Kecleon (Japanese: カクレオンKakureon) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon, however, its ability, Color Change, allows it to become any type, depending on the moves used against it.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Kecleon is a greenish reptilian Pokémon. It has yellow rings around the eyes as well as having yellow lips and frills. Kecleon has small ridges on its shoulders and a red zigzag stripe on its back. Kecleon has a long skinny tail that is usually curled in a helix shape.
Kecleon can sometimes have purple as their natural color instead of green. It is possible that Kecleon can come in other colors.
A Kecleon was one of the Pokémon that played Hide 'n' Seek with Pikachu and the others in Pikachu's PikaBoo. However, said Kecleon missed out on the excitement when a lawn-mower was on the loose. The end of the short finds Kecleon standing in the same spot, wondering where everyone is. It was not found because it was invisible.
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Kecleon has the first Bonus Field on the Ruby Field. It will turn invisible, though a Devon Scope can be knocked out of the tree to make it visible for a short time. Kecleon must be knocked over and then hit with the ball ten times in two minutes to win the round.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Two Kecleon run the shop at Pokémon Square. Other Kecleon will randomly have shops within dungeons. They are normally courteous but shoplifting will result in multiple wild Kecleon appearing to attack the player. While these Kecleon are at an extremely high level and hard to recruit, this is the only way to obtain Kecleon in the game.
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This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Kecleon is capable of Template:A2 at will to blend in with its surroundings. There is one exception - this Pokémon can't change the zigzag pattern on its belly.
Kecleon Template:A2 to blend in with its surroundings, allowing it to sneak up on its prey unnoticed. Then it lashes out with its long, stretchy tongue to instantly ensnare the unsuspecting target.
Note that the numbers above ignore the effects of Kecleon's ability; this is for Kecleon if it is of Template:T2. For the weaknesses/resistances of any other type, please see the page on that type.
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Kecleon is the hardest Pokémon to recruit in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, with a base recruit rate of -33.9%. It can only be recruited if the player is level 90 or higher, and if they are holding a Friend Bow. Even after all this, Kecleon's recruit rate is only 0.1%.
Color Change can be used against Kecleon by harming it with a move of one type, then using a move that type is weak to. This works especially well with Template:Type2 and Template:Type2 moves, which weaken their own type, though Ghost-type moves cannot be used as soon as Kecleon appears.
During Emerald Version's sprite animation, Kecleon disappears completely, but in the anime when it turns invisible, the red stripe can still be seen.
The same happens in Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, on the Kecleon bonus stage where Kecleon also turn completely invisible. Also, in the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire overworld, where Kecleon are completely invisible. This is because when a Kecleon is shown invisible in the games it is caused by scripting the sprite to show or hide and is of no use to just show the stripe.
The "fins" on Kecleon's back are absent in its official Sugimori artwork.
In the anime, a purple Kecleon had yellow stripes on its face, while a purple Kecleon in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series has mint-green stripes instead.
Kecleon's name, a corruption of its Japanese name, may be a combination of 隠れる kakureru, to hide, and chameleon. It might also come from Jeckyll, because Kecleon changes colors like Dr. Jeckyll changed personalities, or 'keck' which means 'to treat scornfully', which may refer to the fact that many players developed a good-sized grudge against Kecleon because they couldn't get into the Fortree City Gym without the Devon Scope.
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 Kecleon images on Bulbagarden Archives.
