A red skinned creature with yellow and turquoise eyes. It has bushy, grass-green hair and a very long indigo tongue. It carries around a pale brown and gray bucket made from barrel wood that is covered with dark purple stains.
In the English dub, his tongue is indigo with a blue tip. The stains on his barrel wood bucket are blue.
Those inspirited by Tublappa suddenly develop an irresistible urge for licking things, with their tongue having the same appearance as his own.
Tublappa appears under cars in Old Springdale. He can also be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Red Coin in the past.
Yo-kai Watch Animation Series
In episode 58 Tublappa is inspiriting Nate making licking everything. Later he sees Eddie and Bear and disgustingly Nate licks them putting them in shock then he sees Katie and tries to her then Jibanyan and Whisper tries to stop him but fails. Then he goes towards Katie and then she gives Nate a salt candy and Tublappa finds it so good he gives Nate his medal.
"Chupatinas" is a portmanteau of "Chupa" (suck) and "Tinas" (tubs)
"Sale de bain" is a portmanteau of "sale" (dirty) and "salle de bain" (bathroom)
Origin
Tublappa is based on the youkai named the akaname (Japanese: 垢嘗,akaname), or "filth licker". It appears as a small, oily humanoid monster with shaggy hair, red skin, single-toed feet and a long tongue. This creature is attracted by dirty bathrooms, and will sneak inside at night to lick every surface clean, only to bolt if someone comes in or turns the light on, much like a cockroach. Because of its foul habits, the akaname can spread diseases in its wake, thus people are advised to keep their bathrooms clean, especially the bathtub, lest they receive a visit from this rather uncouth youkai.
Quotes
Befriended:
Loafing:
Receiving food (favourite):
Receiving food (normal):
Receiving food (disliked):
Freed from Crank-a-kai: "Perfect timing... I just ran out of things to lick in there. Let's lickety split!"
Trivia
Tublappa's "random" nicknames are: "Tonguey", "Ickalick", "Milo", and "Tubby".
