Spinda (Pokémon)

Spinda パッチール Patcheel

Artwork from R/S/E

Type Species  Normal  Spot Panda Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Own Tempo or Tangled Feet 800,000 Pokédex National #327 Johto #— Hoenn #114 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 3'07" 11.0 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 255 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground, Humanshape 16 (4080 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 85 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

Spinda (Japanese: パッチール Patcheel) is a Normal-type Pokémon. Spinda's spots have over 4 billion possible combinations, and are determined by its Personality Value.

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

Biology

Physiology

No Spinda is the same as another. All Spinda have different spots and spin patterns on their head and torso. Spinda resembles a small, upward standing rabbit- or bear-like creature, with a small body similar to that of Plusle or Minun.

Gender differences

Although there is no specific difference among males and females, all Spinda look different anyway.

Special abilities

A handful of Spinda's attacks involve causing confusion, including the rarely seen Teeter Dance. Spinda can also use a handful of other Psychic attacks, such as the rarely seen Psycho Cut and Role Play. It is also capable of physical combat, such as using the elemental punches and Flail.

Spinda can either have the Own Tempo ability or the sparsely seen Tangled Feet ability.

Behavior

Spinda have the odd habit of staggering around when they walk. This makes them appear dizzy, but they are not. The teetering walk helps to confuse enemies and potential predators, messing up their aim.

Habitat

Mountain Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

A group of Spinda in the anime

Spinda first appeared in Going for a Spinda. Ash and co. had to help a girl named Claire find a Spinda with a heart-shaped spot on its forehead. Brock, meanwhile, kept picking one up with a broken heart-shaped spot, to his displeasure.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Norman has a Spinda. He uses it in conjunction with his Slaking to switch their abilities with Skill Swap.

In the TCG

Main article: Spinda (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: One day, a Spinda appears in Pokémon Square and collapses. When it regains consciousness, Spinda explains that it is giving up a long journey to find the Mirage Pokémon and hands its one clue, the Clear Wing, to the player. The player must then solve the Mystery of the Mirage Pokémon, which will reward him with the Rainbow Wing. After showing the Rainbow Wing to Spinda, it becomes happy and leaves Pokémon Square.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

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: 7.2%	Friend Area: Mt. Deepgreen
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm not the way I look. I can walk in a straight line, thank you!
26%-50% HP	Oh-oh? I daresay my HP is down by half.
1%-25% HP	I'm prepared to keel over. I can't keep walking straight now.
Level Up	I'll have you know I've gone up a level.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: G

Evolution

Does not evolve Spinda  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 Spinda images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Several of Spinda's moves focus on confusing opponents. Spinda's abilities also focus on confusion.
• A Spinda's spot pattern is determined by its personality value, meaning that there can be exactly 4,294,967,296 (2³²) different variations of Spinda, or double that number if one considers shiny Spindas as different variations.
  • If each spot combination is considered a different form of Spinda, then even without including shiny forms, Spinda has more alternate forms than any other Pokémon, and in fact, has several orders of magnitude more alternate forms than all variations of all other currently existing Pokémon combined, including shiny versions.
• In Pokémon Battle Revolution, Toxic is depicted as two purple orbs spinning around each other towards the target. However, when Spinda uses Toxic the orbs travel erratically.
• Spinda is remarkably light for its size; it is a foot taller than Skitty, yet less than half the weight.

Origin

Spinda's body structure is based on the panda with elongated rabbit ears. The different spot patterns may be a reference to red pandas, which also have their own unique markings.

Name origin

Spinda's name is a combination of spin and panda, referring to its fur patterns. Its Japanese name is based on patch or patchwork, referring to its appearance, and 拈くる hinekuru, twirl or spin.

In other languages

• German: Pandir - From panda.
• French: Spinda
• Korean: 얼루기 Eollugi
• Chinese: 圈圈兔

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.