Appletun (Pokémon)

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Appletun Apple Nectar Pokémon タルップル Tarupple #0842 Appletun Gigantamax Appletun Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Dragon Unknown Unknown Gigantamax Appletun Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Ripen or Gluttony Cacophony Gigantamax Appletun Cacophony Thick Fat Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Gigantamax Appletun Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Grass and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Appletun 78'09"+ 24.0+ m Gigantamax Appletun 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 28.7 lbs. 13.0 kg Appletun ??? lbs. ??? kg Gigantamax Appletun 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 170	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 2 Appletun 2 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Gigantamax Appletun 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Gigantamax Appletun
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Appletun (Japanese: タルップル Tarupple) is a dual-type Grass/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Applin when exposed to a Sweet Apple. It is one of Applin's three branched evolutions, the others being Flapple and Dipplin (which evolves into Hydrapple).

Appletun has a Gigantamax form which is identical in appearance to Gigantamax Flapple. It can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Appletun if it has the Gigantamax Factor.

Biology

Appletun's eyes

Appletun is a dragon-like Pokémon whose body is reminiscent of apple pie. It is mostly green with a yellow underside and lower jaw, and it has an orange spot on its chest that resembles an apple core.^[1] It has a piece of an apple on its head worn as a helmet. Its leaf-like eyestalks usually droop down from under the apple helmet as though they were ears, but may be lifted up to reveal small beady eyes. It has black slits for nostrils on the tip of its muzzle. It has a large hump on its back with several overlapping stripes that resemble an apple pie's crust on top, along with a pair of red and green leaves. It has four short, bulky legs with paws, and a stout tail.

Appletun's body is caked in sweet nectar, whose smell attracts Bug-type Pokémon which Appletun preys on. However, Appletun's primary diet is sweet apples. In order to ward off other Pokémon such as Lechonk from licking the nectar on its back, Appletun can spew a sticky nectar. The skin on its back is said to be tasty, and children used to eat it as a snack.

Appletun is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Apple Acid. Appletun, Flapple, and their pre-evolution Applin are the only known Pokémon that can have Ripen as an Ability.

Forms

Appletun has a Gigantamax form.

When exposed to Gigantamax energy, Appletun's body changes, becoming larger and stouter. A giant apple engulfs most of its body, leaving only its head, neck and tail exposed. Its leaf-like eyestalks stand up straight and it has a piece of the apple covering its head, with yellow carvings on it resembling nostrils. Its cheeks are rounded and it hangs its mouth open, letting its red tongue loll out. Its neck becomes taller and stretches upwards, while its tail becomes elongated and wraps around the base of the apple. Three red clouds float around its neck. Gigantamax Appletun and Flapple are physically identical.

The sweet nectar that covers Appletun's body overflows from the top of its apple after Gigantamaxing, and it increases in thickness as well, allowing it to absorb more damage than normal. Gigantamax Appletun can shoot out massive amounts of nectar, enough to drown its opponents. Gigantamax Appletun is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move G-Max Sweetness.

Gigantamax Appletun

Evolution

Appletun evolves from Applin and is one of its final forms, the others being Flapple and Dipplin.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Applin  Grass  Dragon

→

First evolution Appletun  Grass  Dragon

Game data

Pokédex entries

Appletun in the Paldea Pokédex	Appletun in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM044 TM044 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 090}}90% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM169 TM169 Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM186 TM186 High Horsepower Ground Physical 09595 095}}95% 10 TM194 TM194 Grassy Glide Grass Physical 05555 100}}100% 20 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Appletun Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Appletun

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Defense Curl Normal Status — —% 40 Recycle Normal Status — —% 10 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Appletun Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Appletun Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Appletun

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Form data

Gigantamax

Gigantamax Factor Appletun Appletun  Grass  Dragon

Dynamax Band ↔

Lasts for three turns Gigantamax Appletun Appletun  Grass  Dragon

Evolution data

Unevolved Applin  Grass  Dragon

Sweet Apple →

First evolution Appletun  Grass  Dragon

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Main series

Appletun in the anime

Major appearances

Appletun appeared in The Bittersweet Truth, where it was used by Mitchell in a Double Battle against Murdock and Liko.

Minor appearances

Appletun made its debut in Errand Endurance!, where one was pulled from the Rocket Prize Master by Jessie.

A Trainer's Appletun appeared in Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Trainer's Appletun appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

In the manga

Appletun in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Milo's Appletun first appeared in Rumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day.

In the TCG

Main article: Appletun (TCG)

Trivia

• Appletun and Flapple are the only Pokémon to have physically identical Gigantamax forms, although they are still treated as different Pokémon as they have distinct Pokédex entries, G-Max Moves, and cries.
  • This is also the only instance of two different species of Pokémon that can be physically identical without the use of Transform, Imposter, or Illusion.
• Appletun and its evolutionary family:
  • are the only Pokémon that are in the Grass and Dragon Egg Groups.
  • require only 600,000 experience points to reach level 100, the lowest among Generation VIII Pokémon, and the lowest among Dragon-type Pokémon along with Altaria.
• Despite requiring the Sweet Apple to evolve from Applin, Appletun's signature move, Apple Acid, specifies it uses tart apples to attack.

Origin

Appletun, like its evolutionary relatives, appears to be based on the popular image of a worm burrowing into an apple, as well as a pun on the wyrm, a type of dragon — hence its Dragon typing. Visually, Appletun is similar to reptiles such as tortoises, while its back resembles desserts like the apple pie or the apple turnover. Appletun may also be based on the tale of Bel and the Dragon, about a dragon that bursts open after being fed a cake.

Appletun's Gigantamax form appears to be based on a caramel apple, a candy apple or a baked apple. Appletun and Flapple having identical Gigantamax forms may be a reference to convergent evolution, which can lead to separate organisms independently developing identical characteristics and body plans.

Name origin

Appletun may be derived from apple, Appleton (a toponym denoting a place where apples grow), ton (unit of weight, referencing its bulk), apple turnover, and under.

Tarupple may be a combination of tart, 怠い tarui (sluggish), たっぷり tappuri (onomatopoetic word for plenty), and apple.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese タルップル Tarupple From tart, 怠い tarui, たっぷり tappuri, and apple French Dratatin From dragon and tarte tatin Spanish Appletun Same as English name German Schlapfel From schlapp, Schlupfkuchen and Apfel Italian Appletun Same as English name Korean 단지래플 Danjirapple From 단 dan, 지루하다 jiruhada, and apple Mandarin Chinese 豐蜜龍 / 丰蜜龙 Fēngmìlóng From 豐 fēng, 蜜 mì, 蜂蜜 fēngmì, and 龍 lóng Cantonese Chinese 豐蜜龍 Fūngmahtlùhng From 豐 fūng, 蜜 maht, 蜂蜜 fūngmaht, and 龍 lùhng

More languages Hindi ड्रमप्पल Drumpple From drum and apple Thai ทารุปเปิล Tharuppoen Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Gigantamax

References

External links

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