Totem Pokémon

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A Totem Gumshoos and its ally

Totem Pokémon (Japanese: ぬしポケモン Leader Pokémon) are a type of variant Pokémon that are battled at the end of every trial, having been trained up by the respective Trial Captain to fulfill that role. With the exception of Totem Wishiwashi, these Pokémon appear larger than normal, and weigh approximately two to four times as much as other Pokémon of the same species.

In the core series games

At the start of a battle, Totem Pokémon are enveloped in a special aura which boosts one or more of its stats by a fixed number of stages. According to Wicke, their size and aura are a result of being bathed in the energy spilled from Ultra Wormholes, the same kind that the Ultra Beasts use to wield their Ability Beast Boost, which is further revealed in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon to be Necrozma's light. Totem Pokémon are battled in SOS Battles, which allows them to summon an ally to help.

SOS Battles with Totem Pokémon differ from regular SOS Battles in that their supply of allies may be limited, which allies they call is not influenced by the weather, and they call allies at specific times rather than at random (so their calls are unaffected by the Adrenaline Orb and status conditions). Both the Totem Pokémon and their allies have more advanced artificial intelligence than wild Pokémon, mirroring Trainer behavior. Totem Pokémon each also hold a specific item, usually one that will synergize effectively with their particular strategies or cover their weaknesses. Due to the island challenge rules, Totem Pokémon and their allies cannot be caught. Like all wild Pokémon, if the player steals an item from a Totem Pokémon (such as by using Thief), the player's Pokémon will still be holding the stolen item at the end of battle.

Totem-sized Pokémon

Totem-sized Pokémon have larger heights and weights compared to their original counterparts, which changes the mechanics of some moves (such as Low Kick and Sky Drop). Totem-sized Pokémon can be only obtained in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, where they can be received from Samson Oak at Heahea Beach after meeting him for the first time at Route 2 depending on the number of Totem Stickers the player has obtained.

Totem-sized Pokémon are Shiny-locked, and their sizes cannot be passed down through Pokémon breeding. Even if their species normally have multiple Abilities, Totem-sized Pokémon can only have a particular Ability, as listed below. The Ability is the species' Hidden Ability if the species has two standard Abilities, and the species' sole standard Ability otherwise; thus Totem-sized Pokémon's Ability cannot be changed by Ability Capsule. Totem-sized Pokémon always have at least three perfect IVs.

Totem-sized Pokémon that originally appeared as Totem Pokémon in Pokémon Sun and Moon are the only ones that can be traded to the original Sun and Moon games and deposited in Pokémon Bank. Totem-sized Pokémon based on Totem Pokémon that only appear in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon cannot be deposited in Pokémon Bank or traded to the original Sun and Moon games.

Totem-sized Pokémon that are transferred to Pokémon HOME are turned into their normal-sized forms.

Pokémon Introduced Height Weight Ability
Raticate Alolan Raticate SM 4'07" 1.4 m 231.5 lbs. 105.0 kg Thick Fat
Marowak Alolan Marowak USUM 5'07" 1.7 m 216.1 lbs. 98.0 kg Rock Head
Gumshoos Gumshoos SM 4'07" 1.4 m 132.3 lbs. 60.0 kg Adaptability
Vikavolt Vikavolt SM 8'06" 2.6 m 325.2 lbs. 147.5 kg Levitate
Ribombee Ribombee USUM 1'04" 0.4 m 4.4 lbs. 2.0 kg Sweet Veil
Araquanid Araquanid USUM 10'02" 3.1 m 479.5 lbs. 217.5 kg Water Bubble
Lurantis Lurantis SM 4'11" 1.5 m 127.9 lbs. 58.0 kg Leaf Guard
Salazzle Salazzle SM 6'11" 2.1 m 178.6 lbs. 81.0 kg Corrosion
Togedemaru Togedemaru USUM 2'00" 0.6 m 28.7 lbs. 13.0 kg Sturdy
Mimikyu Mimikyu SM 1'04" 0.4 m 6.2 lbs. 2.8 kg Disguise
Kommo-o Kommo-o SM 7'10" 2.4 m 457.5 lbs. 207.5 kg Overcoat

List of Totem Pokémon

Island Location Totem Pokémon Aura Ally Pokémon
Melemele Trial Completion.png
Melemele Island
Verdant Cavern 735Gumshoos.png
GumshoosSUS
Level 12 (story battle)
Level 60*US
Story battle:
Defense +1

After becoming Champion:USUM
Attack +2
Defense +2
Sp. Attack +2
Sp. Defense +2
Speed +2
734MS6.png
YungoosSUS
Level 10 (story battle)
Level 58*US
020Raticate-Alola.png
Alolan RaticateMUM
Level 12 (story battle)
Level 60*UM
019AMS6.png
Alolan RattataMUM
Level 10 (story battle)
Level 58*UM
Akala Trial Completion.png
Akala Island
Brooklet Hill 746Wishiwashi-School.png
WishiwashiSM
(School Form)
Level 20
Defense +1 746MS6.png
WishiwashiSM
Level 18
594MS6.png
AlomomolaSM
Level 18
752Araquanid.png
AraquanidUSUM
Level 20
Speed +1 751MS6.png
DewpiderUSUM
Level 18
284MS6.png
MasquerainUSUM
Level 18
Wela Volcano Park 758Salazzle.png
SalazzleSM
Level 22
Sp. Defense +1 757MS6.png
SalanditSM
Level 20
105Marowak-Alola.png
Alolan MarowakUSUM
Level 22
Speed +2 758MS6.png
SalazzleUSUM
Level 20
Lush Jungle 754Lurantis.png
Lurantis
Level 24
Speed +2 732MS6.png
TrumbeakSM
Level 22
351MS6.png
CastformSM
Level 22
764MS6.png
ComfeyUSUM
Level 22
352MS6.png
KecleonUSUM
Level 22
Ula'ula Trial Completion.png
Ula'ula Island
Hokulani Observatory 738Vikavolt.png
VikavoltSM
Level 29
Attack +1
Defense +1
Sp. Attack +1
Sp. Defense +1
Speed +1
737MS6.png
CharjabugSM
Level 28
737MS6.png
CharjabugSM
Level 28
777Togedemaru.png
TogedemaruUSUM
Level 33
Defense +2 227MS6.png
SkarmoryUSUM
Level 32
702MS6.png
DedenneUSUM
Level 31
Thrifty Megamart
(Abandoned Site)
778Mimikyu.png
Mimikyu
Level 33SM/35USUM
Attack +1
Defense +1
Sp. Attack +1
Sp. Defense +1
Speed +1
093MS6.png
HaunterSM
Level 27
094MS6.png
GengarSM
Level 27
354MS6.png
BanetteUSUM
Level 32
593MS6.png
JellicentUSUM
Level 33
Poni Trial Completion.png
Poni Island
Vast Poni Canyon 784Kommo-o.png
Kommo-o
Level 45SM/49USUM
Attack +1
Defense +1
Sp. Attack +1
Sp. Defense +1
Speed +1
783MS6.png
Hakamo-oSM
Level 32
212MS6.png
ScizorSM
Level 32
715MS6.png
NoivernUSUM
Level 48
212MS6.png
ScizorUSUM
Level 46
Seafolk Village 743Ribombee.png
RibombeeUSUM
Level 55
Attack +2
Defense +2
Sp. Attack +2
Sp. Defense +2
Speed +2
242MS6.png
Blissey
Level 53
279MS6.png
Pelipper
Level 52

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Special Demo Version

Island Location Totem Pokémon Aura Ally Pokémon
Melemele Trial Completion.png
Melemele Island
Ten Carat Hill 783Hakamo-o.png
Hakamo-o
Level 36
Sp. Defense +1 744MS6.png
Rockruff
Level 30

In the anime


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While most of the Totem Pokémon from the anime are based on those from the games, Totem Trevenant is the only anime-original Totem Pokémon and the only depicted Totem Pokémon that is neither a Generation VII Pokémon nor a regional form. In addition, not every Totem Pokémon was adapted, even from the original games. Unlike the games, Ally Pokémon have had at least one instance of being caught in the case of Officer Jenny's Gumshoos.

Totem Pokémon

Totem Gumshoos
Totem Gumshoos
Ash battled the Totem Gumshoos as part of the Verdant Cavern trial, using his Pikachu and Rowlet. Gumshoos was able to defeat Rowlet, but it was eventually defeated by Pikachu. After Ash won the battle, Gumshoos gave him a Normalium Z. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate.

Gumshoos's known moves are Frustration and Sand Attack.

Debut To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Billy Bob Thompson

Totem Raticate
Totem Raticate
A Totem Alolan Raticate was seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although it was an extremely powerful opponent, taking down Meowth, James's Mareanie, and all of Team Skull's Pokémon, it was eventually defeated by Jessie's Mimikyu.

Raticate's known moves are Tail Whip, Hyper Fang, and Hyper Beam.

Debut A Team-on-Team Tussle!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Carter Cathcart

Totem Wishiwashi
Totem Wishiwashi
A Totem Wishiwashi appeared at Brooklet Hill, being hooked up by Lana, who proceeded to battle it with her Popplio. It was eventually defeated by Popplio's newly learned Aqua Jet, earning Lana a Waterium Z from it as a reward.

None of Wishiwashi's moves are known.

Debut Big Sky, Small Fry!
Voice actors
Japanese
English H.D. Quinn (School Form)
Lisa Ortiz (Solo Form)

Totem Lurantis
Totem Lurantis
Totem Lurantis challenged Ash while he was collecting ingredients for the "Akala Curry" in Lush Jungle with Mallow. Ash proceeded to battle it with Litten and Rowlet. Although it proved to be an extremely tough opponent, Ash was finally able to defeat it with Litten's Breakneck Blitz, after which it rewarded Ash with a Grassium Z.

Lurantis's known moves are Petal Blizzard, Solar Blade, and Synthesis.

Debut Currying Favor and Flavor!
Voice actors
Japanese Risa Shimizu
English Samara Naeymi

Totem Kommo-o
Totem Kommo-o
Totem Kommo-o and its allies attacked Lillie and Gladion at the Vast Poni Canyon on their way to the Altar of the Sunne. Eventually, Gladion was able to change his Silvally into a Fairy type, allowing it to knock Kommo-o out with a super-effective Multi-Attack.

Kommo-o's only known move is Clanging Scales.

Debut Family Determination!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Ryan Andes

Totem Trevenant

Totem Trevenant in the present
Totem Trevenant
Totem Trevenant lived in the forests of Melemele Island. It was good friends with Professor Kukui when he was a child. Trevenant rewarded Kukui with a Firium Z after he had his Litten use Scratch to ease its sneezing.

It appeared when Ash was accidentally transported to the past by Celebi. When Trevenant kept sneezing due to multiple Cutiefly being stuck in its leaves, Ash and a young Professor Kukui freed the Cutiefly and used their Torracat and Litten, respectively, to warm up some of the Cutiefly. Afterwards, Trevenant rewarded Ash with a Firium Z. When Ash returned to the present, Trevenant was revealed to have died.

None of Trevenant's moves are known.

Debut A Timeless Encounter!

Ally Pokémon


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Totem Gumshoos

Ally Yungoos
Ally Yungoos
Ash battled this Yungoos when he first entered the Verdant Cavern trial. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate.

Yungoos's known moves are Hyper Fang and Sand Attack.

Debut To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Billy Bob Thompson

Ally Gumshoos
Ally Gumshoos
Main article: Officer Jenny's Gumshoos

Ash battled this Gumshoos when he first entered the Verdant Cavern trial. It later assisted Officer Jenny with tackling an outbreak of Alolan Rattata and Raticate. Melemele Island's Officer Jenny later convinced Gumshoos to stay with her.

Debut To Top a Totem!
Voice actors
Japanese Kaito Ishikawa
English Billy Bob Thompson

Totem Raticate

Ally Rattata
Ally Rattata (multiple)
These Alolan Rattata were seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although powerful, they were lured into a cage of Berries and trapped there. They later escaped and continued their attack on the thieves.

Rattata's only known move is Hyper Fang.

Debut A Team-on-Team Tussle!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Carter Cathcart

Ally Raticate
Ally Raticate (multiple)
These Alolan Raticate were seen guarding a Darkinium Z, which was being targeted by Team Rocket and Team Skull. Although powerful, they were lured into a cage of Berries and trapped there. They later escaped and continued their attack on the thieves.

Raticate's only known move is Hyper Fang.

Debut A Team-on-Team Tussle!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Carter Cathcart

Totem Wishiwashi

Ally Alomomola
Ally Alomomola
This Alomomola appeared to support Totem Wishiwashi during Lana's trial against it, healing it with Heal Pulse. In order to help Lana, Ash proceeded to fish up the Alomomola and had Pikachu use Electro Ball on it, defeating it and causing it to flee in a fit of tears.

Alomomola's only known move is Heal Pulse.

Debut Big Sky, Small Fry!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Lisa Ortiz

Totem Lurantis

Ally Castform

Ally Castform Sunny Form
Ally Castform
This Castform appeared to support Totem Lurantis when it called for help during Ash's battle against it. With its help, Lurantis gained an upper hand over Litten. The Weather Pokémon was eventually defeated by Rowlet.

Castform's known moves are Sunny Day, Water Gun, and Headbutt, and its Ability is Forecast.

Debut Currying Favor and Flavor!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Marisa Kennedy

Totem Kommo-o

Ally Jangmo-o
Ally Jangmo-o (multiple)
These Jangmo-o attacked Lillie and Gladion when the two ventured through the trial site of Vast Poni Canyon. Following the defeat of the Totem Kommo-o, they all retreated as the ceiling began to collapse. They reappeared in the next episode, in which they had cornered Professor Burnet. The Scaly Pokémon were swiftly defeated by Professor Kukui's Braviary.

None of Jangmo-o's moves are known.

Debut Family Determination!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Erica Schroeder

Ally Hakamo-o
Ally Hakamo-o (multiple)
These Hakamo-o attacked Lillie and Gladion when the two ventured through the trial site of Vast Poni Canyon. Following the defeat of the Totem Kommo-o, they all retreated as the ceiling began to collapse. They reappeared in the next episode, in which they had cornered Professor Burnet. The Scaly Pokémon were swiftly defeated by Professor Kukui's Braviary.

None of Hakamo-o's moves are known.

Debut Family Determination!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eddy Lee

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Totem Kommo-o
Totem Kommo-o
Ash battled this Totem Kommo-o on Poni Island. It initially proved to be a powerful opponent, but after remembering the day they first met, Ash and Pikachu defeated Kommo-o with a 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt.

Kommo-o's only known move is Draco Meteor.

Debut ICYR1

Pokémon Adventures

Totem Pokémon

Totem Wishiwashi
Totem Wishiwashi
Main article: Sun (Adventures) → Quarter

This Wishiwashi is the Totem of Brooklet Hill. When Sun traveled to Brooklet Hill to begin his first trial, he encountered a wild Solo Form Wishiwashi that helped retrieve a one yen coin he dropped in the water. Taking a liking to the Pokémon, Sun decided to name it Quarter and asked it to help him find the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill. Quarter led Sun around the area for hours but failed to find the Totem each time. Angered by this, Sun's Litten, Dollar, attacked Quarter, causing it to get scared and run away.

Several other Wishiwashi soon began surrounding Sun and leaped out of the water as a School Form Wishiwashi, revealing that Quarter and the other Wishiwashi together were the Totem Pokémon the whole time. Sun eventually defeated the Totem by attacking its left eye, which contained Quarter, the leader controlling the other Wishiwashi. With Quarter defeated, the Totem broke apart into several Solo Form Wishiwashi.

Wishiwashi's known moves are Water Gun and Aqua Tail, and its Ability is Schooling.

Debut True Identity and the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill

Totem Lurantis
Totem Lurantis
This Lurantis is the Totem of Lush Jungle. In order to get strong enough to face the Ultra Beasts threatening to invade Alola, Moon summoned Lurantis to Konikoni City with a soup made by Mallow and battled it as a form of training. Despite the assistance of many ally Pokémon, Lurantis was eventually defeated by Moon's Mareanie.

Lurantis's only known move is Solar Blade.

Debut Flash and Cosmog's Secret

Totem Mimikyu
Totem Mimikyu
Main article: Sun (Adventures) → Penny

This Mimikyu is the Totem of the former Thrifty Megamart. Sun was tasked with taking a picture of Mimikyu to complete his second trial. Sun had his Torracat, Dollar, battle Mimikyu in order to keep it still long enough to take the photo. After discovering its anger towards humans for mistreating it, Sun offered it a spot on his team and named it Penny.

None of Mimikyu's moves are known and its Ability is Disguise.

Debut A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart

Ally Pokémon

Totem Lurantis

Ally Castform
Ally Castform (×2)
These Castform appeared to support Totem Lurantis when it battled against Moon. Despite a lengthy battle, they were all defeated.

None of Castform's moves are known.

Debut Flash and Cosmog's Secret

Ally Trumbeak
Ally Trumbeak (×2)
These Trumbeak appeared to support Totem Lurantis when it battled against Moon. Despite a lengthy battle, they were all defeated.

None of Trumbeak's moves are known.

Debut Flash and Cosmog's Secret

Ally Comfey
Ally Comfey (×3)
These Comfey appeared to support Totem Lurantis when it battled against Moon. Despite a lengthy battle, they were all defeated.

None of Comfey's moves are known.

Debut Flash and Cosmog's Secret

Ally Kecleon
Ally Kecleon
This Kecleon appeared to support Totem Lurantis when it battled against Moon. Despite a lengthy battle, they were all defeated.

None of Kecleon's moves are known.

Debut Flash and Cosmog's Secret

Pokémon Horizon

A Totem Lucario appeared in Mastering the Z-Move!.

Trivia

  • The battle theme for the Totem Pokémon is a remix of the wild Pokémon battle theme in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
  • Totem Gumshoos and Totem Alolan Raticate are the only Totem Pokémon that can be battled during the post-game.
  • In Pokémon Sun and Moon, in the battle against Totem Wishiwashi at Brooklet Hill, the Totem Pokémon can summon an Ally Alomomola which knows Water Gun, but Alomomola cannot legitimately have the move in any of the games.
  • In Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon, during the cutscene before Totem Raticate's battle, it cries out Gumshoos's cry instead of its own cry.
  • Compared to their non-Totem counterparts, every Totem Pokémon's weight is increased less than appropriately to its height. If a Pokémon's density were to remain the same between its Totem and non-Totem variants, a Totem Pokémon twice the height should be eight times the weight.
  • Totem-sized Pokémon are not registered in the Pokédex as unique forms.
  • In all languages of the games except English and Chinese, the same terms are used to refer to both Totem Pokémon and Titan Pokémon.
    • The Japanese term for Titan Pokémon (Japanese: ヌシポケモン Leader Pokémon) is fully written in katakana, distinguishing it from Totem Pokémon (Japanese: ぬしポケモン Leader Pokémon), but the two terms are otherwise identical, being pronounced the same and having the same meaning.

In other languages

Totem Pokémon

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 霸主寶可夢 Bajyú Pokémon
Mandarin 霸主寶可夢 / 霸主宝可梦 Bàzhǔ Pokémon
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Totemový pokémon
Denmark Flag.png Danish Totem Pokémon
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Totem Pokémon
Finland Flag.png Finnish Toteemi-Pokémon
France Flag.png French Pokémon Dominant
Germany Flag.png German Herrscher-Pokémon
Greece Flag.png Greek Τοτέμ Totém
Israel Flag.png Hebrew פוקימון טוטם Pokémon Totem
Hungary Flag.png Hungarian Totem Pokémon
Italy Flag.png Italian Pokémon dominante
South Korea Flag.png Korean 주인 포켓몬 Ju-in Pokémon
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Totem Pokémon
Poland Flag.png Polish Pokémon Totem
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Pokémon Totem
Russia Flag.png Russian Покемон-Тотем Pokémon-Totem
Spain Flag.png Spanish Pokémon dominante
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Totem Pokémon
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Thần Thú

Ally Pokémon

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese 仲間 Ally
Chinese Cantonese 夥伴 Fóbuhn
Mandarin 夥伴 / 伙伴 Huǒbàn
Denmark Flag.png Danish Alliered
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Bondgenoot
Finland Flag.png Finnish Liittolainen
France Flag.png French Renfort
Allié
Germany Flag.png German Mitstreiter
Italy Flag.png Italian Alleato
South Korea Flag.png Korean 동료 Dongnyo
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Alliert
Poland Flag.png Polish Sojusznik*
Sprzymierzeniec*
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Aliado
Spain Flag.png Spanish Aliado
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Bundsförvant

See also


Pokémon forms and variants
Permanent: Shiny Pokémon (GO) • Alternately colored Pokémon (anime)
Gender differences‎Form differences (GO)
Brilliant PokémonAlpha Pokémon
Transformations: Mega EvolutionPrimal ReversionBond PhenomenonUltra Burst
Dynamax (Gigantamax) • EternamaxTerastal phenomenon
Groups: Totem PokémonNoble PokémonTitan Pokémon
Regional forms: AlolanGalarianHisuianPaldean
Analogous: Paradox PokémonEcologically similar Pokémon
Pikachu variants: Surfing PikachuFlying PikachuCosplay PikachuPikachu in a cap
Miscellaneous: Pokémon fusionsGiant PokémonSpiky-eared PichuPartner Pokémon
Side series original: Shadow PokémonShadow Lugia
Spin-off original: Shadow PokémonPrimal DialgaToy Pokémon (Rusty Pokémon)
Shadow MewtwoPokéxelIllumina phenomenon
Anime original: Pink ButterfreeClone PokémonCrystal Onix
Mirage PokémonMeta GroudonGreen-crystal Deoxys
Manga original: Thu-Fi-ZerBlack FogBlack Tyranitar


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