Mankey is a simianPokémon, similar to a New World monkey. It is bipedal and has a round body covered in whitish, shaggy fur. Its nose is similar to a pig's snout, and it has narrow, red eyes and triangular ears with brown insides. Mankey's three-fingered hands, two-toed feet, and the tip of its curved, prehensile tail are brown. Along with Stufful, it is the smallest known Fighting-type Pokémon.
Mankey specializes in physical fighting and is very aggressive and short-tempered. When angry, it begins shaking and its breathing turns rough. Its rage peaks quickly, preventing its victim from being able to flee. It will rampage until it falls asleep, but its anger remains in its dreams. This causes it to wake up and become furious all over again. However, this constant release of stress grants it a long life. Mankey can be found in the mountains, where it lives in treetop colonies. If one becomes enraged, the whole colony rampages for no reason. If it loses sight of its colony or if it is left alone to rage, its loneliness causes it to become infuriated.
According to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team games, Mankey's preferred food is chestnuts. However, Mankey usually lacks the dexterity to peel them. It becomes agitated and rage after attempting to peel a chestnut's spiky shell. Additionally, it also appears to be fond of bananas in the anime.
In A Tyrogue Full of Trouble, a Mankey was a member of a trio of Pokémon that was causing problems for a small town, with the other members being a Tyrogue and a Primeape. Kiyo was able to catch the Tyrogue, and the Mankey and Primeape joined up with him.
In Training Daze, a Mankey was jointly owned by Jessie and Jubei. They used it at the Team Rocket Academy for a test. It lowered Jessie into a vault containing an Articuno statue, but due to the rope getting stuck, Mankey and Jubei had to pull Jessie and the statue up; proving to be too heavy, they dropped it, triggering the alarms and resulting in Mankey and Jubei being injured.
In A Snow Day for Searching!, three Mankey surrounded a Cubone and stole its bone. However, they ended up losing it in a lake, forcing Goh to use his Dewgong to retrieve it for Cubone.
Two Mankey appeared in Securing the Future!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild. They joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
Multiple Mankey debuted in The Primeape Directive. Led by an enraged Primeape, they attacked Blue and Yellow, but his Porygon managed to defeat it. Yellow was the one to quell the leader and have them leave peacefully, however. They later appeared in The Legend after the industrial ruins in the Kanto mainland had been restored by the healing light.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Three Mankey are the boss of Uproar Forest. After being defeated, they follow the player back to the rescue base. The Mankey help with the remodeling of the base but go on strike half-way through until they receive two peeled chestnuts.
When Mankey starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign that it is becoming angry. However, because it goes into a towering rage almost instantly, it is impossible for anyone to flee its wrath.
When it starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign of anger. However, since this happens instantly, there is no time to flee.
When Mankey starts shaking and its nasal breathing turns rough, it's a sure sign that it is becoming angry. However, because it goes into a towering rage almost instantly, it is impossible for anyone to flee its wrath.
Mankey may be considered a counterpart of Meowth. Both of them are Generation I Pokémon who evolve into their evolved forms at or above level 28. Mankey is exclusive to Pokémon Red, Gold, HeartGold, and Let's Go Pikachu!, while Meowth is exclusive to Blue, Silver, SoulSilver, and Let's Go Eevee!. Also, in Black 2 and White 2, Yancy will trade the player a Meowth if the player is male, and Curtis will trade Mankey if the player is female. Additionally, both seem to have a similar color scheme.
Considering its pig-like nose, long tail, habitat, and overall personality, Mankey has much in common with baboons. Mankey's color scheme is also very similar to that of the Japanese macaque.
Name origin
Mankey may be a combination of man and monkey. It may also involve mad and cranky.
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For other sprites and images, please see Mankey images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
