Sunkern
ヒマナッツ Himanuts
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Artwork from G/S/C
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Sunkern (Japanese: ヒマナッツ Himanuts) is a Grass-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Sunflora via Sun Stone.
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 drinks morning dew. But it is sometimes found with the Coba Berry. Whether it eats this as well is unknown.
In the anime
Sunkern made its debut appearance in Moving Pictures.
It also appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part One.
Sunkern also made a brief appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Sunkern's fossilized leaf made an appearance in a flashback in Ancient Family Matters!.
Pokédex entries
| Episode
| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| EP187
| Sunkern
| Ash's Pokédex
| Sunkern, the Seed Pokémon. Sunkern drink the dew that collects beneath leaves. It is believed that it neither eats nor drinks anything else.
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| This concludes the entries from the Original series.
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In the manga
Pokémon Special
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
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| I
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation I.
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| II
| Gold
| It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
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| Silver
| It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
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| Crystal
| It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker.
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| Stadium 2
| It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| FireRed
| It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
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| LeafGreen
| It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves.
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| IV
| Diamond
| It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
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| Pearl
| It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
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| Platinum
| It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.
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Game locations
In side games
Base stats
Type effectiveness
| Weak to
| Resistant to
| Immune to
| Normal effectiveness
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Learnset
Sunkern is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.
- Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.
Generation IV
Other generation learnsets: II - III
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| Father
| Move
| Type
| Cat.
| Pwr.
| Acc.
| PP
| Contest
| Appeal
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| Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
| Curse
| ???
| Status
| —
| —%
| 10
| Tough
| 0 |
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
| Encore*
| Normal
| Status
| —
| 100%
| 5
| Cute
| 1 ♥
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Sunkern, Sunflora
Roselia, Roserade
Snover, Abomasnow
| GrassWhistle
| Grass
| Status
| —
| 55%
| 15
| Smart
| 2 ♥♥
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| Cherubi, Cherrim
| Helping Hand
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 20
| Smart
| 1 ♥
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Tangela, Tangrowth
Sunkern, Sunflora
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Carnivine
Snover, Abomasnow
| Ingrain
| Grass
| Status
| —
| —%
| 20
| Smart
| 0 |
Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
| Leech Seed
| Grass
| Status
| —
| 90%
| 10
| Smart
| 0 |
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
| Nature Power
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 20
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Surskit, Masquerain
Roselia, Roserade
Tropius
Carnivine
| Sweet Scent
| Normal
| Status
| —
| 100%
| 20
| Cute
| 2 ♥♥
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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
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TCG-only Moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
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. Its shiny sprite was actually more similar to the normal sprites of later generations.
- Sunkern shares the same species name as Bulbasaur and its evolutions. They are all known as Seed Pokémon.
- In The Official Pokémon Handbook 3, published by Scholastic Corporation, Sunkern's data says its height is 0'01" when it is actually 1'00".
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 - From Sonne (sun) and kernal.
- French: Tournegrin - From tournesol (sunflower) and a corruption of graine (seed).
- Korean: 해너츠 Haeneocheu
External links
Body size: 1
For other sprites and images, please see Sunkern images on Bulbagarden Archives.
