Tamato Berry

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Tamato Berry マトマのみ Matoma Fruit No. 26

Effect Makes a Pokémon more friendly, but lowers Speed EVs.E, Gen. IV+ Natural Gift Type Psychic Power 90 Flavor Generation III   SPICY DRY SWEET BITTER SOUR   +1 +1 0 0 -2 Generation IV             20 SPICY       10 DRY       0 SWEET       0 BITTER       0 SOUR       Growth Generation III Planted 0 hours Sprouted 6 hours Taller 12 hours Flowering 18 hours Berries 24 hours Generation IV Planted 0 hours Sprouted 8 hours Taller 16 hours Flowering 24 hours Berries 32 hours Size (in) Size (cm) Firmness 7.9" 20.0 cm Soft Bag description Generation III POKéblock ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow Tamato.RS Can be ground up into powder as an ingredient for medicine.FRLG Makes a Pokémon friendly but lowers base Speed.E An item brought over from a faraway place.ColoXD Generation IV A Poffin ingredient. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Speed stat.DPPt Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Speed stat.HGSS Generation V Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly, but it also lowers its base Speed stat. Generation VI A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Speed. Generation VII A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its base Speed. Generation VIII A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. Using it on a Pokémon makes it more friendly but lowers its Speed base points. Tag description Generation III The Berry is lip-bendingly spicy. It takes time to grow. Generation IV This Berry is large and spicy. When eaten during the cold season, it warms the body from inside. Ice Cream Scoop Flavor 1 Flavor 2 Flavor 3 Scoop Stickiness Origin Name Tomato Design Horned melon, Tomato

A Tamato Berry (Japanese: マトマのみ Matoma Fruit) is a type of Berry introduced in Generation III.

Locations

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Sometimes given by the Berry Master on Route 123. Sometimes given by Kiri in Sootopolis City.

FireRed and LeafGreen

Wild hold item (Generation III)

Mini Games (Generation III)

Orre

Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Growing on Route 212 and on Route 225 when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master. Sometimes awarded after earning above 3500 points at Pal Park. Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

HeartGold and SoulSilver Chance of winning from Scratch-Off Cards in the Battle Frontier.

Wild hold item (Generation IV)

Pokéwalker Rarely found in Big Forest after 1000+ steps. Always held by level 5 Elekid; rarely found in Amity Meadow after 5000+ steps.

Pokémon Battle Revolution

Mystery Dungeon series

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2 Join Avenue (Flower Shop) Black Tower/White Treehollow Area 10 reward

Wild hold item (Generation V)

Dream World Can be found in the Windswept Sky.

X and Y Mutation of Lum and Sitrus Berries.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Growing on Route 123 when the player first arrives there. Sometimes given by the Berry Master on Route 123. Can be given by a fan after competing in a Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest Spectacular. Sometimes given by Kiri in Sootopolis City.

Wild hold item (Generation VI)

PokéMileage Club Can be obtained through the Lv. 3 Balloon Popping attraction.

Sun and Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in Route 10. Can be given by a clerk in the Thrifty Megamart.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Can be found in the Berry pile in Route 10. Can be given by a clerk in the Thrifty Megamart.

Wild hold item (Generation VII)

Sword and Shield

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Legends: Arceus

Growth and Harvest

Generation III

A Tamato Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 24 hours, with 6 hours per stage. A Tamato tree will yield 2-4 Berries.

Generation IV

A Tamato Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 32 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Tamato tree will yield 1-5 Berries.

Generation VI

A Tamato Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours, with 8 hours per stage. A Tamato tree will yield 1-20 Berries. During its growth, watering the plant will add 0.5 Berries to the final harvest, weeding it will add 1.5, and removing a pest will add 3.

Generation VII

A Tamato Berry will mature from a planted seed to a full-grown, fruit-bearing tree in 48 hours. A Tamato tree will yield 5-14 Berries.

Uses

Berry Blending

	Verdanturf	Fallarbor	Slateport	Lilycove
Tamato Berry	Purple	Purple	Purple	Purple

Berry Crushing

At 100% performance, a Tamato Berry will contribute 300 units of powder.

Poffin cooking

At 100% performance, a Tamato Berry will produce a Level 13 (maybe higher) Spicy-Dry Poffin when cooking alone.

Used on a Pokémon

This Berry increases a Pokémon's friendship by and lowers its Speed EVs by ten points (but not below 0). It can only be used outside of battle, and only has this effect in Pokémon Emerald and later games. In Generation IV only, this Berry reduces the EV to 100 if it was above 100 when used.

Artwork

Dream World artwork

Models

Model from Detective Pikachu

In the anime

Tamato Berries in the anime

Tamato Berries served a comical purpose in The Lotad Lowdown and Berry, Berry Interesting, where several characters, including Team Rocket and Ash, would come across one and try to eat it, only to be overwhelmed by its extreme spiciness, which resulted in swollen lips for a while.

In Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry, Tamato Berries were seen among the many other Berries sold at the Lilycove Berry Market.

In Shocks and Bonds, Brock mentioned that an Ace Trainer named Katie, who battled Ash in the Ever Grande Conference, likes Tamato Berries in her spaghetti.

In Cooking Up a Sweet Story!, some Tamato Berries were seen in Abigail's Berry basket.

In Three Sides to Every Story!, Lulu was seen growing some Tamato Berries in her garden along with several other kinds of Berries.

In Double-Time Battle Training!, Candice said a treat called the "Snowpoint Tamato Berry Ice Cream Bar" had cold ice cream outside and spicy Tamato Berry jelly on the inside. Ash accidentally ate the bar whole, while Dawn based her Flame Ice combination on it.

In PK23, Piplup showed Meloetta, Pikachu, and Snivy a Tamato Berry plant during their search for a Rinka Berry, certain that it was a Rinka plant. When they told Piplup it was the wrong plant, Piplup stubbornly ate a Tamato Berry on it, only to find that it was too spicy. Meowth and Wobbuffet, who were following Meloetta, found the Berries and decided to eat them, only to be overwhelmed by its spiciness as well.

In Grooming Furfrou!, Tamato Berries were seen at Sherman's Furfrou grooming salon.

In To Find a Fairy Flower!, a Tamato Berry was pictured in a newspaper that Jessie was using to hide from Ash and his friends.

In Under the Pledging Tree!, Ash gave Tamato Berries to his Pokémon as a gift.

In Performing with Fiery Charm!, Jessie used Tamato Berries as a part of her Dendemille Town Showcase performance.

In Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, Hoopa replaced a donut that it took with a Tamato Berry. It was then blindly picked up and tasted by Chespin, who was immediately overwhelmed by the Berry's extremely spicy taste.

In A Performance Pop Quiz!, Tamato Berries were used as a part of the Anistar City Pokémon Showcase.

In First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!, a Tamato Berry was seen among the Berries Anela offered to Litten.

Tamato Berries appeared in A Team-on-Team Tussle!.

Tamato Berries appeared in Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!, when Lana was on her first hunt for treasure on Akala Island.

In Currying Favor and Flavor!, Ash and Pikachu found Tamato Berries, along with other kinds of Berries, inside a hollowed-out stump in Lush Jungle while looking for a Miracle Seed to be used as a dish ingredient.

In Acting True to Form!, an Alolan Meowth shoved a Tamato Berry into Team Rocket's Meowth's mouth to shut him up, immediately overwhelming him with its spiciness and causing him to wind up with swollen lips for a moment.

Tamato Berries appeared in A Recipe for Success!, where Meowth accidentally ate one of them.

In JN047, Goh had his Skwovet pull a Tamato Berry from its tail and squeeze the juice over its Pecha Tart so that it could finish the meal.

In the manga

A Tamato Berry in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II, Courtney used the Tamato Berry juice she had put on her gloves to temporarily blind Sapphire.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, a Tamato Berry was seen among the many Berries that Cyrus's Probopass's Mini-Noses dug out of Lax's fur while trying to retrieve Cyrus's camera.

In Grumpy Gliscor, a Tamato Berry was one of the Berries that Lax threw at a wild Gliscor attacking S.S. Sinnoh in order to disctract it.

In Lucky Lucario II, Tamato Berries was seen amongst the Berries that Diamond used while making food for himself, his Pokémon, and Riley while training at Iron Island.

Black & White arc

A Tamato Berry appeared in Fussing and Fighting as a part of Professor Juniper's dinner.

Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon arc

In Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, multiple Tamato Berries appeared in the pile of Berries gathered by a group of Pokémon at Lush Jungle while helping Moon in her search for a special Mirage Berry.

Trivia

• The Tamato Berry is the only one of the EV-reducing Berries that did not have the same growth time or Berry yield as the rest in Generation III, and the only Berry of its flavor group that does not have the same growth time as the rest in Generation IV.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マトマのみ Matoma no Mi	From トマト tomato
English	Tamato Berry	From tomato
French	Baie Tamato	From tomate, tomato
German	Tamotbeere	From Tomate, tomato
Italian	Baccamodoro	From pomodoro, tomato
Spanish	Baya Tamate	From tomate, tomato
Korean	토망열매 Tomang Yeolmae	From 토마토 tomato
Chinese (Mandarin)	茄番果 Qiéfān Guǒ*	From 番茄 fānqié, tomato
	辣茄 Làqié*	From 辣 là (spicy) and 番茄 fānqié (tomato)
Chinese (Cantonese)	茄番果 Kèhfāan Gwó*	From 番茄 fāankèh, tomato
	辣茄 Laahtkèh*	From 辣 laaht (spicy) and 番茄 fāankèh (tomato)
Danish	Tamato-bær	From English name
Finnish	Tamato-marja	From English name
Polish	Tamatojagoda* Owoc Tamato*	From English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Fruta Tamate*	From tomate, tomato.
	Fruta Tamato*	From its English name.
	Fruta Mate*	From tomate, tomato.
Swedish	Tamatobär	From English name
Norwegian	Tamato-bær	From English name
Vietnamese	Quả Tamato	From its English name

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