Biology
Pyukumuku spitting its organs out to attack
Pyukumuku is a marine Pokémon with an ovoid, black body. Its face has two beady, pink eyes and a white mouth shaped roughly like a star or Daimonji. This Pokémon is capable of spitting its organs out through its mouth. The white organs can take different shapes, such as a fist. Two lines of three pink spikes run down each side of its back. The middle spike of each line is about twice as long as the others are. A fluffy white puff forms its tail.
Pyukumuku tends to find a spot it likes and stay there, even returning to the same spot if moved. Once all the food in its favorite spot has been consumed, it will continue to stay there to the point of starvation. Its body is coated with a viscous fluid that allows it to stay on land for a week without drying out. This fluid is also beneficial to people as a moisturizer. If stepped on, it will expel its fist-like organs and smack the perpetrator. It particularly hates having its mouth or spikes touched. Tourists dislike Pyukumuku due to its appearance and lifestyle and often accidentally step on Pyukumuku. This creates a need for part-time jobs on beaches chucking this Pokémon back into the sea. However, people in Alola have already taken to throwing the Pokémon back to the sea where it can find food when thin.[1] Pyukumuku is shown to have a symbiotic relationship with Pelipper, which carries it after scooping it from the water.
Pyukumuku is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Purify. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Innards Out as an Ability.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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Generation VII
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Alola S M : #200
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Alola US UM : #256
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Kanto #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
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Sun
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It lives in shallow seas, such as areas near a beach. It can eject its internal organs, which it uses to engulf its prey or battle enemies.
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Moon
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These Pokémon line the beaches. The sticky mucous that covers their bodies can be used to soothe sunburned skin. How convenient!
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Ultra Sun
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The tradition known as Pyukumuku chucking started from the custom of throwing Pyukumuku back into the sea after they wash onshore.
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Ultra Moon
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Its entire body is covered in its own slime. If you accidentally step on one, you'll slip, and it will get mad and smack you!
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Generation VIII
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Galar #156
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Sinnoh #—
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Hisui #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
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Sword
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It lives in warm, shallow waters. If it encounters a foe, it will spit out its internal organs as a means to punch them.
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Shield
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It's covered in a slime that keeps its skin moist, allowing it to stay on land for days without drying up.
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Game locations
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In side games
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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130
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121 - 200
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238 - 394
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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130
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121 - 200
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238 - 394
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5
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9 - 62
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13 - 119
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Total: 410
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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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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
Pyukumuku is available in Sword and Shield.
Generation VIII
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Other generations:
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VII - IX
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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Generation VIII
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Other generations:
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VII - IX
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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Generation VIII
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Other generations:
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VII - IX
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pyukumuku in Generation VIII
- 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 Pyukumuku in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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Generation VIII
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Other generations:
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VII - IX
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
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Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.92 seconds
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Base HP: 49
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Base Attack: 74
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Base Defense: 64
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Base Speed: 40
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Pokémon GO
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Base HP: 146
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Base Attack: 97
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Base Defense: 224
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Egg Distance: N/A
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Buddy Distance: 1 km
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Evolution Requirement: N/A
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Fast Attacks: Counter
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Charged Attacks: Mirror Coat
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Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
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In animation
Major appearances
In That New Old Gang of Mine!, Goh caught a Pyukumuku while visiting Alola.
Other
A Pyukumuku appeared in A Haunted House for Everyone!, where it was used to try and scare Harper and Sarah at the Pokémon School. Instead, they touched Pyukumuku, who promptly retaliated by punching Rotom.
Minor appearances
A wild Pyukumuku debuted in Alola to New Adventure!, where it startled Ash underwater when it gave him the thumbs-up.
A Trainer's Pyukumuku appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
Two Pyukumuku appeared in a flashback in Mission: Total Recall!.
A Pyukumuku appeared in Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!. As Professor Burnet was studying it underwater with Rotom, Ash touched it, only for Pyukumuku to punch him in the face.
A Trainer's Pyukumuku appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
A Pyukumuku appeared in the Where Are You Going, Eevee? segment at the end of No Stone Unturned!. A wild Eevee came across it on the beach of Melemele Island and cuddled it, causing it to attack Eevee out of anger. It reappeared in a flashback in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
A Pyukumuku appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
Two Pyukumuku appeared in Battling the Beast Within!, where they were thrown back in the ocean.
A Pyukumuku appeared in The One That Didn't Get Away!, where Sophocles fished it out of the sea, before it attached itself onto Kiawe's head.
A Trainer's Pyukumuku appeared in Battle Royal 151!, where it competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference. It faced off against another Trainer and his Magikarp, only to be defeated by Pikala and her Pikachu Bolt.
In The Cuteness Quotient!, a Trainer's Pyukumuku competed in the Friendship Festival.
A Trainer's Pyukumuku appeared in It's... Champion Time!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Entry
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SM056
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Pyukumuku
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Rotom Pokédex
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Pyukumuku, the Sea Cucumber Pokémon. A Water type. Pyukumuku lives in shallow water and attacks enemies with a fist-like appendage.
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Entry
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JN037
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Pyukumuku
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Goh's Rotom Phone
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Pyukumuku, the Sea Cucumber Pokémon. A Water type. Pyukumuku inhabits beaches and shallow ocean waters. It can expel its internal organs and use them to grab food or attack enemies.
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In the mangaIn the TCGOther appearances
Pyukumuku appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball. It uses Counter whenever an opponent gets close enough to it. Pyukumuku then waves "goodbye" before it leaves. It can also be picked up and thrown like an item. If the summoner jumps on Pyukumuku, it will make a punch and the player bounces a little. Pyukumuku also appears as a Spirit.
Trivia
Origin
Pyukumuku may be based on a sea cucumber, some species of which expel their Cuvierian tubules (part of the sea cucumber's respiratory system) to deter would-be predators from eating them. Given its tail and "ears", it may also be inspired by the sea bunny, a type of sea slug that became popular in Japan in 2015 due to its cute appearance. It may also resemble Wiwaxia, a kind of ancient soft-bodied sea creature. Its innards appear to be based on a human fist.
Name origin
Pyukumuku may be a combination of puke, cucumber, and mucus.
Namakobushi may be a combination of 海鼠 namako (sea cucumber) and 拳 kobushi (fist).
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