Yo-Kai Are Real / The Spooky Intersection (original title: 妖怪がいる (There is a Monster) / 恐怖の交差点 (Intersection of Fear)) is the first episode of Yo Kai Watch.
Segments
- Yo-Kai Are Real - While out hunting bugs with his friends, Nate, an ordinary fifth-grader, finds a Yo-Kai, Whisper, within a slot machine, who grants him the Yo-Kai Watch.
- The Spooky Intersection - An intersection has had many supernatural events occur there. When Nate investigates, he meets a cat Yo-Kai, Jibanyan.
Tropes from "Yo-Kai Are Real"
- Bowdlerise: In the original Japanese, Whisper says the worst case scenario is Dismarelda doesn't leave is that Keita's parents will divorce. The English dub softens this to them fighting forever.
- Dub Name Change:
- Keita to Nate
- Kuma to Bear
- Kanchi to Eddie
- Fumi-chan to Katie
- Establishing Character Moment: Nate catches a normal-sized bug, and takes it personally when Katie calls it average, establishing him as The Everyman and unhappy about that status.
- Revolting Rescue: When Nate gets swarmed by bugs, Whisper shoos them away with a huge fart.
Tropes from "The Spooky Intersection"
- Bloodless Carnage: In the flashback to how Jibanyan became a Yo-Kai, Rudy's body is only scratched up, with no blood present.
- Bowdlerise: In the English dub, Rudy's body is cropped out of his death scene.
- Dub Name Change: Ami-chan to Amy.
- Hidden Eyes: Amy's eyes are hidden in black shadow when she looks down at Rudy's body.
- Shout-Out: While trying to fight a truck, Jibanyan shouts "Eye of the tiger!".
