Papa Bolt

Yo-kai Medallium biography "No matter how lazy you are, you'll work fast when Papa Bolt's watching. His anger is SCAAAAARY!"

Papa Bolt (Japanese: 雷オトン, Rai Oton) is a Rank A Lightning-attribute Yo-kai of the Heartful tribe.

Appearances

• Yo-kai Watch: Main game series:
  • Yo-kai Watch: Befriending Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Watch 2: Befriending Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Befriending Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Sangokushi: Befriending Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Watch 3: Befriending Yo-kai
  • Yo-kai Watch Blasters 2: Befriending Yo-kai

• Yo-kai Watch animation: Recurring Yo-kai

Biology

Papa Bolt is a humanoid Yo-kai with reddish tan skin, tied spiky dark red hair, and a beard and unibrow of the same color. He wears a blue turquoise sleeveless kimono held by a dull red obi and beige white Roman wristbands. His legs are replaced by a single dull blue cloud, and a large beige white rope arch coiled in three is set behind his back.

Papa Bolt is said to be short tempered and grumpy, known for acting like a grumpy old man.

Papa Bolt has kindred relationships to several Yo-kai, some of which are, coincidentally, Thunder-attribute Yo-kai. He is the husband of Mama Aura. Statikid is his nephew. He is the father of Frazzel and the grandfather of Zappary.

Papa Bolt makes anyone he possesses act like thundering, grumpy old men.

Profile

Yo-kai Watch

Papa Bolt appears on telephone poles on Doughnut Hill at night (Blossom Heights).

Yo-kai Watch 2

Papa Bolt can be found at Mt. Wildwood Summit. He also appears past 8000 Metres in the infinite tunnel, found with Mama Aura as well as being freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Green coin.

Yo-kai Watch 3

Papa Bolt can be found in the Pecan Port.

He can also be found in the Condor Canyon.

Game Data

Evolution

Lightning Attribute Papa Bolt

Level 30 →

Fire Attribute  ??? [[{{{name-2}}}|Jibanyan ]]

Fusion

Lightning Attribute Papa Bolt

+

Fire Attribute  ??? [[{{{name-2}}}|Jibanyan ]]

=

Fire Attribute  ??? [[{{{name-3}}}|Jibanyan ]]

Stats

	Stats Calculation HP 1 STR 1 SPR 1 DEF 1 SPD 1 This shows Papa Bolt's stat on level: 99.

Movelist

Quotes

• Befriended (Yokai Watch): "That was some good battling! Let's be close friends!"
• Loafing: "Need a break!"
• Receiving food (favourite)
  • (YW): "This texture!"
  • (YW2): "Zap! That's good!"
• Receiving food (normal): "Sure, why not?"
• Freed from Crank-a-kai: "Great job gettin' me out, kid. I can tell we're gonna be tight."

Etymology

"Rai Oton" translates to "Thunder Pa"

Origin

Papa Bolt's concept appears to be based on the idiom kaminari oyaji (雷親父, "lightning pops", or perhaps more correctly "thunderous pops"), which is used to describe a strict, ornery father that strikes fear into his offspring.

Trivia

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	雷オトン (Raioton)
French	Tontonerre
Spanish	Papá Rayo
Italian	Babbo Saetta
Portuguese	Papai Trovão
Russian	Папа Гром (Papa Grom)