Minun are mostly a shade of cream with blue accentuations. The accentuations of blue are apparent on its large ears, cheeks, forepaws, and tail-tip. Minun have a creamed colored bobtail, tipped with a blue minus sign. Minun have a dot-like nose, and a cream colored minus sign voids in the middle of their circular blue cheeks.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Minun creates electrical pom-poms and sparks to cheer on its partners.
Minun's stats are geared towards defense whereas Plusle's stats are offense-oriented. Minun's movepool is nearly identical to Plusle, except that Minun learns Charm and Trump Card and lacks Last Resort.
Apparently, simultaneous exposure to electricity from a Plusle and Minun will promote circulation and boost vitality.
Behavior
Minun is a cheerful and supportive Pokémon, always encouraging comrades in battle by using the spark pouches in its cheeks. It is very compassionate towards its friends, and is known to cry upon witnessing a friend lose a battle. They are commonly referred to as cheerleaders for these actions. Also, it seems to enjoy battling with a Plusle. If a friend is losing a battle, sparks will fly out of its cheeks.
Minun first appeared alongside Plusle in A Different Kind of Misty!. Both Pokémon were owned by Thatcher, who is responsible for protecting a lighthouse. The same Minun and Plusle appear again in Cheer Pressure, where Thatcher is training them to be cheerleaders.
Minun and Plusle also appear as supporting characters in the film Destiny Deoxys, serving as the story's comic relief. The pair helps Tory Lund to overcome his fear of Pokémon.
Another Minun appeared in Yes, in Dee Dee It's Dawn! and Playing the Performance Encore! alongside its counterpart under the ownership of Ursula. Also, in the same episode one appeared along with a Minun in Dawn's flashback when she confessed that as a child, she had a fear of both of them.
Minor appearances
Elijah used Minun and Plusle as actors in Lights, Camerupt, Action!. The plot of the movie was that Pikachu, Plusle and Minun were setting out to rescue Princess Kirlia from an evil Exploud.
Late into his adventure, Hareta receives an Egg from his father, Kaisei. It later hatched at Stark Mountain. As a baby, Minun isn't very strong, preferring to cheer on its teammates and using Status moves.
In the Pokémon Ranger - the Comic manga
Lunick has a Minun as his Partner Pokémon which is the counterpart to Solana's Plusle. He can boost Lunick's Capture Styler with electricity.
Excess data found on the game disc includes data for seven playable characters cut from the final roster, including Plusle and Minun as a tag team akin to the Ice Climbers. However, in the final version of the game, Minun just appears as a random trophy alongside Plusle.
Trophy Information
It appears with its counterpart, Plusle.
"Cheering Pokémon. Plusle and Minun produce positive and negative energy, respectively. They both love cheering on their partners and place the encouragement of their partners over their own safety. To cheer, they short their electric currents to produce sparks that grow in intensity as their partners get into trouble."
Minun is more concerned about cheering on its partners than its own safety. It shorts out the electricity in its body to create brilliant showers of sparks to cheer on its teammates.
Minun loves to cheer on its partner in battle. It gives off sparks from its body while it is doing so. If its partner is in trouble, this Pokémon gives off increasing amounts of sparks.
At a meeting of Pokémon academics, it was announced that simultaneous exposure to electricity from a Plusle and Minun will promote circulation and boost vitality.
Minun will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
4 ? M 9 F Q X ? 2 8 N 7
H R ? H P 5 ? 0 ! 4 ? W
Objective: Escort Minun to Plusle on floor 7 of Mt. Blaze.
Minun shares the same species name with its partner Plusle. They are both known as Cheering Pokémon.
Minun is considered by many fans to be a novelty Pokémon due to its general weakness unless it's paired in battle with a Pokémon which has Plus. It is likely it was created to showcase the Double Battle system introduced in its generation.
Minun and Plusle have the same base stats, although the stat distribution is different.
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 Minun images on Bulbagarden Archives.
