Pancham (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Pancham (disambiguation).

Pancham Playful Pokémon ヤンチャム Yancham #674 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Iron Fist or Mold Breaker Cacophony Cacophony Scrappy Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 220 (39.3%)
Breeding Egg Groups Field and Human-Like Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 2'00" 0.6 m Pancham 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 17.6 lbs. 8.0 kg Pancham 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 70	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Pancham 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F674.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   White	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Pancham (Japanese: ヤンチャム Yancham) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves into Pangoro starting at level 32 while the player has a Dark-type Pokémon in their party.

Biology

Pancham is a bipedal, mammalian Pokémon that resembles a young panda. Its head and short, puffy tail are white. It has a triangular black nose, rounded black ears, black circles around its eyes, and tufts of fur on top of its head and on each cheek. Its upper body and hind feet are black, while the lower body is a dark gray. Where the two colors meet the dark gray forms a three-pointed pattern on its chest. There are three digits on each paw and small, dark brown circular pads on the soles of its black hind paws. Pancham carries a small, green leaf in its mouth. There is no actual purpose behind this leaf, aside from an attempt to look cool.

Pancham looks up to Pangoro as a leader and tries to emulate its behavior. If Pancham makes a big mistake, Pangoro will take away its leaf. It tries to make itself look serious to its foes, but its glare is not intimidating enough. Despite its attempts to look frightening, it cannot help grinning if patted on the head. In the past, Parting Shot was its signature move.

In the anime

Pancham in the anime

Major appearances

Serena's Pancham

In Dreaming a Performer's Dream!, Serena caught a Pancham in Lagoon Town after he interrupted a Pokémon Showcase there.

Other

Two Pancham debuted in The Bamboozling Forest!, where they caused some trouble for Ash and his friends. They and a Pangoro that was their guardian later became embroiled in Team Rocket's latest scheme.

A Pancham appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, under the ownership of Myron. James, who was disguised as Ash, and Inkay, who was disguised as Pikachu, used Psybeam on Pancham as part of their plot.

Minor appearances

A Pancham appeared in Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain, where it and a Pangoro were stuck in a log. They were eventually freed when Pangoro aided Diancie during an attack by a group of Ariados.

A silhouette of a Pancham appeared in Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.

A Trainer's Pancham appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

Three Trainers' Pancham appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where they among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

A Pancham appeared in SM121 as one of the customers at Oranguru's Café.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry XY011 Pancham Serena's Pokédex Pancham, the Playful Pokémon. Though it tries to look tough, Pancham has trouble being taken seriously by opponents.

In the manga

Pancham in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Pancham appeared with its Trainer, a female Preschooler, at the Mini-game Corner in the X & Y arc.

A Trainer's Pancham appeared in PASM19.

In the TCG

Main article: Pancham (TCG)

Other appearances

Detective Pikachu

Multiple Pancham appeared in Detective Pikachu.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI Kalos Central #091 Hoenn #— X It does its best to be taken seriously by its enemies, but its glare is not sufficiently intimidating. Chewing on a leaf is its trademark. Y It does its level best to glare and pull a scary face, but it can't help grinning if anyone pats its head. Omega Ruby It does its best to be taken seriously by its enemies, but its glare is not sufficiently intimidating. Chewing on a leaf is its trademark. Alpha Sapphire It does its level best to glare and pull a scary face, but it can't help grinning if anyone pats its head.
Generation VII Alola SM: #220 Alola USUM: #284 Kanto #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎. Sun It grows up imitating the behavior of Pangoro, which it looks up to as a leader. Moon There's no point to the leaf in its mouth, aside from an effort to look cool. It's mischievous, so it's not well suited to inexperienced Trainers. Ultra Sun It follows Pangoro around like a henchman. When Pancham makes a big mistake, its leaf gets taken away. Ultra Moon It's desperate to intimidate its opponents. Be nice and pretend to be scared if you catch it glaring at you intensely.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Route 5, Friend Safari (Fighting) Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Trade, Event
Generation VII Sun Moon Routes 10, 11, and 17 Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Routes 10 and 11

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI Battle Trozei Blade-and-Shield Path: Stage 1 Shuffle Wacky Workshop: Stage 163 Prasino Woods: Stage 561 Rumble World Fairy Land: Guardian's Peak (All Areas), Origin Hideaway: Old-Growth Woods (All Areas) Picross Area 02: Stage 02

In events

Games	Event	Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
XYORAS	7-Eleven Serena's Pancham	Japanese region	Online	30	July 18 to September 30, 2015
XYORAS	Pokémon Center Serena's Pancham	Japanese region	Nintendo Network	30	August 17 to 23, 2015

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
X	Y	Mental Herb (5%)
Sun	Moon	Mental Herb (5%)
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Mental Herb (5%)
Events*		Black Glasses (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 67		127 - 174	244 - 338
Attack: 82		78 - 147	152 - 289
Defense: 62		60 - 125	116 - 245
Sp. Atk: 46		45 - 107	87 - 210
Sp. Def: 48		47 - 110	90 - 214
Speed: 43		43 - 104	81 - 203
Total: 348	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VII Other generations: VI - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 011 Leer Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 077 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical 01515 100100% 20 1010 Work Up Normal Status 0000— ——% 30 1212 Karate Chop Fighting Physical 05050 100100% 25 1515 Comet Punch Normal Physical 01818 08585% 15 2020 Slash Normal Physical 07070 100100% 20 2525 Circle Throw Fighting Physical 06060 09090% 10 2727 Vital Throw Fighting Physical 07070 ——% 10 3333 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100100% 15 3939 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100100% 15 4242 Entrainment Normal Status 0000— 100100% 15 4545 Parting Shot Dark Status 0000— 100100% 20 4848 Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical 08585 09090% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pancham Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pancham

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 TM01 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM05 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM08 TM08 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM36 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM47 TM47 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM49 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 04040 100}}100% 15 TM54 TM54 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM66 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM75 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM94 TM94 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM97 TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pancham Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pancham

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: VI - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15 Me First Normal Status — —% 20 Power Trip Dark Physical 20 100% 10 Quash Dark Status — 100% 15 Quick Guard Fighting Status — —% 15 Storm Throw Fighting Physical 60 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pancham in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Pancham in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pancham Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pancham

By tutoring

Generation VII Other generations: VI - VIII - IX

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  S M US UM Block Normal Status — —% 5 S M US UM Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 S M US UM Drain Punch Fighting Physical 75 100% 10 S M US UM Dual Chop Dragon Physical 40 90% 15 S M US UM Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 S M US UM Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100% 15 S M US UM Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100% 20 S M US UM Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15 S M US UM Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80% 5 S M US UM Helping Hand Normal Status — —% 20 S M US UM Hyper Voice Normal Special 90 100% 10 S M US UM Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100% 15 S M US UM Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15 S M US UM Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 S M US UM Low Kick Fighting Physical — 100% 20 S M US UM Snatch Dark Status — —% 10 S M US UM Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15 S M US UM Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 S M US UM Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 S M US UM Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100% 15 S M US UM Uproar Normal Special 90 100% 10 S M US UM Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90% 15

A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Pancham can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Pancham cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pancham Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pancham

Side game data

Pokémon Battle Trozei Fighting Attack Power: ★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle Fighting Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #275 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type.

Evolution

Unevolved Pancham  Fighting

+ Level 32 with a Dark type in the party →

First evolution Pangoro  Fighting  Dark

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Pancham images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Pancham is one of only two Pokémon whose ability to evolve depends on having another Pokémon in the party, the other being Mantyke, who can only evolve when a Remoraid is present in the party. Pancham can evolve if a non-Dark-type Pokémon evolves into a Dark-type Pokémon, such as Eevee to Umbreon, but only if it is in a party position before Pancham (i.e. Pancham evolves last). Pokémon that can become Dark-type only while in battle (due to Mega Evolution, or a type-changing move or Ability) cannot cause Pancham to evolve.
• Pancham shares its category with Monferno. They are both known as the Playful Pokémon.

Origin

Pancham is based on a giant panda cub. Its Shiny coloration could be a reference to the Qinling panda, whose coloring tends to be more brown than black.

Name origin

Pancham may be a combination of panda, punch and champion.

Yancham may come from やんちゃ yancha (naughty) and champion.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヤンチャム Yancham From やんちゃ yancha and champion French Pandespiègle From panda and espiègle Spanish Pancham Same as English name German Pam-Pam From panda and bam Italian Pancham Same as English name Korean 판짱 Panjjang From panda and 짱 jjang Mandarin Chinese 頑皮熊貓 Wánpíxióngmāo From 頑皮 wánpí and 熊貓 xióngmāo Cantonese Chinese 頑皮熊貓 Wàahnpèihhùhngmāau From 頑皮 wàahnpèih and 熊貓 hùhngmāau

More languages Hindi पेनचम Pancham Transcription of English name Russian Панчам Pancham Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Serena's Pancham
• Students (Super Mystery Dungeon)

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