Biology
Munna is a pink, nearly spherical, quadruped Pokémon of indefinable basis. It has four tiny tapered limbs and a tapered snout that largely obscures its sizable mouth. It has shiny, oval, red eyes with two discernible upper eyelashes. Between its eyes is an oval spot in a darker shade of pink, from which Munna can expel Dream Mist. Purple, five petal flower markings with dark pink centers ornament much of its body. It is able to constantly float in the air.
Munna is able to eat the dreams of people and Pokémon, as well as project these dreams by expelling Dream Mist. A person whose dream was eaten by a Munna will forget the dream's contents. The Dream Mist will be pink if the dream was pleasant. However, Munna can also seek out and cure people and Pokémon who are having nightmares. Munna and its evolution are thought to share common ancestry with the Drowzee line according to one of Drowzee's Pokédex entries.
In the animeIn the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Musha
A Munna named Musha was the second Pokémon Black obtained. Musha was able to eat Black's dreams, clearing his mind of distractions, allowing him to perceive things a normal human can't. He first appeared in Choices.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Munna makes an appearance in Pocket Monsters BW.
In the TCGGame data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Unova BW: #023
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Unova B2W2: #086
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Black
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Munna always float in the air. People whose dreams are eaten by them forget what the dreams had been about.
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White
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It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
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Black 2
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This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Kalos #—
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Hoenn #—
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X
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This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
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Y
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It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
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Omega Ruby
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This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
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Alpha Sapphire
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It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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76
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136 - 183
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262 - 356
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25
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27 - 84
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49 - 163
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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67
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64 - 130
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125 - 256
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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24
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26 - 83
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47 - 161
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Total: 292
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Munna
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Munna
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Munna in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Munna in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Munna
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Munna can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Munna cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Munna
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Trivia
- In Generations I, III, and VII on Route 10, Picnicker Carol mentions that she wishes that there were pink Pokémon with floral patterns, a description of which Munna fits.
- An employee of the Devon Corporation says that he wants to create a machine that can visually reproduce the dreams of Pokémon. Dream Mist, which Munna produces, can achieve this.
- Munna is featured in the first promotional C-Gear skin. It is available by default in Japan, but requires a password internationally.
Origin
Munna appears to be based on traditional Japanese incense burners called koro. These are used in traditional tea ceremonies, but many styles of koro have been developed to be used with insect repellent incense. These insect repellent koro are popularly shaped like a pig and can have patterns painted on them, such as floral patterns. Munna, like Drowzee, also seems to share some inspiration from the myth of the baku, tapir-like creatures that eat dreams.
Name origin
Munna may be a combination of 夢 mu [on'yomi] (dream) and luna (Latin for moon) or 花 hana (flower). It may also involve ムシャムシャ mushamusha (onomatopoeia for eating, as it eats dreams), in line with the name of its evolved form, Musharna. Other possible references include Mana, which is mainly a concept for supernatural powers in many Pacific Islander cultures, and the Finnish muna (egg), as the Pokémon is egg-shaped. Its localized pronunciation, as featured in English media, suggests moon as a word of origin, and could thus be a combination of moon and one of the other examples ending with -na.
There is also a concept in Aikido called "Munen" or "Mushin" that roughly translates to "no-thought", where the conscious mind becomes instinctual and without being preoccupied by other thoughts. Instinct is a large part of what dreams are like, and given the names of its evolved form, Musharna, its name could be inspired by the name.
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