Exeggcute (Pokémon)

Exeggcute タマタマ Tamatama

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Grass  Psychic  Egg Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Chlorophyll 1,250,000 Pokédex Kanto #102 Johto #105* Hoenn #270* Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 1'04" 5.5 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Pink 90 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Plant 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 98 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Exeggcute (Japanese: タマタマ Tamatama) is a dual-type Grass/Psychic Pokémon.

It evolves into Exeggutor via Leaf Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Exeggcute resemble light pink eggs. The shells have some cracks on them (and may even have their yolk/brain exposed). Despite obviously looking like eggs, Exeggcute are actually similar to plant seeds.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Exeggcute are capable of several Grass- and Psychic-type moves, like Dream Eater, which combines well with its two sleep moves, Sleep Powder and Hypnosis. Exeggcute use a special kind of telepathy that always makes them form groups of six.

Exeggcute, and its evolved form, Exeggutor, are the only known Pokémon that learn Barrage.

Unusually for Psychic-type Pokémon, Exeggcute and Exeggutor are unable to learn Calm Mind without a cheating device.

Behavior

These Pokémon gather together in swarms of six. They communicate with each other by using a form of telepathy that only they can understand.

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Exeggcute live in jungles and forests.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Exeggcute in the anime

Major Appearances

Exeggcute first appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad. The Egg Pokémon was owned by an incompetent magician named Melvin. Exeggcute managed to hypnotize Ash and Melvin forced Ash to capture a bunch of Exeggutor. Melvin's Exeggcute managed to evolve, but without using a Leaf Stone.

Minor Appearances

Exeggcute also appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. Pikachu and company, plus an Elekid, found Misty's Togepi hanging around an Exeggcute that was missing a member of its batch. It evolved when all the eggs were back together, standing on a Leaf Stone.

An Exeggcute appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Bill is seen with an Exeggcute in Pokémon Adventures. Prior to the events of Volume 23, it has since evolved into Exeggutor.

In the TCG

Main article: Exeggcute (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6%	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Don't make fun of us because we look like eggs!
26%-50% HP	Ouch... Our health is down to half.
1%-25% HP	We've had it. There's no power left.
Level Up	We leveled up! Let's go for it!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6%	IQ Group: B

Evolution

Unevolved Exeggcute  Grass  Psychic

Leaf Stone →

First evolution Exeggutor  Grass  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
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IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Exeggcute is one of five Pokémon with seven weaknesses, the others being its evolution Exeggutor, Snover and Abomasnow, and the legendary Celebi (the last of which shares its type combination with Exeggcute and Exeggutor).
• Exeggcute shares the same species name with Chansey. They are both known as Egg Pokémon.
• Exeggcute's broken egg has a face on the back of its head, as shown in Pokémon Ranch.
  • However, this cannot be seen in the Pokémon Crystal sprites.
• In Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, it's hinted that each of Exeggcute's members may have an individual sense of identity, even though they are all considered to be just one Pokémon.
• Despite being eggs themselves, Exeggcute can hatch from an egg via breeding.

Origin

It appears to be a mixture of a batch of eggs.

Name origin

Exeggcute's name is a play on the phrase "eggs are cute." It is also a play on the word execute. Tamatama could be taken to mean 偶々, unexpectedly, although it is more likely to be derived from 玉 tama, sphere, doubled. It is worth noting that the Japanese word for egg is 卵 tamago.

In other languages

• German: Owei - From Ei (egg). "O wei" is also an old term for "good grief" and fits to the name of its evolution, "Kokowei".
• French: Noeunoeuf - Comes from the word oeuf (egg) pronounced twice.
• Korean: 아라리 Arari

External links

Notes

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