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Height
4′11″
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1.5 m
Metric
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4′11″/1.5 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
121.3 lbs.
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55.0 kg
Metric
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121.3 lbs./55.0 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
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Atk
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Def
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Sp.Atk
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 200
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Battle Exp.: 2001*
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Pinsir (Japanese: カイロス Kailios) is a Bug-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Pinsir has a brown body with a large pair of white horns that are dotted in small spikes. Pinsir has short legs with three toes each and skinny, three-clawed arms. Pinsir's mouth has long, flat teeth.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Pinsir's horns have enough crushing power to shatter thick logs and can allow Pinsir to lift things twice its own weight.
Behavior
Pinsir's movements are made sluggish when exposed to cold weather, so they hide in burrows, treetops or tree roots during chilly nights. Pinsir are also known to dig holes to sleep in by using their horns to dig.
Habitat
Pinsir are mostly found in jungle-like areas, but have also been imported into Kanto's Safari Zone.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Pinsir first appeared in Challenge of the Samurai. A samurai used it to battle against Ash.
At the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back, a pirate trainer used a Pinsir to battle Ash's Pikachu, alongside his Golem and Venomoth. All three of the pirate trainer's Pokémon were defeated by Pikachu.
Pinsir made an appearance on an island that was mainly inhabited by Bug-type Pokémon in Tracey Gets Bugged.
In A Sappy Ending, Pinsir were being driven into a forest that was Heracross territory because Team Rocket was stealing the sap from the trees that were in their territory.
Pinsir was also being used by a building company that had plans on demolishing a Pokémon Center in Celebi and Joy.
Anthony was using Swalot and Pinsir for the double-battle portion of the Grand Festival in Rhapsody in Drew. However, he lost to May.
Gary Oak also has a Pinsir, which was seen in his profile in The Ties that Bind!.
Pinsir has made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno as a Pokémon belonging to Noland.
Howie, a [[Character of the day in The Ole' Berate and Switch has a Pinsir. Ash's Corphish battled against this Pinsir during a bogus competion that Team Rocket created.
At the beginnning of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used this Stagbeetle Pokémon alongside Parasect to attack Jack Walker.
In the TCG
- Main article: Pinsir (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Stadium 2: Pinsir stars in a mini-game alongside Scyther called "Clear Cut Challenge." Each player chops a falling log for each round of the game. The score for each player is determined by how close you are to the white line on the log. Cut anywhere above the log will cause you to lose points.
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing it around and Template:M2 it hard.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Grips its prey in its pincers and squeezes hard! It can't move if it's cold, so it lives in warm places.
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| Stadium
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Grips and tears at its enemy with the two pincers on its head. Enemies with hard bodies are Template:M2 and Template:M2.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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With its horns, it digs burrows to sleep in at night. In the morning, damp soil clings to its body.
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| Silver
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Swings its long antlers wildly to attack. During cold periods, it hides deep in forests.
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| Crystal
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When the temperature drops at night, it sleeps on treetops or among roots where it is well hidden.
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| Stadium 2
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With its horns, it digs burrows to sleep in at night. In the morning, damp soil clings to its body.
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| Ruby
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Pinsir is astoundingly strong. It can grip a foe weighing twice its weight in its horns and easily lift it. This Pokémon's movements turn sluggish in cold places.
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| Sapphire
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Pinsir has a pair of massive horns. Protruding from the surface of these horns are thorns. These thorns are driven deeply into the foe's body when the pincer closes, making it tough for the foe to escape.
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| Emerald
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Their pincers are strong enough to shatter thick logs. Because they dislike cold, Pinsir burrow and sleep under the ground on chilly nights.
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| FireRed
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Its two long pincer horns are powerful. Once they grip an enemy, they won't release until the foe is torn.
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| LeafGreen
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If it fails to crush the foe in its pincers, it will swing around and toss the opponent.
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| Generation IV
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| Diamond
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It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is Template:M2. What it can't tear, it tosses far.
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| Pearl
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It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can't tear, it tosses far.
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| Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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| HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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| SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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125
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117 - 194
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229 - 383
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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Total: 500
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 55.
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Of the first generation Bug Pokémon, Pinsir has the highest Attack and Defense.
Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Poison-type moves is 200.
Learnset
Template:Learnset intro
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions and Emerald Versions:
In Emerald Version only:
Special moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pinsir knows Shadow Break and Shadow Shed as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Helping Hand after being purified.
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Although Pinsir was introduced in Generation I as a pure Template:Type2, it could not learn any Bug-type attacks by level-up until Generation IV.
- Pinsir is the only pure Bug-type Pokémon that does not have a gender counterpart or even an evolution.
Origin
It is based on a stag beetle.
Name origin
Pinsir's name is a corruption of pincer, referring to the claws on its head. Its Japanese name may be based on 傀 kai, large, or 魁偉 kaii, brawny. It could also be a combination of the Japanese 刈 kai, cut, and the Greek word for bug, κοριός korios.
In other languages
External links
For other sprites and images, please see Pinsir images on Bulbagarden Archives.
