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Chatot is a parakeet-like Pokémon that has a black-colored head similar to an eighth note as well as a tail like a metronome, also black in coloration. It is brightly colored with blue wings, a pink beak and eyelids, a yellow "bib" and talons, and a green stomach. It also possess a white collar similar to a ruff.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Chatot can send damaging sound waves at the foe using human words it has learned.
Chatot often copy human speech. It mimics the cries of other Pokémon to trick them into thinking it's one of them; in this way they will not attack it.
Habitat
Chatot are found in wooded grassland and thick forest, preferably with much rain.
Chatot, the Music Pokémon. It copies whatever sounds it hears and arranges them into its own melody. (Note: Chatot's actual classification is the Music Note Pokémon, not the Music Pokémon, as stated by May's Pokédex.)
In Pokémon Adventures, Pearl owns a Chatot nicknamed Chatler who often smacks Diamond's Munchlax on the head. It, like a parrot, is able to perfectly mimic human speech, which it makes a habit of (but like parrots, cannot understand what it says).
Chatot's English name was revealed on December 17, 2006.
Prior to the release of Diamond and Pearl, Chatot was believed to be the first naturally pure Flying-type Pokémon.
Chatot is the only Pokémon whose cry is not altered when it faints or is sent out with a status condition.
Chatot is widely considered to be a novelty Pokémon, due to it being comparatively weaker when compared to other Flying types and whose inclusion in the game simply seems to make use of the Nintendo DS microphone for its Chatter attack.
Despite a significantly higher Special Attack and Speed stat, Chatot awards EV points in Attack.
In Generation IV, a person in Eterna City will trade a Chatot in return for a Buizel, and the Chatot's nickname is Charap, a mixture of the English and Japanese versions of its name.
Chatot is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 411.
Chatot is the only non-legendary Pokémon, barring Phione, to be banned from Generation V's Global Battle Union, likely owing to complications caused by Chatter.
Origin
Chatot closely resembles a Masked Lovebird, a kind of small parrot. It also resembles a small version of a Blue-and-Yellow Macaw. Its head looks like an eighth note, and its tail resembles a metronome. Additionally, its white neck feathers resemble a collar.
Perap may be a combination of parrot and rap. It may also derive from ぺらぺら perapera, which can mean "fluent in languages" but also "blah blah blah", referring to how incessantly some parrots will talk and chatter.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
ペラップ Perap
Possibly from parrot and rap. May also derive from ぺらぺら perapera, which can mean "fluent in languages" but also "blah blah blah", referring to how incessantly some parrots will talk and chatter.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.