Totem Pokémon

A Totem Gumshoos and its ally

Totem Pokémon (Japanese: ぬしポケモン Leader Pokémon) are a type of variant Pokémon that are battled at the end of every trial, having been trained up by the respective Trial Captain to fulfill that role. These Pokémon appear larger and weigh approximately two to four times as much as other Pokémon of the same species.

In the games

At the start of a battle, Totem Pokémon are enveloped in a special aura which boosts one or more of its stats by a fixed number of stages. According to Wicke, their size and aura are a result of being bathed in the energy spilled from Ultra Wormholes, the same kind that the Ultra Beasts use to wield their Ability Beast Boost. Totem Pokémon are battled in SOS Battles, which allows them to summon an ally to help.

SOS Battles with Totem Pokémon differ from regular SOS Battles in that their supply of allies may be limited, which allies they call is not influenced by the weather, and they call allies at specific times rather than at random (so their calls are unaffected by the Adrenaline Orb and status conditions). Both the Totem Pokémon and their allies have more advanced artificial intelligence than wild Pokémon, mirroring Trainer behavior. Totem Pokémon each also hold a specific item, usually one that will synergize effectively with their particular strategies or cover their weaknesses. Due to the island challenge rules, Totem Pokémon and their allies cannot be caught. Like all wild Pokémon, if the player steals an item from a Totem Pokémon (such as by using Thief), the player's Pokémon will still be holding the stolen item at the end of battle.

List of Totem Pokémon

Island	Location	Totem Pokémon	Aura	Ally Pokémon
Melemele Island	Verdant Cavern	GumshoosS Level 12	Defense +1	YungoosS Level 10
		Alolan RaticateM Level 12	Defense +1	Alolan RattataM Level 10
Akala Island	Brooklet Hill	Wishiwashi (School Form) Level 20	Defense +1	Wishiwashi and Alomomola Level 18
	Wela Volcano Park	Salazzle Level 22	Sp. Defense +1	Salandit Level 20
	Lush Jungle	Lurantis Level 24	Speed +2	Trumbeak and Castform Level 22
Ula'ula Island	Hokulani Observatory	Vikavolt Level 29	Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense Speed +1	Charjabug ×2 Level 27
	Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site)	Mimikyu Level 33	Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense Speed +1	Haunter and Gengar Level 27
Poni Island	Vast Poni Canyon	Kommo-o Level 45	Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense Speed +1	Hakamo-o and Scizor Level 32

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Special Demo Version

Island	Location	Totem Pokémon	Aura	Ally Pokémon
Melemele Island	Ten Carat Hill	Hakamo-o Level 36	Sp. Defense +1	Rockruff Level 30

In the anime

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Totem Pokémon

Totem Gumshoos

Debut	To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Billy Bob Thompson

Ash battled the Totem Gumshoos as part of the Verdant Cavern trial, using his Pikachu and Rowlet. Gumshoos was able to defeat Rowlet but was eventually defeated by Pikachu. After Ash won the battle, Gumshoos gave him a Normalium Z. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate.

Gumshoos's known moves are Frustration and Sand Attack.

Totem Raticate

Debut	A Team-on-Team Tussle!

A Totem Alolan Raticate was seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although an extremely powerful opponent, taking down Meowth, Mareanie, and all of Team Skull's Pokémon, it was eventually defeated by Jessie's Mimikyu.

None of Raticate's moves are known.

Totem Wishiwashi

Debut	SM033

A Totem Wishiwashi appeared at Brooklet Hill, being hooked up by Lana, who then proceeded to battle it with her Popplio. It was eventually defeated by Popplio's newly learned Aqua Jet, earning Lana a Waterium Z from it as a reward.

None of Wishiwashi's moves are known.

Ally Pokémon

Ally Yungoos

Debut	To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Billy Bob Thompson

Ash battled this Yungoos when he first entered the Verdant Cavern trial. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate.

Yungoos's known moves are Hyper Fang and Sand Attack.

Ally Gumshoos

Debut	To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kaito Ishikawa
English	Billy Bob Thompson

Main article: Officer Jenny's Gumshoos

Ash battled this Gumshoos when he first entered the Verdant Cavern trial. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate. Melemele Island's Officer Jenny later convinced Gumshoos to stay with her.

Gumshoos's known moves are Sand Attack, Take Down, and Hyper Fang.

Ally Rattata (multiple)

Debut	A Team-on-Team Tussle!

These Alolan Rattata were seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although powerful they were lured into a cage of Berries and trapped there. They later escaped and continued their attack on the thieves.

None of Rattata's moves are known.

Ally Raticate (multiple)

Debut	A Team-on-Team Tussle!

These Alolan Raticate were seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although powerful they were lured into a cage of Berries and trapped there. They later escaped and continued their attack on the thieves.

None of Raticate's moves are known.

Ally Alomomola

Debut	SM033

This Alomomola appeared to support Totem Wishiwashi during Lana's trial against it, healing it with Heal Pulse. In order to help Lana, Ash then proceeded to fish up the Alomomola and had Pikachu use Electro Ball on it, defeating it and causing it to flee in a fit of tears.

Alomomola's only known move is Heal Pulse.

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Totem Kommo-o

Unknown's Totem Kommo-o

Debut	Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!

Ash battled this Totem Kommo-o on Poni Island. It initially proved to be a powerful opponent, but after remembering the day they first met, Ash and Pikachu defeated Kommo-o with a 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt.

Kommo-o's only known move is Draco Meteor.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 霸主寶可夢 Bajyú Pokémon Mandarin 霸主寶可夢 / 霸主宝可梦 Bàzhǔ Pokémon Czech Totemový pokémon French Pokémon Dominant German Herrscher-Pokémon Hungarian Totem Pokémon Italian Pokémon dominante Korean 주인 포켓몬 Ju-in Pokémon Polish Pokémon Totem Portuguese Pokémon Totem Russian Покемон-Тотем Pokémon-Totem Spanish Pokémon dominante

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