Mankey (Japanese: マンキー Mankey) is a Fighting-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Primeape starting at level 28.
Biology
Mankey is a primate Pokémon, similar to a New World monkey. It is a bipedal Pokémon with a round body covered in whitish, shaggy fur. Its nose is similar to a pig’s snout, and it has red eyes and triangular ears with brown insides. Mankey's hands, two-toed feet, and the tip of its curved, prehensile tail is brown.
Mankey specializes in physical fighting, and is very aggressive and short-tempered. When angry, Mankey begins shaking and its breathing turns rough. Its rage peaks quickly, preventing its victim from being able to flee. If Mankey loses sight of its colony, its loneliness causes it to become infuriated. Mankey can be found in the mountains. Mankey lives in treetop colonies, and if one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.
According to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team games, Mankey's preferred food is chestnuts, although Mankey usually lacks the dexterity to peel them. Mankey will get agitated and rage after attempting to peel a chestnut's spiky shell. It also appears fond of bananas.
In the anime
Major appearances
In Primeape Goes Bananas, a wild Mankey stole Ash's hat and then evolved into a Primeape. Ash captured it shortly afterward.
Other
In A Tyrogue Full of Trouble, a Primeape was causing problems for a small town along with a Mankey and a Tyrogue. A Trainer named Kiyo was able to capture the Tyrogue, and the Mankey and Primeape joined up with him.
In Training Daze, a Mankey jointly under the ownership of Jessie and Jubei was used at the Team Rocket Academy for a test. It lowered Jessie into a vault containing an Articuno statue, but due to the rope getting stuck, Mankey and Jubei had to pull Jessie and the statue up; proving to be too heavy, they dropped it, triggering the alarms and resulting in Mankey and Jubei being injured.
Minor appearances
Mankey's debut appearance was in Pokémon - I Choose You!, as a group of Mankey were passing by and witnessed a flock of Spearow chasing after Ash and Pikachu.
Mankey also appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.
Mankey was one of the Yas Gym's Pokémon in Showdown at Dark City.
Mankey appeared in a picture in Pokémon Paparazzi.
A Mankey made an appearance in The Breeding Center Secret.
Multiple Mankey were among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.
A Mankey under the ownership of an unknown Trainer, appeared in Friends to the End, during the closing ceremonies of the Indigo League.
Mankey also appeared in Pallet Party Panic, at a party among other Pokémon.
A Mankey was among the Pokémon controlled by Cassidy and Butch in Pikachu Re-Volts.
Multiple pink Mankey resided on the Pinkan Island in In the Pink.
A Mankey, under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer, was treated by Nurse Joy in The Joy of Pokémon.
Multiple Mankey were part of an exhibition in Flower Power.
In the third Pokémon Movie, Spell of the Unown, a Trainer named Lisa used a Mankey to battle Ash.
Two Hits and a Miss featured a Fighting-type dojo where one of the many Pokémon was a Mankey.
A Mankey was one of the Pokémon part of a tropical jungle in A Hot Water Battle.
Multiple Mankey also appeared in Celebi: Voice of the Forest.
A Mankey was one of the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
A Mankey was one of the Pokémon seen at Chuck's Gym in Machoke, Machoke Man!.
A Mankey was one of the Pokémon seen in a forest outside the Ice Path in EP250.
A Mankey was seen in the wild in The Legend of Thunder!.
A Mankey was one of the inhabitants of the Dragon Holy Land in Fangs for Nothin'.
A Mankey appeared in the opening of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Mankey appeared in The Saffron Con as a Pokémon owned by a Coordinator.
It also had a minor appearance in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part One).
A Mankey appeared in A Rivalry to Gible On!.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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EP025
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Mankey
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Ash's Pokédex
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Mankey, a Pig Monkey Pokémon of the Fighting-type. Known for its superior footwork, it packs a powerful punch.
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EP025
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Mankey's temper
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Ash's Pokédex
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Although Mankey is usually calm, it does have a bad temper. Once Mankey begins to Thrash, stopping it is impossible.
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In the manga
Mankey in The Electric Tale of Pikachu
In the movie adaptations
Mankey appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Ash captures a Mankey in the third chapter of the manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Clefairy Tale. He trades it shortly afterwards for a map of Mt. Moon, which supposedly has directions on how to find a Clefairy.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Mankey first appeared as a silhouette when Green explains about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
A pack of Mankey, led by an enraged Primeape, attacked Blue and Yellow in The Primeape Directive, but his Porygon managed to defeat it. Yellow was the one to quell the leader and have them leave peacefully, however. They later appeared in The Legend after the industrial ruins in the Kanto mainland had been restored by the healing light.
In the TCG
- Main article: Mankey (TCG)
In the TFG
One Mankey figure has been released.
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Three Mankey are the boss of Uproar Forest. After being defeated, they follow the player back to the rescue base. The Mankey help with the remodeling of the base but go on strike half-way through until they receive two peeled chestnuts.
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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Extremely quick to anger. It could be docile one moment then thrashing away the next instant.
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Blue
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Yellow
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An agile Pokémon that lives in trees. It angers easily and will not hesitate to attack anything.
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Stadium
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Quick to anger, it will begin brawling on the slightest provocation. It is unsafe to approach as it is very nimble.
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Generation II
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Gold
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It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack any handy target for no reason.
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Silver
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It's unsafe to approach if it gets violently enraged for no reason and can't distinguish friends from foes.
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Crystal
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It lives in groups in the treetops. If it loses sight of its group, it becomes infuriated by its loneliness.
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Stadium 2
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It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack any handy target for no reason.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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When Mankey starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign that it is becoming angry. However, because it goes into a towering rage almost instantly, it is impossible for anyone to flee its wrath.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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When it starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign of anger. However, since this happens instantly, there is no time to flee.
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FireRed
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Light and agile on its feet, and ferocious in temperament. When angered, it flies into an uncontrollable frenzy.
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LeafGreen
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Extremely quick to anger. It could be docile one moment then thrashing away the next instant.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack any handy target for no reason.
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SoulSilver
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It's unsafe to approach if it gets violently enraged for no reason and can't distinguish friends from foes.
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Generation V
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Black
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It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.
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White
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Black 2
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It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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It's unsafe to approach if it gets violently enraged for no reason and can't distinguish friends from foes.
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Y
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It lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason.
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Game locations
In side games
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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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 305
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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.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 35.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mankey
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mankey
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mankey
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mankey
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Mankey in Generation VI
- 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 Mankey in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mankey
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mankey
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Mankey can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Mankey cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mankey
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Mankey
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Mankey can be seen as a parallel to Meowth. Both of them are Generation I Pokémon who evolve into their evolved forms at or above level 28. Mankey is exclusive to Pokémon Red, Gold, and HeartGold, while Meowth is exclusive to Blue, Silver, and SoulSilver. Additionally, both seem to have a similar color scheme.
Origin
Considering its pig-like nose, long tail, and overall personality, Mankey has much in common with baboons.
Name origin
Mankey may be a combination of mad or man and monkey. It could also be a pun on cranky, referring to Mankey's irritable personality.
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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マンキー Mankey
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A combination of the words man and monkey.
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French
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Férosinge
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From féroce and singe.
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Spanish
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Mankey
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Same as English/Japanese name
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German
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Menki
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From its English/Japanese name
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Italian
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Mankey
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Same as English/Japanese name
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Korean
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망키 Mangki
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Transliteration of Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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猴怪 Hóuguài
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Literally "Monkey monster".
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Cantonese Chinese
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猴怪 Hàuhgwaai
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Literally "Monkey monster".
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Related articles
External links
Notes
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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.
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