Hatterene is a small humanoid Pokémon with a thin, white body. Its head is round and has a small mouth, narrow black eyes with white pupils, and two elliptical pink markings over each of its eyes resembling eyelashes or eyebrows. It has extremely long, layered, symmetrical hair, far longer than its body is tall; much like a cloak, the hair on its head drapes to the ground and swathes around it to conceal much of its true body, which is adorned by a pink semi-translucent dress that gives it a much taller silhouette, resembling that of a stereotypical sorceress or witch. This hair is colored in a gradient of baby-blue, pale pink, and white from its upper portions downwards. The hair above Hatterene's head is shaped like a wide-brimmed witch's hat with a conical shape serving as the crown of the hat formation. Extending from the pointed end of the hat is a single tentacle that ends in a pink bulb and a consecutive baby-blue, hand-shaped bulb that has a trio of sharp claws, which can articulate in a manner similar to fingers, jutting out of it. Hatterene is a female-only species.
Hatterene has a solitary and reclusive nature, emitting psychic powers strong enough to cause headaches. This is employed as a method to deter others from approaching and disturbing it. It has also been observed that it dislikes loud noises, tearing apart perpetrators with the claws on its tentacle as a result. As shown in the Pokémon Journeys: The Series episode Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!, Hatterene plays with people's minds and creates illusions, deceiving them for its own pleasure. Due to its long hair obstructing its floating body, Hatterene's main forms of locomotion are levitation and short-distance teleportation. This Pokémon lives in forests with no other living creatures nearby, and as such it is known as the Forest Witch. In the anime, Hatterene enjoy playing with human's mind as she likes such as Ash and the others, and with Liko's own one adopting a sadistic tendency when battling the another Pokémon showing an eerie smile. It can be assumed that their species like taunting others, both Pokémon and human for their own amusement.
Gigantamax Hatterene has grown to a colossal size. While its physiology remains vastly the same, its black eyes are now blue with white pupils. In addition to this, its hair has grown and increased in volume, forming a chamber of sorts that its body sits in. On both sides of this chamber are a pair of teardrop-shaped openings. The hat-like formation on its head has also changed, with the brim being thinner and draping around it and the crown ending in a pink bulb. Attached to the said bulb is a larger baby-blue bulb that has three, long tentacles tapering from it. As seen with all Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon, three red clouds loom and swirl above the hat of Gigantamax Hatterene. Known as the Raging Goddess, Gigantamax Hatterene has the ability to sense the emotions of creatures from over 30 miles away, and it will become enraged and attack if it senses any hostility. Its tentacles are capable of firing off energy beams akin to lightning.
Gigantamax Hatterene is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max MoveG-Max Smite.
A Hatterene appeared in Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!. She used her powers to trick a heartbroken Brock into following her into a forest and tried to keep him there before being stopped by Ash, Misty, and Cilan when one of her attacks injured a Hatenna. She reappeared in a flashback in Ash and Latios.
Hatterene, the Silent Pokémon. A Psychic and Fairy type. It knocks out opponents by firing beams. It can also slash at its foes using its claws enhanced by psychic power.
Hatterene and its pre-evolved forms are female-only, while Grimmsnarl and its pre-evolved forms are male-only.
Each Pokémon in each evolutionary line has the same base stat total, base experience yield and catch rate as their counterpart (e.g. Hatterene and Grimmsnarl both have a base stat total of 510), except for Hatenna and Impidimp's catch rate.
Both Pokémon are based on mythical beings from European folklore and mythology: Hatterene resembles witches, and Grimmsnarl resembles trolls, ogres, and goblins.
Both Pokémon are Fairy-type Pokémon based around long hair that have their Speed drop upon Evolution.
Despite the fact that Hatterene's means of movement involves short-distance teleportation, it cannot learn the move Teleport.
Origin
Hatterene seems to be based on a hag, a type of fairy or witch with the appearance of an old woman, often depicted as living in isolation in a cabin or hut in the wood, such as Baba Yaga or the witch from Hansel and Gretel. The hat-like hair on top of its head resembles a stereotypical witch's hat combined with a hennin, a headwear worn by noblewomen in the Middle Ages. The way Hatterene's hair hangs from the top of its body resembles ribbons on a maypole, a large pole that is a central part of several European festivals celebrating the arrival of summer.
Hatterene seems to represent neutral or benevolent aspects of witches; as opposed to its counterpart, Grimmsnarl, who appears to represent the malevolent aspects. This contrast is a relatively common trope, in which "good" witches are commonly depicted as beautiful and wearing light colored clothing, or as a fairy godmother.
Its appearance and use of hair may also be inspired by Harionago, a female ghoul from Japanese folklore described as a beautiful woman that uses its extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs to attack. Its small body, as well as the "windows" in its Gigantamax form, also resemble the common fairy tale motif of a girl locked away in a tower. In particular, due to its extremely long hair, it may reference Rapunzel.
Name origin
Hatterene may be a combination of hatter and serene.
Brimuon may be a combination of brim and 無音 muon (silence).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Hatterene's real body seen through its hair
Hatterene's sadistic demeanor
Liko inside of Hatterene's hair
For other sprites and images, please see Hatterene images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
