Psyduck (Pokémon)
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Psyduck (Japanese: コダック Koduck) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
Biology
Psyduck is a yellow Pokémon resembling a duck or a bipedal platypus. On top of its head are three thick strands of black hair, and it has a wide, flat cream-colored beak. Psyduck's eyes seem vacant and have tiny pupils. Its legs and tail are stubby, and it has cream-colored webbed feet. There are three claws on each of its hands.
Psyduck is constantly stunned by its headache and is unable to think very clearly. It usually stands immobile, trying to calm its headache. However, when its headache becomes too severe, Psyduck releases tension in the form of strong psychic powers. The use of these powers produces brain waves identical to those seen in sleepers, and the Pokémon is unable to recall these episodes. Psyduck lives in freshwater lakes and small ponds, but can be seen in rivers in tropical areas as shown in Pokémon Snap. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Psyduck suffers headaches while it sleeps.[1] Very rarely, their sights are Psyduck sleeping peacefully while not holding its head.
Prior to Generation V, Psyduck and its evolved form, Golduck, were the only known Pokémon that could have Cloud Nine as an Ability.
Evolution
Psyduck evolves into Golduck.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: A Psyduck appears on the Blue Table, and earns the player points when it is hit.
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Platinum, and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl: A group of Psyduck can be found blocking the northern fork of Route 210. After the player obtains the Badges in Veilstone City and Pastoria City, Cynthia will hand over a Secret Medicine to cure their headaches.
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In events
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GSC | Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 Petal Dance Psyduck | Japanese | Japan | 5 | March 16 to April 7, 2002 |
GSC | Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Petal Dance Psyduck | English | United States | 5 | April 12 to May 4, 2002 |
GSC | Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Tri Attack Psyduck | English | United States | 5 | July 12 to August 8, 2002 |
FRLG | Pokémon Trade and Battle Day Psyduck | English | United States | 27 | September 25, 2004 |
RSEFRLG | PokéPark Egg Psyduck | Japanese | Japan | 5 | March 12 to May 8, 2005 |
ORAS | Junichi Masuda's Psyduck | All | Japan | 20 | March 5 to October 16, 2016 |
In-game events
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RGBY | Amnesia Psyduck | Japanese | 15 | April 30, 1999 onwards |
RBY | Amnesia Psyduck | English | 15 | February 29, 2000 onwards |
RBY | Amnesia Psyduck | French | 15 | April 7, 2000 onwards |
RBY | Amnesia Psyduck | German | 15 | April 7, 2000 onwards |
RBY | Amnesia Psyduck | Italian | 15 | April 7, 2000 onwards |
RBY | Amnesia Psyduck | Spanish | 15 | April 7, 2000 onwards |
GTS events
Games | Event | Language | Location | Level | Distribution period |
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DP | Jun Psyduck | Japanese | GTS | 1 | August 19 to 30, 2007 |
DP | Ken Psyduck | Japanese | GTS | 1 | August 19 to 30, 2007 |
DP | ShigeShige Psyduck | Japanese | GTS | 1 | August 19 to 30, 2007 |
Held items
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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Dizzy in Pokémon Super Contests | Quackers in Pokémon Super Contests | Slappy in Pokémon Super Contests |
In animation
Main series
Major appearances
Misty's Psyduck
Psyduck debuted in Hypno's Naptime, where it was accidentally caught by Misty. Despite being generally shown as dimwitted and oblivious, when its headache gets bad enough, it has been shown to use phenomenally powerful Psychic-type moves, which far exceed its normal ability.
Other
In Bye Bye Psyduck, Marina owns a Psyduck. It wasn't as dopey as the Psyduck Misty had, and even proved itself to be rather strong in battle, managing to defeat Staryu. However, it lost against a wild Golduck that Misty used under the belief that her Psyduck had evolved into it.
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Psyduck was cloned from Misty's Psyduck. It then participated in the battle between the original Pokémon and the cloned Pokémon. Psyduck reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.
In Sitting Psyduck, Emily had a Psyduck that persistently escaped from her mansion because it didn't like the lavish life she gave it.
In Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!, Team Rocket used a Psyduck as part of their scheme.
In The Psyduck Stops Here!, eleven Psyduck (three newly hatched) lived by a pond. Three of the Psyduck were blocking the path that Ash and his friends needed to pass on their way to Celestic Town. Ash and friends later discovered that they were living by the pond because nearby Lake Psyduck had been invaded by a trio of Muk. Ash and friends later evicted the Muk and allowed the Psyduck to live by Lake Psyduck so that the Psyduck's road blocking days can come to an end.
In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, Shane Seeker owns a Shiny Psyduck, which is his first and main Pokémon. Psyduck was used in a Raid Battle against a giant Golurk.
A Trainer's Psyduck using a scarf, appeared in Memories of a Warming Kindness!. In the past, it helped Chrysa overcome her depression, after she lost her conference papers. This led her to have an obsession with Psyduck merchandise.
Minor appearances
A Psyduck appeared in a fantasy in Dig Those Diglett!.
In Flower Power, two Psyduck were parts of Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.
In Wired for Battle!, a Trainer's Psyduck came up as an image in Shingo's laptop.
A Psyduck appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Psyduck participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.
In Dueling Heroes, a Trainer's Psyduck competed in the Whirl Cup.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Psyduck to the school's underage students for use.
In Win, Lose or Drew!, a Coordinator's Psyduck competed in the Slateport Contest.
In Once in a Mawile!, Samantha's Mawile fell in love with a Trainer's Psyduck.
A Psyduck appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Coordinator's Psyduck appeared in The Saffron Con.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Spontaneous Combusken!.
A Psyduck appeared in Wild in the Streets!.
In The Rise of Darkrai, Darkrai hit with a Psyduck with Dark Void.
In Dawn's Early Night!, a Coordinator's Psyduck competed in a required Double Performance alongside a Duskull during the Hearthome Contest.
In Sleepless In Pre-Battle!, Dawn's Piplup spotted a Psyduck.
In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, a Trainer's Psyduck participated in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that Team Rocket had set up.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Psyduck watched Meloetta's concert.
A Psyduck lived at Professor Sycamore's lab in Lumiose City Pursuit, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!, Day Three Blockbusters!, and Battling With a Clean Slate!; and in flashbacks in Mega Evolution Special I and Garchomp's Mega Bond!.
A Psyduck appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
A Psyduck appeared in Battling on Thin Ice!.
A Psyduck appeared in Grooming Furfrou!.
Two Psyduck appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
A Psyduck appeared in A PokéVision of Things to Come!.
In A Battle by Any Other Name!, a Trainer's Psyduck competed in the Poké Puff Contest.
A Psyduck appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!.
In Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Psyduck participated in the Pokémon Summer Camp. Another Trainer's Psyduck also appeared in a fantasy in the latter episode.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.
In A Showcase Debut!, a Performer's Psyduck competed in the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase. It reappeared in Performing with Fiery Charm!, Party Dancecapades!, Master Class is in Session!, and Performing a Pathway to the Future!.
A Psyduck appeared in Confronting the Darkness!.
A Psyduck appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.
In The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, a Psyduck lived in the Ninja Village.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Battling at Full Volume!.
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Psyduck lived at the Nebel Plateau.
Two Psyduck appeared in a flashback in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!.
In First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!, a stallholder's Psyduck gave some Berries to a group of Pikipek.
Six Trainers' Psyduck appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, a Psyduck was playing in Lillie's garden. It reappeared in The Ol' Raise and Switch!.
In To Top a Totem!, a Psyduck fell out of the sky.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!.
A Psyduck appeared in Lulled to La-La Land! during a fantasy.
Two Psyduck appeared in I Choose You!, with one being wild and the other under the ownership of a Trainer.
A Psyduck appeared in Mallow and the Forest Teacher!.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
In Alola, Kanto!, multiple Psyduck were at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In A Dream Encounter!, a Psyduck starred in a video advertising Aether Paradise. It reappeared in Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Now You See Them, Now You Don't!.
In Mission: Total Recall!, a Psyduck appeared on a monitor at Aether Paradise.
In Deceiving Appearances!, a Ditto transformed into a Psyduck.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in the banned episode SM064.
In Smashing with Sketch!, a Trainer's Psyduck competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Tough Guy Trials!.
Three Trainers' Psyduck appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
Multiple Trainers' Psyduck appeared in The Power of Us.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!.
Two Psyduck appeared in The Shape of Love to Come!, with one under the ownership a Trainer and the other being seen juggling apples.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in I Choose Paradise!. One of them was among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
Multiple Psyduck appeared in Securing the Future!, with one being wild and the rest under the ownership of different Trainers. They joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Battling Besties!.
In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Psyduck watched the battles during the Manalo Conference.
A Psyduck appeared in a fantasy in The Final Four!.
In Final Rivals!, a Trainer's Psyduck watched the battle between Ash and Gladion.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in Exhibition Unmasked!. One of them reappeared in A Full Battle Bounty! and Fiery Surprises!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in a flashback in Enter Pikachu!.
Two Psyduck appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer participating in a Raid Battle against a Lugia and the other being wild.
Two Psyduck appeared in The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild. The wild Psyduck retrieved Lauren's glasses, implying it will join her team just as her Piplup and Croagunk did.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Raid Battle in The Ruins!.
In Destination: Coronation!, a Psyduck jumped out of a bush near the Cerise Laboratory and ran after a group of Farfetch'd.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Sobbing Sobble!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!.
Two Trainers' Psyduck appeared in Restore and Renew!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Crowning the Chow Crusher!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in To Train, or Not to Train!. It reappeared in Breaking the Ice!.
A Trainer's Psyduck got stuck in Gulpin's giant ball in A Rollicking Roll….
Four Psyduck appeared in Sleuths for Truth!. Two additional Psyduck also appeared in the episode, under the ownership of Trainers, with one appearing in a fantasy.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Nightfall? Nightmares!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Lighting the Way Home!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Aim For The Eight!.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
Multiple Psyduck belonging to Trainers have appeared watching the Masters Eight Tournament, with the first one showing up in Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!.
A Psyduck appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared during a flashback in The Bittersweet Truth.
Two Psyduck appeared in Transform! Hero of the Seas, Palafin, under the ownership of two Trainers. One appeared in an image.
A Student's Psyduck appeared in an image in HZ046. Another appeared under the ownership of a Trainer.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in HZ048.
A Psyduck appeared in HZ057, under the ownership of a student.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in HZ058.
Two Psyduck appeared in HZ066, one under the ownership of a Security Guard and the other under the ownership of a Student.
A Student's Psyduck appeared in HZ067.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Origins
In File 3: Giovanni, Red hooked a Psyduck and eventually caught it.
POKÉTOON
A Psyduck appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.
Pokémon Evolutions
In The Show, a Psyduck briefly appeared under the ownership of a Trainer in Ecruteak City.
In The Discovery, four Psyduck were seen watching Green as she traversed Cerulean Cave.
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
A Student's Psyduck appeared in Breathe In.
Three Psyduck appeared in Breathe Together, during Ohara, Aliquis, and Hohma's video presentation about Naranja Academy. One of them was a wild Pokémon, and the other two under the ownership of different Trainers.
Pokémon Concierge
A Psyduck under the ownership of Haru is a primary character in Pokémon Concierge, debuting in I'm Haru, the New Concierge!. It is the first Pokémon that Haru befriended during her work at the Pokémon Resort. Initially a shy Pokémon who prefers to hide due to being unable to control its psychic powers, in What's on Your Mind, Psyduck?, it grew to befriend Haru and learn to channel its powers with Haru's help.
POKÉTOON
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
- Main article: Misty's Psyduck
Ash borrowed Misty's Psyduck in The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling.
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
- Main article: Misty's Psyduck
Misty's Psyduck made a small cameo in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure.
How I Became a Pokémon Card
A Psyduck appeared in Troubled Pokémon, Psyduck.
A Team Rocket Grunt was also revealed to own a Psyduck.
Movie adaptations
A Psyduck appeared in the manga adaptation of The Rise of Darkrai, where it was one of the Pokémon put to sleep by Darkrai.
A Psyduck appeared in the manga adaptation of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel as a resident of the Nebel Plateau.
Pokémon Adventures
Psyduck debuted in Sigh for Psyduck, where it was brought back to life by Koga's Gastly in the Pokémon Tower. It first appeared to Red like a normal Psyduck, until it attempted an assault on him, during which its eyeballs suddenly sunk into its eye sockets and some skin fell off, revealing its bones. Since it was just a mindless undead Pokémon, it was easily destroyed by Red's Saur's Vine Whip attack.
A Psyduck appeared as a silhouette when Green talks about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
Psyduck physically debuted in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1, under the ownership of Trainer. It was used in a surfing contest, before it was interrupted by Lance controlling the winning prize, a Dragonair.
A Psyduck was one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City in Slugging It Out with Slugma.
A Psyduck appeared in Suddenly Suicune (Part 3) and Absolutely Azumarill, where Crystal tries and fails to catch it.
A Psyduck appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Trainer's Psyduck appeared in Plugging Past Electrike I.
A Psyduck appeared in The Final Battle IV, where it was one of the Pokémon that helped Emerald with his disabilities.
The Battle Factory rented a Psyduck, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.
Mr. Foreman owns a Psyduck, nicknamed Yeller, which first appeared in Putting a Crimp in Kricketot.
A herd of Psyduck appeared in Suffering Psyduck, where they were blocking the route to Celestic Town. However, included among them were Psyduck belonging to Trainers, and this was all a ruse by Team Galactic, which Cynthia catches on to shortly after calming them.
A Psyduck appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of a Camper.
A Psyduck appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
A Psyduck liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Psyduck appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!
A Psyduck appeared in GDZ21.
A Psyduck appeared in GDZ36 as a resident of Kigan Island.
Pokémon Horizon
A Psyduck appeared in The Power of Teamwork.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Green's Psyduck debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
A Psyduck appeared in Regain the Deserted Power Plant!.
A Psyduck appeared in Good Luck at the Big Pokémon Athletic Meet!.
A Psyduck appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match.
Professor Oak owns a Psyduck, which debuted in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.
A Psyduck appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
A Psyduck appeared in Let's Try To Be Idols!!.
Pokémon Zensho
In PZ06, Satoshi received a Psyduck, among a few other Pokémon, from a Fisherman in exchange for the Dratini he found.
In the TCG
- Main article: Psyduck (TCG)
In the TFG
One Psyduck figure has been released.
Other appearances
Pokémon UNITE
- Main article: Psyduck (UNITE)
Psyduck is slated to be added to the game as a Ranged Supporter in November 2024.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Psyduck is the third Pokéfloat to appear. Fighting occurs on its head and beak. It then floats up and off the top of the screen as the fighting moves onto Chikorita.
Pokémon Channel
A Psyduck appears in the channel PNF (Pokémon News Flash) where it acts as the main news anchor. Its role is usually to tell the news with Meowth giving reports from the scene, but sometimes, it will fall asleep during a news broadcast and do nothing at all.
Psyduck also appears on a Nice Card.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Psyduck is a Grab type, Novice class, Primary Spirit. When equipped on a fighter, the fighter's PSI Attack is raised.
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu
A Psyduck appeared in POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, under the ownership of a journalist named Lucy Stevens.
Trivia
- Psyduck is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
- Psyduck requires the most loops with the Capture Styler to be captured in Pokémon Ranger, surpassing even Metagross.
- Junichi Masuda has revealed that Psyduck was considered for the role of Pikachu's counterpart in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! instead of Eevee, but it was ultimately not chosen due to it being deemed too similar in color to Pikachu.
- Psyduck is Junichi Masuda's favorite Pokémon.[2]
- Prior to Generation IV, Psyduck was not able to learn TM29 Psychic but it could inherit it through breeding.
- In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Psyduck is programmed to learn Simple Beam through breeding, but no Pokémon in those games can learn Simple Beam, making the move unobtainable until Pokémon HOME was updated. It shares this trait with Spoink.
- Psyduck is the only Pokémon to be featured in every artwork of the Tropical Mega Battle and World Championships participation cards. They are Tropical Wind, Tropical Tidal Wave, Tropical Beach, Champions Festival, and Paradise Resort. The 2014 print of Champions Festival features a Psyduck-themed boat instead.
Origin
Psyduck is based on a duck with traits of platypuses. Its yellow coloration, proportions, and simple anatomy seem to be inspired by rubber ducks in particular.
Name origin
Psyduck is a combination of psy- or psychic (referring to its mental powers) and duck.
Koduck may be a combination of 小 ko (small) or 子 ko (child) and duck.
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