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Aipom エイパム Eipam #190
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Normal ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Long Tail Pokémon
Abilities Run Away or Pickup Pickup Blue-Striped ----- Skill Link Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 800,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #123 Hoenn #335 Sinnoh #063 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-108 Oblivia R-088 N-026
Height 2′07″ Imperial 0.8 m Metric 2′07″/0.8 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 25.4 lbs. Imperial 11.5 kg Metric 25.4 lbs./11.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Ground group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Base Exp.: 94 Battle Exp.: 941*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Aipom (Japanese: エイパム Eipam) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Ambipom via level-up while knowing Double Hit, which it learns at level 32.

Biology

Physiology

Aipom appear to be similar to purple monkeys, with beige color on their faces, ear insides, belly, feet and tails. Their faces have round eyes and a constantly cheeky smile. Along their heads are large, oval-shaped ears and a cowlick. An Aipom's arms are completely purple with no actual paws nor fingers present, while they do have visible feet instead.

The most famous feature of this arboreal Pokémon is the three-fingered hand on the end of its tail. It uses its tail for many purposes, such as grappling onto tree branches, picking fruit and manipulating objects. It even uses its tail in most of its attacks. It uses its tail so much that its real arms aren't as dexterous as a result.

Gender differences

A female has a longer cowlick on its head.

Special abilities

Aipom are very acrobatic and can therefore learn Aerial Ace, Bounce, and U-turn. Aipom can also learn a couple of Template:Type2 moves, such as Brick Break and Focus Punch. Even though Aipom doesn't seem to possess any claws, it can use slashing moves such as Shadow Claw and Cut. Aipom can also learn a few special-based moves, such as Swift, Thunderbolt, and Shadow Ball. Some of Aipom's status moves include Thunder Wave, Tickle, Baton Pass, and the rarely seen Nasty Plot. Aipom is one of the few Pokémon that can evolve after learning a certain move, in this case, Double Hit.

Behavior

Aipom are practical jokers by nature, stealing food and objects from passers-by simply to annoy them. Aipom enjoy the misfortune and annoyance of others; they can be badly-behaved and it is difficult to get them to keep still. Aipom also wrap their tails around branches as a precaution to not fall off in their sleep.

Habitat

Aipom usually live in heavily wooded areas.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime, it was shown that, like real monkeys, Aipom are partial to bananas and other fruit. They also have a sweet tooth and are easily attracted to the scent of Honey.

In the anime

Major appearances

Aipom first appeared in Spell of the Unown under the ownership of Lisa.

A number of Aipom appeared in Slaking Kong. One of them stole Ash's hat.

Ash's/Dawn's Aipom

In Channeling the Battle Zone, Ash captured the aforementioned Aipom. Her behavior is similar to that of Ash's Chikorita, being attention-seeking, very naughty at times and occasionally jealous. In Throwing the Track Switch, he traded her to Dawn for Buizel because Aipom was more interested in Contests and Buizel was more interested in Gyms. Aipom evolved into Ambipom in Journey to the Unown! protecting Dawn from the attacking Unown.

Other

A group of Aipom were causing mischief in A Hot Water Battle.

An Aipom made off with one of Delibird's missing presents in Delibird's Dilemma.

A wild Mew took the form of an Aipom in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Minor appearances

In Hocus Pokémon, an Aipom's tear was needed for a spell.

In Extreme Pokémon, a recently-hatched, baby Aipom appeared in a Pokémon Egg Ranch.

Various Aipom appeared in A Bite to Remember.

An Aipom appeared in The Saffron Con as a Pokémon owned by a Coordinator.

An Aipom appeared in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.

An Aipom also appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Gold has an Aipom named Aibo, one of the Pokémon he grew up with at his house in New Bark Town. Because it was not very powerful, it was typically used in situations that needed its dexterity or for distracting opponents with its Double Team. In the battle against the Masked Man, it showed its worth by having Sudobo inherit the speed boost of its Agility to restrain the villain. It was also very skilled with pulling fast ones or using Gold's equipment to send out multiple Pokémon at once, as displayed when it span Gold's billiard cue around to power up Exbo's Blast Burn attack.

In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was revealed to have evolved into an Ambipom, and subsequent flashbacks finally depicted its evolution.

In the TCG

Main article: Aipom (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Aipom makes a cameo in the "Eager Eevee" mini-game. Aipom is the one who lifts open the crate.
• Pokémon Trozei!: Lucy Fleetfoot owns an Aipom.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Aipom will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:

4 ? R C W ♂ T ? ? 0 7 6

F M ? Y 2 4 ? 5 + N ? W

Objective: Deliver Radar Orb to Aipom on floor 5 of Silent Chasm.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120120	070}}70%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	—}}—%	20
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM62	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	05555	100}}100%	15
	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
	TM67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	5
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85%	5
	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	40
	DoubleSlap	Normal	Physical	15	85%	10
	Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100%	10
	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100%	10
	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75%	20
	Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
	Switcheroo	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Aipom in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Aipom in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Aipom Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Aipom Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 190.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.2%% Friend Area: Energetic Forest Phrases 51%-100% HP This tail here? It works like another hand! 26%-50% HP Oi! I should tell you, my HP's gone down by about half. 1%-25% HP I'm all out of good news. My tail's lost its grip... Level up Yes! I got my level up! I'm so proud of my tail! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Yes! I got my level up! I'm so proud of my tail!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: ( Normal ) Field move: (Tackle ×1) Browser entry   It attacks by throwing rocks with its tail and by tackling.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  ( Rock ) Past ( Normal ) (Crush ×1) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It throws stones to attack.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Aipom can be found playing in the Meadow or Haunted Zones. Their favorite Attractions are Venusaur's Vine Swing and Tangrowth's Swing-Along!
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Aipom  Normal

Level up knowing Double Hit →

First evolution Ambipom  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
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Aipom is the only Pokémon that evolves by learning Double Hit; all other Pokémon which evolve after learning a move, besides Lickitung, share that specific method of evolution with at least one other Pokémon.
  • It is also the only Pokémon that learns a move required for evolution that gets a STAB from it.
• Aipom is the first Generation II Pokémon alphabetically.
• Aipom and Zigzagoon are the only Pokémon that can have Pickup whose evolutions retain the ability.
• The Japanese and international Pokémon Gold have different sprites for Aipom, with the international versions adding the beige belly missing from the Japanese sprites. It is unknown why this was changed, as several other Pokémon have errors in their Gold and Silver sprites which were unchanged until Crystal.

Origin

Aipom appears to have been based on a monkey, with an exaggerated concept of a prehensile tail. It may be specifically based on the squirrel monkey, which is similar in appearance, and also shares its large smile with cymbal monkeys. It is also similar to an ahuizotl, a creature of Aztec mythology with monkey hands and a fifth human hand on its tail.

Name origin

Aipom's name may be a combination of ape and palm, referring to the hand on its tail. It may also be in reference to a pom-pon.

In other languages

Related articles

• Ash/Dawn's Aipom

External links

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