Brute Bonnet (Pokémon)

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Brute Bonnet (Japanese: アラブルタケ Araburutake) is a dual-type Grass/Dark Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

Brute Bonnet Paradox Pokémon アラブルタケ Araburutake #0986 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Dark Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Protosynthesis Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 50 (12.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Brute Bonnet 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 46.3 lbs. 21.0 kg Brute Bonnet 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 285	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Brute Bonnet 0 HP 3 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 {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   White	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Brute Bonnet is said to be an ancient relative of Amoonguss or a version of it from a parallel timeline.

Biology

Brute Bonnet is a mushroom-like Pokémon with large caps on its head and arms that resemble modern Poké Balls (despite being from the ancient past), pink lips with a jagged appearance, four stumpy brownish legs, and a tail; the cap on its head is spiked and has what seems to be green moss growing underneath it.

In an article from a June issue of Occulture magazine, it is described as a bizarre creature combining traits of dinosaurs with those of Amoonguss. It's named after a fierce mushroom creature of matching description that appears in the Scarlet Book. Its gigantic stature and seemingly low intelligence combine to make it a powerful and savage fighter.

According to AI Sada, Brute Bonnet is an ancient Pokémon related to Amoonguss. However, according to a version of Professor Sada that appeared at the Crystal Pool, Brute Bonnet is a counterpart of Amoonguss from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Brute Bonnet was brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Sada ten years ago. 200 years ago, Heath also encountered Brute Bonnet, as seen in the Scarlet Book, though it is unclear how it arrived there at the time.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Paldea #378 Kitakami #— Blueberry #— Lumiose #— Hyperspace #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Legends: Z-A. Scarlet It is possible that the creature listed as Brute Bonnet in a certain book could actually be this Pokémon. Violet It bears a slight resemblance to a Pokémon described in a dubious magazine as a cross between a dinosaur and a mushroom.

Brute Bonnet in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Area Zero Violet Union Circle Legends: Z-A Unobtainable

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SV	CoroCoro Brute Bonnet	All	Online	75	January 15 to March 14, 2024

Poké Portal News

Games	Event	Tera Type	Location	Level	Distribution period
S	Brute Bonnet and Iron Hands Spotlight	Random Poison	hide	75	March 22 to 24, 2024
S	Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant the Unrivaled	Random	hide	75	October 3 to 12, 2025

Held items

Games		Held items
Scarlet	Violet	Booster Energy (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 111		171 - 218	332 - 426
Attack: 127		118 - 196	233 - 388
Defense: 99		93 - 166	182 - 326
Sp. Atk: 79		75 - 144	146 - 282
Sp. Def: 99		93 - 166	182 - 326
Speed: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Total: 570	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 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Notes: If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Psychic-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

Brute Bonnet is available in Scarlet and Violet.

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Absorb Grass Special 02020 100100% 25 011 Growth Normal Status 0000— 00——% 20 011 Astonish Ghost Physical 03030 100100% 15 Rem.Rem. Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00——% 5 077 Stun Spore Grass Status 0000— 07575% 30 1414 Mega Drain Grass Special 04040 100100% 15 2121 Synthesis Grass Status 0000— 00——% 5 2828 Clear Smog Poison Special 05050 00——% 15 3535 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100100% 10 4242 Thrash Normal Physical 120120 100100% 10 4949 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100100% 10 5656 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 07070 100100% 5 6363 Spore Grass Status 0000— 100100% 15 7070 Ingrain Grass Status 0000— 00——% 20 7777 Rage Powder Bug Status 0000— 00——% 20 9191 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Brute Bonnet Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Brute Bonnet

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM045 TM045 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM131 TM131 Pollen Puff Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM167 TM167 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Brute Bonnet Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Brute Bonnet

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Brute Bonnet Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Brute Bonnet Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Brute Bonnet

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO0986.png Base HP: 244 Base Attack: 232 Base Defense: 190 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Evolution data

Unevolved Brute Bonnet  Grass  Dark

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

In the TCG

Main article: Brute Bonnet (TCG)

Trivia

• Brute Bonnet and the Toedscool line continue the trend of odd-numbered generations introducing Pokémon that appear to be based on fungi, with the Paras, Shroomish, Foongus, and Morelull lines before them.

Origin

Brute Bonnet is based on Amoonguss and a dinosaur. It may also be inspired by Syzygites megalocarpus, a parasitic mold that infects mushrooms. It being described as a cross between dinosaur and mushroom may be based on the FIMS (Fungal Infection Mammalian Selection) hypothesis, which considers that fungi contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs. According to the FIMS hypothesis, most of the flora dying out in the events of the K-Pg extinction led to a massive fungal bloom, provoking infections that dinosaurs and other reptiles would be less resistant to than mammals.

Name origin

Brute Bonnet is literally brute bonnet. The word bonnet may refer to both a type of hat and the common bonnet, a species of mushroom.

Araburutake can be taken literally as 荒ぶる茸 araburu take (savage mushroom).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese アラブルタケ Araburutake From 荒ぶる茸 araburu take French Fongus-Furie From fongus and furie Spanish Furioseta From furiosa and seta German Wutpilz From Wut and Pilz Italian Fungofurioso From fungo and furioso Korean 사나운버섯 Sanaunbeoseot From 사나운버섯 sanaun beoseot Mandarin Chinese 猛惡菇 / 猛恶菇 Měng'ègū From 猛惡 / 猛恶 měng'è and 菇 gū Cantonese Chinese 猛惡菇 Máahng'okgū From 猛惡 máahng'ok and 菇 gū

More languages Hindi क्रोधीश्रूम Krodhishroom From क्रोध krodh and mushroom Brazilian Portuguese Capuz Bruto From capuz and bruto Russian Свирепый Гриб Svirepyy Grib From свирепый svirepyy and гриб grib Thai เห็ดคลุ้มคลั่ง Hetkhlumkhlang From เห็ด het and คลุ้มคลั่ง khlumkhlang

Related articles

• Paradox Pokémon
• Scarlet Book

External links

Ancient Paradox Pokémon

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