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Munna (Japanese: ムンナ Munna) is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Musharna when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology

Munna is a pink, nearly spherical, quadrupedal Pokémon of indefinable basis. It has four tiny tapered limbs and a tapered snout that largely obscures its sizable mouth. Munna has shiny, oval, red eyes with two discernible upper eyelashes. Between its eyes is an oval spot in a darker shade of pink, from which Munna can expel Dream Mist. Purple, five-petal flower markings with dark pink centers ornament much of its body, which glow faintly when it feeds on dreams. It is able to constantly float in the air.

Munna is able to eat the dreams of people and Pokémon, as well as project these dreams by expelling Dream Mist. A person whose dream was eaten by a Munna will forget the dream's contents. The Dream Mist will be pink if the dream was pleasant. Munna can also seek out and cure people and Pokémon who are having nightmares by eating their dreams; the Dream Mist extracted from a nightmare will be black in color. Munna and its evolution are thought to share common ancestry with Drowzee.

Evolution

Munna evolves into Musharna.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Unova
 B  W : #023 		Unova
 B2  W2 : #086
Black Munna always float in the air. People whose dreams are eaten by them forget what the dreams had been about.
White It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
Black 2 This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
White 2
Generation VI Kalos
#— 		Hoenn
#—
X This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
Y It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
Omega Ruby This Pokémon appears before people and Pokémon who are having nightmares and eats those dreams.
Alpha Sapphire It eats the dreams of people and Pokémon. When it eats a pleasant dream, it expels pink-colored mist.
Generation VIII Galar
#090 		Sinnoh
#— 		Hisui
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword Late at night, it appears beside people's pillows. As it feeds on dreams, the patterns on its body give off a faint glow.
Shield It eats dreams and releases mist. The mist is pink when it's eating a good dream, and black when it's eating a nightmare.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
Cross-Generation

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
Damaged
normally by:
Immune to:
Resistant to:

Learnset

Munna is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Munna
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/TR

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Munna
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Munna in Generation VIII
  • 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 Munna in that game.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Munna
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Munna
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VI - VII - IX
  • Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
  • A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Munna
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Munna
  • × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush
Rush517Body.png Walking Speed: 3.33 seconds Base HP: 54
Base Attack: 68 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 50

In Pokémon GO, Munna could be obtained by completing the time-limited Special Research, Season of Legends.

Evolution data

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation

In the anime

Major appearances

Fennel's Munna

Munna debuted in Dreams by the Yard Full!, under the ownership of Fennel. Together, they were able to locate her lost Musharna. The three later reappeared in Archeops In The Modern World!, where they revived an Archen from a Plume Fossil. She was often seen outside of its Poké Ball.

Minor appearances

In a flashback in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, multiple Munna once lived at the now-relocated Sword of the Vale.

Multiple Munna appeared in A Maractus Musical!.

A Trainer's Munna appeared in Cilan Takes Flight.

A Trainer's Munna appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

A Trainer's Munna appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.

Two Munna appeared in As Long as I'm with My Friends.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry
BW006 Munna Ash's Pokédex Munna, the Dream Eater Pokémon. Munna can eat the dreams of people and Pokémon alike, and then project those dreams by emitting Dream Mist from its body.

In the manga

Pocket Monsters BW

A Munna appeared in Pocket Monsters BW.

Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners

A Munna appeared in a fantasy in BWGP01.

Multiple Munna appeared in BWGP03. One was caught by Mashiro, while another belonging to Bado only appeared in a flashback.

Pocket Monsters HGSS

A Munna appeared in PMHGSS23.

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Musha

A Munna nicknamed Musha was the second Pokémon Black obtained. Musha was able to eat Black's dreams, clearing his mind of distractions, allowing him to perceive things a normal human can't. He first appeared in Choices.

A Munna appeared in PASS29 during the Darkest Day.

In the TCG

Main article: Munna (TCG)

Trivia

  • In Generations I and III (and eventually VII) set in Kanto, long before Munna debuted in Generation V, a Picnicker on Route 10 mentions that she wishes that there were pink Pokémon with floral patterns, a description of which Munna fits.
    • An employee of the Devon Corporation says that he wants to create a machine that can visually reproduce the dreams of Pokémon. Dream Mist, which Munna produces, can achieve this.
  • Munna is featured in the first promotional C-Gear skin. It is available by default in Japan but required a password internationally.
  • Munna and Musharna were designed by Atsuko Nishida. Munna was designed after Musharna, which itself was designed before the concept of the Dream World was created.[1]

Origin

Munna appears to be based on traditional Japanese incense burners called koro. These are used in traditional tea ceremonies, but many styles of koro have been developed to be used with insect repellent incense. These insect repellent koro are popularly shaped like a pig and can have patterns painted on them, such as floral patterns. Munna, like Drowzee, also seems to share some inspiration from the myth of the baku, tapir-like creatures that eat dreams.

Name origin

Munna may be a combination of 夢 mu (dream) and luna (Latin for moon). It may also involve mana, 花 hana (flower), muna (Finnish for egg), or むにゃむにゃ munya munya (Japanese onomatopoeia for indistinct mumbling, as if talking in one’s sleep).

In other languages

More languages
India Flag.png Hindi मूना Munna Transcription of its English/Japanese name
Russia Flag.png Russian Мунна Munna Transcription of English name
Thailand Flag.png Thai มุนนะ Munna Transcription of Japanese name

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