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Eevee
イーブイ Eievui
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Eevee in Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon
Debuts in A Cacturne for the Worse!
Caught at IGNORE
Gender IGNORE
Ability IGNORE
Current location IGNORE
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This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Eevee Yūji Ueda Unknown (AG103-AG144)
Billy Beach (AG174-present)

Main Series Anime

Major appearances

Harley's Cacturne

Cacturne and Harley

Cacturne debuted in A Cacturne for the Worse, where it was used in the Purika City Pokémon Contest. In the Appeals Round, it used its Bullet Seed attack to draw frightening skull and crossbones on the stage. Its performance left the three judges very impressed and easily granted Harley a place in the second stage. In the Battle Round, it was seen defeating an Azurill to reach the finals. There, it went up against May's Bulbasaur. It battled well but ended up being knocked out by a powerful and beautiful combination of Razor Leaf and Petal Dance.

Cacturne is Harley's main partner and the two seem to share a strong bond, with Harley often calling it "my buddy" when summoning it from its Poké Ball. Harley is immensely proud of his Cacturne and is easily offended when someone does not show Cacturne the same level of appreciation as he does. In A Cacturne for the Worse, Harley felt insulted when May had to scan Cacturne with her Pokédex. He also did not like when she called Cacturne "scary."

Minor appearances

Cacturne (bottom left) in the opening of Destiny Deoxys

Cacturne appears in Destiny Deoxys, both in the beginning of the movie, as well as under the ownership of a trainer in the LaRousse City mall. This stands as its only other appearance in the main series anime outside of Harley's Cacturne.

Design

Cacturne's AG Settei drawn by Sayuri Ichiishi

Cacturne was adapted for the anime by the series' character designer. As can be seen in it's Settei, Cacturne's eyes are intended to protrude from its body (Japanese: 目は丸く出ていて literally "Eyes round and protruding.") when seen at certain angles. Due to the nature of how the core series' 3D models were designed to have two-dimensional eyes as part of a texture prior to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Cacturne didn't adopt this trait for the games until its appearance in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Cacturne using a non-contact move in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, where it fully adopts the pose of a scarecrow, as opposed to its anime appearances

Furthermore, Cacturne is seen as rather nimble when compared to its appearance in the core series games, given how the judges were marveled at its speed during the Purika City Pokémon Contest in A Cacturne for the Worse. Although it uses this speed to dodge a variety of attacks from May's Bulbasaur, its use of contact moves such as Faint Attack put it at a heavy disadvantage. For this reason it often opts to attack from a distance, using moves such as Cotton Spore and Bullet Seed, which are shot from its mouth.

Harley's Cacturne using Pin Missile.

Attacks such as Needle Arm and Pin Missile can protrude directly from Cacturne's spikes across its arms and legs, though it often opts to stand still during the latter. It appears more hunched over when doing this, which is in stark opposition to it's appearance when launching a non-contact move in the core series games. Despite it's Pokémon category being the Scarecrow Pokémon, it never uses the atypical characteristics of a scarecrow to its advantage, such as staying still to fake out an attacker. This may be because its most prominent appearances as Harley's Cacturne mean it almost exclusively appears in Pokémon Contests, which are intended to be a captivating display showcasing the bond between trainer and Pokémon. Due to this, almost every instance of it being sent out of a Poké Ball looks near identical, using BANK animation with a change of color for the digital background.

Harley's Cacturne being sent out of a Poké Ball, which is reused BANK animation throughout nearly all of it's appearances.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry
AG103 Cacturne May's Pokédex Cacturne, the Scarecrow Pokémon. Cacturne is the evolved form of Cacnea, and holds traits of both Grass and Dark types. It rarely moves during the day, but is active once the temperature drops at night.