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Rhumbastiltskin
テンパるンバTenparunba
テンパるンバTenparunba
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Rank
Attribute(s)
Listing No.
YW3	#487
YW3	#487
Skill	Keep on Movin'
Skill	Keep on Movin'
Effect	Can't Keep This Up
Effect	Can't Keep This Up
Favorite foods
Seafood
Seafood
Spin-offs
Seafood
Seafood
Disliked foods
Soba
Soba

Yo-kai Medallium biography "Breaks out in song and dance whenever he gets overwhelmed. This appears to happen very frequently."

Rhumbastiltskin (Japanese: テンパるンバ, Tenparunba) is a Rank C, Drain-attribute Yo-kai of the Eerie 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

Rhumbastiltskin is a humanoid yo-kai with blue skin, four arms, and a worried expression on his face. He has swirly eyes, unruly purple hair, and wears a white long-sleeved shirt, purple pants, and black shoes. He carries red star-patterned maracas in his lower pair of hands.

Whoever is inspirited by Rhumbastiltskin gets so stressed out that he can't stop freaking out.

Profile

Yo-kai Watch 3

Rhumbastillskin can be found in the streets of Northbeech.

Rhumbastiltskin can be freed from the Dream Roulette with a Purple Coin.

He can also be found in Blasters T in Komanubis' Labyrinth.

He is required for the Big Band Theory Yo-kai Circle.

Game data

Main series

Yo-kai Watch 3

	Stats Calculation HP 342 STR 93 SPR 163 DEF 40 SPD 205 This shows Rhumbastiltskin's stat on level: 99.

Type Name Power Attribute Range Attack Beat (Japanese: ぶったたく, Buttataku) No description. Technique Drain (Japanese: 吸収の術, Kyūshū no jutsu) Drain No description. Inspirit Can't Keep This Up (Japanese: テンパらせる, Tenpa-ra seru) Gives a foe a curly perm, enraging them so they attack allies. Soultimate Move Blue on Blue Samba (Japanese: テンパルンバサンバン, Tenparunbasanba) All enemies Gives all foes curly perms, making them angry and confused. Skill Keep on Movin' (Japanese: テンパり, Tenpari) Dodges all attacks while Inspirited by an enemy.

Quotes

• Befriended: "What? I lost?! I need to pay more attention!"
• Loafing: "Tenparuuu!"
• Being traded: "Whaaaaa~! What is this place? A-anyway, do you want to dance the rumba?"
• Receiving food (favorite): "Soooooooooo good!"
• Receiving food (normal): "Pretty normal."
• Receiving food (disliked): "I don't want iiit~!"
• Freed from Crank-a-kai (YW3): "Wow~ I've come out! What should I do next~?!" "And now here I am! What next, eh? There's always something!"
• Blasters T Camp: "Y-you want to bring me? I s-suppose I better get ready then!"

Etymology

• "Tenparunba" is a pun on tenparu (テンパる) meaning "to blow one's fuse" or "being tempered", and the Japanese word for "rumba". His name is also a pun on tenpa (天パ) meaning "curly hair".
• "Rhumbastiltskin" is a portmanteau of "Rhumba" and "Rumpelstiltskin".
• "Maracario" combines "Maracas" and "Macario".

Trivia

• Rhumbastiltskin does not have a real life medal counterpart.
• He is the second Yo-kai to develop a crush on Toiletta in the anime, with the first being Throne Wiper.
• When Rhumbastiltskin maracas are lost or destroyed he will throw an even bigger fit, which also makes his hair grow wildly.
• Rhumbastiltskin's "random" nicknames are: Bastian, Rhummy, Skinner, and Humbug.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Maracario
Italian	Rumboroso