Binacle (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
← #0687: Malamar	Pokémon	#0689: Barbaracle →

Binacle Two-Handed Pokémon カメテテ Kametete #0688 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Tough Claws or Sniper Cacophony Cacophony Pickpocket Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 120 (24.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 3 Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'08" 0.5 m Binacle 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 68.3 lbs. 31.0 kg Binacle 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 61	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Binacle 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Binacle (Japanese: カメテテ Kametete) is a dual-type Rock/Water Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves into Barbaracle starting at level 39.

Biology

Binacle is a Pokémon that resembles a goose barnacle. It also has the appearance of a hand and arm; the “hand” serves as its head. Its head is brown with puffy orange cheeks and an orange marking where a nose would be located. On top of its head are three long claws. Its body is orange with a white band around the middle.

Binacle is always found as a pair living in a single gray rock and needed to cooperate with each other in order to survive. It moves by stretching and contracting its bodies and yanking the rock along in a hopping motion. The pair has a tendency of squabbling with one another. When they do, one of them will move and find a different rock with a different Binacle to live alongside with. Binacle eats seaweed that washes up on the shoreline.

Evolution

Binacle evolves into Barbaracle.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Binacle  Rock  Water

→

First evolution Barbaracle  Rock  Water

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Binacle is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM22 TM22 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM37 TM37 Beat Up Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM43 TM43 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM48 TM48 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM53 TM53 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM54 TM54 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM81 TM81 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM83 TM83 Razor Shell Water Physical 07575 095}}95% 10 TM94 TM94 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR10 TR10 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR22 TR22 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR37 TR37 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR46 TR46 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TR57 TR57 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TR60 TR60 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR75 TR75 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TR76 TR76 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR77 TR77 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR78 TR78 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR98 TR98 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Binacle Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Binacle Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15 Switcheroo* Dark Status — 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Binacle in Generation VIII 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 Binacle in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Binacle Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Binacle Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.92 seconds Base HP: 46 Base Attack: 68 Base Defense: 51 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Battle Trozei Rock Attack Power: ★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle Rock Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #515 Hitting Streak Increases damage when it is triggered in a row.

Pokémon GO Base HP: 123 Base Attack: 96 Base Defense: 120 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Scratch, Mud-Slap Charged Attacks: Ancient Power, Dig, Cross Chop

Evolution data

Unevolved Binacle  Rock  Water

Level 39 →

First evolution Barbaracle  Rock  Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Binacle in the anime

Major appearances

Binacle made its main series debut in Unlocking Some Respect!, with each of Binacle's two bodies being under the ownership of two people. Locke owns one half, which he calls "Lefty", and his mentor Ed owns the other half, which he calls "Righty".

A Binacle appeared in A Festival Reunion!, where it was among the Pokémon caught by Goh while in Kalos. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

Minor appearances

Binacle debuted in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Binacle in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

A Youngster's Binacle appeared at the Mini-game Corner in Sylveon Enchants.

In Glittering Diancie, the thief that attempted to steal Diancie used three Binacle to keep Korrina, Gurkinn, and Diantha at bay.

In the TCG

Main article: Binacle (TCG)

Trivia

• Binacle is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 306.
• Binacle is the favorite Pokémon of Tomoaki Imakuni.^[1]

Origin

Binacle seems to be based on the goose barnacle, due to their general shape and use of a connective "stalk" to cling to rocks. Considering it survives together with a second Binacle, it may possibly be a reference to the rarer, same species symbiosis. Considering its hand-like body, and its eyes within its "palms", Binacle may have also been based on the hamsa.

Name origin

Binacle may be a combination of bi- (prefix for two) and barnacle, knuckle, and possibly binnacle (housing for a ship's compass).

Kametete may be a combination of 亀の手 kame-no-te (Japanese goose barnacle), tête (French for head), and 手 te (hand).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カメテテ Kametete From 亀の手 kame-no-te, tête, and 手 te French Opermine From opercule and vermine Spanish Binacle Same as English name German Bithora From bi- and Thoracica Italian Binacle Same as English name Korean 거북손손 Geoboksonson From 거북손 geobokson and 손 son Mandarin Chinese 龜腳腳 / 龟脚脚 Guījiǎojiǎo From 龜足 / 龟足 guīzú with 足 zú replaced with 腳 / 脚 jiǎo Cantonese Chinese 龜腳腳 Gwāigeukgeuk From 龜足 gwāijūk with 足 jūk replaced with 腳 geuk

More languages Hindi बायनेकल Binacle Transcription of English name Russian Байнакл Baynakl Transcription of English name Thai คาเมเทเทะ Khamethethe Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Pokémon fusion

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