Scritchy resembles Moskevil. They are light purple with wings of the same color, a dark tan beak, purple eyes, and lilac purple antennae. Instead of a purple hooded robe with darker stripes, Scritchy's is yellow with light mint green stripes.
They sucks blood from their victims and leaves them covered in bug bites.
Befriended (Yo-kai Watch):"Want to be friends? Fair warning: you WILL itch."
Loafing: "*zzz...*"
Being traded: "Feeling a little itchy? Yeah, that's my fault."
Receiving food (favourite): "That's great!"
Receiving food (normal): "Not bad, zzz!"
Receiving food (disliked): "I'm itchy..."
Freed from Crank-a-kai (Yo-kai Watch 2):"Huh. I'm out, and you're not itchy. Guess that means we're pals!"
Freed from Crank-a-kai (Yo-kai Watch 3):"You feelin' itchy? Scratch all you like, we're friends forever now!"
In the anime[]
A Scritchy named Sarah appears in EP084, in which she causes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan to have bug bites. Nate tries to drive her out with Noway, but she insists to have a bite. Suddenly, Robonyan F appears and explains that numerous of Scritchy Yo-kai were hunted down until a male Scritchy named John made a truce with the humans and agreed to travel to Mars. However, he warns that a Cyborg was sent into the present to kill Sarah in order to prevent John for being born, and that Robonyan F was sent at his request to protect her.
Etymology[]
"Kayukayu" derives from kayui (痒い, "itchy").
"Scritchy" is a combination of scratch and itchy.
In Spanish, "Picorrón" is a translated as a lot itching.
In German, "Juckmuck" combines jucken (scratching/ having an itch) and mücke (mosquito), potentially also "(auf)mucken" (to raise objections).
In French, "Grattopère" combines Gratter (scratch) and the sufixe -optère.
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