Pupsicle is a small, ice dog with pointed ears. He has a white stomach, eyebrows, forehead symbol, inner-ear, and muzzle. His nose and eyes appear to be similarly shaped. Around his neck is a light blue collar.
In Yo-kai Watch 2, Pupsicle has a Rare form to signify his alliance with the Bony Spirits. Bony Pupsicles have their forehead markings resembling a heart, and have a different Skill, called Fangcicles.
In the games, Pupsicle makes the possessed person feel cold even in the summer.
In the anime, anyone Inspirited by Pupsicle becomes compelled to tell horrible jokes that nobody laughs at, causing an awkward "chill" to set in which Pupsicle thrives in.
Pupsicle is exclusive to White Dog Squad. He can be found in the third mission of chapter one, and can also be found on Patrol Missions in Shopper's Row.
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In the anime[]
Yo-kai Watch Animation Series[]
Pupsicle appears in EP056 while Nate and his friends are telling bad jokes. He Inspirits Katie to make her tell even worse jokes and make the social atmosphere "colder." Whisper decides that the only way to drive Pupsicle away is to tell better jokes, but his attempts at humor fail until Katie accidentally pops a fart, eliciting laughter from Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan. Pupsicle runs away and leaves his Yo-kai Medal behind.
He appears again in EP073 where he was summoned by Nate to try and freeze Gush with a cold joke, after several failed attempts, he manages to freeze Gush, unable to make anything drip.
Etymology[]
"Pupsicle" is a combination of pup and popsicle.
"Samugari" is a play on samugari (寒がり, "sensitivity to cold").
"Escanlofrío" is a combination of escalofrío (chill) and can (dog).
"Schlotterrier" is a combination of schlottern (shivering) and terrier.
Origin[]
Trivia[]
In Yo-kai Watch, Pupsicle has the largest jump of Ranks out of all Yo-kai capable of evolution, jumping from Rank E to S, a total of 5 ranks, until Chilhuahua's demotion to Rank A in all future games.
As of Yo-kai Watch 3, this honor now goes to Unbelievaboy.
His anime inspirit is likely a pun on the idea of "cold jokes," which are jokes that aren't funny or a joke that's funny because it's not funny.
Pupsicle's "random" nicknames are: Blended, Oscar, Shivers, and Slushy.
In other languages[]
Language
Name
Meaning
Spanish
Escanlofrío
French
Chihuaglagla
From "Chihuahua" (the dog breed) and "gla-gla" (french expression/onomatopoeia when shivering from the cold)
Spanish
French
Italian
German
Korean
Arabic
Portuguese (Brazilian)