There's some tradition of Devil-as-Buffoon stories lingering in corners the US too. Although I've heard more of the devil-as-smooth-talking-handsome-man who nevertheless still gets defeated by clever mortals. I particularly liked the one about the old man who made a deal that the Devil could come collect his soul in a few years, if he called the man's name to summon him - not mentioning that he was going deaf and wouldn't be able to hear the Devil. So he lived forever, wasting away and his beard turning into Spanish Moss. And one author riffing off some folk traditions took the Devil to court, against Daniel Webster for the defense. Interestingly, the damned soul of John Hathorne got to be the judge in that trial. Needless to say, the Devil loses and gets kicked out of New England.