Exeggutor is a tall, brown Pokémon that resembles a coconut tree. It has thick legs with two-toed feet. Exeggutor has three to six round, light-yellow heads that are supposed to be coconuts.
This "Walking Tropical Rain Forest" first appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad. Ash was hypnotized by Melvin's Exeggcute and was forced to capture several Exeggutor for Melvin. Unfortunately, all of the Exeggutor used Hypnosis on each other and they went on a rampage.
Ash battled an Exeggutor in his first battle in the Indigo League in Round One - Begin. Despite the type disadvantage and the lack of experience, Ash's Krabby defeated Mandi's Exeggutor, evolving into Kingler in the process.
In Misty Meets Her Match, Rudy used an Exeggutor against Ash's Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur managed to defeat it, but it also saved the Coconut Tree Pokémon from falling down a cliff.
Exeggutor originally came from the tropics. Its heads steadily grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall off, they group together to form Exeggcute.
Exeggutor originally came from the tropics. Its heads steadily grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall off, they group together to form Exeggcute.
Originally from the tropics, Exeggutor's heads grow larger from exposure to strong sunlight. It is said that when the heads fall, they group to form an Exeggcute.
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Exeggutor's Gold sprite appears to be an exact recolor of its Yellow sprite.
The description in the anime's "Who's That Pokémon?" states that Exeggutor was better off in its pre-evolved form. However, this is not necessarily true unless it was forced to evolve before it learns its more advanced attacks.
Up until Generation IV, Exeggutor's back sprites had at least one head clearly visible.
While Melvin's Exeggutor waves goodbye to Ash and his friends at the end of The March of the Exeggutor Squad, additional heads can be seen in the back. This could have been to compensate for there being six Exeggcute members. This was most likely abandoned as it has never been seen since in the anime, and has never appeared in any other media.
Two of Ash's Pokémon in the anime have evolved after fighting and defeating Exeggutor. Ash's Charmander evolved into Charmeleon after defeating several Exeggutor, with some help from Melvin the Magician's fire power. Later on, Ash's Krabby evolved into Kingler after defeating Mandi's Exeggutor in the first round of the Indigo League.
It appears to be based on a coconut tree, or possibly the Japanese monster Jinmenju, a tree that grows human heads (that are always smiling).
Name origin
Exeggutor's name is a combination of egg and executor. The Japanese name is derived from the words ココナッツ kokonattsu (coconuts) and 椰子 yashi (palm tree.)
In other languages
German: Kokowei - from Kokos, includes the name of it's pre-evolution and the old term "O wei" (good grief).
French: Noadkoko - A corruption of noix de coco, meaning coconut.
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For other sprites and images, please see Exeggutor images on Bulbagarden Archives.
