Sudowoodo has a brown, log-shaped body with some yellow spots on it. It has short legs with toe-less feet. Sudowoodo has club (♣) shaped hands that remain green year-round. Sudowoodo has a forked "branch" on top of its head. Despite its plant-like appearance, its body is actually made of rock.
Gender differences
A female has shorter "branches" on the top of its head.
Sudowoodo can be found living in forests, but finding one can sometimes be a little tricky as Sudowoodo have the aforementioned habit of pretending to be a tree in order to blend in with their surroundings.
However, during winters, Sudowoodo's camouflage fails. Its forearms remain green, even in winter, thus it is easy to tell it from true trees. This may cause massive migrations of Sudowoodo to more southern areas, where the winter may not affect its camouflage.
Sudowoodo have been sighted in Johto and Hoenn's Battle Frontier. However, they are more numerous in Sinnoh, where they can sometimes be found in the wild.
Brock's Bonsly evolved into Sudowoodo in Leave It To Brocko. While as a Bonsly, it was mostly a cry-baby and always wanted attention, but as a Sudowoodo, it has proven itself to be a strong, reliable partner to Brock.
Other
Sudowoodo first appeared in Type Casting. Two Pokémon researchers were arguing whether Sudowoodo was a Grass- or Template:Type2.
A golden Sudowoodo appeared in All That Glitters is Not Golden. A boy named Keenan experimented on his Sudowoodo to make it strong against Water and it turned golden. The Sudowoodo was upset with the change, and hated Keenan for what he did to it. Keenan managed to turn his Sudowoodo back to normal at the end of the episode.
Minor appearances
A Sudowoodo was pretending to be part of a tree in Camp Pikachu.
Sudowoodo, the Imitation Pokémon. Although it camoflages itself as a tree in order to avoid being attacked, its body is actually more like a rock than like a plant. It hates water and disappears whenever it rains.
Sudowoodo, the Imitation Pokémon. Disguised as a tree, it's the evolved form of Bonsly.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In Volume 9, a Sudowoodo disguises itself as a tree in the middle of Route 37, hiding from a Rhydon. Gold convinced Sudowoodo not to run away from its problems, and Sudowoodo went on to defeat Rhydon in hand-to-hand combat. It soon after joined Gold's team and participated in his friendly match against Silver, and later the Masked Man.
A Sudowoodo is captured by Emerald at the Battle Frontier. It appears to be a female Sudowoodo, due to its motherly nature. Furthermore, it appeared to have developed a romantic relationship with Gold's Sudowoodo, which is a level 44 male.
Sudowoodo is a Poké Float. After Wooper first appears, it will move down the right of the screen while Sudowoodo is on the left. Unlike most of the Poké Floats, players are not required to ever go on Sudowoodo. A trophy of Sudowoodo can be obtained after playing on the Poké Floats stage.
Trophy information
An imitation Pokémon with an aversion to battle, Sudowoodo always poses as a tree in order to avoid being attacked. Despite their arboreal appearance, these Pokémon are actually Rock-types, and therefore highly vulnerable to water. When it begins to rain, they vanish. A Sudowoodo can be found blocking Route 36 in Johto.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Sudowoodo camouflages itself as a tree to avoid being attacked by enemies. However, because the forelegs remain green throughout the year, the Pokémon is easily identified as a fake during the winter.
It mimics a tree to avoid being attacked by enemies. But since its forelegs remain green throughout the year, it is easily identified as a fake in the winter.
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In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Sudowoodo stand still in dungeons pretending to be trees, in a similar manner to the Sudowoodo in Johto.
Sudowoodo is the only Pokémon to date with a catch rate of 65.
Sudowoodo is the first pure Template:Type2 Pokémon in the National Pokédex order.
Sudowoodo is the only non-Grass Pokémon to learn Wood Hammer by leveling up.
Sudowoodo is also the only Pokémon that can resist the recoil damage from this move.
In Generation II, only one Sudowoodo appears (from being sprayed with water from a Squirtbottle). Similarly, in Generation III, only one Sudowoodo appears--this time as the result of a spray from the Wailmer Pail. However, in Generation IV, the player can get multiple Sudowoodo by evolving Bonsly or by catching it in grass.
Although it is stated that it can't stand water, health replenishing items such as Fresh Water can be used to heal.
Origin
It may be based on petrified wood, plants which have become fossilized over time.
Name origin
Sudowoodo's name may be a portmanteau of pseudo, false, and wood. Its Japanese name could be a misspelling of 嘘つき usotsuki, fibber. It could also be a combination of 嘘 uso, false, and 木 ki, wood or tree.
In other languages
German: Mogelbaum - A combination of mogeln (to cheat) and Baum (tree).
French: Simularbre - From simuler (simulate) and arbre (tree).
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.
Hard Stone (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Sudowoodo images on Bulbagarden Archives.
