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Puni-chan (Japanese: プニちゃん Puni-chan) currently travelling with Ash and his friends, under the care of Bonnie, is a recurring Pokémon character in the anime that first appeared in SS035. It is the central figure of the XY & Z arc of the XY series.
History
Zygarde first appeared in SS035, where Mairin's Chespin recovered it from an experiment going on in the Lysandre Labs. Although, Zygarde escaped, Mairin's Chespin went into a coma state. At some point after escaping Team Flare, it found its way to a bag on a stump, which the tired Order Pokémon decided to sleep in. When this bag turned out to belong to a little girl, Bonnie, who was quickly enamored with the cute Pokémon, it attempted to escape to no avail. Ash and Serena attempted to scan it to learn what it was, but neither Pokédex recognized it. Bonnie then nicknamed it "Puni-chan" (from the Japanese word for Squishy) in the absence of a species name and decided to take care of it despite Clemont pointing out that they knew nothing about this Pokémon.
"Puni-chan" was quickly separated from the group after Sawyer's Grovyle chased a group of Dodrio through the forest the group was in. The group soon caught up to it, only to find it being captured by Team Flare admin Celosia and a group of Team Flare Grunts. Celosia referred to Puni-chan as "our little one", but her harsh treatment made Ash and his friends skeptical of this claim, so they continued to rescue Puni-chan anyway. The five and their Pokémon were able to escape with Puni-chan none the worse for its ordeal.
After escaping, Puni-chan was introduced to the rest of the group's Pokémon. During dinner, the group was confused that Puni-chan was refusing to eat, but understood when it basked in the setting sun and absorbed sunlight. Soon after, it went berserk upon seeing Terminus Cave on Serena's Town Map and attacked the device, which the group interpreted to mean it wanted to go there.
That night, it detected through its cells that Celosia and the Team Flare Grunts were still searching for it, so it woke the group up. It was attacked by the Grunts again, but Ash and Sawyer, still unconvinced that Puni-chan belonged to them, defended it while Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie carried it away from Celosia's group. However, it was separated from the three after Bonnie fell while crossing a river, leading to it being cornered by Bryony. Out of desperation, it absorbed surrounding cells to transform into its 10% Form, allowing it to use Land's Wrath to force Bryony and her subordinates to retreat. Although this exhausted it, it absorbed light to heal itself.
In XY094, Puni-chan was shown to Professor Sycamore, who was informed that neither of the two Pokédexes recognized it. Sycamore then went on to say that it may be a new Pokémon. While resting in Bonnie's bag, Dedenne wanted it to make space for it so that Dedenne could rest. Serena then decided that she would make an extension for Puni-chan to rest. While Serena was stitching Bonnie's bag, Puni-chan went to rest on a rock nearby and absorbed Sunlight for itself to re-energise. When the stitching was done, both Zygarde and Dedenne were happy as they could now rest in Bonnie's Bag.
Personality and characteristics
Puni-chan, being a Zygarde, is shown to be keeping a regular check of the nature through other cells that are scattered throughout the region. Puni-chan uses these cells as a surveillance camera, and will always check with its cells before falling asleep. If it senses that enemies are approaching, it will wake any travelling companions up to warn them. When in danger, as shown in XY093, it calls upon these cells to change its form.
As shown when it tried to escape from the group, Puni-chan doesn't fully trust humans; this may stem from the experiments it was subjected to at the hands of Team Flare. It only warmed up to the group when they rescued it from Celosia, and even then, it didn't fully trust them until they defended it a second time.
Moves used
10% Forme
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Trivia
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Zygarde.
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