Aipom appear to be purple monkeys. Their beige faces have round eyes and a constantly cheeky smile. Along their heads are large, oval-shaped ears and a cowlick. An Aipom's arms are completely purple with no actual paws nor fingers present, while they do have visible feet instead.
The most famous feature of this arboreal Pokémon is the three-fingered hand on the end of its tail. It uses its tail for many purposes, such as grappling onto tree branches, picking fruit and manipulating objects. It even uses its tail in most of its attacks. It uses its tail so much that its real arms aren't as dexterous as a result.
Aipom are very acrobatic and can therefore learn Aerial Ace, Bounce and U-turn. Aipom can also learn a couple of Template:Type2 moves, such as Brick Break and Focus Punch. Even though Aipom doesn't seem to possess any claws, it can use slashing moves such as Shadow Claw and Cut. Aipom can also learn a few special-based moves, such as Swift, Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball. Some of Aipom's status moves include Thunder Wave, Tickle, Baton Pass and the rarely seen Nasty Plot. Aipom is one of the few Pokémon that can evolve after learning a certain move. The move in Aipom's case is Double Hit.
In the anime, it was shown that, like real monkeys, are partial to bananas and other fruit. They also have a sweet tooth and are easily attracted to the scent of Honey.
Aipom's tail ends in a hand-like appendage that can be cleverly manipulated. However, because the Pokémon uses its tail so much, its real hands have become rather clumsy.
Aipom's tail ends in a hand-like appendage that can be cleverly manipulated. However, because the Pokémon uses its tail so much, its real hands have become rather clumsy.
Aipom 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 ? R C W ♂ T ? ? 0 7 6
F M ? Y 2 4 ? 5 + N ? W
Objective: Deliver Radar Orb to Aipom on floor 5 of Silent Chasm.
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Similar to Smoochum and Elekid, the color of Aipom's Template:Shiny2 sprite in Gold and Silver Versions become the normal color. However, the purple was toned down a bit.
Aipom is the only Pokémon that evolves by learning Double Hit; all other Pokémon which evolve after learning a move, besides Lickitung, share that specific method of evolution with at least one other Pokémon.
Origin
It appears to have been based on a monkey, with an exaggerated concept of a prehensile tail.
Name origin
Aipom's name may be a combination of ape and palm, referring to the hand on its tail.
In other languages
German: Griffel - word for Hands or Fingers with a negative connotation.
French: Capumain - From Capucin, a little monkey, and main, hand.
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 Aipom images on Bulbagarden Archives.
