Baby Pokémon

File:Baby Pokemon Theme Song.JPG

A few baby Pokémon in Born to Be a Winner

Baby Pokémon are the lowest stage of Pokémon evolution. The concept was introduced in Generation II, along with breeding, which is typically the only way to obtain them.

The majority of baby Pokémon were introduced after their first-stage evolutions, with the exceptions of Togepi and Riolu. To achieve evolution, the majority of baby Pokémon require maximized happiness. Others will evolve by level up, but as the generations passed more complex methods of evolution were introduced.

In the video game series, the only way to obtain most baby Pokémon is through breeding. On occasion, non-player characters will give the player an egg containing a baby Pokémon, and this Pokémon typically cannot be obtained in any other method, except for breeding. Generation III introduced the first baby Pokémon able to be caught in the wild: Wynaut on Mirage Island. In Generation IV, many other baby Pokémon were also available, relatively easily, in the wild. Players may still find it preferable to breed though, for the benefit of egg moves (as many baby Pokémon have very limited movepools).

Baby Pokémon all have one thing in common: they are unable to breed unless they evolve into one of their higher forms, and are all in the No eggs egg group. This is presumably due to their infantile state.

From Generation III onwards, most new baby Pokémon can only be obtained by making the parent in their evolutionary line hold a specific Incense before breeding, explaining why they were unavailable in previous generations.

About half of all baby Pokémon are part of a three-stage evolutionary line, that is, they evolve again after evolving from their Baby form. Only one of these, however, is achieved by level up, with most of the others requiring use of an evolutionary stone or held item to evolve a second time.

Baby Pokémon were eventually introduced in the Trading Card Game as well.

List of baby Pokémon

Baby form	Evolution trigger	Basic form	Evolution trigger	Evolved form
Pichu  Electric	← Breed	Pikachu  Electric	Use → File:ThunderstoneSprite.png Thunderstone	Raichu  Electric
	Happiness →
Cleffa  Normal	← Breed	Clefairy  Normal	Use → File:MoonStoneSprite.png Moon Stone	Clefable  Normal
	Happiness →
Igglybuff  Normal	← Breed	Jigglypuff  Normal	Use → File:MoonStoneSprite.png Moon Stone	Wigglytuff  Normal
	Happiness →
Togepi  Normal	← Breed	Togetic  Normal  Flying	Use → File:ShinyStoneSprite.png Shiny Stone	Togekiss  Normal  Flying
	Happiness →
Tyrogue  Fighting	← Breed	Hitmonlee  Fighting	Hitmonlee doesn't evolve.
	Level 20 → if Attack > Defense
	← Breed	Hitmonchan  Fighting	Hitmonchan doesn't evolve.
	Level 20 → if Attack < Defense
	← Breed	Hitmontop  Fighting	Hitmontop doesn't evolve.
	Level 20 → if Attack = Defense
Smoochum  Psychic  Ice	← Breed	Jynx  Psychic  Ice	Jynx doesn't evolve.
	Level 30 →
Elekid  Electric	← Breed	Electabuzz  Electric	Trade → while holding File:ElectroBooster.png Electirizer	Electivire  Electric
	Level 30 →
Magby  Fire	← Breed	Magmar  Fire	Trade → while holding File:MagmaBooster.png Magmarizer	Magmortar  Fire
	Level 30 →
Azurill  Normal	← Breed while holding File:SeaIncenseSprite.png Sea Incense	Marill  Water	Level 18 →	Azumarill  Water
	Happiness →
Wynaut  Psychic	← Breed while holding File:LaxIncenseSprite.png Lax Incense	Wobbuffet  Psychic	Wobbuffet doesn't evolve.
	Level 15 →
Budew  Grass  Poison	← Breed while holding File:FlowerIncenseSprite.png Rose Incense	Roselia  Grass  Poison	Use → File:ShinyStoneSprite.png Shiny Stone	Roserade  Grass  Poison
	Happiness → during the day
Chingling  Psychic	← Breed while holding File:ClearIncenseSprite.png Pure Incense	Chimecho  Psychic	Chimecho doesn't evolve.
	Happiness → during the night
Bonsly  Rock	← Breed while holding File:RockIncenseSprite.png Rock Incense	Sudowoodo  Rock	Sudowoodo doesn't evolve.
	Level up → while knowing Mimic
Mime Jr.  Psychic	← Breed while holding File:EerieIncenseSprite.png Odd Incense	Mr. Mime  Psychic	Mr. Mime doesn't evolve.
	Level up → while knowing Mimic
Happiny  Normal	← Breed while holding File:LuckyIncenseSprite.png Luck Incense	Chansey  Normal	Happiness →	Blissey  Normal
	Level up → while holding File:OvalStoneSprite.png Oval Stone
Munchlax  Normal	← Breed while holding File:FullStomachIncenseSprite.png Full Incense	Snorlax  Normal	Snorlax doesn't evolve.
	Happiness →
Riolu  Fighting	← Breed	Lucario  Fighting  Steel	Lucario doesn't evolve.
	Happiness → during the day
Mantyke  Water  Flying	← Breed while holding File:SmallWaveIncenseSprite.png Wave Incense	Mantine  Water  Flying	Mantine doesn't evolve.
	Level up → with Remoraid in party

Trivia

• All baby Pokémon, excluding those which evolve by level-up alone, are able to evolve at a minimum of level 2, as the requirements for their evolution can be met without them having to level up more than once.
• Of those that are able to do this and evolve a second time, only one (The Chancey line) must level to 3.
• Out of eighteen baby Pokémon, there are currently seven baby Pokémon which will evolve into Pokémon belonging to the Fairy Egg Group and six others that will evolve into Pokémon that belong to the Humanshape Egg Group.
• Of all post-Generation II baby Pokémon, only Azurill and Munchlax evolve by happiness alone (not requiring a certain time of day). These two baby Pokémon are owned by two of Ash's previous traveling companions, Misty and May.
• All baby Pokémon that were introduced in Generation II that evolve by happiness can evolve further using evolutionary stones.

See also

• Methods of evolution