Spritzee is a pink, avian Pokémon. It has a rounded body and a pale blue-gray face. Most of its facial area is taken up by its curved beak, which somewhat resembles a plague doctor's mask. It has large red-orange eyes with long black lashes. On top of its head is a curly tuft of feathers or fur. It has small wings and purple feet with no visible digits.
Spritzee emits a scent that varies based on its diet and enraptures those around it using a scent pouch. In the past, royal ladies carried Spritzee with them instead of using perfume.
Spritzee can be seen as a parallel to Swirlix. Both are Generation VIFairy-type Pokémon that are version exclusives of Pokémon X and Y and Pokémon Sword and Shield, with Spritzee being exclusive to Y and Shield and Swirlix to X and Sword. Both have former signature Abilities that affect themselves as well as their allies, and both evolve when traded holding a certain item.
In Generation VIII, due to a coding error, Spritzee learns Draining Kiss twice, both at Level 9 and Level 15, while its evolution, Aromatisse learns the move only once at Level 15. It was meant to learn Disarming Voice at Level 9 instead.
Spritzee may be based on a sprite, a broad category of fairy-like creatures in European folklore.
It also seems similar to small birds, sharing some traits with hummingbirds and smaller types of owls. Spritzee's pink coloration, as well as its diet-sensitive characteristics, may also be based on flamingos.
Spritzee also seems to be inspired by different kinds of cosmetics: its fluffy body may be based on powder puffs or other cosmetics applicators, while its shape seems to reference different aspects and parts of a perfume bottle.
Its perfumes, therapeutic aspects, and avian qualities may be based on plague doctors, who used various perfumes held in birdlike masks to drown out the scent of the deceased.
Name origin
Spritzee may be a corruption of sprite or derived words. It may also be a combination of spritz (a spray of liquid) and Fee (fairy in German and Dutch).
Shushupu may be derived from プシュー pushū (onomatopoeia for spraying).
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