Aipom (Pokémon)

Aipom エイパム Eipam

Artwork from G/S/C

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Aipom (Japanese: エイパム Eipam) is a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Ambipom via level-up while knowing Double Hit.

Biology

Physiology

Aipom appear to be a purple monkey. Their beige faces have round eyes and a constantly cheeky smile. Along their heads are large, oval-shaped ears and a cowlick. An Aipom's arms are completely purple with no actual paws nor fingers present, while they do have visible feet instead.

The most famous feature of this arboreal Pokémon is the three-fingered hand on the end of its tail. It uses its tail for many purposes, such as grappling onto tree branches, picking fruit and manipulating objects. It even uses its tail in most of its attacks. It uses its tail so much that its real arms aren't as dexterous as a result.

Gender differences

A female has a longer cowlick on its head.

Special abilities

Aipom are very acrobatic and can therefore learn Aerial Ace, Bounce and U-turn. Aipom can also learn a couple of Fighting-type moves, such as Brick Break and Focus Punch. Even though Aipom doesn't seem to possess any claws, it can use slashing moves such as Shadow Claw and Cut. Aipom can also learn a few special-based moves, such as Swift, Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball. Some of Aipom's status moves include Thunder Wave, Tickle, Baton Pass and the rarely seen Nasty Plot. Aipom is one of the few Pokémon that can evolve after learning a certain move. The move in Aipom's case is Double Hit.

Behavior

Aipom are very mischevous and cheeky, stealing food and objects from passers-by simply to annoy them. Aipom enjoy the misfortune and annoyance of others; they can be badly-behaved and it is difficult to get them to keep still.

Aipom eating a banana

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Aipom usually live in heavily wooded areas.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime, it was shown that, like real monkeys, Aipom are partial to bananas and other fruit. They also have a sweet tooth and are easily attracted to the scent of Honey.

In the anime

Aipom in the anime

Major appearances

Aipom first appeared in Spell of the Unown under the ownership of Lisa.

A number of Aipom appeared in Slaking Kong. One of them stole Ash's hat.

Ash's Aipom

In Channeling the Battle Zone, Ash captured the aforementioned Aipom. Her behavior is similar to that of Ash's Chikorita, being attention-seeking, very naughty at times and occasionally jealous. In Throwing the Track Switch, he traded her to Dawn for Buizel because Aipom was more interested in Contests and Buizel was more interested in Gyms. Aipom evolved into Ambipom in Journey to the Unown! protecting Dawn from the attacking Unown.

Other

A group of Aipom were causing mischief in A Hot Water Battle.

An Aipom made off with one of Delibird's missing presents in Delibird's Dilemma.

A wild Mew took the form of an Aipom in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Minor appearances

In Hocus Pokémon, an Aipom's tear was needed for a spell.

In Extreme Pokémon, a recently-hatched, baby Aipom appeared in a Pokémon Egg Ranch.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Gold has an Aipom named Ataro.

In the TCG

Main article: Aipom (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Aipom makes a cameo in the "Eager Eevee" mini-game. Aipom is the one who lifts open the crate.
• Pokémon Trozei!: Lucy Fleetfoot owns an Aipom.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

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.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Aipom is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 43+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Baton Pass	Normal
--			Tickle	Normal
--			Fury Swipes	Normal
--			Swift	Normal

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.2%	Friend Area: Energetic Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	This tail here? It works like another hand!
26%-50% HP	Oi! I should tell you, my HP's gone down by about half.
1%-25% HP	I'm all out of good news. My tail's lost its grip...
Level Up	Yes! I got my level up! I'm so proud of my tail!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Normal	Poké Assist: ( Normal )	Field Move: (Tackle ×1)
"It attacks by throwing rocks with its tail and by tackling."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level up knowing Double Hit	First evolution
	Aipom  Normal		Ambipom  Normal

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 190 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE

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

Trivia

• Aipom's Pokémon Gold and Silver sprites appeared to be dark in color, but were made slightly lighter in Pokémon Crystal.
• Aipom is the only Pokémon that evolves by learning Double Hit; all other Pokémon which evolve after learning a move, besides Lickitung, share that specific method of evolution with at least one other Pokémon.
  • It is also the only Pokémon that learns the move required for evolution that gets a STAB from it.
• Aipom has 2 abilities that have no effect in battle. It shares this trait with Pachirisu.
• Aipom is the first Generation II Pokémon alphabetically.

Origin

It appears to have been based on a monkey, with an exaggerated concept of a prehensile tail.

Name origin

Aipom's name may be a combination of ape and palm, referring to the hand on its tail.

In other languages

• German: Griffel - Word for "hands" or "fingers" with a negative connotation.
• French: Capumain - From Capucin (Capuchin monkey) and main (hand).
• Korean: 에이팜 Eipam

Related articles

• Ash/Dawn's Aipom

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.