Kecleon (Pokémon)

Kecleon カクレオン Kakureon

Artwork from R/S/E

Type Species  Normal  Color Swap Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Color Change 1,059,860 Pokédex National #352 Johto #— Hoenn #145 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-104 Almia R— Height Weight 3'03" 48.5 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Green 200 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 Exp. 132 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Kecleon (Japanese: カクレオン Kakureon) is a Normal-type Pokémon. However, its ability, Color Change, allows it to become any type, depending on the moves used against it.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Kecleon is a greenish reptilian Pokémon. It has yellow rings around the eyes as well as having yellow lips and frills. Kecleon has small ridges on its shoulders and a red zigzag stripe about its midsection. It also has a long skinny tail that is usually curled in a helix shape.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

An invisible Kecleon

Kecleon can change its color to match its surroundings. This can make it difficult to find. Its stripe, however, never changes.

Kecleon's other skills in battle include the capability to wield various elemental attacks, Ghost/Dark moves (such as Sucker Punch and Shadow Claw) and a handful of Psychic abilities (such as Psybeam and Trick Room).

Behavior

Kecleon often hide by changing its color to match its surroundings in order to avoid being found. However, it cannot change the color of the red zigzag stripe about its midsection.

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Kecleon alters its body coloration to blend in with its surroundings, allowing it to sneak up on its prey unnoticed. Then it lashes out with its long, stretchy tongue to instantly ensnare the unsuspecting target.

In the anime

Kecleon in the anime

Kecleon first appeared in The Kecleon Caper and was the first Generation III Pokémon to appear in the anime. A pair of them tried to foil Team Rocket's attempt to steal their owner's stuff.

A Kecleon was one of the Pokémon that played hide-and-seek with Pikachu and the others in Pikachu's PikaBoo. However, said Kecleon missed out on the excitement when a lawn-mower was on the loose. The end of the short finds Kecleon standing in the same spot, wondering where everyone is. It was not found because it was invisible.

Harrison used a Kecleon against Ash's Pikachu in the Silver Conference in Playing with Fire and Johto Photo Finish. It finally lost to Pikachu after an intense battle.

A Kecleon appeared in a Pokémon Chronicles episode that took place in Big Town. It was stealing food to take to an Azumarill's sick niece.

Two Kecleon owned a shop in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!. Unfortunately, Team Meanies bought out everything they had.

Angela used a Kecleon to train her team of ninjas in From Cradle to Save.

A Kecleon appeared in Pruning a Passel of Pals!.

The Kecleon Brothers appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.

A Kecleon also appeared in One Big Happiny Family! in Jessie's fantasy.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Kecleon (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Kecleon has the first Bonus Field on the Ruby Field. It will turn invisible, though a Devon Scope can be knocked out of the tree to make it visible for a short time. Kecleon must be knocked over and then hit with the ball ten times in two minutes to win the round.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Two Kecleon run the shop at Pokémon Square. Other Kecleon will randomly have shops within dungeons. They are normally courteous but shoplifting will result in multiple wild Kecleon appearing to attack the player. While these Kecleon are at an extremely high level and hard to recruit, this is the only way to obtain Kecleon in the game.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: The Kecleon have the same exact function as the ones in the previous games.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Note that the numbers above ignore the effects of Kecleon's ability; this is for Kecleon if it is of its natural type. For the weaknesses/resistances of any other type, please see the page on that type.

Learnset

Note: With the use of Color Change, any damaging move can theoretically become a STAB for Kecleon.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -33.9%	Friend Area: Overgrown Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	What color do you like? I can change into it!
26%-50% HP	Huh? Well, now, my HP's half gone!
1%-25% HP	Sorry, I'm about done. I can't begin to change color anymore...
Level Up	Leveled up! We're in business now!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Normal	Loops: 4	Minimum Experience: 40
Poké Assist: None	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 100
"Kecleon keeps an eye on things while hiding by blending in with the surroundings."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -49.5%	IQ Group: G

Evolution

Does not evolve Kecleon  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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Strangely, even though its ability is supposed to allow it to blend in with its surroundings, it is unable to learn the move Camouflage.
• Kecleon is one of the five Pokémon that can turn into a pure Flying-type Pokémon. The others are Arceus while holding the Sky Plate and Porygon, Porygon2, and Porygon-Z by using Conversion 2 after being hit by a Ground-type, Grass-type, Fighting-type, or Bug-type move, or using Conversion when they know a Flying-type move.
• Kecleon is the hardest Pokémon to recruit in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, with a base recruit rate of -33.9%. It can only be recruited if the player is level 90 or higher, and if they are holding a Friend Bow. Even after all this, Kecleon's recruit rate is only 0.1%. It is considered slightly easier to recruit in the sequel since the player now has a 0.5% chance of recruiting it at level 90, while holding an Amber Tear/Golden Mask with the "Fast Friend" IQ skill, despite its base recruit rate decreasing to -49.5%.
• Color Change can be used against Kecleon by harming it with a move of one type, then using a move that type is weak to. This works especially well with Dragon-type and Ghost-type moves, which weaken their own type, though Ghost-type moves cannot be used as soon as Kecleon appears.
• Though the red stripe on its belly is supposed to stay visible when it changes colors to blend with its surroundings, several game depictions of it, most notably its Emerald sprite, depict hidden Kecleon as completely invisible, likely a limitation due to the use of sprites.
  • Also, In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire, in the Ruby Board minigame, when Kecleon disappears, even the red stripe vanishes.
• The "fins" on Kecleon's back are absent in its official Sugimori artwork.
• Kecleon, along with Wailmer and Azurill, was one of the first Generation III Pokémon revealed, in early March of 2001. It was also the first Generation III Pokémon seen in the anime, in The Kecleon Caper.
• In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Kecleon is the first Pokémon of an alternate coloration to be featured that is not its shiny form.
• Kecleon and Arceus are very similar in the way they can get STAB for every damaging move they can learn.

Origin

Kecleon is based on a chameleon.

Name origin

Kecleon's name, a corruption of its Japanese name, Kakureon, may be a combination of 隠れる kakureru, to hide, and chameleon.

In other languages

• German: Kecleon
• French: Kecleon
• Korean: 켈리몬 Kellimon* / 숨을래몬 Sum'eullaemon*

External links

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