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Parasect パラセクト Parasect
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Type	Bug / Grass
Species	Mushroom Pokémon
Height	3′03″ (1.0m)
Weight	65.0 lbs. (29.5kg)
Abilities	Effect Spore
	Dry Skin
Egg groups	Bug
	Plant
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	2 Atk, 1 Def
Exp. yield	128 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Red
Catch rate	75
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Parasect (Japanese: パラセクト Parasect) is a Bug/Grass-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 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 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Like its previous stage Paras, Parasect is an insectoid creature. However, in this stage the mushroom has completely overtaken the host's body. The insect has been drained of nutrients and is now under the control of the fully grown tochukaso.

In this stage the body, pincers, and legs of the insect have grown much larger. The mushrooms on its back have grown together into one giant mushroom. Its eyes have become whited out, perhaps due to its being possessed by the tochukaso.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

The mushroom completely takes over its host's body. Parasect now has more control over it. It still releases irritating spores that can paralyze, poison, or put to sleep.

Behavior

Habitat

Parasect can often be found in caves, since sunlight and dry air hurt their skin. They can also thrive in dank forests with lots of humidity where conditions are ideal for fungi.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Cassandra uses a Paras which evolves in The Problem with Paras.

Officer Jenny uses a Parasect in Gulpin it Down.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Crystal uses a Parasect extensively in her Pokémon capturing, using its Spore attack to put targets to sleep. In Volume 10, her Parasect is seen to be capable of increasing the radius of its Spore attack to at least three kilometres. In Volume 11, the origin of Crystal's Parasect is revealed: it, along with Crystal's Natu, Hitmonchan and Cubone, were wild Pokémon living in Mt. Mortar and had fought with a local Arcanine that had gone berserk from a severe eye injury. Parasect was able to create medicinal spores to help Arcanine heal and Crystal recover from her fractured arms. In Volume 13, Crystal reveals yet another ability of Parasect: it is able to use the powder attacks it possesses to combine into a wider range of spores, including one for corroding metals.

In the TCG

Main article: Parasect (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places.
	Blue
	Yellow	The bug host is drained of energy by the mushrooms on its back. They appear to do all the thinking.
	Stadium	The bug host is controlled by the mushrooms that scatter poisonous spores. The spores are sometimes used as medicine in China.
II	Gold	It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mushrooms on its back.
	Silver	The larger the mushroom on its back grows, the stronger the mushroom spores it scatters.
	Crystal	When nothing's left to extract from the bug, the mushrooms on its back leave spores on the bug's egg.
	Stadium 2	It stays mostly in dark, damp places, the preference not of the bug, but of the big mushrooms on its back.
III	Ruby	Parasect is known to infest large trees en masse and drain nutrients from the lower trunk and roots. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.
	Sapphire	Parasect is known to infest large trees en masse and drain nutrients from the lower trunk and roots. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.
	Emerald	Parasect are known to infest the roots of large trees en masse and drain nutrients. When an infested tree dies, they move onto another tree all at once.
	FireRed	It scatters toxic spores from the mushroom cap. In China, the spores are used as herbal medicine.
	LeafGreen	A host-parasite pair in which the parasite mushroom has taken over the host bug. Prefers damp places.
IV	Diamond	A mushroom grown larger than the host's body controls Parasect. It scatters poisonous spores.
	Pearl	It is controlled by a mushroom grown larger than the bug body. It is said to prefer damp places.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
I	Pokémon Red and Blue	Rare	Safari Zone
	Pokémon Yellow	Rare	Safari Zone, trade Tangela
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	None	Evolve Paras
	Pokémon Crystal	Rare	Silver Cave
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Trade
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	Rare	Safari Zone, Cerulean Cave
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Evolve Paras
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Evolve Paras
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei	Endless Level 53 Endless Level 63 Forever Level 3 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Paras
Pokémon Ranger	Krokka Tunnel

Base stats

HP:	60
Attack:	95
Defense:	80
Special:	80
SpAtk:	60
SpDef:	80
Speed:	30

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Flying: 4× Poison: 2× Rock: 2× Bug: 2× Fire: 4× Ice: 2×	Fighting: ½× Ground: ¼× Grass: ¼× Water: ½× Electric: ½×	Normal: 1× Ghost: 1× Steel: 1× Psychic: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

In Generation I, the effectiveness of Poison-type moves is 4×.

If Parasect has the ability Dry Skin, the effect of Water becomes 0×, and Water attacks will heal 25% of Parasect's HP. In addition, the effect of Fire becomes 5×.

Learnset

Parasect is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation I Level Move Type Previous Scratch Stun Spore Leech Life 30 Spore 39 Slash 48 Growth

Generation II Level Move Type Previous Scratch Stun Spore Poisonpowder Leech Life 28 Spore 37 Slash 46 Growth 53 Giga Drain

Generation III Level Move Type Previous Scratch Stun Spore Poisonpowder Leech Life 27 Spore 35 Slash 43 Growth 51 Giga Drain 59 Aromatherapy

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Previous Scratch Cross Poison Stun Spore Poisonpowder Leech Life Spore Slash 30 Growth 39 Giga Drain 47 Aromatherapy 55 X-Scissor

By TM/HM

Generation I # Move Type TM03 Swords Dance TM06 Toxic TM08 Body Slam TM09 Take Down TM10 Double-Edge TM15 Hyper Beam TM20 Rage TM21 Mega Drain TM22 SolarBeam TM28 Dig TM31 Mimic TM32 Double Team TM33 Reflect TM34 Bide TM40 Skull Bash TM44 Rest TM50 Substitute HM01 Cut

Generation II # Move Type TM03 Curse TM06 Toxic TM08 Rock Smash TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM12 Sweet Scent TM13 Snore TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM19 Giga Drain TM20 Endure TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM34 Swagger TM35 Sleep Talk TM36 Sludge Bomb TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM46 Thief TM49 Fury Cutter HM01 Cut HM05 Flash

Generation III # Move Type TM06 Toxic TM09 Bullet Seed TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM36 Sludge Bomb' TM40 Aerial Ace TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM46 Thief HM01 Cut HM05 Flash HM06 Rock Smash

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM06 Toxic TM09 Bullet Seed TM10 Hidden Power TM15 Hyper Beam TM11 Sunny Day TM17 Protect TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM36 Sludge Bomb TM40 Aerial Ace TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM53 Energy Ball TM54 False Swipe TM58 Endure TM68 Giga Impact TM70 Flash TM75 Swords Dance TM78 Captivate TM81 X-Scissor TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM86 Grass Knot TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut HM06 Rock Smash

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Bug Bite			Ariados Ninjask Yanmega
Counter			Heracross Breloom
Cross Poison			Parasect Skorupi, Drapion
False Swipe			Scyther, Scizor Nincada, Ninjask
Flail*			Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Light Screen			Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Ledyba, Ledian Dustox
Metal Claw			Scizor Nincada
Psybeam			Butterfree Venonat, Venonat Dustox
Pursuit			Beedrill Scyther Yanma Scizor Yanmega
Screech			Yanma Gligar Ninjask Vibrava, Flygon Gliscor
Sweet Scent			Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume Bellsprout,Weepinbell, Victreebel >Bellossom Surskit, Masquerain Roselia Tropius
*Indicates moves only available through chain breeding.

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Mushroom Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	The poison I leak from my back can also be used as medicine!
26%-50% HP	Better watch out. My HP is down by half...
1%-25% HP	I need help... I'm even out of toxic spores...
Level Up	OK! I've gone up in level!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 8	Minimum Experience: 40
Poké Assist:	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 60
Parasect attacks while shaking off plumes of spores from its body.

Evolution

Basic Paras

Level 24 Parasect

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 047.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 047 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 047 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 047.png			Image:Spr 3f 047.png
	Image:Spr 3r 047 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 047 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 047 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 047 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 047.png		Image:Spr 4p 047.png
			Image:Spr 4p 047 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 047 s.png

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

Trivia

• Parasect's Pokédex entry for Pokémon Stadium connects the Pokémon world with our own. It says "The bug host is controlled by the mushrooms that scatter poisonous spores. The spores are sometimes used as medicine in China."
• Parasect and its pre-evolution, Paras, have similar cries to Mewtwo.
• Parasect and Paras are the only Pokémon in the game to take more than 4 times as much damage from any one type of attack (if it has the ability Dry Skin, they both take 5× damage, as mentioned above).
• Of the first generation Bug Pokémon, Parasect ties with Butterfree, Beedrill and Scyther for the highest base SpDef.

Origin

There are many forms of fungus that grow on insects, any one of which could have inspired Parasect's design, like the entomophthora muscae, which grows on the back of the common housefly.

Name origin

Parasect's name is a combination of parasite and insect, referring to the parasitic mushroom on this insect's back.

In other languages

• German: Parasek
• French: Parasect
• Korean: 파라섹트 Parasekteu
• Chinese (Taiwan): 派拉斯特 Pai La Si Te - Transliteration of Parasect.

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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