Diglett (Pokémon)
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Diglett (Japanese: ディグダ Digda) is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Dugtrio starting at level 26.
In Alola, Diglett has a regional variant that is Ground/Steel. It evolves into Alolan Dugtrio starting at level 26.
Biology
Diglett is a tiny, brown Pokémon that seems to be perpetually buried within the earth, leaving only its head visible. Its small stature makes it both the lightest and shortest Ground-type. It has beady black eyes and a large, round, pink nose. A Diglett in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team mentions that it has feet, though their size and appearance are unknown. It spends much of its time underground and has very thin skin. If Diglett is exposed to sunlight, its blood will heat up and cause it to grow weak.
Diglett lives in tunnels and caves under the earth, where it feeds on tree roots and vegetables. It also sometimes lives in burrows near forests and has even been shown to live inside of trees. Diglett digs regularly through the earth at a shallow depth, leaving perfectly tilled soil in its wake. Some farmers welcome Diglett because it tills their fields and its droppings enrich the soil, but others consider it a pest for eating their vegetables. For a brief time, Fissure was its signature move.
In a Alola, Diglett has developed three fine gold whiskers on its head from living in soil with high iron content. These whiskers function as sensors and allow it to monitor its surroundings without coming above ground, though it will still occasionally poke its head out to monitor its surroundings. The whiskers can also be used for communication, wobbling around to relay mood or emotion. They stand straight up for anger, swing around for happiness, and droop for sadness.[1] Needing to be able to dig through Alola's volcanic rock, Alolan Diglett is notably stronger than its non-Alolan counterparts. However, they are still very small, tying with Klefki and Meltan as the shortest Steel-type.
In the anime
Major appearances
Multiple Diglett debuted in Dig Those Diglett!. They were causing trouble for a construction crew that was planning on building the Gaiva Dam. The foreman enlisted Trainers to help exterminate the Diglett. However, the Trainers' Pokémon refused to fight them because they were helping to plant trees in the forest.
Multiple Diglett appeared in The Underground Round-Up, under the ownership of Diglett rancher Poncho, who was on assignment on Hamlin Island. He used them to dig tunnels underneath an Electrode-infested town. The tunnels sent the Electrode to an open field where they'd live in peace. Poncho also had a Diglett inside his hat.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Plant It Now...Diglett Later, where they were helping Diglett Village's citizens with planting crops. They were also the apparent target of some thieves.
A Diglett appeared in The Green Guardian, where Solana used her Capture Styler to receive its assistance in building an underground tunnel that Ash and his friends could use to bypass vines and get to Celebi.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness as members of the Wigglytuff's Guild. They sound the alarm whenever intruders step into the Guild.
Three Diglett appeared in Making Friends and Influencing Villains!, where they were among a group of Pokémon that helped befriend a Shiny Phantump.
An Alolan Diglett appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!, where it was caught by DJ Leo. It appeared again in The Professors' New Adventure!, attending the wedding of Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet with DJ Leo.
Three Alolan Diglett appeared in Currying Favor and Flavor!. One created a pit that Ash fell into, then chased the group out of its tunnel.
Minor appearances
A Diglett appeared in Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.
A Diglett briefly appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion.
A Diglett appeared in Pallet Party Panic as one of the Pokémon at a party in Pallet Town.
A pink Diglett appeared in In the Pink as a resident of Pinkan Island.
Multiple Diglett appeared in The Power of One, where they inadvertently carried Professor Oak's bike away whilst migrating to Shamouti Island.
Multiple wild Diglett appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
Multiple Diglett appeared in The Rivalry Revival, where they were among the Pokémon living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Tanks a Lot!, where they were forced to flee from Team Rocket's rampaging Arbotank.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Going Apricorn!, where they were protecting an Apricorn tree from Team Rocket.
A Diglett appeared in Pikachu & Pichu as a resident of Big Town.
Two Diglett appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
Multiple Diglett appeared in the opening intro of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was reused for Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
A Diglett appeared in a fantasy in Gone Corphishin'.
Three Diglett appeared in Pinch Healing! as some of the Pokémon living at Fennel Valley.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Steeling Peace of Mind!.
A Diglett is owned by one of the students of Snowpoint Trainers' School in Classroom Training!.
A group of Diglett appeared in A Rivalry to Gible On! as residents of Mt. Shady.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade as some of the Pokémon watching Meloetta's concert.
Two Diglett appeared in The Dream Continues!.
Two Diglett appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
Multiple Diglett appeared in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.
A Diglett appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad. It was among the Pokémon residing in a forest.
A Diglett appeared in A Watershed Moment! in a flashback.
An Alolan Diglett debuted in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!, where it was seen in the grounds outside the Pokémon School.
Multiple Diglett appeared in I Choose You!.
An Alolan Diglett appeared in The Long Vault Home!. It popped up out of the ground as Ash was about to jump, causing him to trip and crash into a Stakataka.
Multiple Alolan Diglett appeared in Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball!.
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In the manga
In the movie adaptations
A Diglett appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Diglett makes a cameo in Raging Rhydon as a wild Pokémon in Mt. Moon.
Red owns a Diglett that he caught off-screen in A Tale of Ninetales. He uses him against a wild Eevee in Blame It on Eevee, but he was quickly defeated when Eevee evolved into Vaporeon.
A group of wild Diglett appeared in Can You Diglett?, where they were seen crossing the tunnel Bruno's Onix made when he battled Red. Afterwards, some of them then evolved into Dugtrio.
A Diglett is seen as one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City in Slugging It Out With Slugma.
Pearl owns a Diglett called Digler that was caught to fill his team with six Pokémon. He first appeared in Cleaning Up Grimer.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Diglett participated in a baseball match in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!.
A Diglett is seen with Red during the curry cooking competition that went on in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious?.
Giovanni was shown to have seven Diglett. He sent them out to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV.
Many Diglett have made minor appearances during Red's travels.
In the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga
Ruby has a Diglett at his house as seen in Something Happened!! Let's Go After Pikachu!!.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shū has a Diglett in Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All.
In the TCG
- Main article: Diglett (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: Numerous Diglett appear in a bonus stage accessible from the Red Table, where the aim is to knock all the Diglett out. Once achieved a Dugtrio appears which must then be knocked out. More Diglett appear on the Red Table itself and earn the player points upon being hit.
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: The third story mission of the game is to rescue a Diglett from Mt. Steel. Afterwards, Diglett can be found near Pelipper Post Office. Diglett's hero is its father, Dugtrio, who it thinks can do anything.
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Diglett is one of the members of Wigglytuff Guild. His primary role is sentry duty, to examine visitors' footprints and say what Pokémon they are. Like in the first game, Diglett also has a father who it thinks can swim in the sea.
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In events
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SM | Pokémon Sun & Moon Alolan Diglett | Korean region | Online | 10 | May 2 to June 30, 2017 |
Held items
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Omega Ruby | Alpha Sapphire | Soft Sand (5%) |
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Stats
Base stats
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70 - 117 | 130 - 224 | |
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54 - 117 | 103 - 229 | |
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27 - 84 | 49 - 163 | |
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36 - 95 | 67 - 185 | |
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
95
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90 - 161 | 175 - 317 | |
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70 - 117 | 130 - 224 | |
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
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85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |
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- In addition, Diglett is immune to the move Telekinesis.
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- In addition, Alolan Diglett is immune to the move Telekinesis.
Learnset
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
By leveling up
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Sand Tomb | Diglett (EX Crystal Guardians 50) |
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Trivia
- In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Diglett was originally to use its Japanese name, "Digda", as its English name. This name was retained in the German localization of the games.
- Diglett and Alolan Diglett have the second lowest base HP of any Pokémon, after Shedinja.
- Diglett has the lowest base Defense of all Ground-type Pokémon.
- Alolan Diglett has the lowest base Defense of all Steel-type Pokémon.
- In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, after the first Mt. Steel mission, Diglett mentions having feet. It is mentioned again as being one of the seven mysteries of Pokémon in a letter, alongside Arbok's pattern changes and the inside of Forretress's shell.
- Due to being embedded in the ground, Diglett and Dugtrio have special interactions with certain mechanics in the Pokémon games.
- In the Pokéathlon, Diglett and Dugtrio are unable to jump. In Hurdle Dash they dig under hurdles instead of jumping them, in Lamp Jump they cannot move, and in Disc Catch they can only move but not jump to catch the discs.
- Since Generation V, when Diglett and Dugtrio are sent out, they merely fade onto the screen instead of dropping down like all other Pokémon.
- In the Poké Transfer, Diglett and Dugtrio run between bushes rather than jump.
- On the "Compare" screen of Pokémon X and Y's Pokédex, if the player taps the menu sprite of Diglett, Dugtrio, or Mega Gengar, the Flying-type Pokémon will give up and disperse before even trying to lift it.
- Diglett, Dugtrio, Sandygast, Palossand, and Mega Gengar are immune to Telekinesis.
- If a Z-Move animation, such as Supersonic Skystrike, results in showing Diglett or Dugtrio in the air, it is shown still embedded in the ground.
- Diglett and its evolved form share their category with Drilbur. They are all known as the Mole Pokémon.
- In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, if Diglett is the player's partner Pokémon, and the player goes to the Pokémon Center, Diglett jumps to its Poké Ball to be healed.
- In the anime, Gary claims Diglett is able to pull its head underground at faster than the speed of light. In the English dub, this is changed to simply at the speed of light.
- Diglett is listed in Pokémon Stadium as having Acid as a valid move, despite not being able to learn the move.[2]
- Diglett was designed by Shigeki Morimoto.[citation needed]
Origin
Diglett appears to be very similar to the artificial moles used in Whac-A-Mole arcade games, as referenced by its full health phrase in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team. There is also some similarity to worms.
Alolan Digett's hair may be based on Pele's hair, a thin volcanic glass formed near Hawaiian volcanoes.
Name origin
Diglett may be a combination of dig and singlet. -let is a diminutive suffix denoting small size.
Digda refers to the word dig.
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