Pineco (Pokémon)

|}
Pineco (Japanese: クヌギダマ Kunugidama) is a introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into starting at level 31.
==Biology==
Pineco is an encased in a blue-green, pine cone-like shell that protects it from bird Pokémon. It has red eyes and no visible limbs, along with a single spike on top of its head, which is supposedly its stem. It makes its shell thicker by gluing tree bark to its body. The glue is made of fluid that Pineco spits out, which hardens when it is exposed to air. Pineco's shell becomes bigger and thicker as more tree bark is accumulated; older Pineco are very large in size.
Unbothered by the added weight of its shell, Pineco patiently hangs from a tree branch in , waiting to prey on flying insects. In Alola, its favorite prey is . Typically immobile, it will drop to the ground and explode if someone shakes its tree while it is eating.
===Evolution===
Pineco evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC Appearances===
*Pokémon Stadium 2: Pineco appears in the Mini-game Eager . Pineco will sometimes be revealed as the contents of the crate and if any players go after it, they will get hit with an and be unable to move in the next round.
===Pokédex entries===
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
 	
Pineco in the	Pineco in the
===Game locations===
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
====In side games====
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
|}
====In events====
|}
===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Pineco (Undaunted 63)
===Side game data===
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|}
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Brock's Pineco====
Pineco debuted in Going Apricorn!, thus also marking the species' debut. encountered and it with a Fast Ball. It later evolved into a in Entei at Your Own Risk.
====Other====
In Bucking the Treasure Trend!, multiple Pineco attacked , , and Buck as they searched for Dandelion Island's treasure.
Two Pineco appeared in Time After Time!. Goh , while the other appeared in a flashback. Goh's Pineco has since made further appearances in .
===Minor appearances===
Multiple Pineco appeared in Going Apricorn! alongside Brock's.
In Tricks of the Trade, a Pineco was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In The Bug Stops Here, five Pineco were in the Bug-Catching Contest.
In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured a Pineco evolving into a Forretress.
In Battle Royal 151!, a 's Pineco competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.
A Trainer's Pineco appeared in Take My Thief! Please!.
Five Pineco appeared in The Flower Tower. One of them was accidentally knocked off a tree by Roy and exploded. Another Pineco exploding knocked Terapagos on its back.
A Pineco appeared in HZ070.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Ranger: The Comic – Shadows of Almia===
A Pineco appeared in PRV1.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Pineco debuted in Murkrow Row, where it was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after helped him get it back.
A Pineco appeared in Forretress of Solitude, under the ownership of the Pokémon Association. fights two in his aptitude test to be the Gym Leader of Viridian City.
A Pineco was mentioned as one of the Pokémon and sent to via the Portable Transfer System in Off Course with Corsola. She remarked that it was a .
A Pineco appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Pineco appeared in A Promise Given to Miltank.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Pineco appeared in GDZ65.
A Pineco appeared in GDZ72 as a background image.
A Pineco appeared in GDZ75, under the ownership of Hideki.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Pineco appeared in PNA2, under the ownership of Yoshimoto.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Pineco appeared in Return light to Bellossom!!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Pineco and its evolved form share their with and . They are all known as the Bagworm Pokémon.
* Pineco could always learn Swift as an Egg Move, but oddly could not learn it via TM or Move Tutor until Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
===Origin===
Pineco may be based on a , whose cases—or "bags"—may superficially resemble s. Its primary means of locomotion is hopping, which is similar to the , a nut pod which appears to jump because it contains a writhing bug larva. Its appearance and ability to explode also give it the resemblance of a . In addition to its possible relation to weaponry, its ability to learn may be a reference to s—especially as this is the move's Japanese name.
====Name origin====
Pineco may be derived from pine cone. 
Kunugidama may be a combination of 椚木 kunugi () and 玉 tama (ball).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Brock's Pineco
* Weaponry in the Pokémon world
==External links==
|}
Category:Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon XD
de:Tannza
es:Pineco
fr:Pomdepik
it:Pineco
ja:クヌギダマ
zh:榛果球