Applin (Pokémon)

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Applin Apple Core Pokémon カジッチュ Kajicchu #0840 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Ripen or Gluttony Cacophony Cacophony Bulletproof Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Grass and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Applin 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 1.1 lbs. 0.5 kg Applin 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 52	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 1 Applin 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Applin (Japanese: カジッチュ Kajicchu) is a dual-type Grass/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves into Flapple when exposed to a Tart Apple, Appletun when exposed to a Sweet Apple, or Dipplin when meeting an unknown requirement.

Biology

Applin's body seen in New Pokémon Snap

Applin is a small, worm-like Pokémon with a light green body and a dark green underside. Its head is round with two pink nostrils. Above its head are two large leaf-like eyestalks which house its two small black eyes. These eyestalks give the apple it lives in the appearance of having a stem with leaves. Applin also has two thin hairs on the tip of its tail, as well as two stubby forelimbs which are usually hidden inside its apple.

Applin is both the lightest and shortest Dragon-type Pokémon, and also one of the shortest Grass-type Pokémon. As soon as it is born, it burrows into an apple that looks like a Leppa Berry, which serves as a home, food source, and protection against preying bird Pokémon. The apple is prevented from rotting thanks to Applin's body fluid, which also strengthens the fruit's rind. The flavor of the apple determines which evolution Applin will evolve into. If Applin runs out of apples to eat or if it is separated from its apple, its body will lose moisture, and it will become dehydrated and weak. Since Applin hides inside an apple, it is sometimes mistaken by the frugivorous Noibat for food. In Galar, it is a custom to give an Applin as a romantic gesture.

Applin, Flapple, and Appletun are the only known Pokémon that can have Ripen as an Ability.

In the anime

Main series

Applin in the anime

Minor appearances

Applin debuted in A One-Stick Wonder!, where Goh attempted to catch one during a flashback, only for Grookey to scare it away.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In The Gathering of Stars, an Applin was at the Isle of Armor.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Applin debuted in PASS25, being one of many Pokémon to suddenly Dynamax.

In the TCG

Main article: Applin (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Galar #205 Galar Isle of Armor #019 Sinnoh #— Hisui #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. Sword It spends its entire life inside an apple. It hides from its natural enemies, bird Pokémon, by pretending it's just an apple and nothing more. Shield As soon as it's born, it burrows into an apple. Not only does the apple serve as its food source, but the flavor of the fruit determines its evolution.
Generation IX Paldea #108 Scarlet It grows by eating the flesh of an apple. Applin uses its own body fluid to strengthen the apple’s skin and prevent it from rotting. Violet Applin lives inside an apple. When an Applin is separated from its apple, its body loses moisture and the Pokémon grows weak.

File:Pokedex Image Applin SV.png

Applin in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield Route 5, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Stony Wilderness Axew's Eye, Bridge Field, Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, Rolling Fields, Stony Wilderness (Max Raid Battle) Expansion Pass Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Challenge Beach, Forest of Focus, Training Lowlands, Workout Sea, Loop Lagoon, Stepping-Stone Sea, Insular Sea Loop Lagoon (Max Raid Battle) Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Unobtainable Legends: Arceus Unobtainable
Generation IX Scarlet Violet South Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Four East Province: Area One, Area Two, Tagtree Thicket West Province: Area Three North Province: Area One, Area Two, Casseroya Lake Tera Raid Battles (1★)

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII New Snap Elsewhere ForestLevel 2+

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 40		100 - 147	190 - 284
Attack: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Defense: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Atk: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Sp. Def: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Speed: 20		22 - 79	40 - 152
Total: 260	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ¼× Grass ¼× Electric ¼× Psychic 1× Ice 4× Dragon 2× Dark 1× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ¼× Grass ¼× Electric ¼× Psychic 1× Ice 4× Dragon 2× Dark 1× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ¼× Grass ¼× Electric ¼× Psychic 1× Ice 4× Dragon 2× Dark 1× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ¼× Grass ¼× Electric ¼× Psychic 1× Ice 4× Dragon 2× Dark 1× Fairy 2× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Withdraw Water Status 0000— 00——% 40 011 Astonish Ghost Physical 03030 100100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Applin Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Applin

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Applin Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Applin

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Defense Curl Normal Status — —% 40 Recycle Normal Status — —% 10 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Applin Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Applin Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Applin

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO840.png Base HP: 120 Base Attack: 71 Base Defense: 116 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: 400 Fast Attacks: Astonish Charged Attacks: Struggle

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #072 As soon as an Applin is born, it burrows into an apple, which it eats as it matures. If it falls from a great height, it may pop out of its apple.

Evolution data

Unevolved Applin  Grass  Dragon	Tart Apple →	First Evolution Flapple  Grass  Dragon
	Sweet Apple →	First Evolution Appletun  Grass  Dragon

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Generation IX Scarlet Violet File:Spr 9s 0840.png File:Spr 9s 0840 s.png
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Applin images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Applin is the first Pokémon since Generation II to have a split evolution path with more than 2 members.
• Applin and its evolved forms:
  • are the only Pokémon that are in the Grass and Dragon Egg Groups.
  • require only 600,000 experience points to reach level 100, the lowest among Generation VIII Pokémon, and the lowest among Dragon-type Pokémon along with Altaria.
• Applin has the lowest base Speed stat of all Dragon-type Pokémon.

Origin

Applin appears to be based on the popular image of a worm burrowing into an apple; perhaps specifically the larvae of various moths, such as the geometer moth larvae (also known as the inchworm) and the codling moth larvae, who burrow into apples and feed on their cores, inhibiting growth and ripening them earlier. It may also be based on the mole lizard, which has two forelimbs and closely resembles an earthworm, but is actually a type of reptile related to snakes known as an amphisbaenia.

Its Dragon typing, combined with its worm-like appearance, may be a pun on the wyrm, a type of dragon. It may also reference specific dragons in various mythologies, such as the Lindworm (a serpentine dragon often depicted with only two forelimbs), Ladon (a dragon from Greek mythology that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides), or the Biblical serpent who persuaded Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge, which is often depicted as an apple.

Name origin

Applin may be a combination of apple and inside.

Kajicchu may be a combination of 齧る kajiru (to gnaw), 果実 kajitsu (fruit), and 虫 chū (bug; worm).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カジッチュ Kajicchu From 齧る kajiru, 果実 kajitsu, and 虫 chū French Verpom From ver, pomme, and a play on vert pomme Spanish Applin Same as English name German Knapfel From knabbern and Apfel Italian Applin Same as English name Korean 과사삭벌레 Gwasasakbeollae From 과 (果) gwa or 사과 (沙果) sagwa, 와사삭 wasasak, and 벌레 beollae Mandarin Chinese 啃果蟲 / 啃果虫 Kěnguǒchóng From 啃 kěn, 果 guǒ, and 蟲 / 虫 chóng Cantonese Chinese 啃果蟲 Hánggwóchùhng From 啃 háng, 果 gwó, and 蟲 chùhng

More languages Thai คาจิชชู Khachitchu Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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