Applin (Pokémon)

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Applin (Japanese: カジッチュ Kajicchu) is a dual-type introduced in Generation VIII.
It evolves into when exposed to a Tart Apple, when exposed to a Sweet Apple, or when exposed to a Syrupy Apple. Dipplin evolves into when leveled up while knowing .
==Biology==
Applin is a small, worm-like with a light green body and a dark green underside. Its head is round with two pink nostrils. Above its head are two large leaf-like eyestalks which house its two small black eyes. These eyestalks give the apple it lives in the appearance of having a stem with leaves. Applin also has two thin hairs on the tip of its tail, as well as two stubby forelimbs which are usually hidden inside its apple.
Applin is both the lightest and shortest Pokémon, and also one of the shortest Pokémon. As soon as it is born, it burrows into an apple that looks like a Leppa Berry, which serves as a home, food source, and protection against preying bird Pokémon. The apple is prevented from rotting thanks to Applin's body fluid, which also strengthens the fruit's rind. If Applin runs out of apples to eat or if it is separated from its apple, its body will lose moisture, and it will become dehydrated and weak.World Pokémon Ecological Society: "When [Applin] runs [out] of... apple[s], it becomes dehydrated. That makes it weak, doesn't it?" (Video archive) Since Applin hides inside an apple, it is sometimes mistaken by the frugivorous for food. In Galar, it is a custom to give an Applin as a romantic gesture. The flavor of the apple Applin lives in determines its Evolution, the apples can be exceptionally tart, sweet, or syrupy.
Applin, , and are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
File:Applin body NPSnap.jpg|Applin's body seen in New Pokémon Snap
File:ApplinDisguise.png|Applin disguising as apples in Kitakami
===Evolution===
Applin evolves into , , or .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
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===Learnset===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
====Minor appearances====
Applin debuted in A One-Stick Wonder!, where Goh attempted to catch one during a flashback, only for to scare it away.
An Applin appeared in a bowl of berries in Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, living in the ancient castle.
Three Applin appeared in Wattrel's High Wind Warning!.
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
In The Gathering of Stars, an Applin was at the Isle of Armor.
===Detective Pikachu & the Mystery of the Missing Flan===
An Applin appeared in Tim Goodman's fridge after he mistook it for an apple while shopping for groceries. It was revealed as the culprit of the titular case, having eaten Tim's flan.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Applin debuted in Rumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day, being one of many Pokémon to suddenly Dynamax due to the Darkest Day.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Applin is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII to have a branched Evolution.
** Furthermore, Applin is the first Pokémon since in Generation II to have a branched Evolution path with more than two possible different species it can evolve into.
** Applin's evolutionary line (2 branches of a two-stage evolutionary line and 1 branch of a three-stage evolutionary line) is unique. It and are the only Pokémon with a different number of Evolution stages in each branch of a branched evolutionary line (regular does not evolve while Mr. Mime does).
* Applin and its evolved forms:
** are the only Pokémon that are in both the and Egg Groups.
** require only 600,000 experience points to reach level 100, the lowest among Generation VIII Pokémon, and the lowest among Pokémon along with .
* Applin has the lowest base stat of all Dragon-type Pokémon.
* In Generation IX, Applin is the only Dragon-type Pokémon to not learn .
===Origin===
Applin appears to be based on the popular image of a worm burrowing into an ; perhaps specifically the e of various moths, such as the larvae (also known as the inchworm) and the larvae, who burrow into apples and feed on their cores, inhibiting growth and ripening them earlier. It may also be based on the , which has two forelimbs and closely resembles an earthworm, but is actually a type of reptile related to snakes known as an .
Its Dragon typing, combined with its worm-like appearance, may be a pun on the , a type of dragon. It may also reference specific dragons in various mythologies, such as the (a serpentine dragon often depicted with only two forelimbs), (a dragon from that guarded the s in the ), or the who persuaded Eve to eat the of the , which is often depicted as an apple.
====Name origin====
Applin may be a combination of apple and in.
Kajicchu may be a combination of 齧る kajiru (to gnaw), 果実 kajitsu (fruit), and 虫 chū (bug; worm).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve using Tart Apple
Category:Pokémon that evolve using Sweet Apple
Category:Pokémon that evolve using Syrupy Apple
Category:Pokémon with cross-generational Evolutions
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