Wormadam (Pokémon)

Wormadam ミノマダム Minomadam

Artwork of Plant Cloak form from D/P

Types Species  Bug  Grass *  Bug  Ground *  Bug  Steel * Bagworm Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Anticipation 1,000,000 Pokédex National #413 Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #046 Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 1'08" 14.3 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Gray 45 Gender ratio Female only Egg groups Egg cycles Bug 16 (4080 steps) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 Exp. 0 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex On Smogon Pokédex On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex On Marriland Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wormadam (Japanese: ミノマダム Minomadam) is a Bug-type Pokémon.

It evolves from female Burmy starting at level 20.

It has three different secondary types: Steel, Grass, and Ground, determined by the cloak that Burmy was in when it last battled. In its Plant Cloak, it is Bug/Grass, in its Sandy Cloak, it is Bug/Ground, and in its Trash Cloak it is Bug/Steel. Unlike Burmy, its cloak is permanent.

Biology

Physiology

The coat of leaves/sand/building insulator has now fused with Wormadam's body on a sub-molecular level. Wormadam's eyes have changed from yellow to white. Wormadam's beak is longer and is tipped with either green, brown or pink. Wormadam has a pair of arms that are either made from leaves, chains of brown pebbles or pink ribbons.

Gender differences

Wormadam is female only. For the male counterpart, see Mothim.

Special abilities

Behavior

Wormadam appear to swing like a pendulum, with the ball at the top of it's antenna always staying in the exact same spot, even when hit with an attack, as if it was glued to that space. This may be to it's slightly Psychic-type nature, learning many Psychic-type attacks naturally. However the antenna falls out of place when it faints.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Cheryl has three Wormadam, each representing one of the forms. They appeared in Some Enchanted Sweetening.

A group of Wormadam also appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Sandy Cloak Wormadam belonging to Ursula appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!.

All three of Wormadam's cloaks

Plant Cloak

Sandy Cloak

Trash Cloak

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Wormadam (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Learnset

Wormadam is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

These apply to the specific form only.

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: E

Evolution

Unevolved → Level 20 (female only) First evolution Burmy Plant cloak  Bug  Wormadam Plant cloak  Bug  Grass

Unevolved → Level 20 (female only) First evolution Burmy Sandy cloak  Bug  Wormadam Sandy cloak  Bug  Ground

Unevolved → Level 20 (female only) First evolution Burmy Trash cloak  Bug  Wormadam Trash cloak  Bug  Steel

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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Wormadam is unique in the fact that it can be three different types permanently yet shares a Pokédex entry and name.
• Each of Wormadam's three forms shares a type with another Pokémon: the Plant Cloak is the same type combination as Paras and Parasect, the Sandy Cloak is the same type combination as Nincada, and the Trash Cloak is the same type combination as Forretress and Scizor.
• Wormadam in her Plant Cloak is the only Grass-type that cannot learn Swords Dance.
• Wormadam was once the only non-legendary Pokémon with form differences that learns different moves depending on her form. This is no longer true, as the different forms of Rotom all learn at least one different move from the others.
• Wormadam with a Sandy Cloak is the only form of Wormadam that does not have a 4× weakness.
• Wormadam with a Plant Cloak is the only form of Wormadam that does not have an immunity.
• Despite being a Bug-type Pokémon, Wormadam could not learn any Bug-type attacks until Platinum.
• In its Sandy Cloak, Wormadam is the only Bug-type Pokémon capable of learning Fissure.
• Wormadam and Deoxys are the only Pokémon to have different EV yields depending on their form and are, as such, the only Pokémon with varying EV yields.

Origin

Wormadam is based on an adult female bagworm, which never develops wings.

Name origin

Minomadam (the Japanese name) is a combination of 蓑虫 minomushi, bagworm, and madam, indicating its exclusively female nature. Wormadam (the English name) is a combination of the words bagworm and madam.

In other languages

• German: Burmadame - From Burmy, whose German name is the same as its English, and madame.
• French: Cheniselle - From chenille (caterpillar) and demoiselle (damsel).
• Korean: 도롱마담 Dorongmadam

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