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Kricketot is a large cricket-like Pokémon with a musical voice. It is able to stand on its hind legs and walk using its two short, strong back legs. Kricketot is mainly red in color, with a white collar-like feature across its neck and a white streak down the front of its body. It has two black antennae that are similar to a mustache.
Gender differences
A female has a bigger collar than a male.
Special abilities
They are able to create a xylophonic sound by shaking their head and rubbing their antennae together, which they use to communicate.
Behavior
Habitat
Unlike its evolved form, Kricketune, Kricketot cannot be found during the mid-day to afternoon. It usually lives on trees.
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Kricketot is less common in the wild than its evolved form, Kricketune: it cannot be found during the day, while Kricketune can.
Origin
Kricketot is based on a cricket and a music conductor.
Name origin
Kricketot is a from a corruption of cricket and tot. Korobōshi's name is derived from kuroboshi tsutsuhamushi, the black-spotted leaf beetle, or 蟋蟀 koorogi, cricket, and 黒星 kuroboshi, black-spot.
In other languages
German: Zirpurze - An extension of zirpen (to chirp).
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