Shroomish is a small Pokémon similar to a mushroom. It has beady black eyes and a half-triangle-shaped mouth. Its upper body is beige with frilled segments along the bottom and a small opening at the top. There are green spots marking its upper body, while its lower body is completely green. It has small, round feet and no visible arms or hands. When it senses danger, it shakes its body and scatters toxic spores from the top of its head. These spores can make trees and weeds wilt and cause whole body pain if inhaled. Shroomish lives in forests that are damp.During the day, it hides under fallen leaves in the shade. It eats composted soil in forests, which is made up of fallen, rotten leaves.
Major appearances
Shroomish appeared in Taming of the Shroomish. Ash and his friends saved a group of these Mushroom Pokémon from having the abandoned mansion they called home from being destroyed.
Several Shroomish that Team Rocket angered evolved into Breloom in A Shroomish Skirmish.
A group of Shroomish appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!.
Minor appearances
Shroomish first appeared in Johto Photo Finish.
Various Shroomish appeared in A Bite to Remember.
Another one appeared in A Meditite Fight.
A Shroomish appeared in Now That’s Flower Power! as a Pokémon in the Contest.
A Shroomish appeared in the opening of Jirachi: Wish Maker.
A Shroomish appeared in Win, Lose, or Drew! as a Pokémon in the Contest.
A Shroomish appeared in Hokey Poké Balls! along with a Nuzleaf.
Multiple Shroomish appeared in Destiny Deoxys.
A Shroomish also appeared in Clamperl of Wisdom under the ownership of Madeleine.
Two Shroomish appeared in The Ribbon Cup Caper at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
A group of Shroomish, Sentret, Furret, Altaria and Swablu helped Pokémon Ranger Jack Walker when he was a young boy in a blizzard as seen in a flashback in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of Sea.
A Coordinator's Shroomish was used in the Battle Stage of the Daybreak Contest along with a Slakoth in Playing the Performance Encore!.
Another Shroomish appeared in Keeping In Top Forme! where it was scared by Pikachu and Piplup and released a PoisonPowder.
Multiple Shroomish made a brief cameo in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Shroomish made a brief appearance in Coming Full-Festival Circle!.
Shroomish appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions as a few of the many local Pokémon who lives in Crown City. A few of them worked with the other Pokémon in surrounding Zorua in the park to attack him, angry at Zorua for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight broke out, the Shroomish, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed by Celebi.
A Shroomish appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.
A group of Shroomish also appeared in Genesect and the Legend Awakened at Pokémon Hills.
Pokédex entries
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AG009
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Shroomish
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Ash's Pokédex
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Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokémon. Shroomish is mild tempered and inhabits piles of rotting leaves inside of forests.
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Origin
Shroomish is based on a mushroom. Between its egg-like shape, its color scheme matching that of a Pokémon Egg almost exactly, and its evolved form's resemblance to certain dinosaurs, Shroomish may also have been based on a dinosaur egg.
Name origin
Shroomish is derived from mushroom and the suffix ish (almost like) or skirmish (Shroomish's evolved form is a Fighting-type Pokémon).
Kinococo is a combination of 茸 kinoko (mushrooms) and 子 ko (child).