Parasect (Pokémon)
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Parasect (Japanese: パラセクト Parasect) is a dual-type Bug/Grass Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Like its previous stage, Parasect is an insectoid creature. However, in this stage, the mushroom has completely overtaken the host's body. The insect has been drained of nutrients and is now under the control of the fully-grown tochukaso.
Due to the influence of the tochukaso in its growth, the insect's metamorphosis has been stunted and it instead resembles a grotesque, exaggerated version of its former self. Its pincers and legs have grown much larger and the mushrooms on its back have grown together into one giant mushroom. Its eyes have become pure white resembling those of zombies, likely due to its being possessed by the tochukaso.
The mushrooms that grow on Parasect are often prized by collectors.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
The mushroom completely takes over its host's body. Parasect now has more control over it. It still releases irritating spores that can paralyze, poison, or induce sleep in its foes.
Behavior
Although appearing to be docile, they are actually quite dangerous and will attempt to attack anything that invades their territory. They can use many moves which involve slashing, such as Slash, Cross Poison, and X-Scissor, which makes them quite deadly.
Habitat
Parasect can often be found in caves, since sunlight and dry air hurt their skin. They can also thrive in dank forests with a suitable amount of humidity, where conditions are ideal for fungi. It is most common in Kanto, but can be found almost anywhere Paras can be found.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Parasect first featured in The Problem with Paras under the ownership of Cassandra as a very weak Paras. Cassandra needed it to evolve into a Parasect so she can use the giant mushroom to aid in her medical research. After it battled with Ash's Pokémon (albeit, all of them except his disobedient Charmeleon not trying at all), and a battle with Team Rocket, Paras evolved.
Minor appearances
In Hocus Pokémon, Lily needed Stun Spore from a Parasect to complete a spell.
Officer Jenny uses a Parasect in Gulpin it Down.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc of Pokémon Adventures, Crystal uses a Parasect extensively in her Pokémon capturing, using its Spore attack to put targets to sleep. Her Parasect is seen to be capable of increasing the radius of its Spore attack to at least 3 km. In Volume 11, the origin of Crystal's Parasect is revealed: it, along with Crystal's Natu, Hitmonchan, and Cubone, were wild Pokémon living in Mt. Mortar and had fought with a local Arcanine that had gone berserk from a severe eye injury. Parasect was able to create medicinal spores to help Arcanine heal and Crystal recover from her fractured arms. In Volume 13, Crystal reveals yet another ability of Parasect: it is able to use the powder attacks it possesses to combine into a wider range of spores, including one for corroding metals.
In the TCG
- Main article: Parasect (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Pinball | Evolve Paras |
Pokémon Trozei! | Endless Level 53 Endless Level 63 Forever Level 3 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Evolve Paras |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Mt. Horn (1F-7F) |
Pokémon Ranger | Krokka Tunnel |
Pokémon Rumble | Silent Forest |
Pokémon Rumble Blast | Treetops: Soothing Shore |
Held items
Game | Held Item(s) | ||
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Red* | Blue* | Gold Leaf (100%) | |
Yellow* | |||
Gold | Silver | Tinymushroom Tinymushroom (25%) | Big Mushroom (8%) |
Crystal | |||
FireRed | LeafGreen | Tinymushroom Tinymushroom (50%) | Big Mushroom (5%) |
HeartGold | SoulSilver | Tinymushroom Tinymushroom (50%) | Big Mushroom (5%) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 60
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120 - 167 | 230 - 324 | |
95
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90 - 161 | 175 - 317 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
60
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58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
30
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31 - 90 | 58 - 174 | |
Total: 405
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Agility | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 30 | |||||
Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Cross Poison | Poison | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Endure | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 15 | |||||
Leech Seed | Grass | Special | — | 90% | 10 | |||||
Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 | 95% | 35 | |||||
Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 15 | |||||
Psybeam | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85% | 40 | |||||
Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring. | |||||||||||||
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By a prior evolution
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Stage | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior Evolutions. | ||||||||||
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Anime-only moves
Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger
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Evolution
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Level 24 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Parasect's Pokédex entry for Pokémon Stadium connects the Pokémon world with the real world, noting that its spores are sometimes used as medicine in China.
- Parasect and Paras are the only Pokémon in the game to take more than 4 times as much damage from any one type of attack under normal battle conditions (if they have the ability Dry Skin, they both take 5× damage from Template:Type2 attacks).
- In Generation I, Poison-type attacks are super effective against Bug-type Pokémon, making Parasect and Paras the only Pokémon to have ever had three 4× weaknesses, as well as a 4× weakness to Poison.
- No other Pokémon has the same egg group combination as Parasect and its pre-evolution.
- Parasect is one of the few Pokémon not in the Sinnoh Pokédex that has different Pokédex entries in Diamond and Pearl.
- Parasect and its pre-evolved form, Paras, share their species name with Shroomish, Breloom, Foongus and Amoonguss. They are all known as Mushroom Pokémon.
- These are also the only Pokémon that can have the ability Effect Spore without having come from the Dream World.
Origin
There are many forms of fungus that grow on insects, any one of which could have inspired Parasect's design, like the Entomophthora muscae, which grows on the back of the common housefly. Its base insect is a distorted version of what is probably a cicada nymph, the parasetic fungi having caused a form of neoteny.
Name origin
Parasect's name could be a combination of "parasite" and "insect", referring to the parasitic mushroom on this insect's back. Alternatively, it could be a combination of "parasite" and "sect", which is the Latin word for cut.
In other languages
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Notes
External links
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