Psyduck is a yellow Pokémon that resembles a duck or bipedal platypus. Three tufts of black hair grow on top of its head, and it has a wide, flat, cream-colored beak and vacant eyes. Its legs, arms, and tail are stubby and its webbed feet are cream-colored. There are three claws on both of its hands.
Psyduck is constantly stunned by its headache and is unable to think very clearly. It usually stands immobile, trying to calm its headache. However, when its headache becomes too severe, it releases tension in the form of strong psychic powers. The use of these powers produces brain waves identical to those seen in sleepers, and the Pokémon is unable to recall these episodes. Psyduck lives in freshwater lakes and small ponds, but can be seen in rivers in tropical areas as shown in Pokémon Snap.
In the main series
Major appearances
Misty has a Psyduck that she accidentally caught in Hypno's Naptime. It is a constant source of frustration for her, as it frequently emerges from its Poké Ball to attempt to battle the opponent in substitution of one of her other Pokémon. Regardless of this, she has been shown to deeply care for it. Despite being generally shown as dimwitted and oblivious, when its headache gets bad enough, it has been shown to use phenomenally powerful Psychic-type moves which far exceed its normal ability.
Other
In Bye Bye Psyduck, a girl named Marina owned a Psyduck that wasn't as dopey as the one Misty had.
In Sitting Psyduck, a Psyduck was owned by a rich girl named Emily. However, the Psyduck didn't like having a pampered life-style and kept running away.
Team Rocket used a Psyduck in their scheme in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!.
Nine Psyduck appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!; six parents and three babies. Three of the parents were blocking the path that Ash and his friends tried to pass on their way to Celestic Town. The Psyduck weren't able to return to their real home, Lake Psyduck, due to three Muk.
One also appeared in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.
Minor appearances
Two Psyduck were part of an exhibition in Flower Power.
A Psyduck appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.
A Psyduck appeared in Dueling Heroes and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Psyduck was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Psyduck appeared in Win, Lose, or Drew! as a Pokémon in the Contest.
A boy's Psyduck appeared in Once in a Mawile! when Samantha's Mawile fell in love with it.
Psyduck made a small appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon Darkrai hit with a Dark Void.
A Coordinator's Psyduck appeared in Dawn's Early Night! participating in a Double Performance along with a Duskull during the Hearthome Contest.
Dawn's Piplup spotted a Psyduck in Sleepless In Pre-Battle!.
A Psyduck appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!, Day Three Blockbusters!, Battling With a Clean Slate! and even in a flashback in Mega Evolution Special I and Garchomp's Mega Bond! at Professor Sycamore's lab.
Psyduck has made cameo appearances in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, Battling on Thin Ice!, Grooming Furfrou! and Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike! and A Fashionable Battle!.
Two Psyduck appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
A Psyduck appeared in A PokéVision of Things to Come!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name! participating in the Poké Puff Contest.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.
A Performer's Psyduck appeared in A Showcase Debut! participating in the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase. It reappeared in Performing with Fiery Charm!, Party Dancecapades!, Master Class is in Session!, and Performing a Pathway to the Future!.
A Psyduck appeared in Confronting the Darkness!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Battling at Full Volume!.
A Psyduck appeared in "Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel" as one of the Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau.
Two Psyduck appeared during a flashback in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!.
A Psyduck appeared in SM004.
Six Trainers' Psyduck appeared in SM006.
A Psyduck appeared in SM008.
A Psyduck appeared in SM009.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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EP027
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Psyduck
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Ash's Pokédex
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Psyduck, a Water Pokémon. Uses mysterious powers to perform various attacks. Psyduck constantly suffers from a headache.
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EP032
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Psyduck's attacks
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Ash's Pokédex
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Psyduck's attacks are: Number one: Tail Whip. Number two: Scratch. Number three: Disable. Number four: Confusion. When Psyduck's headache becomes severe, it uses amazing power.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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AG140
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Psyduck
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May's Pokédex
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Psyduck, the Duck Pokémon. Psyduck suffers frequent headaches and can exhibit mysterious attacks when they become especially intense.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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DP087
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Psyduck
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Psyduck, the Duck Pokémon. When a Psyduck's headache gets severe, it starts to exhibit odd powers.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red hooked a Psyduck in File 3: Giovanni and eventually caught it.
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
- Main article: Misty's Psyduck
Ash borrowed Misty's Psyduck in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling.
In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga
In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga, a Psyduck appears in Troubled Pokémon, Psyduck.
A Team Rocket Grunt was shown with a Psyduck.
In the movie adaptations
A Psyduck appears in The Rise of Darkrai where it was one of the Pokémon put to sleep by Darkrai.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Sigh for Psyduck, an undead Psyduck that had been brought back to life by Koga's Gastly appeared in the Pokémon Tower. It first appeared to Red like a normal Psyduck, until it attempted an assault on him: its eyeballs suddenly sunk into its eye sockets and some skin fell off, revealing its bones. Since it was just a mindless undead, it was easily destroyed by Red's Saur's Vine Whip attack.
Another Psyduck appeared as a silhouette when Green explained about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
Psyduck's first real appearance was in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1 where it was used by a Trainer in a surfing contest, before it was interrupted by Lance controlling the winning prize, a Dragonair.
A Psyduck is seen as one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City in Slugging It Out with Slugma.
A Psyduck later appeared in Suddenly Suicune III and Absolutely Azumarill where Crystal fails to catch it.
A Psyduck appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
The Battle Factory rented a Psyduck which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.
Mr. Foreman owns a Psyduck, nicknamed Yeller, which first appeared in Putting a Crimp in Kricketot.
A herd of Psyduck appeared in Suffering Psyduck, blocking the route to Celestic Town. However, included among them were Trainer Pokémon, and this was all a ruse by Team Galactic, which Cynthia catches on to shortly after calming them.
In the Pokémon Gold and Silver: The Golden Boys manga
A Psyduck appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
A Psyduck residing on Kigan Island appeared in GDZ36.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Green's Psyduck debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
Professor Oak was also shown with a Psyduck.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Satoshi has a Psyduck in the Pokémon Zensho manga.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Misty's Psyduck
Misty's Psyduck makes a small cameo in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure.