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Minun マイナン Minun #312
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Electric ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Cheering Pokémon
Ability Minus Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #- Hoenn #081 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'4" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'4"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 9.3 lbs. Imperial 4.2 kg Metric 9.3 lbs./4.2 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 200 (26.1%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Fairy group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 120 Battle Exp.: 1201*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Minun (Japanese: マイナン Minun) is an Electric-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Minun first appeared alongside Plusle in AG038. Both of the Cheering Pokémon were owned by a kid named Batcher, who was responsible for protecting a lighthouse. The same Plusle-Minun duo appeared again in AG052, in which Batcher were training them to be cheerleaders.

Elijah used Plusle and Minun in a movie for AG086. The plot of the movie was that Plusle and Minun were setting out to rescue Princess Kirlia from an evil Exploud.

Plusle and Minun also appear in Destiny Deoxys. This pair of Cheering Pokémon loved to cause mischeif in LaRousse City.

In the manga

In the TCG

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Ruby

Minun is more concerned about cheering on its partners than its own safety. It shorts out the electricity in its body to create brilliant showers of sparks to cheer on its teammates.

Pokémon Sapphire

Minun loves to cheer on its partner in battle. It gives off sparks from its body while it is doing so. If its partner is in trouble, this Pokémon gives off increasing amounts of sparks.

Pokémon Emerald

At a meeting of Pokémon academics, it was announced that simultaneous exposure to electricity from a Plusle and Minun will promote circulation and boost vitality.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Its dislike of water makes it take shelter under the eaves of houses in rain. It uses pom-poms made of sparks for cheering.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

It appears to be based on a mouse or rabbit.

Name origin

Minun's name is based on minus, referring to something with a negative electrical charge. The French name comes from negative and possibly pikapika, the Japanese onomatopiea for sparkling.

In other languages

• German: Minun
• French: Negapi
• Korean: ???

External links

Article on Wikipedia

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