Dedenne (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Dedenne (disambiguation).

Dedenne Antenna Pokémon デデンネ Dedenne #0702 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Fairy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Cheek Pouch or Pickup Cacophony Cacophony Plus Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 180 (33.8%)
Breeding Egg Groups Field and Fairy Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Dedenne 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 4.9 lbs. 2.2 kg Dedenne 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 151	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Dedenne 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 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   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Dedenne (Japanese: デデンネ Dedenne) is a dual-type Electric/Fairy Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Dedenne using its whiskers to communicate

Dedenne is a bipedal, orange, rodent-like Pokémon with a round body. It has round black ears with pale yellow interiors, black eyes, a tiny nose, and a prominent upper incisor with a slight point. On each cheek is a circular, dark orange electric sac with two black whiskers. The upper whiskers have branches and resemble antennae, while the lower whiskers are simple. There is a thick black stripe down its back and it has a pale yellow belly. It has stubby limbs with three digits on each paw and a long, thin black tail with a tuft of fur on the tip.

Dedenne's upper whiskers serve as antennae that can send and receive electrical waves. This allows it to communicate with others of its kind over great distances, sharing locations of food or electricity, and sense its surroundings. The simple, lower whiskers are organs that can fire electricity. However, Dedenne is small and its electricity-generating organ is under-developed, making it unable to generate a lot of electricity on its own. It absorbs electricity from other electric Pokémon, or from homes and buildings by plugging its tail into outlets; Dedenne are known to live near humans due to this behavior. When it is low on charge, it curls up and sleeps. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Dedenne will occasionally fall asleep while sucking its tail. It is believed that Dedenne does this to how happy it feels from absorbing all that electricity.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Dedenne is a member of the Expedition Society in charge of transmitting signals between Exploration Society members.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI Kalos Coastal #110 Hoenn #— X Its whiskers serve as antennas. By sending and receiving electrical waves, it can communicate with others over vast distances. Y It uses its tail to absorb electricity from power plants or from outlets in houses, and then it fires the electricity from its whiskers. Omega Ruby Its whiskers serve as antennas. By sending and receiving electrical waves, it can communicate with others over vast distances. Alpha Sapphire It uses its tail to absorb electricity from power plants or from outlets in houses, and then it fires the electricity from its whiskers.
Generation VII Alola  US  UM : #291 Kanto #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. Ultra Sun It sneaks into people's homes and steals electricity from their outlets. When your electric bill seems off, it's the handiwork of this rascal. Ultra Moon Its upper whiskers are sensors that survey its surroundings. Its lower whiskers are organs that shoot electricity.
Generation VIII Galar Isle of Armor #103 Sinnoh #— Hisui #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. Sword A Dedenne's whiskers pick up electrical waves other Dedenne send out. These Pokémon share locations of food or electricity with one another. Shield Since Dedenne can't generate as much electricity on its own, it steals electricity from outlets or other electric Pokémon.
Generation IX Paldea #200 Kitakami #— Blueberry #— Scarlet It’s small and its electricity-generating organ is not fully developed, so it uses its tail to absorb electricity from people’s homes and charge itself. Violet Dedenne emit electrical waves from the whiskers on their cheeks to communicate with each other. When low on electricity, they curl up and sleep.

Dedenne in the Alola PokédexUSUM	Dedenne in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Route 11, Friend Safari (Electric and Fairy) Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Trade
Generation VII Sun Moon Trade Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Blush Mountain Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee Unobtainable
Generation VIII Sword Shield TradeVersion 1.2.0+ Expansion Pass Challenge Beach Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure) Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Unobtainable Legends: Arceus Unobtainable
Generation IX Scarlet Violet West Province: Area Three North Province: Area Three Tera Raid Battles (3★, 4★)

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI Battle Trozei Renegade Meadow: Stage 6 Rumble World Fairy Land: Heat-Wave Desert (All Areas), Legend Terrain: Meteorite Parkland (All Areas) Picross Area 26: Stage 01
Generation VII Rumble Rush Zapdos Sea, Mimikyu Sea, Lugia Sea, Zygarde Sea, Greninja Sea, Mimikyu SeaFinal, Zygarde SeaFinal
Generation VIII New Snap Research Camp
Cross-Generation Shuffle Sweet Strasse: Stage 85

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 67		127 - 174	244 - 338
Attack: 58		56 - 121	108 - 236
Defense: 57		55 - 119	107 - 234
Sp. Atk: 81		77 - 146	150 - 287
Sp. Def: 67		64 - 130	125 - 256
Speed: 101		95 - 168	186 - 331
Total: 431	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 ½× Flying ½× Poison 2× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ½× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying ½× Poison 2× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ½× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying ½× Poison 2× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ½× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying ½× Poison 2× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 0× Dark ½× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Dragon-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: VI - VII - VIII

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Nuzzle Electric Physical 02020 100100% 20 011 Tail Whip Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 055 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 1010 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00——% 20 1515 Thunder Shock Electric Special 04040 100100% 30 2020 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100100% 20 2525 Parabolic Charge Electric Special 06565 100100% 20 3030 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100100% 20 3535 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00——% 5 3535 Snore Normal Special 05050 100100% 15 4040 Discharge Electric Special 08080 100100% 15 4545 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 09090% 10 5050 Super Fang Normal Physical 0000— 09090% 10 5555 Entrainment Normal Status 0000— 100100% 15 6060 Thunder Electric Special 110110 07070% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dedenne Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Dedenne Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM037 TM037 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM139 TM139 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM183 TM183 Super Fang Normal Physical 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dedenne Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Dedenne Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 * Magnet Rise Electric Status — —% 10 Tearful Look Normal Status — —% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Dedenne Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dedenne Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Dedenne Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Complete the epilogue story Connected to: Ampharos, Swirlix Connection Orb Set: 5 Phrases Normal Adventure isn't where I shine the most, but I can go all out when eating! Low HP (< 50%) Ugh... They're playing rough... I could faint at any moment...
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 52 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 51 Base Speed: 70
Pokémon Battle Trozei Electric Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Electric Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #130 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Shock Attack
Pokémon GO Base HP: 167 Base Attack: 164 Base Defense: 134 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Tackle, Thunder Shock Charged Attacks: Discharge, Play Rough, Parabolic Charge*
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #040 Dedenne love electricity, so they tend to live near humans. One often comes to my lab to feed on the electricity. Speaking of which, I was pretty shocked when it erased some of my data!
Pokémon Sleep Sleep type: Snoozing Pokémon type: Electric Points to befriend: 16 Specialty: Skills Berry: Grepa Berry ×1 Primary ingredient: Fancy Apple ×1 Possible ingredients: Fancy Apple Soothing Cacao Greengrass Corn Main skill: Tasty Chance S Base carry limit: 19 Raises your Extra Tasty rate by 4%. The effect lasts until you cook an Extra Tasty dish or change sites. It's a small Pokémon and its electricity-generating organ is weak, so it uses its tail to absorb electricity from other Pokémon to charge itself. Perhaps happy with all the electricity it absorbed, it sometimes falls asleep while sucking on its tail. Tail-Curled Sleep Face-Rubbing Sleep Cheek-Stroking Sleep Atop-Belly Sleep ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Evolution data

Unevolved Dedenne  Electric  Fairy

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Dedenne in the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Clemont's Dedenne

Clemont's Dedenne debuted in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, where Clemont tried to catch him for Bonnie as a partner. He finally caught him in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!. Since then, he was Bonnie's unofficial Pokémon, and was almost always seen outside of his Poké Ball.

Other

A Mirror World Dedenne appeared in The Cave of Mirrors!, under the ownership of Mirror Clemont. Like the Dedenne of the regular world, it was Mirror Bonnie's partner and was always seen outside of his Poké Ball.

A Dedenne appeared in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!, under the ownership of a young girl. It and its owner approached an elderly Jan and the petrified Aila, where they learned from the former about the Legendaries Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde.

A Dedenne appeared in Searching for Chivalry!, under the ownership of Wikstrom.

Minor appearances

Dedenne debuted in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where it was seen running alongside a boy in Aquacorde Town.

Four Dedenne appeared in Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!. Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles encountered them when they were shrunken in size. They started to spark around Togedemaru, which helped alert Pikachu to Ash's location.

A Trainer's Dedenne appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.

A Trainer's Dedenne appeared in Battling Besties!. It was sleeping on its Trainer's lap during the Manalo Conference battle between Lana and Mallow.

A Trainer's Dedenne appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!.

A Dedenne appeared in Under Color of Darkness!.

A Dedenne appeared in a fantasy in Sleuths for Truth!.

A Trainer's Dedenne appeared in HZ049.

A Trainer's Dedenne appeared in HZ058.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry XY003 Dedenne Ash's Pokédex Dedenne, the Antenna Pokémon. Dedenne communicates long distance with other Dedenne by sending radio waves through its antenna-like whiskers.

Pokémon Evolutions

A Dedenne appeared in The Visionary, where one explored the stone circle of Geosenge Town before being disturbed by the arrival of the ultimate weapon.

In the manga

Dedenne in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Clemont's Dedenne

A Dedenne appeared in Kangaskhan...Kangascan't, under the ownership of a Beauty.

A Dedenne was used to power the Prism Tower during a blackout in Chespin Sows the Seeds of Change.

Bonnie's Dedenne first appeared in Zygarde Agitated. It was used to help free the Pokémon captured by Team Flare on Route 10.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Dedenne appeared in Pocket Monsters XY.

In the TCG

Main article: Dedenne (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Dedenne trophy in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Dedenne appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon. It uses Discharge upon being released. It also appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy information

NA: This Electric/Fairy-type Pokémon's round shape and antennae-like whiskers make it very distinctive. It has a habit of sticking its tail into sockets to absorb electricity. Its Discharge attack shoots off in four directions, passing through obstacles and stunning any fighters it hits along the way.

PAL: This Electric- and Fairy-type Pokémon's round shape and antennae-like whiskers make it very distinctive. It has a habit of sticking its tail into sockets to absorb electricity that it fires from its whiskers. Its Discharge attack shoots off in four directions, passing through obstacles and stunning any fighters it hits along the way.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Dedenne returns as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball, retaining the same behavior from the previous game. It also appears as a Spirit.

Trivia

• Dedenne is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 431.
• During the Pokémon of the Year event held in a Japanese Pokémon Day website in February 2021, Dedenne won first place with 68,396 votes and beat Cinccino at second place (54,444 votes) and Sableye in third (45,526 votes).

Origin

Dedenne seems to be based on a gerbil, a Japanese dormouse, or a hamster, combined with a television antenna. Its Fairy type may reference the French version of the tooth fairy (La Petite Souris; i.e. The Little Mouse), which is described as a small mouse that exchanges baby teeth for coins.

Name origin

Dedenne may be a combination of 電気 denki (electricity) and antenne (French for antenna).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese デデンネ Dedenne From 電気 denki and antenne French Dedenne Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Dedenne Same as English/Japanese name German Dedenne Same as English/Japanese name Italian Dedenne Same as English/Japanese name Korean 데덴네 Dedenne Same as Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 咚咚鼠 Dōngdōngshǔ From 咚咚 dōngdōng and 鼠 shǔ Cantonese Chinese 咚咚鼠 Dūngdūngsyú From 咚咚 dūngdūng and 鼠 syú

[show]More languages Hebrew דדנה Dedenne Transcription of English/Japanese name Hindi डेडेन्ने Dedenne Transcription of English/Japanese name Russian Деденне Dedenne Transcription of English/Japanese name Thai เดเด็นเนะ Dedenne Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Clemont's Dedenne
• Electric rodents
• Expedition Society

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