Sinistcha is a Pokémon made of matcha tea. As such, its main body is entirely green, except for its mouth and swirly eyes, which are yellow in color. Its arms are thin and its hands have three digits, and it has two small legs. It inhabits a 茶碗 chawan, a tea bowl used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The chawan it inhabits is black and white, with a crack near the top and a swirling, face-like pattern on its side. Atop its head, Sinistcha wears a 茶筅 chasen (a bamboo whisk used to prepare and stir matcha tea), which is broken and missing a few of its teeth. Despite appearances, Sinistcha is not biologically related to Polteageist.
Sinistcha lives in cool, dark areas such as the back of a shelf or beneath a house's floorboards. It pretends to be tea in order to trick people into drinking it, so it can absorb their life-force. However, this act is rarely successful. Sinistcha is generally active after sunset. In order to prepare itself for battle, Sinistcha builds up its energy by using the chasen on its head to stir itself.
Sinistcha is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Matcha Gotcha.
- Despite being an apparent counterpart of Polteageist, Sinistcha's name resembles that of Polteageist's pre-evolution, Sinistea.
- The Sinistcha and Polteageist families are the only ecologically similar Pokémon that share a type.
- Additionally, Sinistcha and Polteageist have similar evolution methods, as they both require being exposed to a specific item to evolve into a specific form of their evolved counterparts.
- Sinistcha and its pre-evolution are the only ecologically similar Pokémon to have multiple forms.
Origin
Sinistcha appears to be based on matcha tea that has been prepared into a drink in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Its design incorporates several utensils used in the aforementioned ceremony, namely the 茶碗 chawan (tea bowl) and 茶筅 chasen (tea whisk). The fact that Sinistcha resembles Polteageist may be a reference to convergent evolution or parallel evolution, which can lead to separate organisms independently developing similar or identical characteristics and body plans.
Name origin
Sinistcha may be a combination of sinister, Sinistea, and 抹茶 matcha.
Yabasocha may be a combination of やばい yabai (dangerous; terrible), ヤバチャ Yabacha (Sinistea), and 粗茶 socha (low grade tea, coarse tea).