Pachirisu (Pokémon)

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

Pachirisu EleSquirrel Pokémon パチリス Pachirisu #417 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Run Away or Pickup Cacophony Cacophony Volt Absorb Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 200 (36.6%)
Breeding Egg Groups Field and Fairy Hatch time 10 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Pachirisu 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 8.6 lbs. 3.9 kg Pachirisu 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 120 Gen. IV Unknown IV 142 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Pachirisu 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   White	Base friendship 100
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Pachirisu (Japanese: パチリス Pachirisu) is an Electric-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Pachirisu is a small, white squirrel-like Pokémon with a faint blueish tint and a light blue stripe starting from its forehead and goes all the way down to the tip of the tail. A female Pachirisu's blue stripe is shorter than a male's. A large white tooth grows out of its mouth. It has deep gray eyes and a yellow circle on each cheek. Its tail is almost twice as big as its body, with three spikes at the top of the curl, which it can use to shoot charges. Though its arms and legs are very short, it can run incredibly fast, enabling it to tire pursuing Pokémon out quickly. It has a great amount of electricity flowing within its body. If it builds up enough charge, it may shock other Pokémon.

When it sleeps, Pachirisu likes to curl its big, fluffy tail round to the front of its body and uses it as a pillow. It also likes to chase and groom its tail. When a Pachirisu sheds its fur it shapes them into furballs, which have static charges just like its fur. It hides its favorite foods—which mainly consist of berries—in these static puffs and stores them in tree holes. It does this to protect the food; if a human or another Pokémon tries to take the food, they will get shocked from the static. It may rub cheek pouches with another Pachirisu to share stored electricity. It is generally found in treetops in forests, as well as the outskirts of a forest and near power plants.

In the anime

Pachirisu in the anime

Major appearances

Dawn's Pachirisu

Dawn caught a Pachirisu in Twice Smitten, Once Shy!, which also served as the species' debut. It had a playful and hyperactive personality, and was often seen running around wildly.

Other

In The Forest Champion!, a Pachirisu, a Patrat, and a Sentret were gathering food, only to be scared off by an Ursaring. They were then saved by the forest champion Hawlucha.

Minor appearances

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

A Pachirisu appeared in A Campus Reunion!.

In The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!, multiple Pachirisu fell under the control of Team Rocket.

A Pachirisu appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.

A Trainer's Pachirisu appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.

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

In A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!, four Pachirisu fled from Team Flare as they conducted an experiment.

A Trainer's Pachirisu appeared in A League of His Own!.

In a flashback in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a wild Pachirisu was living at the Nebel Plateau.

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

Two Pachirisu appeared in Till We Compete Again!, each under the ownership of a different Trainer.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pachirisu in Pokémon Adventures

Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic

In Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic, both Kellyn and Kate use a Pachirisu as their partner.

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

A Pachirisu appeared in PDP01.

A Pachirisu appeared in PDP06.

Main article: Dawn's Pachirisu

Dawn's Pachirisu appeared in PDP11 and PDP13. In PDP22, it was used in battle against a Sharpedo.

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

A Pachirisu appeared in Stagestruck Starly as a silhouette.

Pachirisu made its debut in Perturbed by Pachirisu, where one was used to disorganize Platinum's Fashion Case in an attempt to sabotage her Super Contest challenge.

A Trainer's Pachirisu appeared in Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas.

In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia III, Platinum was given her own Pachirisu by Volkner, courtesy of Maylene.

Platinum arc

A Pachirisu appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of a Lass.

X & Y arc

Multiple Pachirisu were among the Electric-type Pokémon that charged the Prism Tower during a blackout in PS562.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

A Trainer's Pachirisu appeared in Beauty Contest: The Pokémon Super Contest!!, where it was seen participating in a Pokémon Super Contest.

Multiple Pachirisu appeared in a flashback in Deoxys, The Phantom Pokémon! (Part 1).

In the TCG

Main article: Pachirisu (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Pachirisu can be chosen to be the player's Starter Partner Pokémon, or can be obtained by clearing a quest in Ranger School.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Pachirisu is a regular visitor of Spinda's Cafe.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Pachirisu will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:

1#0Y @8NS KXC5

X=+3 T+CP 1T+X

Objective: Rescue Pachirisu on floor 5 of Foggy Forest.

In events

Held Items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ranch		Chilan Berry (100%)
Events*		Sitrus Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Pachirisu is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation VIII Other generations: 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 TM28 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 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 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 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM93 TM93 Cut Normal Physical 05050 095}}95% 30

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

By breeding

By tutoring

TCG-only moves

Side game data

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: Shadows of Almia Group: Electric Poké Assist: Electric Field move: None Browser entry R-026 It discharges electricity from all over its body to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Electric Poké Assist: (present) Recharge Field move: (present) (Recharge ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Electric Field move: (past) (Electrify ×1) Browser entry R-025/N-175 It restores the Styler Energy a little.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 73 Base Defense: 55 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Pachirisu plays in the Meadow Zone. His favorite Attractions are Bulbasaur's Daring Dash and Venusaur's Vine Swing!
Pokémon Battle Trozei Electric Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Electric Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #163 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Cheer
Pokémon GO Base HP: 115 Base Attack: 94 Base Defense: 172 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Spark, Volt Switch Charged Attacks: Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunder Punch

In Pokémon GO, Pachirisu has a 87.5% male encounter rate.

Evolution

Unevolved Pachirisu  Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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 Pachirisu images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Taylor's Pachirisu costume

• In Pokémon Battle Revolution, Taylor wears a Pachirisu costume.
• Pachirisu is the only Pokémon allowed in Amity Square that does not have an evolutionary family.
• Pachirisu has the lowest base stat total of any Pokémon that was part of a winning team of Pokémon World Championships.
• Pachirisu is the only Pokémon to learn Hyper Fang to not be a Normal-type.

Origin

Pachirisu is based on a squirrel. The spikes on its tail (and possibly its ears) could be a reference to static electricity's impact on hair.

Name origin

Pachirisu is a combination of パチパチ pachipachi (electric crackling) and 栗鼠 risu (squirrel).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese パチリス Pachirisu From パチパチ pachipachi (electric crackling) and 栗鼠 risu (squirrel) French Pachirisu Same as Japanese name Spanish Pachirisu Same as Japanese name German Pachirisu Same as Japanese name Italian Pachirisu Same as Japanese name Korean 파치리스 Pachirisu Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 帕奇利茲 Pà Qí Lì Zī Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi पाचिरिसु Pachirisu Transliteration of English name Russian Пачирису Pachirisu Transliteration as English name Thai พาจิริซึ Phachirisue Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Dawn's Pachirisu
• Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)

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