Spoink (Pokémon)

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

Spoink Bounce Pokémon バネブー Baneboo #325 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Psychic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Thick Fat or Own Tempo Cacophony Cacophony Gluttony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'04" 0.7 m Spoink 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 67.5 lbs. 30.6 kg Spoink 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 89 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 66 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Spoink 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Black	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

Spoink (Japanese: バネブー Baneboo) is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into Grumpig starting at level 32.

Biology

Spoink is a gray, pig-like Pokémon. It has dark, circular eyes, a large gray nose, and small ears. It has stubby arms and possesses no hind legs. Motion is achieved by bouncing on its spring-like tail. The bouncing has a vital function, in that it keeps its heart beating. Even while it is sleeping, it continues to bounce. It wears a pearl produced by Clamperl on top of its head, which amplifies its psychic powers. Spoink will be weakened without a pearl, and always searches for bigger pearls. In the anime it was shown to easily mistake other round objects as its pearl. It lives in mountainous areas. It likes to eat mushrooms that grow underground.

In the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

Spoink (recurring)

The recurring Spoink in the anime

Ash and his friends first encountered Spoink without its pearl while having breakfast in Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend. After scanning his Pokédex, Ash learned that Spoink become tired without their pearls, so he and his friends agreed to help find its pearl. The group soon recovered the pearl, but Spoink lost it again after a confrontation with Team Rocket.

In Clamperl of Wisdom, Ash and his friends were sailing to Maisie Island when they spotted Spoink out at sea. A rogue wave knocked Spoink into the ocean, but the group was able use a life preserver ring to save it. While it was bouncing around on deck, Spoink tripped and lost its pearl out at sea. Despite the efforts of Torkoal and the group's Water-type Pokémon, they were unable to recover the pearl.

The group later met Isaiah, a researcher who specializes in Clamperl. Team Rocket attempted to steal Isaiah's rare blue pearl, but Spoink ended up with the item. Spoink went on to befriend a wild Clamperl and exchanged the blue pearl for Clamperl's pink pearl. Ash, his friends, and Spoink went on to defeat Team Rocket after they stole Clamperl and the blue pearl. Spoink then started to meditate and was able to recover Isaiah's blue pearl in exchange for its pink pearl. However, the kind act left Spoink without a pearl. Realizing the situation, Clamperl gave Spoink the pink pearl as thanks.

Its known moves are Psychic, Confuse Ray, and Psybeam.

Other

Spoink in the anime

Multiple Spoink appeared in An Oasis of Hope!, including one that helped Ash and his friends save its own friends from a bully Grumpig.

Minor appearances

In One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, Ash used a Spoink provided by the Pokémon Summer Academy for the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.

In A Marathon Rivalry!, a Trainer's Spoink competed in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.

Multiple Spoink appeared in Beyond the Rainbow!.

Two Spoink appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!. One was under the ownership of a Psychic, while the other was owned by a Trainer.

A Trainer's Spoink appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon Generations

Spoink in Pokémon Generations

In The Cavern, a wild Spoink was fleeing from a storm that a Primal Kyogre was creating.

In the manga

Spoink in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

A Spoink appeared in PMDP09.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Tate and Liza each own a Spoink, both of whom first appeared in With a Spoink in Your Step I. They were used to train Ruby and Sapphire on Mirage Island in a Tag Battle.

The Battle Tower rented a Spoink, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.

A Trainer's Spoink appeared in The Final Dimensional Duel II.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

A Spoink appeared in Return to Hareta's Home Forest!.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Spoink appeared in The Greatest Invention?!.

In the TCG

Main article: Spoink (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Spoink takes the role of the spring used to launch the Poké Ball.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Spoink lost its pearl early in the games and the player is sent by Chatot to retrieve it from Drenched Bluff. Later on, it can appear in Treasure Town.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Tanga Berry (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Tanga Berry (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Persim Berry (50%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Hatch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.5% Friend Area: Mt. Deepgreen Phrases 51%-100% HP If I don't keep bouncing, I lose my life! 26%-50% HP Uh-oh! My HP is halfway down! 1%-25% HP Help me... I'm running out of energy to bounce... Level up I leveled up! It puts me in a bouncy mood!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger Group: Psychic Poké Assist: Psychic Field move: None Loops: 4 Min. exp.: N/A Max. exp.: N/A Browser entry R-030 Spoink constantly hops in a rhythmic manner. Watch out for sudden high jumps.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Psychic Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Psychic Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #458 Paralyze Leaves the foe paralyzed.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 125 Base Defense: 122 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Splash, Zen Headbutt Charged Attacks: Psybeam, Shadow Ball, Mirror Coat

Evolution

Unevolved Spoink  Psychic

Level 32 →

First evolution Grumpig  Psychic

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

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

Trivia

• Despite Pokédex entries saying that it would die if it stopped bouncing, it has been seen not bouncing many times in the anime.
• Despite Pokédex entries saying that its pearl comes from a Clamperl, a Shiny Spoink's pearl is gray, but a Shiny Clamperl's pearl is gold.

Origin

The inspiration for Spoink may be the Biblical phrase "...neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you" from Matthew 7:6. The pearls were supposed to represent wisdom given to an audience who would not appreciate the teachings. Spoink and Grumpig appear to instead use those pearls of wisdom to enhance their psychic powers. Spoink might also be a literal interpretation of a spring pig (in pig farming, spring is the ideal season for birth). Having a spring instead of legs may be a reference to a jack-in-the-box. Its affinity for underground mushrooms, as noted by its Emerald Pokédex entry, is characteristic of a truffle hog.

Name origin

Spoink may be a combination of spring and oink (the sound a pig makes).

Baneboo may be a combination of 発条 bane (spring) and ブーブー būbū (the sound of grumbling or oinking). Boo may also be a shortening of 豚 buta (pig).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese バネブー Baneboo From 発条 bane and ブーブー būbū or 豚 buta French Spoink Same as English name Spanish Spoink Same as English name German Spoink Same as English name Italian Spoink Same as English name Korean 피그점프 Pigjump From the English words pig and jump Mandarin Chinese 跳跳豬 / 跳跳猪 Tiàotiàozhū Literally "Jumping pig" Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi स्पयंक Spoink Transliteration of English name Russian Споинк Spoink Transliteration of English name Thai บาเนบู Baneboo Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

External links

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Pokémon

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