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[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity]]: Dunsparce is a supporting character throughout the game. His best friend is {{p|Emolga}}. He is known to be a coward but despite that, he goes off into dungeons without his friend's consent. Dunsparce first appears as a client on the request board who needs to be rescued from [[Stompstump Peak]]. The partner and partner give a crystal they found while in the dungeon to him. When {{p|Virizion}} arrives into town, he uses the crystal as a proposal for Virizion to be his friend. Virizion refuses, and Dunsparce flees. Two {{p|Pawniard}} appear saying that they can help him become stronger when in reality they just want to rip him off of everything he's got. Dunsparce buys into their scam and they head off into the [[Desolate Canyon]] dungeon together. The player and partner follow. When they get to a clearing, Dunsparce realizes that something isn't right and tries to flee but Pawniard trap him and make demands. The player and partner arrive just in time. Panwiard, realizing that they are outmatched and outnumbered call upon two {{p|Galvantula}} and {{p|Venipede}} to back them up. When looks like it is the end for the team, {{p|Emolga}}, {{p|Gurdurr}}, {{p|Timburr}}, and Virizion all suddenly arrive and with their help they defeat the gang who then flees further into the canyon. It is after this heroic feat that Dunsparce and his friend Emolga decide to join the player and partner's exploration team and are accepted as the first two members. When {{p|Espeon}} and {{p|Umbreon}} arrive in Post Town and explain their mission, the player, partner, and friends decide they want to help. {{p|Quagsire}} says that one of them will have to stay behind because it is a rule of HAPPI. After {{p|Scraggy}} makes a suggestion that the weakest member should stay behind, Dunsparce gets worried that he might be the one who ends up staying behind. The night before the expedition, Dunsparce takes time to reflect on top of the hill in Post Town, when Virizion suddenly comes up to it. Dunsparce tells Virizion it's goals and the two have a heart to heart conversation. The next morning, Virizion volunteers to stay behind. It, Emolga, and the player and partner become upset with the decision and Emolga decides that the only way they can be fair is to draw straws. The next day, the team draws straws and whoever gets the shortest one ends up staying behind. Thinking that he influenced Virizion's decision to stay behind, Dunsparce voluenteers to be the one to stay back in Pokémon Paradise. As they are about to depart via the Magnagate, Dunsparce and the team say their farewells and Emolga decides that Dunsparce should go and pushes him into the Magnagate and stays behind willingly. After getting teleported to the front entrance to [[Telluric Path]], Dunsparce regrets that Emolga can't go but decides to move forward and that Emolga wouldn't want him moping around. Early during their trek through the [[Glacier Palace]], Dunsparce comments that he is having trouble breathing. He decides to ignore the feeling and go on with this teammates. When the team gets deep into the palace and enters a long hallway, soon everyone begins to have trouble breathing and collapses. Only the player is unaffected and left to watch his comrades slowly dying. Thankfully, {{p|Kyurem}} foresaw their arrival and saves them from their fate. He says that the part of the palace they were in was surrounded by a mysterious energy and that not even Kyurem has been able to enter past there. Kyurem says that the rest of the palace is off limits and that they should turn back now, but not before rewarding them with it's great treasure.  

{{eventAvail|{{gameabbrev3|GSC}}|Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Horn Drill Dunsparce|English|United States|5|February 22 to March 14, 2002|link=List of English Gotta Catch 'Em All event Pokémon#Horn Drill Dunsparce}}

{{eventAvail|{{gameabbrev3|GSC}}|Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Fury Attack Dunsparce|English|United States|5|January 31 to February 6, 2003|link=List of English Gotta Catch 'Em All event Pokémon#Fury Attack Dunsparce}}

Dunsparce is based on the mythical {{wp|tsuchinoko}}. Similar to Bigfoot or the Chupacabra, sightings and reports appear in Japanese media; however, hard evidence is always lacking. Tsuchinoko are 30 cm to 80 cm long, with a large head and poisonous fangs. Its body is thicker than its head and tail. The noises it makes resemble squeaks, chirps and snores. Unlike real snakes, which slither from side to side, a tsuchinoko wiggles ahead in a straight line. The tsuchinoko curls its body to leap through the air. Moreover, the fact that Dunsparce, a snake-like creature, has wings also brings to mind the motif of the {{wp|Feathered Serpent}}, a prominent deity or supernatural being in many Mesoamerican religions. In addition, Dunsparce shares some traits with {{wp|bumblebees}}, including their stripes, tiny wings, stinger-like tail, and the fact that they burrow into the ground. This may be a visual pun inspired by the name "bachi hebi" (literally "bee snake"), which the tsuchinoko is also known by.