Biology
Carnivine with its mouth opened wide
Carnivine is a green Pokémon resembling a Venus flytrap. Its circular eyes have small pupils, and it has spiky teeth. Its stem is yellow with green spots, with red and green vines beneath with the appearance of tentacles. It can hang from tree branches using these vines, and it is said to look like a plant. It has two arms resembling leaves with three leafy 'fingers' each. Its mouth can open to about 180 degrees wide. With its mouth wide open, it attracts the prey it waits for with sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey. It lives in forests and marshes. Its diet consists mostly of insects and small bugs.
In the anime
Major appearances
James has a Carnivine that debuted in Two Degrees of Separation!, where he retrieved it from one of his old mansions in Sinnoh. The episode also marked the species' debut. James was eventually forced to leave it at the Team Rocket HQ when he headed to Unova so that it wouldn't attract attention as a Pokémon not native to the region.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
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DP004
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Carnivine
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Ash's Pokédex
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Carnivine, the Bug Catcher Pokémon. It uses its sweet-smelling saliva to catch its prey.
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Carnivine
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Khoury's Pokédex
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Carnivine, the Bug Catcher Pokémon. Carnivine latches onto trees in marshes and lures its prey with its sweet-smelling saliva.
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In the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Generation IV
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Sinnoh #131
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Johto #—
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Diamond
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It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey.
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Pearl
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Hanging from branches using its tentacles, it looks like a plant. It awaits prey, mouth wide open.
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Platinum
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It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
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HeartGold
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It walks around on its tentacles in search of a tree branch where it can dangle down and ambush prey.
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SoulSilver
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Generation V
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Unova B2W2: #289
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Black
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It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
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White
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Black 2
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Using its tentacles to lash itself to trees, it lies in wait for prey, luring it close with sweet-smelling drool.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Kalos Mountain #029
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Hoenn #—
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It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey.
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Y
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It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
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Omega Ruby
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It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey.
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Alpha Sapphire
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It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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74
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134 - 181
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258 - 352
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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72
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69 - 136
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134 - 267
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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72
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69 - 136
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134 - 267
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46
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45 - 107
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87 - 210
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Total: 454
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII. Click on the generation numbers above to see Carnivine's learnsets from other generations.
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 1.5 seconds
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Base HP: 54
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Base Defense: 54
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Base Speed: 60
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Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Trivia
- In Pokémon Battle Revolution, Toxic is depicted as two purple orbs spinning around each other towards the target. However, when Carnivine uses Toxic, the orbs travel erratically. The same animation is used for Spinda.
- James's Carnivine is the only one of this species to have appeared in the anime.
Origin
Carnivine is based on a Venus flytrap.
Name origin
Carnivine is a combination of the words carnivore and vine.
Muskippa is a combination of Dionaea muscipula (the scientific name for the Venus Flytrap) and 空きっ腹 sukippara (hunger) or 喫飯 kippan (eating).
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