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Sunkern ヒマナッツ Himanuts #191
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Grass ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Seed Pokémon
Abilities Chlorophyll or Solar Power Solar Power Blue-Striped ----- Early Bird Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #103 Hoenn #336 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia R-010 N-028
Height 1'00" Imperial 0.3 m Metric 1'00"/0.3 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 4.0 lbs. Imperial 1.8 kg Metric 4.0 lbs./1.8 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 235 (30.7%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Plant group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 52 Battle Exp.: 521*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sunkern (Japanese: ヒマナッツ Himanuts) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Sunflora when exposed to a Sun Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Sunkern is a mostly yellow seed-like Pokémon with a small sprout growing out of its top. Sunkern has triangular spike-like protrusions on top of its head, encircling the sprout. Sunkern’s body has three broad brown vertical stripes. Two of the stripes start jaggedly above Sunkern’s dark eyes, continuing downward. The other stripe is directly below Sunkern’s mouth. Since Sunkern’s eyelids are brown, the brown streak patterning appears uninterrupted when Sunkerns’ eyes are closed.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

At this stage of development, it is fairly weak. Although it has been stated that its only means of defending itself is violently thrashing its leaves at the attacker, it is capable of using a variety of Grass-type moves.

Behavior

Sunkern have a tendency to fall from the sky on early mornings, though usually without any predictability. Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can, since it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for evolution. A year after a cold summer, the population of Sunkern explodes.

Habitat

Sunkern are commonly found in Kanto & Johto, but there have also been sightings in Sinnoh. They have also been imported to the Hoenn Safari Zone. Since they are known to randomly fall from the sky, they may also live up in the Troposphere, or even the Stratosphere.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It only drinks morning dew, found under plants' leaves, as well as its own. But it is sometimes found with the Coba Berry. Whether it eats this as well is unknown.

In the anime

A Sunkern in the anime

Major appearances

Sunkern made its debut appearance in Moving Pictures Ash, Brock, Misty, and Todd Snap found it frozen in a field. Ash eventually evolved it using his Sun Stone from the The Bug Stops Here, and it summoned more Sunflora so that Sophia and Marcello could take a picture for their golden anniversary.

Minor appearances

It also appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part One.

Sunkern also made a brief appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

A Sunkern's fossilized leaf made an appearance in a flashback in Ancient Family Matters!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In Volume 8, Gold encounters a herd of Sunkern escaping from a Skarmory. He captures one of the Sunkern to help defeat the Skarmory with Exbo's Ember attack using its jumping ability. Although not much of a battler and used sparingly, in Volume 14, she evolves into Sunflora and uses its Sunny Day to power up the Typhlosion's fire attacks, helping it combat the Masked Man.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Sunkern (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Canon	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sunkern Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—%	10
	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
	Encore*	Normal	Status	—	100%	5
	Endure*	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
	GrassWhistle	Grass	Status	—	55%	15
	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—%	20
	Leech Seed	Grass	Special	—	90%	10
	Morning Sun	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
	Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Sweet Scent	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sunkern in Generation V 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 Sunkern in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sunkern Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

TCG-only Moves

• Rollout

Dream World-only Moves

• Earth Power
• Sweet Scent

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 191.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 5.2% Friend Area: Jungle Phrases 51%-100% HP It doesn't take much for me to grow. Just a little water'll do me fine! 26%-50% HP I only have half my HP left. 1%-25% HP I'm dehydrated... My HP's down too low... Level up Wow! My level went up! I want to celebrate! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Wow! My level went up! I want to celebrate!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 5.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Grass  ( Grass ) Past ( Normal ) (Cut ×1) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It creates vines around itself that make Pokémon Slowed.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Sunkern  Grass

Sun Stone →

First evolution Sunflora  Grass

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Going only by base stat total, Sunkern is the weakest Pokémon, with a total of 180 points. Despite this, it is stronger than some Pokémon in some aspects (such as Speed, at 30, beating several slow Pokémon such as Munchlax) and has a greater movepool than others.
  • Ironically, Sunkern is one of the few Pokémon that can have 5 stars in each of its Pokéthlon stats. The others are Ditto, Mew, Giratina's Origin Forme and Arceus.
• Sunkern shares the same species name as Bulbasaur and its evolutions. They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
• Sunkern's official artwork more closely resembled its shiny form in Gold and Silver than its regular form. This was somewhat rectified in Crystal, although the artwork was still more similar to its shiny sprite; this discrepancy was fully rectified in Generation III.
• In The Official Pokémon Handbook 3, published by Scholastic Corporation, Sunkern's data says its height is 0'01" when it is actually 1'00".
• Until the release of Generation IV, Sunkern was the only Generation II Pokémon to evolve via an evolutionary stone.

Origin

Sunkern is based on a shooting sunflower seed.

Name origin

Sunkern's name is a combination of sunflower and kernel. Its Japanese name may be a combination of 向日葵 himawari, sunflower, and the English word, nuts. It may also refer to 夏 natsu, summer.

In other languages

• German: Sonnkern - From Sonne (sun) and kernal.
• French: Tournegrin - From tournesol (sunflower) and a corruption of graine (seed).
• Korean: 해너츠 Haeneocheu
• Chinese (Taiwan): 向日種子 Xiàng Rì Zhǒng Zǐ - Literally "Sun-facing seed". 向日 can be derived from 向日葵 Xiàng​rì​kuí (sunflower).

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