Vuu (Pokemon Azure Horizons & Crimson Horizons)

Vuu is a new Null-type Pokemon introduced in Pokemon Azure Horizons & Crimson Horizons. It can evolve into Joyoppa if given the Soul Ribbon prior to Level 42. Otherwise, it undergoes a Forced Evolution at Level 42 and evolves into Zumvu, regardless of if the player tries to negate the evolution or has Vuu hold an Everstone.
===Appearance===
Vuu is simply a normal Substitute Doll, which is a small green plush doll resembling a nonspecific Pokemon, with a golden knitting needle piercing through its head. The doll itself also has a small, diagonal tear in its abdomen, through which nothing but intense darkness is seen.
===Background===
Vuu has been brought to life through a ritual in which Life Energy is concentrated into a sewing needle and pushed through the head of a common Substitute Doll, causing it to become animated. This ritual was performed in the past by hex maniacs to create mindless servants, but nowadays is performed mostly by teenaged girls, often on a dare or sometimes out of boredom. Many of these Vuu are subsequently abandoned due to their creepy appearance and behaviors. A Vuu will always perform what its trainer says to the letter, but does not otherwise act on its own accord. 
An unsupervised or abandoned Vuu will wander about seemingly aimlessly, and will stuff anything that can fit into the tear in its abdomen (including sufficiently small Pokemon). Some Pokemon experts and hex maniacs theorize that Vuu does this in an attempt to fill the impenetrable dark void that somehow forms inside of its body cavity. Nothing that has been consumed by a Vuu in such a way has ever been recovered. Because of this, all stray Vuu that are found are destroyed if they cannot be given away to a willing trainer relatively quickly.
Vuu do not emote at all. The Life Force of a Vuu is concentrated in the needle piercing its head, so removing it will cause the Substitute Doll to stop moving and the void inside of it to disappear. The needle can be reinserted, however, and Vuu will quickly reanimate.
===Pokedex Entries===
Azure Horizons - All VUU are created in a magical ritual in which a knitting needle brimming with Life Energy is inserted into a Substitute Doll. The resulting Pokemon is usually abandoned afterwards, due to its creepy appearance and behavior.
Crimson Horizons - When not under close supervision, a VUU will wander around, inserting anything that can fit into the tear in its tummy. Many people think that it does this in an attempt to fill an infinite dark void inside of it.
===Etymology===
Vuu is derived from the word voodoo.
===Inspiration===
Vuu was inspired by voodoo dolls, zombies, and the concept of infinite voids. Vuu's walking animation comes from the gait often portrayed by zombies in popular media. Vuu was also inspired by the design of Substitute Dolls often found in the Pokemon games, as well as Norowara, a scrapped Pokemon design that never made it out of beta stages of Pokemon Gold & Silver, but did make it into a public demo of those games at the Space World '97 expo.
===Trivia===
* Vuu was designed with two purposes in mind: To create a Pokemon line directly incorporating the Substitute Doll into its design, and to create a multi-stage evolutionary line for the Null Type, a new Type created for Pokemon Azure Horizons & Crimson Horizons and has no strengths, weaknesses, or immunities.
* All members of the the Vuu evolutionary line are genderless, and cannot breed in any way.
* Vuu does not physically react in any way to petting, feeding, hitting, or scolding in the VirtuaCare Program, although Vuu will still consume PokeBeans. It, along with its evolution Zumvu, also cannot gain or lose Happiness Points in any way, defaulting to 0 when first captured.
* Vuu, along with its evolution Zumvu, are the only Pokemon to have the Empty Nature, which does not affect stats at all. This is the only Nature Vuu and Zumvu can have.
* Vuu, along with its evolution Zumvu, are the only Pokemon whose Contest Condition stats are 0 for all five categories and cannot be increased in any way. Despite this, it will still consume Poffins.
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