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Sunkern is a mostly yellow, seed-like Pokémon with a small sprout growing out of its top. It has triangular, spike-like protrusions on top of its head, encircling the sprout. Its body has three broad, brown, vertical stripes. Two of the stripes start jaggedly above Sunkern's dark eyes and continue downward. The other stripe is directly below Sunkern's mouth. Since Sunkern's eyelids are brown, the brown streak patterning appears uninterrupted when Sunkern's eyes are closed.
Sunkern is known to be very weak. Aware of its weakness, it only feeds until it evolves. However, it feeds on only the dew from under the leaves of plants. It tries to move as little as possible since it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for evolution. If attacked by predators such as Spearow, it shakes its leaves at the attacker. Sunkern occasionally falls from the sky on early mornings for unknown reasons. A year after a cold summer, the population of Sunkern explodes. Sunkern can be found in temperate, grassy meadows.
In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, a Sunkern was lured in by the Honey that Cheryl had slathered onto a tree. Additional Sunkern appeared in the episode's boss fantasy, but that was cut from the dub due to it containing suggestive material.
In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, multiple Sunkern were living in Crown City. Some took part in surrounding Zorua in the park along with the other Pokémon with the intention of attacking him in retribution for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight could break out, the Sunkern, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed down by Celebi.
Sunkern debuted in The Legend when two were seen up on a tree when Green had finished her message to Silver in Johto.
A Sunkern was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after Gold helped Joey get it back in Murkrow Row.
In Sunkern Treasure, Gold encountered a herd of Sunkern escaping from a wildSkarmory. To help Falknercatch the Skarmory, Gold caught a Sunkern to use her jumping ability to get high enough and attack it. Afterwards, she was nicknamed Sunbo and officially joined Gold's team. She later evolved into a Sunflora when sunlight reflecting from a rock imitated the effect of a Sun Stone.
Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Sunkern try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew.
Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
Sunkern shares its category name with Bulbasaur and its evolved forms. They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
Sunkern's official artwork more closely resembled its Shiny form in Gold and Silver than its regular form. This was somewhat rectified in Crystal, although the artwork was still more similar to its Shiny sprite; this discrepancy was fully rectified in Generation III.
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.