Pinsir has a brown body with a large pair of white horns that are dotted with small spikes. Pinsir has short legs with three toes each and skinny, three-clawed arms. Its mouth has long, flat teeth that are arranged vertically rather then horizontally. Pinsir is cold-blooded.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Pinsir's horns have enough crushing power to shatter thick logs and allow it to Template:M2 twice its own weight.
Behavior
Pinsir's movements are more sluggish when exposed to cold weather, so they hide in burrows, treetops or tree roots during chilly nights. Pinsir are known to dig holes to sleep in by using their horns to dig.
However, when they are fully awake, they can be quite aggressive.
Pinsir made an appearance on an island that was mainly inhabited by Bug-type Pokémon in Tracey Gets Bugged.
In A Sappy Ending, Pinsir were being driven into a forest that was Heracross territory because Team Rocket was stealing the sap from the trees that were in their territory.
Pokémon Stadium 2: Pinsir stars in a mini-game alongside Scyther called "Clear Cut Challenge." Each player chops a falling log for each round of the game. The score for each player is determined by how close you are to the white line on the log. Cut anywhere above the log will cause you to lose points.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Pinsir is astoundingly strong. It can grip a foe weighing twice its weight in its horns and easily lift it. This Pokémon's movements turn sluggish in cold places.
Pinsir has a pair of massive horns. Protruding from the surface of these horns are thorns. These thorns are driven deeply into the foe's body when the pincer closes, making it tough for the foe to escape.
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Pinsir is the only pure Bug-type Pokémon that does not have either a gender counterpart or an evolution.
Before the release of Gold and Silver, it was speculated that Heracross would be a pre-evolution or evolution of Pinsir.
Pinsir has the highest Attack and Defense of all Generation I Bug-types.
While in Generation I, Pinsir and Scyther were version-exclusive counterparts, in Generation II Scyther got an evolution and Pinsir did not. The same thing happened to Banette and Dusclops when Generation IV was introduced.
Pinsir's name is a corruption of pincer, referring to the claws on its head. Its Japanese name may be based on 傀 kai, large, or 魁偉 kaii, brawny. It could also be a combination of the Japanese 刈 kai, cut, and the Greek word for bug, κοριός korios.
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Pinsir images on Bulbagarden Archives.
