Major appearances
Multiple Trapinch debuted in Beg, Burrow and Steal. The Trapinch of an area had dug a complex underground labyrinth. One researcher named Hal wanted to find a lake that he claimed to see when he was a little boy. When Ash, May, Brock, Max, Hal, another researcher named Elisa, and Team Rocket got lost in the labyrinth, they eventually found the underground lake Hal was talking about.
A Trapinch appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2). Solana used her Capture Styler on it and had it use Rock Tomb to trap J's client's henchmen's Pokémon that were attacking Dawn, Brock, and Officer Jenny's Pokémon.
A Trapinch appeared in A Rivalry to Gible On! as a resident of Mt. Shady. It used its Arena Trap to capture Ash while he and Khoury were trying to catch a Gible.
Minor appearances
A Coordinator's Trapinch appeared in Mean With Envy.
A Trapinch made a cameo in a visualization in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.
A Coordinator's Trapinch appeared in Deceit and Assist.
A Trapinch made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno, under the ownership of Noland. It was among the Pokémon residing at the Battle Factory.
A Coordinator's Trapinch appeared in The Saffron Con.
A Trapinch appeared in All Dressed Up with Somewhere To Go!. It was dressed up as a Turtwig.
A Trainer's Trapinch appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Trapinch appeared in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, where it was among the Pokémon playing in Lillie's garden. It appeared again in The Ol' Raise and Switch!.
A Trapinch appeared in Some Kind of Laziness!, where it ate an Oran Berry that slid into its pit in the Haina Desert.
A Trainer's Trapinch appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
Five Trainers' Trapinch appeared in Securing the Future!, where they joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trapinch appeared in Don't Ignore the Small Stufful! as one of the Pokémon staying at Aether Paradise.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Entry
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AG106
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Trapinch
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Ash's Pokédex
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Trapinch, the Ant Pit Pokémon. Trapinch dig cone-shaped holes in desert areas. Its large and powerful jaws are capable of crushing stones.
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- Trapinch is the only one in its evolutionary line to have a Hidden Ability.
- Trapinch has the lowest base Speed stat of all Ground-type Pokémon.
- Trapinch's base Attack stat is higher than its evolved form's and is the same as its final evolved form's. That may be a reference to the fact that antlion larvae are more aggressive and predatory than their adult stages.
- It has the highest base Attack stat of all Pokémon that can evolve twice.
Origin
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It is based on the larval stage of the antlion, which live in conical sandy pits before maturing into winged adults.
Name origin
Trapinch is a combination of trap (describing traps it uses to catch prey) and pinch (referring to its powerful jaws).
Nuckrar may be a contraction of nutcracker, referencing its nutcracker-like jaws. Nuckrar may also be a play on the word "knucker", a type of folkloric dragon which lives in a hole.