Exeggutor is a tall, brown Pokémon that resembles a coconut tree, with its lower body resembling a tree trunk. It has thick legs with two-toed feet and a light-yellow colored paw pad on the foot's underside. Exeggutor has three to six round, light-yellow heads that resemble coconuts.
Exeggutor first appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad. Ash was hypnotized by Melvin's Exeggcute and was forced to capture several Exeggutor for Melvin. Unfortunately, all of the Exeggutor used Hypnosis on each other and they went on a rampage.
Ash battled an Exeggutor in his first battle in the Indigo League in Round One - Begin. Despite the type disadvantage and the lack of experience, Ash's Krabby defeated Mandi's Exeggutor, evolving into Kingler in the process.
Minor appearances
In Misty Meets Her Match, Rudy used an Exeggutor against Ash's Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur managed to defeat it, but it also saved the Coconut Tree Pokémon from falling down a cliff.
Exeggutor, a Coconut Pokémon. Also known as the walking tropical rain forest. Each coconut has a distinct face and its own character. Its special attack is Hypnosis.
In Volume 9, Exeggutor is one of the Pokémon Blue captures outside the Viridian Gym. It is seen again in Volume 13 as a part of his squad in the Gym Leader faceoff, and again as a defender of Viridian Gym in Volume 24.
Exeggutor originally came from the tropics. Its heads steadily grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall off, they group together to form Exeggcute.
Exeggutor originally came from the tropics. Its heads steadily grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall off, they group together to form Exeggcute.
Originally from the tropics, Exeggutor's heads grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall, they group to form an Exeggcute.
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While Melvin's Exeggutor waves goodbye to Ash and his friends at the end of The March of the Exeggutor Squad, additional heads can be seen in the back; this has, to date, appeared in no other media.
Two of Ash's Pokémon in the anime have evolved after fighting and defeating Exeggutor. Ash's Charmander evolved into Charmeleon after defeating several Exeggutor, with some help from Melvin's fire power. Later on, Ash's Krabby evolved into Kingler after defeating Mandi's Exeggutor in the first round of the Indigo Plateau Conference.
Oddly, Exeggutor's Gold sprite is the same as its Yellow sprite, only different colors.
Despite its artwork depicting it sitting down, only its Silver sprite shows it sitting down.
It's Yellow sprite is the exact same as Gold and Crystal, only with different colorings.
Origin
It appears to be based on a coconut tree, or possibly the Japanese monster Jinmenju, a tree that grows human heads (that are always smiling).
Name origin
Exeggutor's name is a combination of egg and executor. The Japanese name is derived from the words ココナッツ kokonattsu (coconuts) and 椰子 yashi (palm tree.)
In other languages
German: Kokowei - A combination of Kokos (coconut) and the name of its pre-evolution, an old term O wei (good grief).
French: Noadkoko - A corruption of noix de coco (coconut).
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For other sprites and images, please see Exeggutor images on Bulbagarden Archives.
