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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
4′07″
Imperial
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1.4 m
Metric
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4′07″/1.4 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
89.5 lbs.
Imperial
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40.6 kg
Metric
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89.5 lbs./40.6 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
0
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
0
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 137
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Battle Exp.: 1371*
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Jynx (Japanese: ルージュラ Rougela) is an Ice/Psychic-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Jynx is a humanoid Pokémon that resembles a bulky woman. Jynx wears a red gown, has white arms and purple hands. Jynx has a purple face, pink lips, saucer-like eyes and long blond hair. It seems to resemble a Nordic princess, as seen in various operas. Originally, its face was colored black, causing many to think of it as racist.
Gender differences
Jynx is a female-only species with no male counterpart.
Special abilities
Jynx can use telepathy to transfer visions of what they've seen into a another being's mind. In battle, Jynx have the power to control ice and snow and can also use (not that greatly) physical combat. Jynx's signature attack is Lovely Kiss.
Behavior
Habitat
Jynx tend to prefer icy climates, such as caves in snowy mountains.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Jynx first appeared in Holiday Hi-Jynx. One of Santa Claus's Jynx was separated from him. Ash and co. helped to return the Jynx to her owner.
Jynx was also in a Pokémon stage show for Stage Fight.
Prima owns a Jynx. She used it to send Team Rocket flying in The Mandarin Island Miss Match.
A Nurse Joy from the unaired episode, The Ice Cave!, owned a Jynx. Brock almost kissed this Human-Shaped Pokémon during his sickly state.
A Jynx was also used by a girl named Erica in the Pacifidlog Town Contest in Mean With Envy and Pacifidlog Jam.
A trio of Jynx sisters were in Three Jynx and a Baby. These three Jynx were overly-protective towards a Smoochum that was their sister. The Smoochum evolved into a Jynx at the end of the episode.
In the manga
Jynx's most notable role is being under the ownership of Lorelei in Pokémon Special. Lorelei's Jynx is noted for having the ability to generate voodoo dolls out of ice using its Ice Beam. When Lorelei draws crosses on any part of the dolls using her lipstick, ice shackles form on the specified body parts of her targets, eventually freezing the victim over completely. Even after the victims are broken free, the freeze induces lasting numbness in the areas where it was applied. Both Red and Sabrina suffered this condition and had to seek a cure atop Mt. Silver by bathing in the hotsprings there.
Another ability of Lorelei's Jynx is revealed in the Sevii Islands saga: it can create a wispy band of ice around targets, with which Lorelei can use to track down using her powder case.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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It seductively wiggles its hips as it walks. It can cause people to dance in unison with it.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Appears to move to a rhythm of its own, as if it were dancing. It wiggles its hips as it walks.
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| Stadium
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Talks in a strange, incomprehensible language. It is known for its weird wiggling that causes people to dance.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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It rocks its body rhythmically. It appears to alter the rhythm depending on how it is feeling.
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| Silver
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It speaks a language similar to that of humans. However, it seems to use dancing to communicate.
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| Crystal
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It has several different cry patterns, each of which seems to have its own meaning.
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| Stadium 2
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It rocks its body rhythmically. It appears to alter the rhythm depending on how it is feeling.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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Jynx walks rhythmically, swaying and shaking its hips as if it were dancing. Its motions are so bouncingly alluring, people seeing it are compelled to shake their hips without giving any thought to what they are doing
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| Sapphire
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Jynx walks rhythmically, swaying and shaking its hips as if it were dancing. Its motions are so bouncingly alluring, people seeing it are compelled to shake their hips without giving any thought to what they are doing
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| Emerald
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A Jynx sashays rhythmically as if it were dancing. Its motions are so bouncingly alluring, people seeing it are compelled to shake their hips without noticing.
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| FireRed
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It speaks using a language that sounds human. Research is under way to determine what is being said.
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| LeafGreen
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It seductively wiggles its hips as it walks. It can cause people to dance in unison with it.
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| Diamond
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It cries sound like human speech. However, it is impossible to tell what it is trying to say.
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| Pearl
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It cries sound like human speech. However, it is impossible to tell what it is trying to say.
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| Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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| HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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| SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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Total: 455
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 95.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Ghost-type moves is 0.
Learnset
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Side game data
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Controversy
The original design of the Pokémon Jynx bore a striking, but possibly coincidental, resemblance to entertainers in blackface. A strong case can be made for Jynx being a parody of or homage to the Japanese Ganguro and Yamanba fashion trends, which were extremely popular when Pokémon was first released, but it can't be denied that blackface-influenced characters have appeared elsewhere in anime and manga - examples can be found near the beginning of Osamu Tezuka's early graphic novel, Metropolis and also can be found with Dragon Ball Z's Mr. Popo.
As Pokémon became more popular in the US, this perceived similarity to a racist image from America's past offended some. In particular, it had offended children's book author Carole Boston Weatherford, who accused Jynx of being a racist stereotype in an article titled Politically Incorrect Pokémon in the magazine Black World Today, shortly after the anime episode Holiday Hi-Jynx aired. Episodes later on are also either banned or cut in USA.
In response to this controversy, in 2002, Nintendo changed Jynx's face from black to purple and its hands from blue to purple in Pokémon games, a change which would be reflected in the anime three years later in Advanced Generation.
Origin
What Jynx is based on is a controversial topic within the fandom, although common interpretations are a Nordic woman (possibly Hel, goddess of the underworld), or ガン黒 ganguro, face-black. Also, the fact that Jynx are depicted as Santa's helpers in the anime can be a proof that Jynx is based on Zwarte Piet.
Jynx may also have origins in the Japanese spirits known as Yuki Onna (who has no feet like Jynx) or Yama Uba, the latter of which is described as always wearing a tattered red kimono and having whitish-blonde hair (all traits shared by Jynx).
Name origin
A jinx is a curse or hex of bad luck. Rougela appears to be a feminized version of rouge, a type of makeup.
In other languages
External links
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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.
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For other sprites and images, please see Jynx images on Bulbagarden Archives.
