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Happiny ピンプク Pinpuku
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Type	Normal
Species	Playhouse Pokémon
Height	2′00″ (0.6m)
Weight	53.8 lbs. (24.4kg)
Abilities	Natural Cure
	Serene Grace
Egg group	No eggs
Time to hatch	10,240 steps
Effort yield	1 HP
Exp. yield	255 base exp.
Lv100 at	800,000 exp.
Gender	100% ♀
Pokédex color	Pink
Catch rate	130
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Happiny (Japanese: ピンプク Pinpuku) is a Normal-type Pokémon. It is a baby Pokémon, the pre-evolutionary form of Chansey.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.2 Special abilities 1.3 Behavior 1.4 Habitat 1.5 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.6 Side game data 6 Evolution 7 Sprite 8 Trivia 8.1 Origin 8.1.1 Name origin 9 In other languages 10 Related articles 11 External links

Biology

Physiology

Happiny has a pink, egg-shaped body. It has a red pouch that covers the bottom half of its body. There are three round bumps on Happiny's forehead and has a pigtail of hair on her forehead. Happiny has stubby limbs and is normally seen carrying a Oval Stone in her pouch.

Gender differences

Happiny is female only.

Special abilities

In the anime, Happiny are shown to be extremely strong. Brock's has been seen lifting very heavy things above her head.

Behavior

Happiny has a fascination for anything white and round. As such, she has the aforementioned habit of carrying an Oval Stone in her pouch to imitate her evolved forms.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Brock's egg hatched into a Happiny in One Big Happiny Family!.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Happiny (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
IV	Diamond	It loves round white things. It carries an egg-shaped rock in imitation of Chansey.
	Pearl	It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends.

Game locations

Game	Rarity	Location
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Rare	Trophy Garden, Hearthome City (egg)

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Vien Forest

Base stats

HP:	100
Attack:	5
Defense:	5
SpAtk:	15
SpDef:	65
Speed:	30

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Fighting: 2×	Ghost: 0×	Normal: 1× Flying: 1× Poison: 1× Ground: 1× Rock: 1× Bug: 1× Steel: 1× Grass: 1× Fire: 1× Water: 1× Electric: 1× Psychic: 1× Ice: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Happiny is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.
Start	Pound
	Charm
5	Copycat
9	Refresh
12	Sweet Kiss

By TM/HM

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM06 Toxic TM07 Hail TM10 Hidden Power TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM20 Safeguard TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM27 Return TM29 Psychic TM34 Shock Wave TM35 Flamethrower TM38 Fire Blast TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM45 Attract TM56 Fling TM60 Drain Punch TM70 Flash TM77 Psych Up TM78 Captivate TM85 Dream Eater TM86 Grass Knot TM87 Swagger

By breeding

Generation IV Move Type Cat. Father Aromatherapy Roselia

Side game data

Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Crush

Evolution

Baby Happiny

Level up with Oval Stone (Day) Chansey

Happiness Blissey

Sprite

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 440.png		Image:Spr 4p 440.png
			Image:Spr 4p 440 s.png

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

Trivia

• Due to the three lumps at the front of its head and its ponytail, it bears a resemblance to Nurse Joy.
• Happiny is the only Pokémon to date with a catch rate of 130.
• Happiny, along with Chansey, has the lowest base stat for both Attack and Defense in the games.
• In the games, Happiny gives 255 base experience points, greater than all other Pokémon besides its evolutionary relatives Chansey and Blissey and the all-powerful Arceus, all of which give the same amount.
• Happiny, and its evolution family, Chansey and Blissey, have the most in-game items associated with them. This includes: Lucky Punch, Lucky Egg, Luck Incense and the Oval Stone.

Origin

Happiny is vaguely based on marsupials that carry young.

Name origin

Pinpuku may be derived from the Japanese word ピンク pinku, meaning pink, the color that this Pokémon is, and 福 fuku, good fortune. Happiny is derived from the words happiness and tiny.

In other languages

• French: Ptiravi - From "petit" which means little and "ravi" which means joy.
• German: Wonneira

Related articles

• Brock's Happiny

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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