Sunkern (Pokémon)

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Sunkern ヒマナッツ Himanuts #191
Artwork from G/S/C
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 -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #102 Hoenn #336 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
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 Gender unknown
Breeding Plant group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 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 by Sun Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Sunkern is a seed with a small sprout growing out of its top. It already contains the nutrients it needs to evolve into Sunflora, and needs only to take in water. It is quite weak, and defends itself by thrashing its sprout at enemies.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It only eats morning dew.

In the anime

Sunkern made an appearance in the episode Moving Pictures.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

In Template:PSV, Gold encounters a herd of Sunkern escaping from a Skarmory. He captures one of the Sunkern to help defeat the Skarmory. Later, in Template:PSV, she evolves into Sunflora.

In the TCG

Main article: Sunkern (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#9DC1B7" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

TCG-only Moves

• Rollout

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/1

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

• By statistical average, Sunkern is the weakest Pokémon. However, it does have higher stats in some areas than other Pokémon, and a much greater movepool than others.
• In Generation II, Sunkern's sprite was green colored and different from the sprites in the later generations. Its shiny sprite was actually more similar to the normal sprites of later generations.
• Sunkern shares the same species name as Bulbasaur and its evolutions. They are all known as Seed Pokémon.

Origin

As its name indicates, it is based on a 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.

In other languages

• German: Sonnkern
• French: Tournegrin
• Korean: 해너츠 Haeneocheu

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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