Chimecho (Pokémon)

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Chimecho チリーン Chirean #358
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Psychic ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Wind Chime Pokémon
Ability Levitate Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 800,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #151 Sinnoh #083 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2'00" Imperial 0.6 m Metric 2'00"/0.6 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 2.2 lbs. Imperial 1.0 kg Metric 2.2 lbs./1.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Indeterminate group 26 cycles (6630 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 147 Battle Exp.: 1471*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Chimecho (Japanese: チリーン Chirean) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves from Chingling via happiness during the night.

Biology

Physiology

Chimecho is a light-blue Pokémon with a round body and three stubby feet. Chimecho has a red stripe running across the horizontal length of its body and has yellow suction-cup-like growth on top. Like Chingling, It has ribbon-like tail which appears to be underneath Chimecho's body intead of on top of the head like Chingling, the tail ends with a red tip.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

These Pokémon have mostly have sound-based abilities such as creating soundwaves in the ultrasonic range and other noises. They use their echoing cries to attack or to communicate with others.

Behavior

They communicate using seven distinct cries. These cries may convey different feelings.

Habitat

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Grassland Pokémon

Chimecho usually live in grasslands and woods at night. They can also be be found in mountainous regions, but are significantly rarer in those places.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Chimecho eat berries, which they pluck using their long tails. They seem to like the Colbur Berry since they are sometimes found with it.

In the anime

File:Chimechoastonish.jpg

Chimecho using Astonish

James has a Chimecho that was obtained in Who's Flying Now? at the Fortree City Feather Carnival. It said its name in the Team Rocket motto right after Jessie's Wobbuffet, and James cherished it so much that he did not allow it to battle. In Sweet Baby James, James left his Chimecho with an elderly couple to recover from illness at his old vacation home in Saffron City.

A Chimecho appears in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness special in the Wigglytuff Guild.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry AG084 Chimecho Ash's Pokédex Chimecho, the Windchime Pokémon. Chimecho has a voice that reverberates from deep within its body. When angry, the soundwaves can be powerful enough to blow opponents away.

In the TCG

Main article: Chimecho (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Chimecho is a member of Wigglytuff's Guild. She makes dinner for the guild each night and runs the Chimecho Assembly for the player's team.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation I Red {{{redbluedex}}} Blue Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}}
Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Stadium 2 Unknown
Generation III Ruby Chimecho makes its cries echo inside its hollow body. When this Pokémon becomes enraged, its cries result in ultrasonic waves that have the power to knock foes flying. Sapphire In high winds, Chimecho cries as it hangs from a tree branch or the eaves of a building using a suction cup on its head. This Pokémon plucks berries with its long tail and eats them. Emerald They fly about very actively when the hot season arrives. They communicate among themselves using seven different and distinguishing cries. FireRed It travels by riding on winds. It cleverly uses its long tail to pluck nuts and berries, which it loves to eat. LeafGreen It travels by riding on winds. It cleverly uses its long tail to pluck nuts and berries, which it loves to eat.
Generation IV Diamond To knock foes flying, it makes the air shudder with its cries. It converses using seven cries. Pearl Emitting ultrasonic cries, it floats on winds to travel great distances. Platinum Its cries echo inside its hollow body to emerge as beautiful notes for startling and repelling foes. HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}}
Generation V Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 {{{black2dex}}} White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Rare Top of Mt. Pyre Emerald Rare Top of Mt. Pyre FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Uncommon Sendoff Spring, Mt. Coronet Platinum Rare Turnback Cave, Mt. Coronet HeartGold SoulSilver Common Safari Zone Pal Park Mountain Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Trade Black 2 White 2 None Trade Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Hatch from egg
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 16 Endless Level 2 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Mt. Freeze (7F-12F) Solar Cave (12F-17F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Spacial Rift (B5-B15) Deep Spacial Rift (B1-B9)

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 65		125 - 172	240 - 334
Attack: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Defense: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Atk: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp. Def: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Speed: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 425	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 0× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 2× None

Notes: If Gravity is in effect, this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball or affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the opponent has the Ability Mold Breaker, Turboblaze or Teravolt, or this Pokémon is affected by Gastro Acid, or this Pokémon's Ability is replaced, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

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By tutoring

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Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an Evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

Evolution

Baby form Chingling  Psychic

Friendship (Night) → ← Breed holding Pure Incense

First Evolution Chimecho  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Chimecho images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Despite what Chimecho's Pokédex entries state, it doesn't learn Hyper Voice.
• Chimecho's index number is the very last in the Generation III games (excluding glitch Pokémon, and Unown forms), even after Deoxys. This may imply that Chimecho was added late into the games development.
• Coincidently, Chimecho's National Dex number and the number of the episode it first appeared in and the one James caught it, are the same: 358.

Origin

Chimecho is based on a Japanese wind chime.

Name origin

Its name is a combination of chime and echo. Its Japanese name is based on ちりん chirin, the Japanese onomatopoeia of a chime and 風鈴 fūrin, wind chime.

In other languages

• German: Palimpalim - Alludes to a very popular German comedy-sketch which starts with someone shouting "Palimpalim!" to mimic a doorbell.
• French: Eoko - A corruption of écho, and possibly a pun on hé oh!, a commonly used surprised interjection.
• Korean: 치렁 Chireong

Related articles

• James's Chimecho

External links

• Chime, the fanlisting for Chimecho

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