Mankey (Pokémon)

Mankey マンキー Mankey

Artwork from FR/LG

Type Species  Fighting  Pig Monkey Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Vital Spirit or Anger Point 1,000,000 Pokédex Kanto #056 Johto #136* Hoenn #243* Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-149 Almia R-126 Height Weight 1'08" 61.7 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 190 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 74 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

Mankey (Japanese: マンキー Mankey) is a Fighting-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Primeape starting at level 28.

Biology

Physiology

Mankey, though partly named after humans, bears almost no resemblance to them. Mankey has features similar to many primates including fur, a long flexible tail, and prehensile hands and feet ideal for gripping branches and other objects. Mankey has a nose similar to a pig.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Mankey specialize in physical fighting, but they can sometimes know elemental attacks (though they don't usually excel at them).

Behavior

Mankey are very aggressive and short-tempered. Anyone that gets on its bad side (which is too easy to do), will receive a severe thrashing.

Habitat

Mountain Pokémon

Mankey can be found in vibrant forests, in mountains, or in valleys with rivers running through them.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

The preferred food appears to be Chestnuts, although Mankey usually lack the dexterity to peel them. They are also occasionally found with the Payapa Berry.

In the anime

Mankey wearing Ash's hat

Major Appearances

In Primeape Goes Bananas, a wild Mankey stole Ash's hat and then evolved into a Primeape. Ash captured it shortly afterward.

In A Tyrogue Full of Trouble, a Primeape was causing problems for a small town along with a Mankey and a Tyrogue. A Trainer named Kiyo was able to capture the Tyrogue, and the Mankey and Primeape joined up with him.

Minor Appearances

Mankey was one of the Yas Gym's Pokémon in Showdown at Dark City.

In the third Pokémon Movie, Spell of the Unown, a Trainer named Lisa used a Mankey to battle Ash.

It also had a minor appearance Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part One).

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Volume 1 of Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash chases a swarm of Mankey and manages to catch one. He later trades it in for a bogus map of Mt. Moon.

In the TCG

Main article: Mankey (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Three Mankey are the boss of Uproar Forest. After being defeated, they follow the player back to the rescue base. The Mankey help with the remodeling of the base but go on strike half-way through until they receive two peeled chestnuts.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red	Blue	Berry (100%)*
Yellow
Diamond	Pearl	Payapa Berry (5%)
Platinum
* The Pokémon must be traded to a Generation II game in order for the item to appear.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Mankey 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

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 10.9%	Friend Area: Energetic Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	They call me the offspring of a fighting spirit!
26%-50% HP	Darn it! I only have half my HP left.
1%-25% HP	This is it... I can't muster any power...
Level Up	Yes! My level's gone up!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Fighting	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 20
Poké Assist: ( Fighting )	Field Move: (Crush ×1)	Maximum Experience: 30
"Mankey can crush small Rocks. It will give chase if it spots you!"
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Fighting	Poké Assist: ( Fighting )	Field Move: (Crush ×1)
"It angers easily and thrashes about. It is easier to capture after it thrashes."

Evolution

Unevolved Mankey  Fighting

Level 28 →

First evolution Primeape  Fighting

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 Mankey images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Mankey is the first Fighting-type Pokémon in National Pokédex order.
• Mankey has a similar color scheme to that of Meowth. Coincidentally, Mankey and Meowth are version exclusives in Red and Blue (Mankey being in Red, Meowth in Blue), along with Gold and Silver and their remakes (Mankey in Gold/HeartGold, Meowth in Silver/SoulSilver).

Origin

Considering its pig-like nose, its vestigial tail, and overall personality, Mankey have much in common with baboons.

Name origin

Mankey's name may be a hybrid of the words man and monkey. It also comes from the word manky, which means inferior, dirty or worthless, which could be derogatory terms. Another theory is that Mankey's name is a combination of the words mad and monkey, due to this Pokémon's contrary and aggressive personality.

In other languages

• German: Menki
• French: Ferosinge - From Féroce (ferocious) and singe (monkey).
• Korean: 망키 Mangki
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 猴怪 - Literally "monkey monster".

Related articles

• Ash's Mankey

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.