Pansear is a primate-like, red-and-yellow Fire-type Pokémon. The proportion of its head and large ears are similar to that of Aipom, although the insides of its ears are orange with small points at the upper portions. The upper half of its head and the whorled scruff atop is red. Pansear's eyes are oval-shaped, with large pupils, and the lower half of its face is yellow with a small, dot-like nose. Its upper body and its skinny forelimbs are also yellow, and its hands seem to have no fingers, aside from thumbs. Pansear's lower body is red with small feet, and its wiry tail is tipped with an arrowhead-shaped feature.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Pansear's tuft burning over 300 degrees Celsius
The inside of the tuft on its head is able to burn a high temperatures over 300 degrees Celsius. Pansear uses this high temperature to cook berries.
Behavior
The inside of its head tuft will burn when angered.
In the Pocket Monsters BW manga, Chili uses a Pansear against Red's Clefairy in PMBW03 when he tries to instigate a fight between Chili and his brothers Cilan and Cress. The three brothers use their Pokémon against Clefairy, however, their group attack backfires when Clefairy uses the effects of Pansear, Panpour and Pansage's attacks to make green tea.
Pansear is the only Pokémon outside of Generation I Pokémon to evolve via the Fire Stone.
Pansear, along with Pansage and Panpour, and their respective evolutions, are the only non-starter Pokémon that can have a starter Pokémon-exclusive Ability. In Pansear and Simisear's case, this is Blaze.
Pansear's evolutionary line are the only elemental monkeys that are unable to learn any moves that are otherwise exclusively available from TMs naturally; Pansage is able to learn Grass Knot, while Panpour's family can learn Scald.
Origin
Pansear is based on a monkey and a flame. It, along with its two contemporaries, seem to inspired by the three wise monkeys motif; with its hand by its ear, Pansear represents "hear no evil".
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