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Pinsir カイロス Kailios #127
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Bug ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Stag Beetle Pokémon
Abilities Hyper Cutter or Mold Breaker Mold Breaker Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #127 Johto #112 Hoenn #167 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4′11″ Imperial 1.5 m Metric 4′11″/1.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 121.3 lbs. Imperial 55.0 kg Metric 121.3 lbs./55.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Bug group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 200 Battle Exp.: 2001*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Pinsir (Japanese: カイロス Kailios) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Pinsir has a brown body with a large pair of white horns that are dotted in small spikes. Pinsir has short legs with three toes each and skinny, three-clawed arms. Pinsir's mouth has long, flat teeth that are arranged vertically rather then horizontally. Pinsir is also cold blooded.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Pinsir's horns have enough crushing power to shatter thick logs and can allow Pinsir to Template:M2 twice its own weight.

Behavior

Pinsir's movements are made sluggish when exposed to cold weather, so they hide in burrows, treetops or tree roots during chilly nights. Pinsir are also known to dig holes to sleep in by using their horns to dig.

However, when they are fully awake, they can be quite aggresive.

Habitat

Pinsir are mostly found in jungle-like areas, but have also been imported into Kanto's Safari Zone.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Pinsir first appeared in Challenge of the Samurai. A samurai used it to battle against Ash.

At the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back, Raymond used a Pinsir to battle Ash's Pikachu, alongside his Golem and Venomoth. All three of Raymond's Pokémon were defeated by Pikachu.

Pinsir made an appearance on an island that was mainly inhabited by Bug-type Pokémon in Tracey Gets Bugged.

In A Sappy Ending, Pinsir were being driven into a forest that was Heracross territory because Team Rocket was stealing the sap from the trees that were in their territory.

Gary Oak also has a Pinsir, which was seen in his profile in The Ties that Bind!.

Pinsir was also being used by a building company that had plans on demolishing a Pokémon Center in Celebi and Joy.

Anthony was using Swalot and Pinsir for the double-battle portion of the Grand Festival in Rhapsody in Drew. However, he lost to May.

Pinsir has made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno as a Pokémon belonging to Noland.

Howie, a character of the day in The Ole' Berate and Switch, has a Pinsir. Ash's Corphish battled against this Pinsir during a bogus competion that Team Rocket created.

At the beginning of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used this Stagbeetle Pokémon alongside Parasect to attack Jack Walker.

In the TCG

Main article: Pinsir (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Pinsir stars in a mini-game alongside Scyther called "Clear Cut Challenge." Each player chops a falling log for each round of the game. The score for each player is determined by how close you are to the white line on the log. Cut anywhere above the log will cause you to lose points.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

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|- style="background:#9DC1B7" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
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A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
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Special moves

TCG-only Moves

• SonicBoom

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/0

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
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 Pinsir images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Pinsir was introduced in Generation I as a pure Template:Type2, it could not learn any Bug-type attacks by level-up until Generation IV.
• Pinsir is the only pure Bug-type Pokémon that does not have either a gender counterpart or an evolution.
• Before the release of Gold and Silver, it was speculated that Heracross would be a pre-evolution or evolution of Pinsir.
• Pinsir has the highest Attack and Defense of all Generation I Bug-types.
• While in Generation I, Pinsir and Scyther were version-exclusive counterparts, in Generation II Scyther got an evolution and Pinsir did not. The same thing happened to Banette and Dusclops when Generation IV was introduced.
• Pinsir's movepool is more similar to a Template:Type2 Pokémon than to a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• It is currently the only non-Fighting-type Pokémon to learn Submission.
• Pinsir is one of the few Generation I Pokémon that have no evolutionary relatives, along with Farfetch'd, Kangaskhan, Lapras, Tauros, Aerodactyl, and Ditto.

Origin

It is based on a stag beetle.

Name origin

Pinsir's name is a corruption of pincer, referring to the claws on its head. Its Japanese name may be based on 傀 kai, large, or 魁偉 kaii, brawny. It could also be a combination of the Japanese 刈 kai, cut, and the Greek word for bug, κοριός korios.

In other languages

• German: Pinsir
• French: Scarabrute - A combination of scarabée, a type of beetle that was sacred in Ancient Egypt, and brute.
• Korean: 쁘사이저 Ppeusaijeo

Notes

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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