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Wimpod (Japanese: コソクムシ Kosokumushi) is a dual-type Bug/Water Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It evolves into Golisopod starting at level 30.

Biology

Wimpod's underside and legs

Wimpod is a small, arthropod Pokémon. Its main body is purple and is covered by silver plating across its back. There are four plates in total. The first plate covers half of its head but leaves room for its eyes. The upper lids of its eyes appear to be covered with additional plating. The three plates on its back overlap and each one has a single black triangle in the middle. It has a long spike on each side of its head that curves backward, large yellow eyes with two short extensions over them like eyelashes, and two flat antennae that extend over its back. There are eight short legs on its underside, and it has a long, prickly tail.

This Pokémon is cowardly by nature and wary of both noise and sudden movements. However, its curiosity will cause it to approach people or Pokémon that are standing still. It will spit a poisonous liquid when threatened. Wimpod sometimes accompanies its evolved form, Golisopod. The stench of this fluid warns others that danger is nearby. Wimpod will eat and store anything, including garbage from the sea. This habit makes them highly valued as cleaners.[1] When it finds coins, Murkrow and Meowth go after it.

Wimpod is the only known Pokémon that can have Wimp Out as an Ability.

Evolution

Wimpod evolves into Golisopod.

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

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Alola
 S  M : #182 		Alola
 US  UM : #221 		Kanto
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
Sun This Pokémon is a coward. As it desperately dashes off, the flailing of its many legs leaves a sparkling clean path in its wake.
Moon Its habitat varies from beaches to seabeds. A natural scavenger, it will gleefully chow down on anything edible, no matter how rotten.
Ultra Sun It will pick up anything it finds on the ground. Sometimes it finds coins, so Murkrow and Meowth will go after it.
Ultra Moon An astonishingly cowardly Pokémon, Wimpod will whir its legs at high speeds to run away if anything comes near it.
Generation VIII Galar
#232 		Galar
Isle of Armor #124 		Sinnoh
#— 		Hisui
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword It's nature's cleaner—it eats anything and everything, including garbage and rotten things. The ground near its nest is always clean.
Shield Wimpod gather in swarms, constantly on the lookout for danger. They scatter the moment they detect an enemy's presence.

Game locations

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

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII
Generation VIII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.

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

Wimpod is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wimpod
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wimpod

By TM/TR

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wimpod
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wimpod

By breeding

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VII - IX
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Wimpod 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 Wimpod in that game.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wimpod
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wimpod

By tutoring

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wimpod
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wimpod
  • 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:
None
  • 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 Wimpod
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wimpod
  • × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush
Rush767Body.png Walking Speed: 3.33 seconds Base HP: 39
Base Attack: 62 Base Defense: 43 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon GO
GO767.png Base HP: 93 Base Attack: 67 Base Defense: 74
Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: Wimpod Candy 400
Fast Attacks: Struggle Bug
Charged Attacks: Bug Buzz

Evolution data

Sprites

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

In the anime

Major appearances

Multiple Wimpod debuted in Partner Promises! at Treasure Island, where they attempted to steal Poké Beans from Ash's backpack. One of them was trapped in a crevice, however, so Ash and Pikachu rescued it with the help of an Alolan Exeggutor. They reappeared in a flashback in Alola, Alola!.

Minor appearances

A wild Wimpod appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!, where it was scuttling along the beach.

A wild Wimpod appeared in Fighting Back the Tears!, where it was scuttling along the beach.

A Wimpod appeared in the Where Are You Going, Eevee? segment at the end of Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!, where it was chased by a wild Eevee until it entered a small cave, effectively escaping.

A Wimpod appeared in the Where Are You Going, Eevee? segment at the end of No Stone Unturned!, where it was scuttling along the beach.

A Wimpod appeared in the Where Are You Going, Eevee? segment at the end of Bright Lights, Big Changes!, where it was scuttling along the beach.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry
SM020 Wimpod Rotom Pokédex Wimpod, the Turn Tail Pokémon. A Bug and Water type. From beaches to seabeds, Wimpod live in all kinds of places. They eat anything, even if it's rotten. Nature's vacuum cleaners!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Wimpod debuted in a fantasy in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer after Sun noted Guzma's Golisopod's claws were covered in filth from its days as a scavenger when it was a Wimpod.

A Wimpod appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, where it was seen inside Aether Paradise.

Pokémon Horizon

A Wimpod appeared in a fantasy in Journey to a New Horizon.

In the TCG

Main article: Wimpod (TCG)

Trivia

  • Wimpod is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 230.

Origin

Wimpod appears to be a combination of a trilobite and an isopod (possibly the genus Ligia). It also shares behavioral similarities with silverfish, an insect commonly known to quickly flee from anything that startles it; and copepods, microscopic crustaceans that can swim at high speeds in an instant if they sense approaching predators. It may also be based upon triops. It being said to leave a sparkling clean path as it dashes may be inspired by certain robotic vacuum cleaners, and also possibly cleaner shrimp.

Name origin

Wimpod may be a combination of wimp and the taxonomic term pod (foot), such as in "isopod".

Kosokumushi may be a combination of 小 ko (small), 足 soku (feet), or 姑息 kosoku (cowardly; underhanded), and 虫 mushi (bug).

In other languages

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More languages
India Flag.png Hindi डरकिट Darkit From डर ḍar and कीट kīṭ
Russia Flag.png Russian Вимпод Vimpod Transcription of English name
Thailand Flag.png Thai โคโซคูมูชิ Khosokhumuchi Transcription of Japanese name

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