Team Poképals

Team Poképals ポケダンズ Pokédans

Team Poképals

Debuts in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Gender Male (both) Ability Unknown Current location Temporal Tower

Voice actor Japanese English Piplup Kurumi Mamiya Bella Hudson Chimchar Kappei Yamaguchi Bill Rogers

Team Poképals (Japanese: ポケダンズ Pokédans) is the main team in the anime specials Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness.

History

The two main Pokémon of the team are Piplup and Chimchar. Piplup, however, is a human who was turned into a Pokémon, and was at first reluctant to be in an exploration team.

Although not part of Team Poképals, Sunflora from the Wigglytuff Guild accompanied them on their first mission in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness. Team Poképals also appeared alongside Grovyle in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky - Beyond Time and Darkness.

Moves used

Team members

Piplup

Using Whirlpool	Move First Used In Bubble Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Peck Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Bubble Beam Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Hydro Pump † Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness Whirlpool † Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Chimchar

Using Ember	Move First Used In Ember Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Fury Swipes Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Fire Spin Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness Flamethrower Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Temporary members

Sunflora

Using Razor Leaf	Move First Used In Razor Leaf Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness Petal Dance Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness*
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Grovyle

Using Energy Ball	Move First Used In Energy Ball Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness Bullet Seed Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese Piplup: 間宮くるみ Kurumi Mamiya Chimchar: 山口勝平 Kappei Yamaguchi Sunflora: 江森浩子 Hiroko Emori Grovyle: 寺杣 昌紀 Masaki Terasoma English Piplup: Bella Hudson Chimchar: Bill Rogers Sunflora: Rachael Lillis (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness) / Emily Jenness (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness) Grovyle: Dan Green German Chimchar: Hannes Maurer European Spanish Piplup: Chelo Vivares Chimchar: Sara Vivas Sunflora: Isatxa Mengíbar Grovyle: Pedro Tena

In the manga

Team Poképals in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness manga

Team Poképals appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness. In this version, Chimchar is the human-turned-Pokémon instead of Piplup, and Piplup is replaced by Turtwig.

Moves used

Chimchar

Using Ember	Move First Used In Ember Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• The name Poképals is the default name for the player's team in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
  • Likewise, in the Japanese version of the games, the name Pokédans (ポケダンズ) is the default name.
• Turtwig is the only Sinnoh first partner Pokémon that isn't in Team Poképals.
  • However, one special manga featured Chimchar and Turtwig as his partner.

See also

For more information on these Pokémon's species, see Piplup, Chimchar, Sunflora, and Grovyle.

• Grovyle (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)
• Sunflora (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)

Team Poképals members
Regular:	Piplup	Chimchar
Temporary:	Sunflora	Grovyle

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon teams Rescue Teams: Team Go-Getters • Team Meanies • Team A.C.T. Exploration Teams: Team Poképals • Team Skull • Team Charm • Team AWD

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