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Sunkern ヒマナッツ Himanuts
Artwork from G/S/C
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Type	Grass
Species	Seed Pokémon
Height	1′00″ (0.3m)
Weight	4.0 lbs. (1.8kg)
Abilities	Chlorophyll
	Solar Power
Egg group	Plant
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 SpA
Exp. yield	52 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,059,860 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Yellow
Catch rate	235
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Sunkern (Japanese: ヒマナッツ Himanuts) is a 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 3.1 In the Pokémon Special 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 5.9 Trivia 5.9.1 Origin 5.9.1.1 Name origin 5.10 In other languages 6 External links

Biology

Physiology

Sunkern is a seed with a small sprout growing out of its top. It already contains the nutrients it needs to evolve into Sunflora, and needs only to take in water. It is quite weak, and defends itself by thrashing its sprout at enemies.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It only eats morning dew.

In the anime

Sunkern made an appearance in the episode Moving Pictures.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

In Volume 8, Gold encounters a herd of Sunkern escaping from a Skarmory. He captures one of the Sunkern to help defeat the Skarmory. Later, in Volume 14, she evolves into Sunflora.

In the TCG

Main article: Sunkern (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
	Silver	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
	Crystal	It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker.
	Stadium 2	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
III	Ruby	Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
	Sapphire	Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew.
	Emerald	Sunkern try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew.
	FireRed	It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
	LeafGreen	It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
IV	Diamond	It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
	Pearl	It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	Common	Route 24, National Park (Day)
	Pokémon Crystal	None	Trade
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	Uncommon	Safari Zone
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Rare	Route 204 (Poké Radar)
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Channel	Mt. Snowfall
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 1 Secret Storage 11 Endless Level 5 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Wish Cave (1F-3F)

Base stats

HP:	30
Attack:	30
Defense:	30
SpAtk:	30
SpDef:	30
Speed:	30

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
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

Sunkern is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Level	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Start	Absorb	Absorb	Absorb Growth
4	Growth
5			Mega Drain
6		Growth
9			Ingrain
10	Mega Drain
13		Mega Drain	GrassWhistle
17			Leech Seed
18		Ingrain
19	Sunny Day
21			Endeavor
25		Endeavor	Worry Seed
29			Razor Leaf
30		Sunny Day
31	Synthesis
33			Synthesis
37		Synthesis	Sunny Day
41			Giga Drain
42		Giga Drain
45			Seed Bomb
46	Giga Drain

By TM/HM

#	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM03	Curse
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM09		Bullet Seed	Bullet Seed
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM12	Sweet Scent
TM13	Snore
TM16		Light Screen	Light Screen
TM17	Protect	Protect	Protect
TM19	Giga Drain	Giga Drain	Giga Drain
TM20	Endure	Safeguard	Safeguard
TM21	Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	SolarBeam	SolarBeam	SolarBeam
TM27	Return	Return	Return
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM34	Swagger
TM35	Sleep Talk
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb
TM42		Facade	Facade
TM43		Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract	Attract
TM53			Energy Ball
TM58			Endure
TM70			Flash
TM75			Swords Dance
TM78			Captivate
TM82			Sleep Talk
TM83			Natural Gift
TM86			Grass Knot
TM87			Swagger
TM90			Substitute
HM01	Cut	Cut	Cut
HM05	Flash	Flash

By breeding

• Curse
• Encore
• Helping Hand
• Nature Power
• Sweet Scent

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 5.2%	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	It doesn't take much for me to grow. Just a little water'll do me fine!
26%-50% HP	I only have half my HP left.
1%-25% HP	I'm dehydrated... My HP's down too low...
Level Up	Wow! My level went up! I want to celebrate!

Evolution

Basic Sunkern

Sun Stone Sunflora

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 191.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 191 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 191 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 191.png			Image:Spr 3f 191.png
	Image:Spr 3r 191 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 191 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 191 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 191 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 191.png		Image:Spr 4p 191.png
			Image:Spr 4p 191 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 191 s.png

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

Trivia

• By statistical average, Sunkern is the weakest Pokémon. However, it does have higher stats in some areas than other Pokémon, and a much greater movepool than others.
• In Generation II, Sunkern's sprite was green colored and different from the sprites in the later generations.

Origin

As its name indicates, it is based on a sunflower seed.

Name origin

Sunkern's name is a combination of sunflower and kernel. Its Japanese name may be a combination of 向日葵 himawari, sunflower, and the English word, nuts.

In other languages

• German: Sonnkern
• French: Tournegrin
• Korean: 해너츠 Haeneocheu

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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