Chatot (Pokémon)

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Chatot (Japanese: ペラップ Perap) is a dual-type introduced in Generation IV.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Chatot is an avian similar to a parakeet. Its head is black and resembles an , while its black tail resembles a . Its plumage is brightly colored with blue wings, a yellow chest and feet, a green stomach, and a pink, hooked beak and eyelids. Additionally, there is a ruff of white feathers around its neck.
This Pokémon's tongue is similar to a human's, allowing it to imitate human speech. Chatot is also able to mimic the cries of other Pokémon and uses this ability as a defense mechanism. Chatot uses the sounds it has learned and arranges them into its own melody, and flicks its tail to keep a rhythm. Chatot are even capable of understanding the meaning of the words they mimic, the older and more experienced they become. It is diurnal, and lives along bodies of water.
Chatot is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : is 's assistant in the Wigglytuff Guild.
* PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure: Chatot is the Guide, guiding around PokéPark while providing advice and tutorials.
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Chatot is available in and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Chatot (Diamond & Pearl 74)
 	Phantom's Chatot (Movie VS Pack 11)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
====Other sprites====
 	
Bebop in	Tweety in
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, the Phantom kept a Chatot nicknamed Casey as his pet rather than as a battling Pokémon. Casey later abandoned him and sided with Jack Walker.
Chatot made its animated series debut in Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight, under the ownership of . It had a habit of flying away from Ada and traveling to a local hospital to entertain the children there. It was always seen outside its Poké Ball.
In Pikachu's Island Adventure, a Chatot, , and assisted and his cronies in claiming an island and kicking out its current residents. As a result, Pikachu and his friends agreed to help the original resident Pokémon reclaim the island.
In All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!, a Chatot was the previous year's champion of the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest. It was revealed to have won that competition by singing like a and a .
In Stealing the Conversation!, a Chatot nicknamed Buddy was a partner of an Officer Jenny. It was kidnapped by .
====Minor appearances====
Chatot debuted in Pikachu's Ocean Adventure.
Multiple Chatot appeared in Following a Maiden's Voyage!.
In Staging a Heroes' Welcome!, a 's Chatot competed in the Performance Stage of the Wallace Cup.
A Chatot appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Chatot appeared in Going for the Gold!, under the ownership of an old man.
A Chatot appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
In Bright Lights, Big Changes!, a Chatot was featured in a televised episode of Alolan Detective Laki. It had been selected by George Charino to join Laki's team as a new partner for the show, as part of a change of format.
In The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, Team Rocket encountered a Chatot while being trapped inside a . It managed to escape with them.
Three Chatot appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One).
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon episodes===
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, a Chatot was 's assistant at Wigglytuff's Guild. He was one of the two Pokémon (the other being ) who kicked Team Razor Wind out of their guild.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Chatot appeared in PMDP01.
A Chatot appeared in PMDP08.
A Chatot appeared in PMDP17.
===Pokémon Adventures===
 owns a Chatot nicknamed Chatler, who often smacks 's on the head. He, like a parrot, is able to perfectly mimic human speech, which he makes a habit of, although he cannot understand what he is repeating. He first appeared in Stagestruck Starly.
In Choir Tournament, multiple Chatot were at the Autumn Choir Tournament.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team===
Chatot first appeared in BET1.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Prior to Generation VI, Chatot was the only whose cry is not altered when it faints or is sent out with a status condition.
* Despite having significantly higher and stats, Chatot awards EV points in .
* In Generation IV, a person in Eterna City will trade a Chatot in return for a , and the Chatot's nickname is Charap, a mixture of its English and Japanese names. If this Pokémon was obtained in an English-language version of , it is erroneously listed as Japanese (which can be seen in any game starting with , ).
* Chatot is the only Pokémon that is not or to be banned from Generation V's Global Battle Union. This is likely due to Chatot's signature move and its ability to play pre-recorded audio, which can be abused to play vulgar words and phrases. This vulnerability is also presumably the reason for the move's ability to play pre-recorded audio being removed starting with Generation VI.
===Origin===
Chatot appears to be based on a , specifically a , a species of small parrot. It also resembles a , with the head crest of some and species. Its head looks like an , and its tail resembles a what may allude to the musical nature of birds, especially parrots that are able to imitate human speech. Additionally, its white neck feathers resemble a collar.
====Name origin====
Chatot may be a combination of and .
Perap may be a combination of ぺらぺら perapera (fluently; chatty), , and .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Chatot (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)
* Chatler
==External links==
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