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Mimikyu Disguise Pokémon ミミッキュ Mimikkyu #778 Disguised Form Busted Form Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ghost Fairy Unknown Unknown Busted Form Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Disguise Cacophony Busted Form Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Busted Form Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Amorphous Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Disguised Form 0'0" 0 m Busted Form 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 1.5 lbs. 0.7 kg Disguised Form 0 lbs. 0 kg Busted Form 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 167	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Disguised Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed Busted Form 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 File:F778.png Busted Form
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Mimikyu (Japanese: ミミッキュ Mimikkyu) is a dual-type Ghost/Fairy Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it changes appearance when hit by an attack.

Biology

Mimikyu is a small Pokémon whose body is almost entirely hidden under a rag. Its small size makes it the shortest Ghost-type. Its beady black eyes are visible through holes in the body of its disguise, and the fringe of an amorphous foot or lower body is visible under the hem. Occasionally, it will also extend a black appendage from under its rag. The veil itself resembles a Pikachu. The cloth is yellow with black tipped ears. The Pikachu face appears to be drawn with crayons, consisting of black eyes, red cheeks, and a squiggly black mouth. Mimikyu also carries a small stick resembling a lightning bolt to create a tail for its costume. When its disguise is damaged, the costume's head droops limply backwards, revealing Mimikyu's ruse. Larger rips in the costume are accompanied by shadowy vapors pouring out from whatever is hidden within.

A lonely Pokémon, Mimikyu is always covered by its disguise. Since this Pokémon is weakened by sunlight, it is rumored that the veil is used for protection. It is believed that seeing its true form will cause a mysterious illness or even a painful death. Mimikyu's disguise is modeled after Pikachu because of the popularity of Pikachu-styled merchandise, thinking that its disguise would allow it to make friends with people.^[1] If its rag is damaged or its neck is broken, it will spend all night patching it. It then seeks revenge on the one that damaged it, fearing that its true identity could have been exposed. Mimikyu finds repairing its neck difficult, often causing it to cry. Mimikyu is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the Z-Move Let's Snuggle Forever.

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  Artwork of Mimikyu's empty rag

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  Silhouette of a Mimikyu's true form swimming in water

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  Mimikyu's eyes seen from under its rag

In the anime

Mimikyu in the anime

Shiny Mimikyu in the anime

Major appearances

Jessie's Mimikyu

Mimikyu debuted in Loading the Dex!. Though Ash tried to catch it, it decided to side with Team Rocket instead after spotting Pikachu and becoming enraged by its presence. Mimikyu was properly caught by Jessie in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.

Other

A Shiny Mimikyu, nicknamed Mimikins (Japanese ミミたん Mimi-tan), debuted in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, under the ownership of Acerola. Unlike regular Mimikyu, Mimikins is an actual ghost of a deceased Mimikyu, and thus can float in the air and pass through solid objects. It has since made further appearances in Sun & Moon series.

Minor appearances

A Trainer's Mimikyu appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Mimikyu debuted in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart. Sun was tasked with taking a picture of a Totem Mimikyu that lived at the abandoned Thrifty Megamart in order to complete his second trial. After befriending the Totem, Sun caught him and nicknamed him Franc.

In the TCG

Main article: Mimikyu (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Mimikyu in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Mimikyu appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball, where it uses its signature Z-Move Let's Snuggle Forever on any opponent who gets too close to it. Unlike its depiction in the core series games, Mimikyu grabs its target instead of jumping on top of it. If the target is at 100% damage or more, they will be instantly knocked out, and Mimikyu will leave behind its disguise and presumably depart afterwards.

Mimikyu also appears as a Spirit. If its Spirit is equipped, the fighter will start the match with Death's Scythe.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Disguised Form

Busted Form

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SM	Carnival Mimikyu	All	Japan	10	August 14, 2017
SM	Pokémon Center Mimikyu	All	Japan	10	September 22 to November 16, 2017
SM	Autumn Korean League Mimikyu	All	South Korea	10	October 7 and 8, 2017
USUM	Ultra Spooky Cup Shiny Mimikyu	Japanese region	Online	50	November 13 to December 30, 2018
USUM	Ultra Spooky Cup Shiny Mimikyu	American region	Online	50	November 13 to December 30, 2018
USUM	Ultra Spooky Cup Shiny Mimikyu	PAL region	Online	50	November 13 to December 30, 2018
USUM	Ultra Spooky Cup Shiny Mimikyu	Korean region	Online	50	November 13 to December 30, 2018

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Sun	Moon	Chesto Berry (5%)
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Chesto Berry (5%)
Sword	Shield	Chesto Berry (5%)
Events*		Rare Candy (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 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 TM28 TM28 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM29 TM29 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM37 TM37 Beat Up Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM63 TM63 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM70 TM70 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM72 TM72 Magic Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM86 TM86 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM87 TM87 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR09 TR09 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR18 TR18 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR37 TR37 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR48 TR48 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR60 TR60 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR85 TR85 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR90 TR90 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TR92 TR92 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mimikyu Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Mimikyu

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 60 - 125 15 #726 Spookify+ Sometimes leaves foe spooked for even longer when you make a match of four or more.

Pokémon: Magikarp Jump Friendship Item: Spell Tag (400) ★✰✰✰✰: +0% ★★✰✰✰: +10% (1) ★★★✰✰: +40% (2) ★★★★✰: +100% (5) ★★★★★: +770% (78) Skill: Awards a little JP Recovery time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Evolution

Unevolved Mimikyu  Ghost  Fairy

Forms

Default Disguised Form Mimikyu  Ghost  Fairy

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Activate Disguise Busted Form Mimikyu  Ghost  Fairy

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Mimikyu.
• On October 20, 2016, The Pokémon Company posted a Mimikyu-themed music video onto their YouTube channel titled Mimikyu's Song.
• According to an official piece of merchandise, Mimikyu's height does not count the head of the disguise, only the body.^[2]

Origin

Mimikyu's disguise is based on Pikachu. The execution of the disguise is similar to ghost costumes made from bedsheets. Mimikyu also shares similarities with the Bugul Noz, a Breton myth about a kind and gentle fairy spirit whose horrifying ugliness causes it to be perpetually alone. The fact that Mimikyu's appearance can kill is a reference to Lovecraftian or eldritch monsters; if any person were to see their true forms, they would either be driven insane or die.

Name origin

Mimikyu and Mimikkyu may be derived from mimic and きゅうきゅう kyūkyū (onomatopoeia for squeaking, similar to Pikachu). It may also involve a corruption of 迷宮 meikyuu (mystery).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ミミッキュ Mimikkyu From 迷宮 meikyuu, mimic and きゅうきゅう kyūkyū French Mimiqui From mimique and qui Spanish Mimikyu Same as English name German Mimigma From Mimik and enigma Italian Mimikyu Same as English name Korean 따라큐 Ttarakyu From 따라하다 ttarahada and 큐 kyu Mandarin Chinese 謎擬Ｑ / 谜拟Ｑ Mínǐ-Q From 謎 / 谜 mí, 模擬 / 模拟 mónǐ, and Q Cantonese Chinese 謎擬Ｑ Màihyìh-Q From 謎 màih, 模擬 mòuhyíh, and Q

More languages Danish Mimikuy* Corruption of English name Russian Мимикью Mimik'yu Transcription of English name

Disguised Form Language Title Japanese ばけたすがた Disguised Form Chinese Cantonese 化形的樣子 Fayìhng-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 化形的樣子 / 化形的样子 Huàxíng-de Yàngzi French Forme Déguisée German Verkleidete Form Italian Forma Mascherata Korean 둔갑한 모습 Dun-gapan Moseup Spanish Forma Encubierta

Busted Form Language Title Japanese ばれたすがた Exposed Form Chinese Cantonese 現形的樣子 Yihnyìhng-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 現形的樣子 / 现形的样子 Xiànxíng-de Yàngzi French Forme Démasquée German Entlarvte Form Italian Forma Smascherata Korean 들킨 모습 Deulkin Moseup Spanish Forma Descubierta

Related articles

• Jessie's Mimikyu
• Totem Pokémon
• Mimikyu's Song
• List of Pokémon with form differences

Notes

External links

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