Excess data found on the game disc includes data for seven playable characters cut from the final roster, including Plusle and Minun as a tag team akin to the Ice Climbers. However, in the final version of the game, Plusle just appears as a random trophy alongside Minun.
Excess data found on the game disc includes data for seven playable characters cut from the final roster, including Plusle and Minun as a tag team akin to the Ice Climbers. However, in the final version of the game, Plusle just appears as a random trophy alongside Minun.
==== Trophy Information ====
It appears with its counterpart, Minun.
''"Cheering Pokémon. Plusle and Minun produce positive and negative energy, respectively. They both love cheering on their partners and place the encouragement of their partners over their own safety. To cheer, they short their electric currents to produce sparks that grow in intensity as their partners get into trouble."''
Plusle and Minun bear a remarkable resemblance to Pichu and Pikachu. Plusle are mostly a shade of cream with red accentuations. The accentuations of red are apparent on its large ears, cheeks, forepaws, and tails. Plusle's short tails have flat plus signs on the end of them, while their red cheeks are circular with plus signs voided in the middle. Plusle has a small, dot-like nose.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Plusle creates electrical pom-poms from its forepaws and sparks from its body to cheer on its partners.
Plusle's abilities in battle are basically the same as its cousin Pikachu except that Plusle has more Special Attack power than Pikachu (without a Light Ball) and is slightly faster. However, Plusle is unable to use Volt Tackle and Slam. On the other hand, Plusle learns more support moves than Pikachu, such as Baton Pass, Fake Tears, and Copycat.
Behavior
Plusle is a cheerful and supportive Pokémon, always encouraging comrades in battle by using the spark pouches in its cheeks. It is very compassionate towards its friends, and is known to cry upon witnessing a friend lose a battle. They are commonly referred to as cheerleaders for these actions. A Plusle may climb telephone poles to absorb electricity. Also, it seems to enjoy battling with the Pokémon Minun. Its cheeks will also spark if a friend is winning a battle.
Plusle first appeared alongside Minun in A Different Kind of Misty. Both Pokémon were owned by Thatcher, who is responsible for protecting a lighthouse. The same Plusle and Minun appear again in Cheer Pressure, where Thatcher is training them to be cheerleaders.
Elijah used Plusle and Minun as actors in Lights, Camerupt, Action. The plot of the movie was that Pikachu, Plusle and Minun were setting out to rescue Princess Kirlia from an evil Exploud.
Plusle and Minun also appear as supporting characters in the film Destiny Deoxys, serving as the story's comic relief. The pair helps Tory Lund to overcome his fear of Pokémon.
Plusle, the Cheering Pokémon. Plusle loves to cheer for its fellow Pokémon, and it creates sparkling pom-poms by shorting out the electrical current released from its palms.
Excess data found on the game disc includes data for seven playable characters cut from the final roster, including Plusle and Minun as a tag team akin to the Ice Climbers. However, in the final version of the game, Plusle just appears as a random trophy alongside Minun.
Trophy Information
It appears with its counterpart, Minun.
"Cheering Pokémon. Plusle and Minun produce positive and negative energy, respectively. They both love cheering on their partners and place the encouragement of their partners over their own safety. To cheer, they short their electric currents to produce sparks that grow in intensity as their partners get into trouble."
Pokémon Colosseum: A Plusle is Duking's favorite Pokémon. After Cipher kidnaps it, he is forced into inaction. Wes rescues the Pokémon and Plusle decides to join him as thanks.
Pokémon Ranger: Plusle is the partner of Solana. After the end credits, it also feels a bond with Lunick.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Plusle always acts as a cheerleader for its partners. Whenever a teammate puts out a good effort in battle, this Pokémon shorts out its body to create the crackling noises of sparks to show its joy.
Plusle will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
F ? R P F ? ... ? ? + 7 ?
C T ? H 6 4 ? 0 R ? ? ?
Objective: Escort Plusle to Minun on floor 5 of Thunderwave Cave.
Oddly, in Generation IV, Plusle can learn Fake Tears at both level 21 and 31 (21 and 35 in Generation V), but its partner Minun can only learn it once, at level 31 (35 in Generation V).
Prior to Generation V, Plusle was the only Pokémon which learns the same move at two different levels where one of the levels is not level 1. In Generation V, Palkia does this too, learning Aqua Tail at levels 24 and 42.
Plusle shares the same species name with its partner Minun. They are both known as Cheering Pokémon.
Despite being based on a rodent-like creature, it is unable to breed with Pokémon from the Field Egg Group (common to mammals); it is exclusive to the Fairy Egg Group.
Plusle is considered by many fans to be a novelty Pokémon due to its general weakness unless paired in battle with Pokémon which has Minus. It appears mainly to showcase the double battle system introduced in its generation.
Plusle and Minun have the same base stat total and the same base stats, although the stat distribution is different.
Origin
It seems to be based on a cheerleadingmouse or rabbit. It could also be an incarnation of a positive electric charge.
Name origin
Plusle's name is based on plus, as in something with a positive electrical charge. A partial amalgam of pulse may also be present in its name.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Plusle images on Bulbagarden Archives.
