Minccino (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Minccino (disambiguation).

Minccino Chinchilla Pokémon チラーミィ Chillarmy #572 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Cute Charm or Technician Cacophony Cacophony Skill Link Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 25% male, 75% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Minccino 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 12.8 lbs. 5.8 kg Minccino 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 60	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Minccino 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 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   Gray	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Minccino (Japanese: チラーミィ Chillarmy) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Cinccino when exposed to a Shiny Stone.

Biology

Minccino cleaning

Minccino is a furry, gray chinchilla-like Pokémon with scruffs of fur on its head and neck. It has large ears on the sides of its head with red insides partly covered by tufts of fur. It has large, brown eyes and a small, dot-like nose. Its limbs are somewhat rounded and small, and its ears and tail have white tips. The tail is also long and particularly furry. This tail acts like a broom as Minccino uses it to clean its den. It also brushes another Minccino with its tail to greet it. It prefers clean habitats, and it is obsessed with cleaning dirty items. It can also use its tail to perform it and its evolved form's former signature move, Tail Slap.

In the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

Bianca's Minccino

Bianca's male Minccino debuted in Minccino-Neat and Tidy!, where he was initially a wild Pokémon. After he stole Ash's new Badge case in order to clean it, Bianca caught him.

Other

In PK22, a Minccino would frequently Sing, causing Meowth and Team Rocket's other Pokémon to fall asleep, which would make it angry and puff up, much like the roles of Jigglypuff and Marill.

In There's a New Gym Leader in Town!, multiple Minccino were scared by the loud intercom at Cheren's Trainers' School.

In JN035, Team Rocket pulled a Minccino from the Rocket Prize Master and used it to battle Ash and Goh in an unsuccessful attempt to capture Ash's Pikachu, Goh's Pikachu, and multiple wild Pikachu.

Minor appearances

Minccino debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!, under the ownership of a child. It was seen running alongside some children in the streets of Nuvema Town.

In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, a little boy's Minccino was being examined by an S-class Pokémon Connoisseur. Multiple Trainers' Minccino were also seen at a Poké Mart near Castelia City.

A Minccino appeared in Battling for the Love of Bug-Types!.

In a flashback in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, a Minccino was one of Iris's Pokémon friends when she was little in the Village of Dragons.

Three Minccino appeared in Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!.

In A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, a Trainer's Minccino participated in a fishing competition.

In White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, a Minccino was in Mannes's garden.

Multiple Minccino appeared in A Maractus Musical!.

In The Lonely Deino!, multiple Minccino were under Bobby's care.

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Cilan Takes Flight.

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, a Minccino was living in Stonesthrow Town.

A Minccino physically appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice. Multiple Minccino also appeared during the Swords of Justice legend.

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Jostling for the Junior Cup!.

In A Village Homecoming!, the elder's flashback featured a Minccino.

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

A Minccino appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, under the ownership of Katharine.

A Minccino appeared in a flashback in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!.

Multiple Minccino appeared in Secrets From Out of the Fog! as some of the Pokémon living at N's hideout.

In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, a Trainer's Minccino was on the cruise ship.

In a flashback in The Island of Illusions!, a Trainer's Minccino was seen at the Grand Spectrala Islet Pokémon Center.

In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, Mewtwo's flashback featured a Minccino.

Two Minccino appeared in The Journalist from Another Region!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other appearing in a fantasy or a flashback.

A Minccino appeared in a flashback in Survival of the Striaton Gym!.

In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, two Minccino were living at the Nebel Plateau.

In Real Life...Inquire Within!, a Trainer's Minccino received treatment from Ash and his classmates at the Pokémon Center. Once they were finished, Lillie gave it back to its Trainer.

In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Minccino competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.

Two Trainers' Minccino appeared in JN038.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in Buddy.

In the manga

Minccino in Pokémon Adventures

In the movie adaptations

A Minccino appeared in the manga adaptation of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel as a resident of the Nebel Plateau.

In the Pocket Monsters BW manga

A Minccino appeared in PMBW41.

In the Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners manga

A Minccino first appeared in BWGP03, under the ownership of Mashiro.

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

A Minccino appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Like in the games, Professor Juniper owns a Minccino. She uses her tail to help with cleaning and debuted in Fussing and Fighting.

A Trainer's Minccino appeared in An Odd Speech and Frozen World.

A Minccino appeared in a flashback in A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense, under the ownership of Geoff. It is now his Cinccino.

A Minccino appeared in Special Delivery as one of the Pokémon competing in Nimbasa's Pokémon Musical.

A Minccino had a cameo appearance as one of the Pokémon employed by the BW Agency in Growing Pains.

A Minccino appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.

A Minccino liberated by Team Plasma appeared in PS547 as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.

A Minccino appeared in the Wild Area in PASS05.

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

A Minccino appeared in The White Scroll: Oichi's Worries.

A Minccino appeared in The Black Scroll: Nobunaga's Ambition.

In the TCG

Main article: Minccino (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Chesto Berry (50%)
Black 2	White 2	Chesto Berry (50%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 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 TM29 TM29 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM47 TM47 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM56 TM56 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM79 TM79 Retaliate Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 5 TM84 TM84 Tail Slap Normal Physical 02525 085}}85% 10 TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 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 TR30 TR30 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR42 TR42 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR49 TR49 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR59 TR59 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR73 TR73 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TR77 TR77 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 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 Minccino Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Minccino Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90% 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 Tail Whip Normal Status — 100% 30

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

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●●
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: She loves to clean up the Area. She doesn't throw everything away, though. She kept the thing Trubbish dropped until she could give it back.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★ Move: DoubleSlap Attack: ★ Ability 1: Mood Maker Ability 2: Perception Ability 3: Confidence Defense: ★ Speed: ★★★ Evolves into Cinccino when its link is improved while its Warrior is equipped with a Shiny Stone Range: 3 Perfect Links: Chacha
Pokémon Battle Trozei Normal Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Normal Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #099 Opportunist Rarely increases damage.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 146 Base Attack: 96 Base Defense: 80 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 + 1 Fast Attacks: Pound, Charm Charged Attacks: Swift, Thunderbolt, Aqua Tail

Evolution

Unevolved Minccino  Normal

Shiny Stone →

First evolution Cinccino  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• The Poké Toy item is based on Minccino's tail.
• It is possible for the Minccino that appears in the "world of Pokémon" intro in Pokémon Black and White to be Shiny.
• Minccino and its evolved form were designed by Atsuko Nishida, and almost no changes were made to her original designs. They were intended to be parallels of Kanto's Clefairy and Clefable; Pokémon that everyone would think was cute. Nishida was hired specifically for her reputation in Game Freak for her skill in designing cute characters.^[1]
• Minccino is the only Pokémon to be part of the "world of Pokémon" intro that evolves in its games' sequel, evolving into Cinccino between the events of Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Origin

Minccino seems to be based on a chinchilla. Its tail may be based on feather dusters or brooms, as they use their tails to clean their dens.

Name origin

Minccino may be a combination of mini (referring to its miniature size), mink (an animal known for its fur and its use in women's clothing), or mince (to make smaller), and chinchilla or chino cloth. The suffix -ino or -cino is also a diminutive to denote something small.

Chillarmy is a combination of chinchilla and charm.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese チラーミィ Chillarmy From chinchilla and charm French Chinchidou From chinchilla and doux Spanish Minccino Same as English name German Picochilla From piccolo and Chinchilla Italian Minccino Same as English name Korean 치라미 Chillarmy Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 泡沫栗鼠 Pàomòlìshǔ From 泡沫 pàomò and 栗鼠 lìshǔ Cantonese Chinese

More languages Croatian Mincinno From English name Russian Минччино Minchchino Transcription of English name Serbian Minćino From English name Thai จิลามี Chillarmy Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

Related articles

• Bianca's Minccino

External links

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