Munna is a mainly pink quadruped Pokémon of indefinable basis, somewhat resembling tapirs or pigs. Its body is rounded and stubby-limbed, giving it a lump-like appearance, with pink-and-purple floral patterns along the back and underside. It has oval red eyes and what appear to be two eyelashes on top, with a pink oval on the upper side of its curving snout.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Munna is able to project the dreams it has eaten by turning them into Dream Mist. When Munna eats a dream, the person or Pokémon that had the dream will forget the dream's contents.
Behavior
Munna is constantly floating in the air. When it eats a happy dream, it is known to release a pink smoke.
Munna, the Dream Eater Pokémon. Munna can eat the dreams of people and Pokémon alike, and then project those dreams by emitting Dream Mist from its body.
Black once owned a Munna named Musha. Musha was able to eat Black's dreams, clearing his mind of distractions, allowing him to perceive things a normal human can't. As the series progressed, it turned out Musha was only following Black's orders because he enjoyed the taste of Black's dreams, and as the taste changed, Musha left Black.
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity: Munna is the leader of a gang that works for Kyurem to help eliminate any humans that come to the Pokémon world to stop the Glacial Body. At the beginning of the game, Munna is seen in a dream of the player as being chased by a Hydreigon and it is at first perceived by the player that the Munna is calling out for help. Munna later appears in the Dark Night Forest dungeon to set up a ruse to stop the player and partner Pokémon. It pretends to be scared and hurt behind a rock. Shortly afterwards, a Chandelure appears to light up the room and a bunch of enemies appear to surround Munna and the two Pokémon. The player Pokémon escapes, having realized that they left their partner behind, they realize that they have to press onward to the next dungeon by themselves. Munna and one of its hechmen Toxicroak are seen on top of Windhole Hill discussing about the partner Pokémon, who is shown to be trapped inside a cage. Munna leaves, leaving Toxicroak behind to supervise the cage. Suddenly, Toxicroak is attacked from out of nowhere. The player then appears and checks on the partner Pokémon in the cage only to realize there is now a crystal inside instead and is ambushed by Munna and its gang. Hydreigon appears and fires a bunch of Dragon Pulses. One of the shots accidentally fires onto the cage and leaves nothing but a big gaping hole. The player goes to check on their partner and Munna gets itself together from the attack and orders Salamence to chase after Hydreigon and the two fly off into the distance. The player finds their partner alive at the bottom of the hole realizing that there is a set of stairs that lead downward. They hastily escape but are ambushed once again by Munna and its gang. Hydreigon appears and grabs the player and partner and flies away, but not without being injured by Salamence who lunges at them. Later at the Glacier Palace, Munna is shown speaking to Kyurem via telepathy and is soon interrupted by Toxicroak, who tells it that Salamence and Chandelure were defeated by the player and partner. It appears along with its cohorts in one last attempt to defeat the player, partner, and their team members. After defeating them, the floor above starts to cave in and collapses, it and the player and partner Pokémon are separated by a big chasm from the rest of their respective teams. Munna is severely injured and is unable to continue, the player and partner head into the next dungeon while Munna's minions express their concern.
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Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
In Generations I and III, on Route 10, Picnicker Carol mentions that she wishes that there were pink Pokémon with floral patterns, a description of which Munna fits.
Furthermore, an employee at the Devon Corporation states that he wants to create a machine that can visually reproduce the dreams of Pokémon. Dream Mist, which is produced by Munna, can achieve this.
Despite its Black Pokédex entry stating that it always floats in the air, Munna does not have the Ability Levitate.
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. It also resembles a piggy bank.
Name origin
Munna may be a combination of moon, ムシャムシャ mushamusha (onomatopoeia for eating, as it eats dreams), or 夢想 musō (dream), and luna (Latin for moon), or 花 hana (flower).
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
ムンナ Munna
From moon, ムシャムシャ mushamusha, or 夢想 musō, and luna, or 花 hana
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