Minun
マイナン Minun
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Artwork from R/S/E
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HP
0
| Atk
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| Speed
1
| Exp.
120
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Minun (Japanese: マイナン Minun) is an Electric-type Pokémon.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Plusle and Minun bear a remarkable resemblance to Pichu and Pikachu. Minun have short tails with flat minus signs on the end of them, while their cheeks and the tips of their ears are blue, and have minus signs voided in the middle.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Minun creates electrical pom-poms and sparks to cheer on its partners.
Minun's stats are geared towards defense whereas Plusle's stats are sweeper-oriented. Minun's Movepool is nearly identical to Plusle, except that Minun learns Charm and Trump Card and lacks Last Resort.
Behavior
Minun is a cheerful and supportive Pokémon, always encouraging comrades in battle by using the spark pouches in its cheeks. It is very compassionate towards its friends, and is known to cry upon witnessing a friend lose a battle. They are commonly referred to as cheerleaders for these actions.
Habitat
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Minun first appeared alongside Plusle in A Different Kind of Misty. Both Pokémon were owned by Thatcher, who is responsible for protecting a lighthouse. The same Minun and Plusle appear again in Cheer Pressure, where Thatcher is training them to be cheerleaders.
Elijah used Minun and Plusle as actors in Lights, Camerupt, Action. The plot of the movie was that Pikachu, Plusle and Minun were setting out to rescue Princess Kirlia from an evil Exploud.
Minun and Plusle also appear as supporting characters in the film Destiny Deoxys, serving as the story's comic relief. The pair helps Tory Lund to overcome his fear of Pokémon.
Pokédex entries
| Episode
| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| AG038
| Minun
| Ash's Pokédex
| Minun, the Cheering Pokémon. Minun cares more for its teammates than for itsself, sending off showers of sparks while cheering them on.
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| This concludes the entries from the Advanced Generation series.
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In the manga
Sapphire befriended a Minun at the Abandoned Ship
In the TCG
- Main article: Minun (TCG)
Other appearances
Excess data found on the game disc includes data for seven playable characters cut from the final roster, including Plusle and Minun as a tag team akin to the Ice Climbers. However, in the final version of the game, Minun just appears as a random trophy alongside Plusle.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
| Gen
| Game
| Pokédex entry
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| I
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation I.
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| II
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation II.
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| III
| Ruby
| Minun is more concerned about cheering on its partners than its own safety. It shorts out the electricity in its body to create brilliant showers of sparks to cheer on its teammates.
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| Sapphire
| Minun loves to cheer on its partner in battle. It gives off sparks from its body while it is doing so. If its partner is in trouble, this Pokémon gives off increasing amounts of sparks.
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| Emerald
| At a meeting of Pokémon academics, it was announced that simultaneous exposure to electricity from a Plusle and Minun will promote circulation and boost vitality.
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| FireRed
| Its dislike of water makes it take shelter under the eaves of houses in rain. It uses pom-poms made of sparks for cheering.
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| LeafGreen
| Its dislike of water makes it take shelter under the eaves of houses in rain. It uses pom-poms made of sparks for cheering.
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| IV
| Diamond
| It cheers on its friends. If its friends are losing, its body lets off more and more sparks.
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| Pearl
| It cheers on its friends. If its friends are losing, its body lets off more and more sparks.
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| Platinum
| It cheers on its friends. If its friends are losing, its body lets off more and more sparks.
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Game locations
In side games
Minun 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 ? M 9 F Q X ? 2 8 N 7
- H R ? H P 5 ? 0 ! 4 ? W
- Objective: Escort Minun to Plusle on floor 7 of Mt. Blaze.
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Minun is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.
- Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.
Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Minun shares the same species name with its partner Plusle. They are both known as Cheering Pokémon.
- Minun is one of four Pokémon (the other being Eevee, Slowking and Dunsparce) able to learn the move Trump Card.
- Despite being based on a rodent-like creature, it is unable to breed with Pokémon from the Ground egg group (common to mammals); it is exclusive to the Fairy egg group.
- Pachirisu, Plusle, and Minun are the only non-legendary Electric-type Pokémon with no evolutions or form differences.
- Minun is considered by many fans to be a novelty Pokémon due to the fact it's inclusion in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire appeared to be simply to showcase the double battle system which was introduced in Generation III.
- Minun's ability is useless in single battles, and is only useful in double battles if Minun is partnered with Plusle.
Origin
It appears to be based on a mouse or rabbit.
Name origin
Minun's name is based on minus, referring to something with a negative electrical charge.
In other languages
- German: Minun
- French: Negapi - Comes from negative and possibly pikapika, the Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkling.
- Korean: 마이농 Minong
External links
Notes
(Discharge)
Body size: 1
For other sprites and images, please see Minun images on Bulbagarden Archives.
