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Cottonee is a white, circular Pokémon, with white, puffy sections on the top of its head and its underside. Behind it is a green, star shaped section similar to the area where a plant connects to its produce. It has orange, oval-shaped eyes, and furled, notched leaves on the sides of its body.
Cottonee travel on wind in groups during times of mating. Cottonee are usually very friendly and are often seen helping each other out.
Habitat
Cottonee is blown around by the wind because of its lightweight composition. The only circumstance in which it cannot be blown by wind is when it has been soaked by rain, which weighs it down and makes it soggy. Afterwards, this Pokémon will stay under a tree until it dries, so that it may be blown by the wind again.
A group of Cottonee made their debut in Cottonee in Love!.
A male one chased after a female it liked. When he got rejected by her because he was beaten by her easily, Ash, Iris, and Cilan helped it become stronger, to be able to impress her.
Cottonee, the Cotton Puff Pokémon. Cottonee shoots cotton to distract its opponent when attacked, and travels around wherever the blowing wind carries it.
In the manga
Cottonee in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Hiker named Andy uses a Cottonee during his Triple Battle with Black. However, it was defeated after Andy became dehydrated. It was revealed that after many losses, Andy's Cottonee was training to overcome its weakness to Fire-types.
Cottonee and its evolution are the only Pokémon that can have the Infiltrator Ability without it being their Hidden Ability.
While a few other Pokémon had their front sprite altered between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, Cottonee's front sprite underwent significantly larger changes than any other.
Origin
Cottonee is based on a ball of cotton, though the way it lets the wind move it is similar to dandelion seeds and clouds. Cottonee also has the appearance of a sheep head.
Name origin
Cottonee may be a corruption of cottony or cottonweed or a combination of cotton and wee (small).
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.