Hoothoot (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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Hoothoot is a round, owl-like bird with two stubby wings and a short, fan-shaped tail. Its large eyes have beady pupils and red irises, but no visible sclera. Its feathers are mostly brown with a beige underbelly. Hoothoot has a large black, mask-like crest, which encircles both eyes and covers the face. The crest has two protrusions at the top resembling the hands of a clock. The parts of the crest below each eye have notches resembling the teeth of a clockwork gear. Hoothoot has a small, hooked beak and two {{wp|bird anatomy#birds feet|pentadactyl}} feet that are pink, but will typically stand on only one foot at a time. While it occasionally switches feet, it does so almost too quickly to see with the naked eye.

Inside Hoothoot's body lies a special organ that senses [[Pokémon World|Earth's]] rotation, allowing it to keep track of time. Hoothoot is well known for its ability to keep rhythm by precisely tilting its head in time, much like a metronome. Everyday at exactly the same time, a Hoothoot will begin hooting. Hoothoot is most commonly found nesting in trees and {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Forest Pokémon|forests}}.

Hoothoot was used by a trickster in ''[[PS092|Who Gives a Hoothoot?]]''. He claimed to use Hoothoot as an accurate timekeeper to regulate a prize-winning game he was hosting, when in fact he was prompting Hoothoot to declare the time limit whenever a participant was on the verge of winning, thus preventing anyone from winning his game. He was busted however, by {{adv|Gold}} and his [[Aibo|Aipom]].

* In ''[[EP131|Fighting Flyer with Fire]]'', [[Falkner]]'s Hoothoot stands on both legs, even though Hoothoot supposedly only ever stand on one leg at a time.

* [[Ken Sugimori]] once stated in a [[Nintendo Power]] interview that Hoothoot is his favorite Pokémon because he had a pet bird as a child that would stand on one foot.<ref>[http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2671/nintendopowervol134pg79.png]</ref>

Hoothoot seems to be based on a combination of an {{wp|owl}}—more specifically the {{wp|Eagle Owl}}—and a {{wp|clock}}, as its crest's prongs are shaped like the hands of a clock; in addition, it has the ability to keep track of time.