Professor Plumage

Professor Plumage
なぞトキNazotoki
なぞトキNazotoki
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Rank
Attribute(s)
Listing No.
YW3	#123
YW3	#123
Listing No. (Spin-offs)
Busters 2	#124
Busters 2	#124
WibWob	#2051
WibWob	#2051
Skill	Hale and Hardy
Skill	Hale and Hardy
Effect	Perplex
Effect	Perplex
Favorite foods
Seafood
Seafood
Spin-offs
Seafood
Seafood
Disliked foods
Hot Dogs
Hot Dogs

Yo-kai Medallium biography "Wherever there is a mystery to be solved, this Yo-kai follows. The mystery of the lost sock continues to vex him"

Professor Plumage (Japanese: なぞトキ, Nazotoki) is a Rank B Wind-attribute Yo-kai of the Mysterious tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 3.

Appearances

Video games

• Yo-kai Watch 3: Playable Yo-kai
• Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai
• Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Playable Yo-kai

Anime series

• Yo-kai Watch: Minor Yo-kai

Biology

Professor Plumage is a crested ibis bird with white feathers, a black long beak, a red face, and red legs. The tips of his wings are pale pink. He dons a familiar brown top hat and glasses while carrying around a handle cane.

He can make whoever he inspirits act like a detective, as if they're trying to sleuth a mystery.

Profile

Yo-kai Watch 3

Professor Plumage can be found in the Sparkopolis Junk Alley, the Shady Parking Lot and the Daydream Domain at night.

He can also be found in Blasters T in the Cluphinx Clenched Paw ① and the Masked Labyrinth.

He is required for the The Mad Hatters Yo-kai Circle.

Game data

Main series

Yo-kai Watch 3

	Stats Calculation HP 358 STR 43 SPR 230 DEF 113 SPD 193 This shows Professor Plumage's stat on level: 99.

Type Name Power Attribute Range Attack Pesky Poke (Japanese: こづく, Kozuku) 30-105 Single enemy No description. Technique Storm (Japanese: 嵐の術, Arashi no Jutsu) 70-112 Wind Single enemy No description. Inspirit Perplex (Japanese: 難問を出す, Nanmon wo Dasu, lit. Perplexing) Single enemy What puzzles a foe so, they cannot strike a blow? Do you know? Soultimate Move Tricky Business (Japanese: ナゾの席替えタイム, Nazo no Sekigae Time, lit. Mystery Seat-Switching Time) Sophisticatedly tricks the foe into switching their subs with their main Yo-kai. Skill Hale and Hardy (Japanese: よゆうの風格, Yoyū no Fūkaku, lit. Calm and Collected) Boosts DEF while HP is full.

Attribute tolerance

-	○	-	-	-	△
Tolerance of attribute attack Strong × ⇒ △ ⇒ - ⇒ ○ ⇒ ◎ weak

Quotes

• Traded: "Hmm, judging from the evidence, I must have been traded...nice to meet you!"

Etymology

• "Nazotoki" is a combination of nazotoki (謎解き, "to solve a mystery") and toki (とき, "ibis").
• "Professor Plumage" is a combination of "Professor Plum," the character from the board-game Cluedo ("Clue," in North America), and "plumage," another word for feathers.
• "Profesor Avertijo" is combination of "Professor Layton" and "Ave" (Bird) with "Acertijo" (Riddle), but due text limitations is shortened as "Prof. Avertijo".
• "Professor Ibisyoso" is a combination of "professor," "Ibis," and possibly "misterioso" (mysterious).

Trivia

• Professor Plumage's "random" nicknames in Yo-kai Watch 3 are: Hershel, Fawkes, Taro, and Beakton.
  • Fawkes may be a reference to Fawkes, a phoenix from the Harry Potter series.
  • Hershel is a reference to Professor Hershel Layton (expanded on below).
• Professor Plumage has a great deal of references to Professor Hershel Layton, the protagonist of the Professor Layton franchise, which is also produced by Level-5.
  • His hat is exactly the same as Professor Hershel Layton's.
  • His Soultimate uses a sound effect from the Professor Layton games when a puzzle has been answered.
  • One of his random nicknames is "Hershel."
• Professor Plumage does not have a real life Yo-kai Medal counterpart.
• Due to in-game text limitations, his English name is shortened to "Prof. Plumage."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	なぞトキ Nazotoki
Spanish	Profesor Avertijo
Italian	Professor Ibisyoso
German	Professor Knackvogel

Related Yo-kai

• Fencing Nazotoki