Minccino is a furry, gray chinchilla-like Pokémon with scruffs of fur on its head and neck. It has large ears on the sides of its head with red insides partly covered by tufts of fur. It has large, brown eyes and a small, dot-like nose. Its limbs are somewhat rounded and small, and its ears and tail have white tips. The tail is also long and particularly furry. This tail acts like a broom as Minccino uses it to clean its den. It also brushes another Minccino with its tail to greet it. It prefers clean habitats, and it obsesses with cleaning dirty items. It can also use its tail to perform it and its evolution's signature move, Tail Slap.
Major appearances
Bianca's Minccino appears in Minccino-Neat and Tidy!, where it was initially a wild Pokémon. It stole Ash's new Badge case in order to clean it, and ultimately gets caught in one of Bianca's Poké Balls.
Other
A Minccino with the ability to Sing appeared in PK22. This Minccino would frequently sing causing, Meowth and Team Rocket's other Pokémon to sleep, which would make it angry and puff up, much like Jigglypuff's role.
Multiple Minccino appeared in There's a New Gym Leader in Town!.
Minor appearances
Minccino debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!, where it was running alongside some children in the streets of Nuvema Town.
Another Minccino belonging to a little boy appears in A Connoisseur's Revenge! where it was being examined by an S-class Pokémon Connoisseur, multiple ones which also appeared in the same episode were seen at a Poké Mart.
A Minccino appeared in Mannes's garden in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.
Multiple Minccino appeared in The Lonely Deino! under the care of a Day Care owner named Bobby.
Minccino has made minor cameo appearances in Battling for the Love of Bug-Types!, Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, A Maractus Musical!, Cilan Takes Flight! and Climbing the Tower of Success!.
A photo of Minccino appeared in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!.
A Minccino appeared in Clash of the Connoisseurs!.
A Minccino briefly appeared in the elder's flashback in A Village Homecoming!.
A Minccino made a cameo in Mission: Defeat Your Rival! under the ownership of Katharine.
A Minccino appeared in a flashback in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!.
Multiple Minccino appeared in Secrets From Out of the Fog!.
A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!.
A Minccino appeared in The Island of Illusions! in a flashback.
A Minccino appeared in The Journalist from Another Region!, and in a flashback and fantasy as well.
A Minccino appeared as a plush toy in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
Two Minccino appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
Pokédex entries
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BW013
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Minccino
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Bianca's Pokédex
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Minccino, the Chinchilla Pokémon. Minccino loves shiny things and will use its tail as a brush to clean any objects that are dirty.
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- The Poké Toy item is based on Minccino's tail.
- It is possible for the Minccino that appears in the "world of Pokémon" intro in Pokémon Black and White to be Shiny.
- Minccino was designed by Atsuko Nishida.
- Minccino is the only Pokémon to be part of the "world of Pokémon" intro that evolves in its games' sequel, evolving into Cinccino between the events of Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
Origin
Minccino is based on a chinchilla. Its tail may be based on feather dusters or brooms, as they use their tails to clean their dens.
Name origin
Minccino may be a combination of mini (referring to its miniature size), mink (an animal known for its fur and its use in women's clothing), or mince (to make smaller), and chinchilla or chino cloth.
Chillarmy is a combination of chinchilla and charm.