Aipom (Japanese: エイパム Eipam) is a Normal-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Ambipom when leveled up while knowing Double Hit.
Biology
Aipom is a monkey-like Pokémon with a three-fingered hand at the end of its tail. Its fur is purple, while the skin of its face, inner ears, belly, feet, and the tip of its tail is beige. On its face are a usually cheeky smile and round, blue eyes. Supplemented by its round ears, Aipom's head is disproportionately large compared to its body. Atop its head is a cowlick that is longer on females than males. Unlike its feet, Aipom's arms are simple, purple stubs.
Aipom uses its powerful tail freely and cleverly for many purposes. The tail is strong enough to anchor Aipom to a branch and suspend the rest of its body in the air, but also delicate enough to pick fruit and manipulate objects. Aipom has been known to wrap its tail around tree branches as it sleeps so it does not fall. Since Aipom uses its tail so much, its actual arms are not as dexterous. Aipom lives high in the treetops, using its tail for balance as it swings from branch to branch.
In the anime
An Aipom
Egg in the anime
Major appearances
Multiple Aipom appeared in Slaking Kong, one of which stole Ash's hat. In Channeling the Battle Zone, Ash captured the aforementioned Aipom. Her behavior is similar to that of Ash's Chikorita: attention-seeking, very naughty at times, and occasionally jealous. However, she developed a close bond with Ash. In Throwing the Track Switch, Ash traded her to Dawn for Buizel because Aipom had a love of Contests and Buizel was more interested in Gym battles. Aipom evolved into Ambipom in Journey to the Unown! while battling the attacking Unown.
Other
Aipom first appeared in Spell of the Unown: Entei under the ownership of Lisa.
An Aipom made off with one of Delibird's missing presents in Delibird's Dilemma.
A group of Aipom were causing mischief in A Hot Water Battle.
In Hocus Pokémon, an Aipom's tear was needed for a spell.
An Aipom appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.
Minor appearances
Two Aipom were part of a Pokémon street festival in Doin' What Comes Natu-rally.
Three Aipom were among the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
In Extreme Pokémon, a recently hatched, baby Aipom appeared in a Pokémon Egg Ranch.
An Aipom was one of the Pokémon seen in a forest outside the Ice Path in EP250.
An Aipom made a brief appearance in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, where it watched the Tour de Alto Mare, a water chariot race.
Four Aipom were among the Pokémon resting in some hot springs in Entei at Your Own Risk.
Various Aipom appeared in A Bite to Remember.
An Aipom appeared in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.
A wild Mew took the form of an Aipom in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
An Aipom appeared in The Saffron Con as a Pokémon owned by a Coordinator.
A Trainer's Aipom appeared in Off the Unbeaten Path participating in the Pokémon Orienteering.
An Aipom also appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.
An Aipom made a very brief appearance in League Unleashed!.
An Aipom appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
Pokédex entries
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EP167
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Aipom
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Ash's Pokédex
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Aipom, the Long Tail Pokémon. Aipom is able to climb and hang from branches using its powerful tail. Aipom live atop tall trees.
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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DP060
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Double Hit
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Double Hit, a single attack that causes damage twice.
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In the manga
Aipom in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Aibo
In Pokémon Adventures, Gold has an Aipom named Aibo which first appeared in Murkrow Row, one of the Pokémon he grew up with at his house in New Bark Town. Because it was not very powerful, it was typically used in situations that needed its dexterity or for distracting opponents with Double Team. In the battle against the Masked Man, it showed its worth by having Sudobo inherit the speed boost of its Agility to restrain the villain. It was also very skilled with pulling fast ones or using Gold's equipment to send out multiple Pokémon at once, as displayed when it spun Gold's billiard cue around to power up Exbo's Blast Burn attack.
In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was revealed to have evolved into an Ambipom. Its evolution was later depicted by flashbacks.
In the TCG
- Main article: Aipom (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
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Silver
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It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance.
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Crystal
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It uses its tail to hang on to tree branches. It uses its momentum to swing from one branch to another.
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Stadium 2
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Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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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.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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Its tail ends with a dexterous, handlike appendage. However, because it uses the tail so much, Aipom's real hands have become rather clumsy.
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FireRed
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It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance.
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LeafGreen
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Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It uses its tail to pluck fruits that are out of reach. Its tail is more adept than its real hands.
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Pearl
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It lives atop giant trees. It wraps its tail around a branch so it won't fall off while asleep.
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Platinum
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It lives high among the treetops. It can use its tail as freely and cleverly as its hands.
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HeartGold
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Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air
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SoulSilver
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It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance.
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Generation V
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Black
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It lives high among the treetops. It can use its tail as freely and cleverly as its hands.
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White
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Black 2
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It lives high among the treetops. It can use its tail as freely and cleverly as its hands.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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It lives atop tall trees. When leaping from branch to branch, it deftly uses its tail for balance.
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Y
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Its tail is so powerful that it can use it to grab a tree branch and hold itself up in the air.
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Omega Ruby
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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.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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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.
In events
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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Total: 360
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Aipom in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Aipom in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Aipom can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Aipom cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Japanese sprites
Trivia
- Clemont uses a gadget based on Aipom's tail, called the Aipom arm.
Origin
Aipom appears to be based on a monkey and the exaggerated concept of a prehensile tail. It may be specifically based on the squirrel monkey, which is similar in appearance. Aipom also shares its large smile with a cymbal-banging monkey toy. It is also similar to an ahuizotl, a creature of Aztec mythology with monkey hands and a fifth human hand on its tail.
Name origin
Aipom and Eipam may be a combination of ape and palm (referring to the hand on its tail). It may also refer to a pom-pom.
In other languages
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Meaning
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Japanese
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エイパム Eipam
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From ape, palm, and pom-pon
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French
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Capumain
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From capucin and main
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Spanish
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Aipom
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Same as English name
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German
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Griffel
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From Griff and Affe
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Italian
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Aipom
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Same as English name
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Korean
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에이팜 Eipam
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Transliteration of its Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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長尾怪手 Chángwěiguàishǒu
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Literally "Long tail, strange hand", a reference to its tail
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Cantonese Chinese
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More languages
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Hindi
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ऐपोम Aipom
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Transliteration of English name
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Russian
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Эйпом Eipom
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Transcription of English name
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