Kakuna (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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[[File:Bandai Kakuna card.jpg|thumb|Kakuna's arms extended in [[Ken Sugimori]] artwork|100px]]
[[File:Bandai Kakuna card.jpg|thumb|Kakuna's arms extended in [[Ken Sugimori]] artwork|100px]]
* Kakuna shares its {{pkmn|category}} with {{p|Metapod}}, {{p|Silcoon}}, and {{p|Cascoon}}. They are all known as the Cocoon Pokémon.
* Kakuna shares its {{pkmn|category}} with {{p|Metapod}}, {{p|Silcoon}}, and {{p|Cascoon}}. They are all known as the Cocoon Pokémon.
** They also share the same [[base stat]] total, move learnset, [[Ability]], and EV yield.
** They also share the same [[Base stats|base stat]] total, move learnset, [[Ability]], and EV yield.
*** This ties them as the evolved Pokémon with the lowest base stat total.
*** This ties them as the evolved Pokémon with the lowest base stat total.
* Kakuna has the lowest base {{stat|Attack}} stat of all {{type|Poison}} Pokémon.
* Kakuna has the lowest base {{stat|Attack}} stat of all {{type|Poison}} Pokémon.
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===Origin===
===Origin===
Kakuna appears to be based on the {{wp|pupa|pupal stage}} of a {{wp|bee}} or {{wp|wasp}}. Its tendency to dangle from a thread (as seen in the {{pkmn|anime}} and some [[Spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off games]]) may be based on certain {{wp|parasitoid wasp}}s that build {{wp|Pupa#Cocoon|cocoons}}.  
Kakuna appears to be based on the {{wp|pupa|pupal stage}} of a {{wp|bee}} or {{wp|wasp}}. Its tendency to dangle from a thread (as seen in the {{pkmn|anime}} and some [[Spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off games]]) may also be based on certain {{wp|parasitoid wasp}}s that build {{wp|Pupa#Cocoon|cocoons}}.  


====Name origin====
====Name origin====
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