Wriggle Nightbug

Main Profile

	Name:	リグル・ナイトバグ Wriggle Nightbug

	Species:	Youkai Insect
	Abilities:	Manipulation of insects
	Age:	Unknown
	Occupation:	Unknown
	Location:	Unknown, last seen roaming a typical forest path
	Description:	Blue eyes, teal hair, bug-like antennae. Wears a white shirt with stylized short sleeves, a black cape (red on inner side), and knee-length blue baggy pants.
	Relationships:	Unknown
	Appearances:	Imperishable Night (Stage 1 Midboss, Stage 1 Boss) Shoot the Bullet (Stage 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 Boss)
	Titles:	See Character Titles

Wriggle is a firefly with the ability to control other insects. She likes using her ability to direct concerted performances for her own amusement. She also likes using it to attack humans who underestimate her significance or the importance of insects in general; she seems to take it personally when someone offends insects.

During the events of Imperishable Night, Wriggle attacked a pair of travelers that looked like they would be easy targets, but the pair fought Wriggle off without breaking a sweat.

Fun Facts

Wriggle's appearance and name are both quite androgynous compared to other characters, so it used to be a point of some contention whether Wriggle was a male or female character before the release of full version, her wearing pants certainly didn't help either.

The full version's official profile declared that she is in fact a her. However, with lack of male presence in the series she is sometimes converted into a him in certain kinds of fan-fiction (often of the don't-show-the-kids variety), with both writer and readers being fully aware that she is officially a girl. Additionally, she is often made fun of in fan comics as being a crossdresser--either as a girl that dresses like a boy or actually being a boy who's just pretending to be a girl.

Due to insects being near the very bottom of the food chain, Wriggle is sometimes portrayed as "food" in some fan comics. Especially food for Yamame Kurodani, a spider youkai, or for Mystia Lorelei, a night sparrow (who in turn is food for Yuyuko Saigyouji, a glutton).

In fan works, she is often seen with other lower level, childish characters such as Cirno, Rumia, and Mystia. She is occasionally called or labelled "G" (short for gokiburi, or cockroach).

Pairings of her with Yuka have become common. This could be because bugs pollinate flowers, they have similar hairstyles, or maybe ANGELTYPE is to blame.

According to an interview with ZUN, Wriggle could have made an appearance in Touhou Hisoutensoku, however, due to a lack of time, she was removed.

In Imperishable Night, the player can go up to the top of the screen and focus to collect items without being at full power (the Magic Team doesn't even have to focus to do this). For beginning players, sometimes they would be caught off guard in the middle of stage 1 trying to collect point items and lose a life due to Wriggle coming from the top of the screen while the player is at the same location trying collecting point items. This sudden fly-in from Wriggle is sometimes referred to as the "Wriggle Kick" in the fandom and is parodied in fanart and fangames such as Touhou Soccer and Touhoumon.

Official Profiles

Imperishable Night Demo - おまけ.txt

　○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 insect. Possesses the ability to control other insects.

Certain insects have poison inside of them. Even a horde of mites could conceivably bind a human's hands and feet. May be stronger than you think.

Imperishable Night - キャラ設定.txt

　○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 perform with timed synchronization. Someone is commanding the swarm of bugs, and that someone is her.

Those who carelessly regard the swarm as merely insects will soon learn that they are gravely mistaken. When Wriggle is upset, she can summon enough poisonous insects to kill a human in seconds.

She can't stand cold or insecticide.

Book Synopsis

Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

Main article: Article and Interview: Wriggle

Summary of the article goes here.

Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

Main article: Perfect Memento: Wriggle Nightbug

She is considered unpleasant by humans because she is often surrounded by insects.
Humans tend not to kill fireflies, so it's easier for them to "mature" into youkai.
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.
Individually, insects aren't very frightening, but they can be dangerous in large groups.
She is weak against fire, cold, fumigation, and insect-repellent.
The best time to fight her is when she is alone.
However, the deadliest insects she has at her disposal are harvest mites.
Harvest mites are nearly microscopic, but their bite can be deadly to humans.
If Wriggle appears to be alone but also looks confident, she is probably gathering harvest mites (or possibly fleas).

The Grimoire of Marisa

Main article: The Grimoire of Marisa: Wriggle Nightbug's Spell Cards

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