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Pyukumuku (Japanese: ナマコブシ Namakobushi) is a Water-type Pokémon.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Pyukumuku is a marine Pokémon with an ovoid, black body. Its face has two beady, pink eyes and a white mouth shaped roughly like a star or Daimonji. This Pokémon is capable of spitting its organs out through its mouth. The white organs typically take the shape of a fist or stay in the same shape as its mouth. Two lines of three pink spikes run down each side of its back. The middle spike of each line is about twice as long as the others are. A fluffy white puff forms its tail.
Pyukumuku tends to find a spot it likes and stay there, even returning to the same spot if moved. Once all the food in its favorite has been consumed, it will continue to stay there to the point of starvation. Its body is coated with a viscous fluid that allows it to stay on land for a week without drying out. If stepped on, it will expel its fist-like organs and particularly hates having its mouth or spikes touched. Tourists dislike Pyukumuku due to its appearance and lifestyle, so part time work is available on beaches chucking this Pokémon back to the sea. However, people in Alola have already taken to throwing the Pokémon back to the sea where it can find food when thin. The fluid that coats its body is beneficial to people as a moisturizer. [1]
In the anime
Major appearances
Minor appearances
A wild Pyukumuku appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Pyukumuku first appeared in the Sun & Moon arc, as Sun throws the Pyukumuku back into the ocean, when one accidentally hits a girl in the face, covering her in its innards. He apologizes and explains that he is doing a part time job in the area to clear the beach of Pyukumuku by tossing them back into the sea. When the girl demands compensation for her wet clothes, Sun attempts to try and get out of paying her and offers to make it up to her. He tries to inform her that Pyukumuku's mucous is highly sought after by celebrities for skin care, but she doesn’t believe it.
Soon a pair of Team Skull Grunts appear and are the ones who hired Sun, as they plan to hold a function at the beach the next day and proceed to send out two Salandit to scout the beach. Just as the male Grunt is about to give Sun the money for the job, he refuses to pay him when his Salandit notices a Pyukumuku that had not been removed. The girl sees through this lie and points out that the female Grunt slipped the Pyukumuku onto the ground when no one was looking.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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Generation VII
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Sun
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It lives in shallow seas, such as areas near a beach. It can eject its internal organs, which it uses to engulf its prey or battle enemies.
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Moon
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These Pokémon line the beaches. The sticky mucous that covers their bodies can be used to soothe sunburned skin. How convenient!
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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130
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121 - 200
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238 - 394
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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130
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121 - 200
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238 - 394
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5
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9 - 62
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13 - 119
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Total: 410
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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.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pyukumuku in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Pyukumuku in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Pyukumuku can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Pyukumuku cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pyukumuku
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pyukumuku
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Evolution
Trivia
Origin
Pyukumuku is based on a sea cucumber; most likely the holothuria edulis, due to its black and pink coloring.
Name origin
Pyukumuku may be a combination of puke, cucumber, and mucus.
Namakobushi may be a combination of 海鼠 namako (sea cucumber) and 拳 kobushi (fist).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ナマコブシ Namakobushi
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From 海鼠 namako and 拳 kobushi
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French
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Concombaffe
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From concombre de mer and baffe
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Spanish
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Pyukumuku
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Same as English name
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German
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Gufa
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From Seegurke and Faust
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Italian
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Pyukumuku
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Same as English name
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Korean
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해무기 Haemugi
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From 해삼 (海蔘) haesam and 무기 (武器) mugi
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Mandarin Chinese
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拳海參 / 拳海参 Quánhǎishēn
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From 拳 quán and 海參 / 海参 hǎishēn
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Cantonese Chinese
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拳海參 Kyùhnhóisām
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From 拳 kyùhn and 海參 hóisām
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More languages
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Russian
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Пьюкумуку P'yukumuku
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Transcription of English name
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Related articles
Notes
External links
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