Bake-Zōri

Bake-Zōri (化け草履 Bake-Zōri, lit. Monster Zōri) is a sandal Tsukumogami and an adversary of Kitarō's.
==Appearance==
Bake-Zōri's appearance is that of an anthropomorphic zōri sandal, on the side with the straps is a large eye with a blue iris, a mouth with a pink tongue that sticks out and human arms and legs.
Within the 2007 anime, Bake-Zōri's appearance is relatively the same, still being an anthropomorphic straw sandal with human arms and legs. His giant eye has a yellow sclera, a red iris and a black pupil. He has a large mouth, reaching the ends of the laces, having a dull red tongue that he usually sticks out.
In the 2018 anime, Bake-Zōri is a small anthropomorphic zōri sandal, with human arms and legs. His eye has a blue iris and black pupil, while his tongue stick out. He overall appears smooth. In his giant form, his body appears more rough and detailed.
==Personality==
==History==
===Manga===
===1985 Anime===
Bake-Zōri appears in episode #99 of the third anime adaptation, Footwear Yōkai Bake-Zōri.
===1996 Anime===
Bake-Zōri appears in episode #43 of the fourth anime adaptation, Rebellion! Yōkai Bake-Zōri.
===2007 Anime===
Bake-Zōri appears in episode #53 of the fifth anime adaptation, Viva Hakusanbō! Haunted House.
He later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Bake-Zōri appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami's influence, during all of he is in his larger form. He is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
===2018 Anime===
Bake-Zōri appears along with several other tsukumogami in episode #41 of the sixth anime adaptation, Enigma! Bake-Zōri's Rebellion.
===2007 Live-Action Film===
==Powers and Abilities==
Inanimate Disguise: Bake-Zōri is a live zōri sandal. He can show his arms, legs and eye or hide them. In that case, he looks like a normal zōri.
Giant Transformation: Bake-Zōri can become giant-like.
==Legend==
Bake-Zōri is a Tsukumogami, a zōri sandal that comes to life. He is said to spook inhabited households during the night, running around and continuously chanting: "Kararin, kororin, kankororin, managu mittsu ni ha ninmai!" (カラリン、コロリン、カンコロリン、まなぐ三つに歯二ん枚 "Kararin, kororin, kankororin! Two eyes, three eyes and two teeth!"). Most possibly he's mocking his "more noble cousins", the famous Geta.
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