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Farfetch'd resemble ducks. They have glossy brown plumage with a small crest. It also bears black plumage on its forehead that resembles eyebrows.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Its wings are a bit more versatile than most birds' as their feathers can be used as "fingers", allowing it to carry a leek, or spring onion.
Behavior
Farfetch'd are always seen carrying a leek stalk, or spring onion. They carry it in their wings and sometimes choose to hold it in their beaks instead. Farfetch'd cannot live without its stick for unknown reasons, and will defend their stick with their life. The stick is also known to be used as nesting material and as a weapon. In case of an emergency situation where the Farfetch'd is starving, it will eat its own stick and hurry off to find a new one.
They are known to be picky in the kinds of sticks they accept. Farfetch'd have been known to fight each other over one 'good' stalk.
Gold, Silver, and Crystal: The charcoal makers of Azalea Town own a Farfetch'd. However, it won't listen to the apprentice and runs off in the Ilex Forest. Herding it back to him earns the player an HM01 (Cut).
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Farfetch'd is always seen with a stick from a plant of some sort. Apparently, there are good sticks and bad sticks. This Pokémon has been known to fight with others over sticks.
Farfetch'd is always seen with a stick from a plant of some sort. Apparently, there are good sticks and bad sticks. This Pokémon has been known to fight with others over sticks.
It is always seen with a stick from a plant. Apparently, there are good sticks and bad sticks. This Pokémon occasionally fights with others over choice sticks.
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Only the Generation IV and Red/Green frontal sprites show Farfetch'd holding its stick in its wing. The other frontal sprites show it holding its stick in its beak.
Farfetch'd can learn Fury Cutter by level up in Generation III, but it is incompatible with the Generation III move tutor that teaches the same move. It can, however, learn it through a move tutor in Platinum.
Farfetch'd is the only Pokémon with an apostrophe in its name.
Farfetch'd is so far the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 352.
Despite the fact that Farfetch'd uses a plant stem as a sword, it can't learn Leaf Blade.
According to the anime, Farfetch'd are rare because of over hunting them for food. Counting Miltank's milk and Tropius's fruit, Farfetch'd is one of the few Pokémon confirmed to be used in some way for food.
Origin
Farfetch'd's origin might come from legends of a duck that carries a leek coming to lost and starving travelers in forests, offering itself to be eaten.
Name origin
Farfetch'd's name comes from the word farfetched, which means unbelievable. It could also refer to the game of fetch, which animals play using sticks. Its Japanese name is a combination of 鴨 kamo, wild duck, and 葱 negi, spring onion. Additionally, 鴨葱 kamonegi is an abbreviation of 鴨が葱をしょって来る, a duck comes bearing spring onions.
In other languages
German: Porenta - A combination of Porree (leek)and Ente (duck).
French: Canarticho - From canard (duck) and artichau (artichoke), a reference to the vegetable in its hand.
Korean: 파오리 Paori - From "파" (pa, onion/scallion) and "오리" (ori, duck).
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.