Shroomish (Pokémon)

Shroomish キノココ Kinococo
Artwork from R/S/E
Pronunciation	???
Type	Grass
Species	Mushroom Pokémon
National Dex	#285
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#034
Sinnoh Dex	#—
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Height	1′04″ (0.4m)
Weight	9.9 lbs. (4.5kg)
Abilities	Effect Spore or Poison Heal
Egg groups	Fairy/Plant
Time to hatch	3,840 steps
Effort yield	1 HP
Exp. yield	65 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,640,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Brown
Catch rate	255
Footprint
Body style
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Shroomish (Japanese: キノココ Kinococo) is a Grass-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Breloom at level 23.

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 In the TFG 6 Game data 6.1 NPC appearances 6.2 Pokédex entries 6.3 Game locations 6.3.1 In side games 6.4 Base stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.6.4 By tutoring 6.6.5 Special moves 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Shroomish are small green and peach colored Pokémon with a clear inspiration from mushrooms. They are peach on the upper half, where they are spotted with green and have a small opening at the top. This section ends with frilled segments, which overlap its green underside, which is round and has small, round feet. Shroomish seem to have a near permanent frown on their face.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Shroomish has a buildup of poisonous powders inside, which it can release when threatened. Some Shroomish also heal when poisoned.

Behavior

Habitat

Prefers the damp soil of large forests.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Shroomish eat naturally decayed plants, leaves, and other compost found on the forest floor. However, they are sometimes found in possesion of a Kebia Berry.

In the anime

Shroomish first appeared in Taming of the Shroomish. Ash and friends saved a group of these Mushroom Pokémon from having the abandoned mansion they called home from being destroyed.

Several Shroomish that Team Rocket angered evolved into Breloom in A Shroomish Skirmish.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Shroomish (TCG)

In the TFG

One Shroomish figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Shroomish

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Three Shroomish are bumpers at the top of the Sapphire Field.

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Shroomish live in damp soil in the dark depths of forests. They are often found keeping still under fallen leaves. This Pokémon feeds on compost that is made up of fallen, rotted leaves.
	Sapphire	If Shroomish senses danger, it shakes its body and scatters spores from the top of its head. This Pokémon's spores are so toxic, they make trees and weeds wilt.
	Emerald	It loves to eat damp, composted soil in forests. If you enter a forest after a long rain, you can see many Shroomish feasting on composted soil.
	FireRed	It prefers damp places. By day it remains still in the forest shade. It releases toxic powder from its head.
	LeafGreen	It prefers damp places. By day it remains still in the forest shade. It releases toxic powder from its head.
IV	Diamond	It spouts poison spores from the top of its head. These spores cause pain all over if inhaled.
	Pearl	It spouts poison spores from the top of its head. These spores cause pain all over if inhaled.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Uncommon	Petalburg Woods
	Emerald		Uncommon	Petalburg Woods
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		One	Shadow Pokémon Laboratory (Shadow)
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Rare	Great Marsh
	Platinum		???	Great Marsh (After obtaining National Pokédex)
	Pal Park			Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Hatch from egg
Pokémon Trozei!	SOL Laboratory 2 Secret Storage 17 Huge Storage 2 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Sinister Woods (6F-12F) Joyous Tower (21F-25F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Mt. Horn (1F-6F) Final Maze (B1-B48)
My Pokémon Ranch	Random trade with Hayley *

Base stats

HP:	60
Attack:	40
Defense:	60
SpAtk:	40
SpDef:	60
Speed:	35

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Flying : 2×  Poison : 2×  Bug : 2×  Fire : 2×  Ice : 2×	Ground : ½×  Grass : ½×  Water : ½×  Electric : ½×		Normal : 1×  Fighting : 1×  Rock : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Steel : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Shroomish is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply. Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Shroomish, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100%	25	Smart	1 ♥
5	Tackle	Normal	Physical	35	95%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
9	Stun Spore	Grass	Status	—	75%	30	Smart	2 ♥♥
13	Leech Seed	Grass	Special	—	90%	10	Smart	0
17	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
21	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
25	PoisonPowder	Poison	Status	—	75%	35	Smart	2 ♥♥
29	Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
33	Growth	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Beauty	0
37	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
41	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15	Smart	0
45	Spore	Grass	Status	—	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	10	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10	Cool	1 ♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM49	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	80	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Togetic, Togekiss Snubbull, Granbull Skitty, Delcatty Minun Pachirisu	Charm	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
Mawile Plusle Minun	Fake Tears	Dark	Status	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Paras, Parasect Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry Mawile	False Swipe*	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40	Cool	0
Cherubi, Cherrim Plusle Minun	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	1 ♥
Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Exeggcute, Exeggutor Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish, Breloom	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15	Smart	0
Nuzleaf, Shiftry Snover, Abomasnow	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Clefairy, Clefable Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Skitty, Delcatty	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10	Smart	0
Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur Exeggcute, Exeggutor Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Sunkern, Sunflora Shroomish, Breloom Cherubi, Cherrim	Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Synthesis	Grass	Status	—	—%	5	Smart	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 15+	Purified moves
Shadow Blitz	???		Refresh	Normal
Shadow Mist	???		False Swipe	Normal
--			Mega Drain	Grass
--			Stun Spore	Grass

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Hatch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.7%	Friend Area: Mushroom Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I like it where it's dank and damp.
26%-50% HP	My HP has dropped to about half.
1%-25% HP	I can't keep this up... I'm almost out of poison powders...
Level Up	That's my level up! My poison powders turned more toxic!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: C

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level 23	First evolution
	Shroomish  Grass		Breloom  Grass  Fighting

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
				Image:Spr 3f 285.png
	Image:Spr 3r 285 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 285 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 285 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 285 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 285.png
			Image:Spr 4p 285 s.png

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

Trivia

• Shroomish and Breloom share the same species name with Paras and Parasect. They are all known as Mushroom Pokémon.

Origin

Shroomish is based on a mushroom. It is also possible that the design was inspired by that of a Goomba.

Name origin

Shroomish's name is derived from mushroom and the suffix -ish, is like. Its Japanese name is a combination of 茸 kinoko, mushrooms, and 子 ko, child.

In other languages

• German: Knilz
• French: Balignon
• Korean: 버섯꼬 Beoseotkko

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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