While eating, if it is disturbed by someone shaking its tree, it falls on the ground and suddenly explodes. If the Pokémon is disturbed while eating by someone shaking its tree, it drops down to the ground and explodes with no warning.Ī Pineco hangs from a tree branch and waits for prey. Pineco hangs from a tree branch and patiently waits for prey to come along. It spits out a fluid that it uses to glue tree bark to its body. It hangs and waits for flying insect prey to come near. It likes to make its shell thicker by adding layers of tree bark. Pokédex entries This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Pineco will sometimes be revealed as the contents of the crate and if any players go after it, they will get hit with an Explosion and be unable to move in the next round.
Red fights two in his aptitude test to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.Ī Pineco was mentioned as one of the Pokémon Crystal caught and sent to Professor Oak via the Portable Transfer System in Off Course with Corsola. Pineco debuted in Murkrow Row, where it was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after Gold helped him get it back.Ī Pineco appeared in Forretress of Solitude, under the ownership of the Pokémon Association. Pineco in Pokémon Adventures Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic Appears calm as it hangs sedately from tree branches, but it will self-destruct at the slightest provocation. Goh's Pineco has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.Ī Trainer's Pineco appeared in Take My Thief! Please!. Goh caught one, while the other appeared in a flashback. In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Pineco competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing. In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured a Pineco evolving into a Forretress. In The Bug Stops Here, five Pineco were in the Bug-Catching Contest. In Tricks of the Trade, a Pineco was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona. Multiple Pineco appeared in Going Apricorn! alongside Brock's. In Bucking the Treasure Trend!, multiple Pineco attacked Ash, his friends, and Buck as they searched for Dandelion Island's treasure. It later evolved into a Forretress in Entei at Your Own Risk. Brock encountered and caught it with a Fast Ball. Pineco debuted in Going Apricorn!, thus also marking the species' debut. Pineco in the anime Major appearances Brock's Pineco Typically immobile, it will drop to the ground and explode if someone shakes its tree while it is eating. Unbothered by the added weight of its shell, it patiently hangs from a tree branch in tropical and temperate forests, waiting to prey on flying insects.
The glue is made of fluid that Pineco spits out, which hardens when it is exposed to air. It makes its shell thicker by gluing tree bark to its body. It has a single spike on top of its head, which is supposedly its stem. Pineco is a blue-green, pine cone-like Pokémon with red eyes and no visible limbs.
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