Skwovet (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Skwovet (disambiguation).

Skwovet Cheeky Pokémon ホシガリス Hoshigarisu #819 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Cheek Pouch Cacophony Cacophony Gluttony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Skwovet 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 5.5 lbs. 2.5 kg Skwovet 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 55	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Skwovet 1 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F819.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Skwovet (Japanese: ホシガリス Hoshigarisu) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves into Greedent starting at level 24.

Biology

Skwovet is a squirrel-like Pokémon. It is grayish-brown in color, with a large fluffy tail, which is dark-grayish-brown at the top. Skwovet has a light-grayish-brown underbelly, and the color extends to its mouth and parts of its cheeks. Its cheeks are normally stuffed with berries. It has two orange freckles underneath each eye and an orange nose. Its ears are similar in color to its tail, and they have orange insides.

Using its special cheeks, Skwovet can stuff a tremendous amount of food and can stretch to many times its normal volume. It normally fills its cheeks with berries, but if it is feeling full, it can temporarily keep the extra food in its tail fur. Skwovet's habit of eating berries nonstop has made it more resilient than it appears. If its cheeks are ever completely empty of berries, it becomes very uneasy. Skwovet will appear on farms, looking for more berries to eat. When they are not eating berries, they spit out the seeds in the rich soil in order to cultivate berry trees. It has a habit of hiding and adding to its food storage.

Skwovet and its evolved form Greedent are the only known Pokémon capable of using the move Stuff Cheeks.

In the anime

Main series

Skwovet in the anime

Major appearances

Goh's Skwovet

Skwovet debuted in The Climb to Be the Very Best!, where it was lured in by Ash's scones and then caught by Goh. In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, it evolved into a Greedent.

Minor appearances

Two Skwovet appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

A Skwovet appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.

In A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, two Skwovet were seen in the Wild Area.

A Trainer's Skwovet appeared in Grabbing the Brass Ring!.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Skwovet in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Two Skwovet appeared in Buddy, with one under the ownership of a Schoolgirl and the other under the ownership of a Trainer.

In the manga

Skwovet in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Skwovet debuted in a flashback in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment, where it was in the Slumbering Weald.

In the TCG

Main article: Skwovet (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In events

Wild Area News

Games	Event	Gigantamax	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Wild Area News	No	hide	17, 30, 40, 50, 60	November 20 to 22, 2020
SwSh	Wild Area News	No	hide	60	November 20 to 22, 2020

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Sword	Shield	Oran Berry (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM50 TM50 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM53 TM53 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM84 TM84 Tail Slap Normal Physical 02525 085}}85% 10 TM97 TM97 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR17 TR17 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR32 TR32 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR42 TR42 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR52 TR52 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR59 TR59 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skwovet Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skwovet

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Belly Drum Normal Status — —% 10 Defense Curl Normal Status — —% 40 Last Resort Normal Physical 140 100% 5 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Skwovet in Generation VIII 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 Skwovet in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skwovet Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skwovet

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 95 Base Defense: 86 Egg Distance: N/A km Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Tackle, Bite, Bullet Seed Charged Attacks: Body Slam, Crunch

Evolution

Unevolved Skwovet  Normal

Level 24 →

First evolution Greedent  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield

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

Trivia

Origin

Skwovet seems to be based on an Eastern gray squirrel, an invasive species in Great Britain. Its Shiny coloration may allude to the Eurasian red squirrel, which is endangered in real life.

Name origin

Skwovet may be a combination of squirrel and covet.

Hoshigarisu may be a combination of 欲しがる hoshigaru (to desire) and 栗鼠 risu (squirrel).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ホシガリス Hoshigarisu From 欲しがる hoshigaru and 栗鼠 risu. French Rongourmand From ronger or rongeur and gourmand Spanish Skwovet Same as English name German Raffel From raffgierig or raffen and squirrel Italian Skwovet Same as English name Korean 탐리스 Tamrisu From 탐 (貪) tam and a partial transcription of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 貪心栗鼠 / 贪心栗鼠 Tānxīnlìshǔ From 貪心 / 贪心 tānxīn and 栗鼠 lìshǔ Cantonese Chinese 貪心栗鼠 Tāamsāmleuhtsyú From 貪心 tāamsām and 栗鼠 leuhtsyú

More languages Thai โฮชิกะริสึ Hochikarisue Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Goh's Skwovet

External links

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Pokémon

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