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Revision as of 13:30, 27 December 2019
Gender (Japanese: 性別 sex) is a characteristic of Pokémon and humans in the Pokémon world.
Starting in the Generation II games, most Pokémon have a gender: male (Japanese: オス male) or female (Japanese: メス female); however, some species of Pokémon have unknown gender (Japanese: 不明 unknown). The gender mechanic is fundamental to Pokémon breeding.
In the core series games, starting in Pokémon Crystal, the player can choose between a male (Japanese: 男性 male) or female (Japanese: 女性 female) player character. However, human men and women have appeared in all core series Pokémon games.
Pokémon
Determining gender
One factor that determines gender is each Pokémon species's gender ratio, which is approximately how likely a Pokémon is a specific gender instead of the other.
In Generation II
In Generation II, a Pokémon's gender is determined based solely on its physical Attack when compared to its gender ratio. A Pokémon is female if its physical Attack IV is less than or equal to its species' gender ratio, otherwise it is male. For species that are exclusively one gender or have no gender, the calculation based on the physical Attack IV is ignored.
Due to this calculation, it is impossible to obtain a female Pokémon with high physical Attack, unless the Pokémon is a member of an all-female species like Jynx or Chansey. Starter Pokémon and others with a gender ratio of seven males to one female suffer the most, with the maximum physical Attack IV for a female Pokémon of those species being 1.
Attack IV | Nominal ratio (♂:♀) |
Frequency | ||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | |
N/A | N/A | Genderless | Genderless | |
0-15 | N/A | Male | 100.0% | 0.0% |
2-15 | 0-1 | 7:1 | 87.5% | 12.5% |
4-15 | 0-3 | 3:1 | 75.0% | 25.0% |
8-15 | 0-7 | 1:1 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
12-15 | 0-11 | 1:3 | 25.0% | 75.0% |
N/A | 0-15 | Female | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Example
For two Cyndaquil obtained from Professor Elm:
Pokémon | Gender | HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def |
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Cyndaquil A | ♀ | 20 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
13 (1101) |
1 (0001) |
3 (0011) |
10 (1010) |
9 (1001) | |||
Cyndaquil B | ♂ | 19 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
6 (0110) |
14 (1110) |
7 (0111) |
11 (1011) |
2 (0010) |
In Generations III to V
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
From Generation III to Generation V, Pokémon's gender is determined by the personality value's lowest eight digits (the lowest byte, highlighted in red above) of p in binary form. Mathematically, this can be derived by calculating p % 256
. Below, this value will be referred to as pgender.
In a Pokémon species' base stat structure, there is a value called the gender threshold, a byte with a value ranging from 0 to 255. With the exception of a few special cases, pgender is compared to the gender threshold to determine if the Pokémon is male or female.
If the gender threshold is not a special value (0, 254, or 255), pgender is compared to the gender threshold. If pgender is greater than or equal to the gender threshold, the Pokémon is male, otherwise it is female. Because the comparison to determine gender is greater than or equal, Pokémon are slightly more likely to be male than they would be according to the ideal ratios.
If a species has a gender threshold of 255, it is genderless species (such as Magnemite). If a species has a gender threshold of 254, it is a female-only species (such as Nidoran♀). If a species has a gender threshold of 0, it is a male-only species (such as Nidoran♂).
Gender threshold | Nominal ratio (♂:♀) |
Frequency | ||||
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Binary | Decimal | Male | Female | |||
11111111
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255 | Genderless | Genderless | |||
11111110
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254 | Female | 0.00% | 100.00% | ||
11100001
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225 | 1:7 | (No species) | |||
10111111
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191 | 1:3 | 25.39% | 74.61% | ||
01111111
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127 | 1:1 | 50.39% | 49.61% | ||
00111111
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63 | 3:1 | 75.39% | 24.61% | ||
00011111
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31 | 7:1 | 87.89% | 12.11% | ||
00000000
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0 | Male | 100.00% | 0.00% |
From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Cute Charm is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), there is a 66.7% chance that the game will force an encountered Pokémon to be the opposite gender to the Pokémon with Cute Charm if it can be that gender. This does not affect a swarming Pokémon species or Pokémon found in Hidden Grottos.
Generation VI onward
From Generation VI onward, the gender threshold is compared to a random number between 1 and 252 (inclusive) instead of pgender (which is between 0 and 255); this causes Pokémon with a "1:1" gender ratio to actually be distributed according to the ideal ratio. All other Pokémon are more likely to be the more common gender than they would be according to their nominal ratio.
Gender threshold | Nominal ratio (♂:♀) |
Frequency | ||||
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Binary | Decimal | Male | Female | |||
11111111
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255 | Genderless | Genderless | |||
11111110
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254 | Female | 0.0% | 100.00% | ||
11100001
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225 | 1:7 | 11.11% | 88.89% | ||
10111111
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191 | 1:3 | 24.60% | 75.40% | ||
01111111
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127 | 1:1 | 50.00% | 50.00% | ||
00111111
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63 | 3:1 | 75.40% | 24.60% | ||
00011111
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31 | 7:1 | 88.10% | 11.90% | ||
00000000
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0 | Male | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Gender differences
- Main article: List of Pokémon with gender differences
Generation IV premiered minimal differences in sprite between two Pokémon of the same species. For example, a male Raichu will have the full tail seen in previous games, while the female is missing the very tip of it. Generations V and VI would introduce Pokémon with more drastic differences in appearance.
The only two Pokémon with gender differences that are not just aesthetic are Meowstic and Indeedee, who have different learnsets and sets of Abilities depending on its gender.
Meowstic
The male Meowstic has Prankster and the female Meowstic has Competitive as its Hidden Ability. Furthermore the male Meowstic learns mostly status moves, with all of its gender-exclusive moves being status moves, while at the same levels, the female Meowstic learns mostly special moves, with only one of its gender-exclusive moves, Me First, being a status move. Below are Meowstic's learnsets.
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Lv. | Meowstic♂ Psychic |
Meowstic♀ Psychic |
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1 | Mean Look | Magical Leaf |
Scratch | ||
Leer | ||
Fake Out | ||
Disarming Voice | ||
9 | Confusion | |
12 | Helping Hand | Stored Power |
15 | Charm | Charge Beam |
18 | Covet | |
21 | Psybeam | |
24 | Sucker Punch | |
29 | Role Play | |
34 | Light Screen | |
Reflect | ||
39 | Psyshock | |
44 | Imprison | Extrasensory |
49 | Quick Guard | Shadow Ball |
54 | Psychic | |
59 | Misty Terrain | Future Sight |
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage. |
Indeedee
Indeedee varies wider by gender than Meowstic, with Male and Female Indeedee having slighty different base stats. Male Indeedee have more Attack, Special Attack, and Speed, while female Indeedee have more Defense, Special Defense, and HP. While male learns from TMs and TRs moves Power Swap, Trick Room, Magic Room, Wonder Room, Tri Attack, and Encore, the female learns Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Guard Swap, and Baton Pass, also their breed moves differ, Extrasensory is exclusive to males and Psycho Shift and Heal Pulse are exclusive to females.
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Lv. | Indeedee♂ Psychic Normal |
Indeedee♀ Psychic Normal |
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1 | Stored Power | |
Play Nice | ||
5 | Encore | Baton Pass |
10 | Disarming Voice | |
15 | Psybeam | |
20 | Helping Hand | |
25 | After You | Follow Me |
30 | Aromatherapy | |
35 | Psychic | |
40 | Calm Mind | |
45 | Power Split | Guard Split |
50 | Psychic Terrain | |
55 | Last Resort | Healing Wish |
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage. |
Single-gender Pokémon
Related species
The Nidoran family is a special case in terms of gender. Introduced in Generation I, before gender was known for all Pokémon, Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂ are considered separate species of Pokémon and indeed have many differences, from appearance to moveset. However, Nidoran Eggs have a 50/50 chance of hatching into either Nidoran♀ or Nidoran♂.
Male | Female |
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Nidoran♂ |
Nidoran♀ |
Nidorino |
Nidorina |
Nidoking |
Nidoqueen |
In a manner similar to Nidoran, Eggs produced by Illumise may hatch into Volbeat. While Latias and Latios are in the Undiscovered Group in the games, likely due to being Legendary Pokémon, Latias have produced Eggs containing Latios in the anime, confirming that they are similarly related.
Male | Female |
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Volbeat |
Illumise |
Latios |
Latias |
Gender-based evolutions
Some Pokémon may have different ways of evolving depending on their gender. These Pokémon may therefore have one or more evolutions that can only be a single gender. The Eviolite will always work on Combee and Salandit, regardless of gender.
Previous evolution | Gender evolution | |||
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Ralts Psychic Fairy |
Level 20+ → |
Kirlia Psychic Fairy |
Level 30+ (either gender) → |
Gardevoir Psychic Fairy |
+ ♂ Dawn Stone (male only) → |
Gallade Psychic Fighting | |||
Snorunt is the lowest in its line | Snorunt Ice |
Level 42+ (either gender) → |
Glalie Ice | |
+ ♀ Dawn Stone (female only) → |
Froslass Ice Ghost | |||
Burmy is the lowest in its line | Burmy Bug |
+ + ♀ Level 20+ (in grassy places, female only) → |
Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass | |
+ + ♀ Level 20+ (in rocky places, female only) → |
Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground | |||
+ + ♀ Level 20+ (in urban places, female only) → |
Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel | |||
+ ♂ Level 20+ (male only) → |
Mothim Bug Flying | |||
Combee is the lowest in its line | Combee Bug Flying |
+ ♀ Level 21+ (female only) → |
Vespiquen Bug Flying | |
Salandit is the lowest in its line | Salandit Poison Fire |
+ ♀ Level 33+ (female only) → |
Salazzle Poison Fire |
Other single-gender Pokémon
The following is a list of all Pokémon that are either 100% male or 100% female and have not been mentioned in an above section. In particular, these Pokémon have no explicit relation to a Pokémon of the opposite gender through evolution or breeding, although some of them may have a counterpart such as with Braviary and Mandibuzz.
Single-gender forms
Certain forms of Pokémon are exclusively one gender. These forms are often based on established Pokémon characters. None of the Pokemon with these forms can breed.
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In battle
The Love Ball is more effective when catching Pokémon that are of the opposite (or same in Generation II, due to a programming error) gender of the player's Pokémon.
The following moves are dependent on gender:
Gen | Move | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Range | Description | |||||||||
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II | Attract | Status | Cute | — | 100% | 15 (max 24) |
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If it is the opposite gender of the user, the target becomes infatuated and less likely to attack. | |||||||||
IV | Captivate | Status | Cute | — | 100% | 20 (max 32) |
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If any opposing Pokémon is the opposite gender of the user, it is charmed, which harshly lowers its Sp. Atk stat. | |||||||||
VIII | G-Max Cuddle | Physical | Varies | —% | 1 (max 1) |
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Deals damage and all opponents of the opposite gender of the user become infatuated. | ||||||||||
VIII | G-Max Cuddle | Special | Varies | —% | 1 (max 1) |
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Deals damage and all opponents of the opposite gender of the user become infatuated. | ||||||||||
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left. |
The following Abilities are dependent on gender:
Gen | Ability | Description |
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III | Cute Charm | Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation. |
IV | Rivalry | Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender. |
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page. |
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, a male Pokémon has increased critical hit ratio. A female Pokémon has increased evasion.
Humans
- Main article: :Category:Characters by gender
In the games
Starting in Pokémon Crystal, players were given the option of choosing to play as a boy or girl Trainer at the start of the game. Since then, every game in the main series has included that choice. Starting in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the opposite-gender player character can also be encountered in the game.
Some Trainer classes have male and female variants, such as Swimmers, while others appear to be counterparts, such as Campers and Picnickers. Others, such as Kimono Girls, have no opposite-gender counterpart.
Certain in-game events may differ depending on the player character's gender. For example, in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Curtis will be encountered if the player is female, and Yancy if the player is male. In Pokémon X and Y and Generation VII, availability of different clothing is gender-specific. Also, only the female player character has the option of changing their lip color using lipstick stored in a Makeup Bag in Generation VII.
Game | C | HGSS | RS | E | ORAS | FRLG | DP | Pt | BW | B2W2 | XY | SM | USUM | PE | SwSh |
Male | |||||||||||||||
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Ethan | Brendan | Red | Lucas | Hilbert | Nate | Calem | Elio | Chase | Victor | ||||||
Female | |||||||||||||||
Kris | Lyra | May | Leaf | Dawn | Hilda | Rosa | Serena | Selene | Elaine | Gloria |
In the side games
In the Stadium series
In Pokémon Stadium 2, the player character, usually represented by a nameless, faceless boy, who previously appeared in the the original English release. If the player is using a Pokémon Crystal Game Pak, however, the boy's portrait is exchanged for a girl's.
Game | Stadium 2 |
Male | |
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Female |
In spin-off games
Many side games in the Pokémon franchise allow the player to choose between a male or female player character as well.
Game | Card GB2 | Ranger | Ranger SoA | Ranger GS | Conquest | GO | Masters |
Male | |||||||
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Mark | Lunick | Kellyn | Ben | Hero | N/A | Scottie | |
Female | |||||||
Mint | Solana | Kate | Summer | Heroine | N/A | Bettie |
In the anime
In Kanto, O-Hina Town hosts a female-exclusive tournament during the annual Princess Festival. Porta Vista hosts a beauty pageant for women only, known as the Beach Beauty and Pokémon Costume Contest. In Kalos, Pokémon Performers are exclusively female, as only girls may participate in Pokémon Showcases.
Trivia
- In Generation II, a Pokémon's gender was determined through its Attack IV. Due to this, a female Pokémon could never have a maximized Attack stat (unless they were a member of an all-female species, such as Smoochum), because female Pokémon were given the lower portion of the IV range. This also prevented female Pokémon of a species with a gender ratio of seven males to one female, such as starter Pokémon or Eevee, from being Shiny, due to that also being based partly on the Attack IV. Because of this, their Hidden Power is always a physical type. From Generation III onward, neither of these traits are determined by IVs, allowing for Pokémon species with two genders to have females with maximized Attack and simultaneously retain their chances of being Shiny.
- Although its English and French names suggest that it is exclusively male, Mr. Mime may be of either gender. This is due to the fact that it was given its name prior to the introduction of gender to the series.
- Since Azurill has a different gender ratio than Marill and Azumarill, one in three female Azurill will be male after evolving into Marill, dependent on the personality value of the Azurill in question, though this no longer happens in Generation VI.
- In the international versions of Generation II, due to how the battlefield display is programmed, Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀ have their gender icon shown twice, once in their name, and once after the level. This does not occur in the Japanese and Korean games, however, as the gender icon was present after all Pokémon's names due to the shorter character limit there. This was addressed in all later generations, which prevent the gender icon from showing up when an un-nicknamed Nidoran of either gender is on the field.
- In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, the gender of a wild Pokémon in a dungeon is determined by the current number of floor the player stands on. If the number is odd, all wild Pokémon that can be male will be male; if it is even, all wild Pokémon that can be female will be female.
In other languages
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Female
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ On the Pokémon.com Pokédex
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