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Wriggle Nightbug
リグル・ナイトバグ
Wriggle Nightbug
ɾiɡ̃ɯᵝɾ̠ɯᵝ na̠ito̞βa̠ɡ̃ɯᵝ (♫)
Wriggle Nightbug
Wriggle Nightbug in Imperishable Night
A Bug of Light Wriggling in the Dark
More Character Titles
Species   
Firefly Youkai

Abilities   
Manipulation of insects

Music Themes
蠢々秋月 ～ Mooned Insect (Imperishable Night)
Appearances
Official Games
Imperishable Night (Stage 1 Midboss, Stage 1 Boss)
Shoot the Bullet (Stage 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 Boss)
Hopeless Masquerade (Background Character)
Print Works
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
Silent Sinner in Blue (Prologue Cameo, Chapter 9 Cameo)
Perfect Memento in Strict Sense (Article)
Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth (Minor Character)
The Grimoire of Marisa
Oriental Sacred Place (Minor Character, Chapter 12 Cameo)
Wild and Horned Hermit (Chapter 18 cameo, 20 cameo, 23 cameo)
Strange Creators of Outer World Vol. 2 (Cross Review Section)
Visionary Fairies in Shrine (Chapter 1 cameo)
Wriggle Nightbug (リグル・ナイトバグ Riguru Naitobagu) is a firefly with the ability to control other insects. She likes using her ability to direct concerted performances for her own amusement, as well as to attack humans who underestimate her significance or the importance of insects in general.

General Information

Wriggle first appeared as the first stage boss and midboss of Imperishable Night. She's classified as a firefly youkai, which is explained as having more survivability because humans are less likely to kill them. However, like other insects, she is weak to fire, cold, fumigation, and insect repellent. As an insect, she forgets about information that's no longer needed. She normally sticks around bushes, clumps of grass, and other places insects normally thrive.

Personality
Wriggle is quick to anger, and seems to take it personally when someone offends insects in any way. She is concerned about the decrease in the amount of insects lately, especially due to insecticide.

Occupation
At one point, Wriggle was in charge of an insect delivery service. However, during the span of time between Aya Shameimaru's article and her interview, she stopped, and forgot all about it.

Ability
Ability to control insects
Wriggle possesses the ability to freely manipulate insects of most varieties, where it's unclear if this power is limited to only certain insects. She is seen manipulating various types of fireflies, as well as moths (which her spell card calls "butterflies"). While individual bugs may be quite weak, this ability can be used to call on entire swarms of them, including poisonous insects like deadly hornets; when she gets serious, she's also able to summon a swarm of harvest mites, insects so small that they are invisible to the naked eye and are the most dangerous bugs, that can bite without detection and infect humans with fatal diseases. In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Hieda no Akyuu also describes her as being able to control caterpillars, spiders, crickets, and other insects, so it is likely the type of insect doesn't matter.

Because she often uses this ability to surround herself with bugs, many humans find it unpleasant to confront her. However, while this ability makes her a fearsome opponent for most humans, Wriggle herself is almost harmless, and confronting her while she is alone (i.e. winter, when there are no or few bugs around her) would lead to an easy victory. Moreover, since the insects she controls still have their typical weaknesses, such as cold, fire, fumigation and insecticide, one can greatly weaken her capabilities by exploiting one or more of these weaknesses.

Background Information


Wriggle in Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.
Name
Her full name is Wriggle Nightbug (リグル・ナイトバグ). "Wriggle" comes from the English word, which is commonly used to refer to bugs moving along the ground. "Nightbug" is a portmanteau of "night" and "bug"; the meaning is clear, as she is a firefly.

Design
Wriggle has blue eyes, teal hair, and bug-like antennae. She wears a white shirt with stylized short sleeves, a black cape with red lining, which is shaped to resemble insect wings (however, Hieda no Akyuu describes her as having actual wings), and baggy blue knee-length shorts.

According to Akyuu, her childlike appearance is a testament to the fact that insect youkai are no longer equal to oni and tengu in terms of inspiring fear.

Wriggle's Appearances

Games
Imperishable Night

Wriggle's sprite in IN
During the events of Imperishable Night, Wriggle attacks the player characters, thinking they'd be easy targets. However, the pair fights Wriggle off without breaking a sweat.

Spin-offs
Shoot the Bullet

Wriggle in HM
In Shoot the Bullet, Aya Shameimaru encountered Wriggle on stage 1 and took photos of her danmaku.

Hopeless Masquerade
Wriggle made a background cameo appearance in Hopeless Masquerade on the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum and Youkai Tanuki Forest stage. She is seen floating and cheering.

Literature
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red
Main article: Article and Interview: Wriggle Nightbug
In Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Wriggle used her manipulation of insects in order to start an "Insects' News Service," which would send large numbers of bugs to make announcements and deliver messages for clients if they supplied plans and a specific time in advance. Wriggle organized the service with the intent of improving the social status of bugs, but soon got tired of it and stopped providing it.

When interviewed later, Wriggle does not remember the service, because insects discard information that is no longer in use.

Gallery


Wriggle's sigil in The Grimoire of Marisa

 

Illustration of Wriggle in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

 

Another illustration of Wriggle from BAiJR

 

Wriggle in Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth

Spell Cards

  Spell cards
Name   Translated   Comments   Games   Stage
Total: 11
蛍符「地上の流星」   Firefly Sign "Meteor on Earth"      IN
GoM   St. 1: H
—
蛍符「地上の彗星」   Firefly Sign "Comet on Earth"      IN   St. 1: L
灯符「ファイアフライフェノメノン」   Lamp Sign "Firefly Phenomenon"      IN   St. 1: E/N/H/L
蠢符「リトルバグ」   Wriggle Sign "Little Bug"      IN   St. 1: E
蠢符「リトルバグストーム」   Wriggle Sign "Little Bug Storm"      IN
GoM   St. 1: N
—
蠢符「ナイトバグストーム」   Wriggle Sign "Night Bug Storm"      IN   St. 1: H
蠢符「ナイトバグトルネード」   Wriggle Sign "Nightbug Tornado"      IN   St. 1: L
隠蟲「永夜蟄居」   Hidden Bug "Endless Night Seclusion"      IN
GoM   St. 1: N/H/L
—
「季節外れのバタフライストーム」   "Unseasonal Butterfly Storm"      IN   LW
蛍符「地上の恒星」   Firefly Sign "Fixed Star on Earth"      StB   St. 1
蝶符「バタフライストーム」   Butterfly Sign "Butterfly Storm"      StB   St. 1
Additional Information

Wriggle's cape and infamous kick appear to reference sentai heroes such as Kamen Rider, who has an insect motif (a trait shared by many of his successors).
According to an interview with ZUN, Wriggle could have made an appearance in Touhou Hisoutensoku, however, she was eliminated from consideration due to time constraints.[1]
Fandom

Main article: Fandom: Wriggle Nightbug
Official Profiles

  Imperishable Night Demo - おまけ.txt
Wriggle Nightbug IN    ○リグル・ナイトバグ

  一面ボス。妖怪蛍。
  蟲を操る程度の能力を持つ。

  蟲の中には毒をもつ蟲もいる。
  恙虫なんか大量に操られたら、人間は手も足も出ない。実は強いかも。

Wriggle Nightbug

First stage boss. A youkai firefly.
She possesses ability to manipulate insects

Certain insects have poison.
If she controls something like a horde of harvest mites, humans can do nothing against her. May be stronger than you think.

  Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt
Wriggle Nightbug IN    ○１面ボス 闇に蠢く光の蟲
  リグル・ナイトバグ
  Wriggle Nightbug

  種族：妖蟲
  能力：蟲を操る程度の能力

  １面ボスである。

  彼女の周りには多くの虫が集まる。蛍は大量に集まっても明滅のタイミングがピッタリ揃うが、これは実は彼女の様な命令中枢が中に居るからである。

  たかが虫、と思っていると大量の虫に襲われ、ひとたまりも無い。特に彼女を怒らせ本気を出させてしまうと、大量の恙虫を召喚され、人間は高熱を出して死ぬ。


  寒さと殺虫剤に弱い。

Stage 1 Boss, A Bug of Light Wriggling in the Dark

Wriggle Nightbug

Species: Youkai Insect
Abilities: Manipulate insects

Stage 1 Boss.

Insects gather around her. Fireflies can perform their flashing with timed synchronization even in huge swarms, but that is actually because there is a commander like her within them.

Those who carelessly regard her as a mere insect will be easy victims to the swarm of insects. When Wriggle is upset and serious, she summons a swarm of harvest mites which can cause deadly fever to humans.


She can't stand cold or insecticide.

Official Sources

  Official sources
2004/04/18 Imperishable Night Demo - Stage 1 dialogue; おまけ.txt (pre-official profile)
2004/08/15 Imperishable Night - Stage 1 dialogue; キャラ設定.txt (official profile)
2005/08/11 Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red - Article and Interview: Wriggle
2005/12/30 Shoot the Bullet - Stage 1 Spell Card comments
2006/12/27 Perfect Memento in Strict Sense - A Bug of Light Wriggling in the Dark: Wriggle Nightbug
2008/08/22 Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth - Chapter 15
2009/07/28 The Grimoire of Marisa - Wriggle Nightbug's Spell Cards
2009/08/26 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 4
2010/12/25 Oriental Sacred Place - Chapter 12
References

↑ Nae Radio (September, 2009). "Interview on Nae Radio (September 2009)". http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Interview_on_Nae_Radio_(September_2009). Retrieved 2 September, 2011.

   This page is part of Project Characters, a Touhou Wiki project that aims to write proper descriptions for all official characters of Touhou Project. Please keep the character page guidelines in mind when contributing.


Last edited on 27 June 2017, at 17:56
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