Pecharunt is a small, mochi-looking Pokémon. It has two forms it takes during and outside of battle. The first form resembles an upside-down peach-colored dark pink. It has a black circle at the center with white frown-looking white eyes. The second form when it opened up revealed a dark purple body with a small light purple face two white eyes and a ribbon-shaped mouth. It has a white circle on its head with two dark purple circles-like eyelashes. It has a purple ponytail with a light pink end. The bottom has a horn with black paw-like symbols on each side. It has two small dark purple hearts for hands. The other shell becomes two floating arms. The inside of the shell is black with 5 light purple lines connecting to a bright circle with two horns from top to bottom.
Pecharunt feeds the toxic mochi it produces to other Pokémon and humans. The mochi draws out other's desires and potential abilities, but others who taste it become chained to its will and become controlled. It stores its poison in its peach-shaped shell. It is implied to be the creator and Trio Master of the Loyal Three, having transformed these three Pokémon using the Toxic Chains it creates. The trio follow Pecharunt loyally. It was with the trio when they encounter Ogerpon and its partner.
Pecharunt has the highest base Defense stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
Pecharunt is the only Mythical Pokémon to have its English name be different from its Japanese name.
Additionally, it is internally referred to as "dokutaro".
All of Pecharunt's base stats being 88 (except for its Defense) mirrors the Loyal Three's shared base HP stat of 88.
Origin
Pecharunt, together with Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti, and Ogerpon, may reference the Japanese folktale of Momotarō. The tale relates the titular Momotarō, a boy born from inside a peach, who traveled alongside a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant to fight a band of oni (a Japanese folkloric creature commonly equated to ogres in translations). Pecharunt appears to represent Momotarō himself. Its outer shell covering resembles a bisected peach or Pecha Berry, referencing how Momotarō was found as a baby inside a cut peach, also resembling a peach pit.
Name origin
Pecharunt may be a combination of peach, Pecha Berry and runt or petulant.
Momowarō may be a combination of 桃太郎 Momotarō, 桃 momo (peach), and 悪し waroshi (bad or inferior; the classical Japanese form of 悪い warui) or 和郎 warō (boy).
Dokutaro may be a combination of Doku (the Japanese word for poison) and Tarō (a Japanese full or part of a name meaning eldest son. Though most likely comes from Momotarō as well)
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
モモワロウ Momowarō
From 桃太郎 Momotarō, 桃 momo, 悪し waroshi, and 和郎 warō