistakenly attributed to soft drink brands like Coca Cola using Santa Claus' image in their adverts as early as the '30s but actually predates said ad campaigns).
It is to be noted that Christmas has no religious or folkloric connotations for the Japanese, and is instead merely a commercial holiday where gifts are exchanged and parties with cake and other common sweets are held, and is also considered an occasion for young couples to get closer.
Trivia[]
- Ol' Saint Trick's "random" nicknames in Yo-kai Watch 2 are: Claus, Nick, Santa, and Kringle.
- Ol' Saint Trick was originally called Santaku Laus (Japanese: サンタクろうす) instead of Santaku Rōshi (Japanese: サンタク老師) in media before Yo-kai Watch's release.
In other languages[]
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 Japanese
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サンタク老師 Santaku Rōshi | |
 Spanish
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Tricotom | |
 French
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Ratatam | |
 Italian
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Tridonio | |
 German
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Trickolaus | |
 Korean
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산타클도사 Santakeuldosa | |
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聖誕老師 | |
 Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Papai Não É | |