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Farfetch'd resemble brown, cartoon-like Mallard ducks, but Farfetch'd is always brown regardless of gender. It has a large head in proportion to its body, it has a yellow beak, and it bears a black plumage on its forehead that resembles eyebrows. Its body and head are primarily brown in coloration and it has a white underbelly. It has wings as big as its body which appear to be prehensile enough to work like hands, and it always holds a leek in one of these wings. It also has yellow legs with webbed feet.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Its wings are a bit more versatile than most birds' as their feathers can be used as "fingers," allowing it to carry a leek, or spring onion. The leeks they carry can be used as a weapon, allowing them to use moves like Night Slash, Poison Jab, Fury Cutter, and Leaf Blade.
Behavior
Farfetch'd are always seen carrying a leek stalk, or spring onion. They carry it in their wings, sometimes choosing to hold it in their beaks instead and holding it in their feet when flying. Farfetch'd cannot live without their stick for unknown reasons, and will defend their stick with their life. The stick is also known to be used as nesting material and as a weapon. In case of an emergency situation where the Farfetch'd is starving, it will eat its own stick and hurry off to find a new one.
They are known to be picky in the kinds of sticks they accept. Farfetch'd have been known to fight each other over one 'good' stalk.
Farfetch'd are found in grasslands, but it always has to be near water. Farfetch'd are also very good swimmers and are often found swimming in ponds. Farfetch'd are quite rare and are normally caught in Johto, although have been sighted in Kanto, Sinnoh and Unova.
A Farfetch'd appeared in A Farfetch'd Tale under the ownership of Sylvester, a Trainer who was trying to learn to make Charcoal by using Farfetch'd's Cut attack.
Minor appearances
In A Way Off, Day Off, Farfetch'd lived on a deserted island which is the home of many different fruit trees.
Gold, Silver, and Crystal: The charcoal makers of Azalea Town own a Farfetch'd. However, it won't listen to the apprentice and runs off in the Ilex Forest. Herding it back to him earns the player an HM01 (Cut).
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Farfetch'd is always seen with a stick from a plant of some sort. Apparently, there are good sticks and bad sticks. This Pokémon has been known to fight with others over sticks.
It is always seen with a stick from a plant. Apparently, there are good sticks and bad sticks. This Pokémon occasionally fights with others over choice sticks.
Farfetch'd is the only non-glitch Pokémon with an apostrophe in its name.
Farfetch'd is so far the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 352.
According to the anime, Farfetch'd are rare because of over-hunting them for food. This means Farfetch'd is one of the few Pokémon confirmed to be used for food.
Farfetch'd's origin might have come from a certain Japanese saying: 鴨が葱を背負って来る, literally translating to 'a duck comes bearing green onions'. As a saying, it means 'something surprising but convenient'. The phrase can be shortened simply to 鴨葱.
Name origin
Farfetch'd is derived from far-fetched, meaning unbelievable. It could also refer to the game of fetch, which animals play using objects.
Kamonegi is a combination of 鴨 kamo (wild duck) and 葱 negi (spring onion). Additionally, 鴨葱 kamonegi is an abbreviation of the proverb 鴨が葱をしょって来る ("a duck comes bearing green onions"), which means 'something surprising but convenient'.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
カモネギ Kamonegi
From 鴨 kamo and 葱 negi. Additionally, 鴨葱 kamonegi is an abbreviation of the proverb 鴨が葱をしょって来る.
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