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Stunky are small mammalian Pokémon that are dark purple with a white stripe running down their backs. Their faces have feline-like features including the ears that may relate to skunks being called polecats.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
It protects itself by spraying a foul smelling liquid from its hindquarters which lasts for twenty-four hours. This is a defensive tactic and not an actual attack which means it cannot be deflected.
Behavior
If threatened, they use their smell to deter would-be attackers. It is shown in A Secret Sphere of Influence! that Stunky does a handstand before and when it sprays like a spotted skunk.
Despite being based on a striped species of skunk, Stunky sprays from a handstand like a spotted skunk, as seen in the episode The Secret Sphere of Influence.
It is based on a skunk, likely a hog-nosed skunk. It also bears resemblance to a cat of some sort, which is fitting as baby skunks are called kits or kittens.
Name origin
Stunky's name comes from the words skunk or "stunk" and stinky. Skunpoo's name comes from the words skunk and pyoo, which is what someone says when something stinks.
In other languages
German: Skunkapuh - From skunk and puh! ("whew!"; exclamation when smelling a disgusting scent).
French: Moufouette - From moufette (striped skunk) and fouetter, slang for "to stink".
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.