Minun (Pokémon)

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

Minun Cheering Pokémon マイナン Minun #312 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Minus Cacophony Cacophony Volt Absorb Gen VI+ Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 200 (36.6%)
Breeding Egg Group Fairy Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Minun 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 9.3 lbs. 4.2 kg Minun 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 120 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 142 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Minun 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   Yellow	Base friendship 70
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 introduced in Generation III.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it is considered to be a counterpart of Plusle.

Biology

Minun is a cream-colored bipedal Pokémon with blue markings. It has a dot-like nose, and a cream-colored minus sign in the middle of its circular blue cheeks. It has long, flat ears that are mostly blue. Its limbs are stubby and digitless, and it has blue front paws. Its short tail is tipped with a blue minus sign.

Minun cares more for its teammates than itself, sending off showers of sparks when it cheers for them. When its partner is in trouble, it gives off increasing amounts of sparks. It can create electric pom-poms for cheering. Its electrical current promotes blood circulation and energizes its target. It lives in grasslands and savannas. However, it will hide under the eaves of houses when it rains due to its dislike of water.

In the anime

Minun in the anime

Major appearances

Minun debuted alongside Plusle in A Different Kind of Misty!. Both Pokémon were owned by Thatcher, who was responsible for protecting a lighthouse. In Cheer Pressure, Thatcher was training them to be cheerleaders. Both were often seen outside of their Poké Balls.

In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, a Minun starred with Plusle in a film Elijah directed. In the film, they and Pikachu set out to rescue Princess Kirlia from an evil Exploud.

In Destiny Deoxys, a Minun and Plusle served as the movie's comic relief. The pair helped Tory Lund to overcome his fear of Pokémon. Both briefly reappeared in a montage in The Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.

In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! and Playing the Performance Encore!, Ursula owns a Minun and Plusle. In Last Call — First Round!, they tried to embarrass Dawn before an interview with Rhonda but failed. It reappeared with Plusle and their Trainer in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Minun appeared in Searching for Service with a Smile!, under the ownership of Devi.

Minor appearances

A Minun appeared in PK13.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!, Team A.C.T. rescued a Minun and Plusle.

In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, Dawn's flashback featured a Minun and Plusle as she explained why she was afraid of them.

In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Minun watched Meloetta's concert.

In Performing with Fiery Charm!, a Performer's Minun competed in the Dendemille Town Showcase with a Plusle. In A Performance Pop Quiz!, they competed in the Anistar City Showcase. In Master Class is in Session!, it competed in the Master Class Showcase in Gloire City.

In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Minun was living in the forest.

In Party Dancecapades!, a Performer's Minun attended Monsieur Pierre's dance party.

A Trainer's Minun appeared in Battling With a Clean Slate!.

In Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!, a Trainer's Minun watched Professor Kukui's announcement of the Manalo Stadium's completion.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Minun in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Sapphire's Minun

Sapphire owned a Minun that she met at the Abandoned Ship in Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun I. She later appeared on Mirage Island, where together with Ruby's Plusle, helped the two rivals learn how to work as a Double Battle team.

Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪

A Minun appeared in CCP09, in which it competed in a Cuteness Contest along with its rival Plusle and Haruka's Torchic. It ended up in second place, having lost to Plusle.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

A Minun Egg in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Main article: Hareta's Minun

Late into his adventure, Hareta receives an Egg from his father, Kaisei. It later hatched at Stark Mountain in The Anger of Legendary Pokémon Heatran. As a baby, Minun isn't very strong, preferring to cheer on its teammates and using Status moves.

Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

Much like the games, Lunick has a Minun as his Partner Pokémon, which is the counterpart to Solana's Plusle. He can boost Lunick's Capture Styler with electricity.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

A Minun appeared in Annual Big Cleaning Operation!!, under the ownership of Professor Oak.

In the TCG

Main article: Minun (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trophy information

It appears with its counterpart, Plusle.

"Cheering Pokémon. Plusle and Minun produce positive and negative energy, respectively. They both love cheering on their partners and place the encouragement of their partners over their own safety. To cheer, they short their electric currents to produce sparks that grow in intensity as their partners get into trouble."

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Minun combines with Plusle to produce an electric current blocking the entrance to the Poké Mart on the Sapphire Field.
• Pokémon Ranger: Minun is the partner of Lunick. After the end credits, it also feels a bond with Solana.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

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

4 ? M 9 F Q X ? 2 8 N 7

H R ? H P 5 ? 0 ! 4 ? W

Objective: Escort Minun to Plusle on floor 7 of Mt. Blaze.

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Cell Battery (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Minun is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM16 TM16 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM23 TM23 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TM24 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM34 TM34 Shock Wave Electric Special 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM43 TM43 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM57 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM63 TM63 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM70 TM70 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM73 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10

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

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Charm Fairy Status — 100% 20 Discharge Electric Special 80 100% 15 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100% 20 Sing Normal Status — 55% 15 Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75% 10 * Tearful Look Normal Status — —% 20 Wish Normal Status — —% 10

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

By tutoring

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 35% Friend Area: Thunder Meadow Phrases 51%-100% HP I work best with Plusle! 26%-50% HP What is this? Only half my HP is left! 1%-25% HP No more... I can't even set off sparks... Level up Leveled up! I did it, Plusle!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Ranger Group: Electric Poké Assist: Discharge Field move: None Loops: 3 Min. exp.: 3 Max. exp.: 3 Browser entry R-068 Minun stuns targets with a powerful electric shock to assist captures.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 74 Base Defense: 52 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Electric Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Electric Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #686 Flash Mob Increases damage when there are more Pokémon with the same type in the puzzle area.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 147 Base Defense: 150 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Spark, Quick Attack Charged Attacks: Thunderbolt, Discharge, Swift, Grass Knot*

Evolution

Unevolved Minun  Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
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
Generation VIII HOME

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

Trivia

• Minun shares its category with its partner Plusle. They are both known as the Cheering Pokémon.
• Minun and Plusle share the same base stat total, although the stat distribution is different, with Plusle being more offense-oriented and Minun being more defense-oriented.
• Minun's first major appearance in the anime was in episode 312, the same number as its position in the National Pokédex.
• Unused text in Pokémon Colosseum suggests that a Shadow Minun was going to appear in the game.
• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there are several files for unused playable characters. One of these files is named "Pra_Mai", leading some players to speculate that Plusle and Minun were considered to appear as a tag team, like Ice Climbers.

Origin

Minun appears to be based on a cheerleading mouse, chipmunk, or rabbit. It could also be the incarnation of a negative electric charge.

Name origin

Minun may be derived from minus, possibly in reference to negative electrical charge.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese マイナン Minun From minus French Négapi From négative and possibly ピカピカ pikapika Spanish Minun Same as English/Japanese name German Minun Same as English/Japanese name Italian Minun Same as English/Japanese name Korean 마이농 Mainong Transcription of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 負電拍拍 / 负电拍拍 Fùdiànpāipāi From 負電 / 负电 fùdiàn and 拍 pāi Cantonese Chinese 負電拍拍 Fuhdihnpaakpaak From 正電 fuhdihn and 拍 paak

More languages Hindi माईनान Minun Transcription of English name Russian Майнун Maynun Transcription of English name Thai ไมนัน Mainan Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Hareta's Minun
• Sapphire's Minun

External links

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