Smeargle (Pokémon)

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Smeargle (Japanese: ドーブル Doble) is a introduced in Generation II.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Smeargle is best known for its signature move , which permanently copies the last move used by the opponent (with a few exceptions), thus allowing Smeargle to learn almost any move.
==Biology==
Smeargle is a bipedal, -like with white and brown fur. It has a long tail with an end resembling a paintbrush. This paintbrush oozes with paint, and the color of the paint may vary for each Smeargle, as well as change in hue corresponding to its emotions. Smeargle has a footprint on its back that is typically the same color as the paint on the tip of its tail, though Smeargle can have separate back and tail colors in . The mark is placed on Smeargle's back as a sign of adulthood. Smeargle also has a round structure on its head with a point that resembles a . It has floppy, brown ears and a brown collar on its neck. The rings encircling Smeargle's eyes are also brown, as are Smeargle's eyelids. Its arms have two brown bands, and its legs have only one. Each of its limbs has three digits.
Smeargle's in-game appearances in as well as Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness all depict it with red paint on its back and tail while its coloration is depicted with green; the inverse is true in the Generation III core series games and in every game from Generation IV onwards. Pokémon Stadium 2 and the Pokémon the Series episode The Art of Pokémon both depict Smeargle that have blue back and tail colors, with the animated series episode also depicting Smeargle that have yellow back and tail colors. Its Shiny coloration in Stadium 2 can also be seen with teal, orange, or indigo paint on its back and tail.
Smeargle uses its paint to mark its territory. There are over 5,000 known different marks that Smeargle uses. Each Smeargle's tail is predetermined by the mysterious fluid secreted at the tip of the tail. There are Smeargle fanatics who will pay big money to own one. It can also use its signature move, , to copy moves from other Pokémon. Smeargle is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Sketch. Smeargle is often found in filled with graffiti.
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: After rescuing Smeargle from Howling Forest, it will join the team and change the rescue base's flag on request.
* Pokémon Channel: A Smeargle appears in a television program called Smeargle's Art Study. He will rate the painting hanging on the player's bedroom wall, namely a picture the player made.
* Pokémon Black 2 and White 2: A unique Smeargle with a bowtie appears as the opposing side's Pokémon in the Love and Battles series.
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Smeargle is available in Version 3.0.0+.
Smeargle can learn practically any set of moves due to , which permanently copies any move. However, Sketch cannot be used to learn Sketch, , , or .
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===Side game data===
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* In , Smeargle only spawns after photobombing a Pokémon while taking its picture with the AR Camera.
** Outside of special events, there is a 10% chance of a Smeargle photobomb for each session with the AR Camera, up to one photobomb per day. 
* Smeargle will know the same moves as the Pokémon it photobombed, if possible. 
** If the Pokémon knows two Charged Attacks, Smeargle will learn the one in the first slot. 
** If that Pokémon knows a move Smeargle cannot learn, Smeargle will have a random move instead.
* Smeargle cannot learn a second Charged Attack, even if the photobombed Pokémon has one.
* Smeargle cannot use a TM or an Elite TM to change its moves. 
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
====Other sprites====
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==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Smeargle debuted in Pikachu & Pichu, where one was part of the Pichu Brothers' Pichu Posse. It also appeared in episodes of Pokémon Chronicles.
Three Smeargle made their animated series debut in The Art of Pokémon, under the ownership of Jack Pollockson. These Smeargle were vandalizing the town of Whitestone in an effort to spread Pollockson's art, and became targeted by .
In Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!, a Smeargle costars with its Trainer Laki on the television series Alolan Detective Laki. It made further appearances in .
In Smashing with Sketch!, Ilima's Smeargle competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament and eventually won.
A Smeargle appeared in The Power of Us, under the ownership of Toren.
====Minor appearances====
In All Things Bright and Beautifly!, a 's Smeargle competed in the .
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Smeargle to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
A Smeargle appeared in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.
In Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!, a Smeargle was working in a nail salon.
A Smeargle appeared in Giratina & The Sky Warrior, under the ownership of Sylvan.
A Smeargle appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Smeargle appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
A Smeargle appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!.
A Smeargle appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
A Smeargle appeared in Awakening the Sleeping Giant.
A Smeargle appeared in Mega Evolution Special I.
A Smeargle appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name!.
Two Smeargle appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!.
A Smeargle appeared in The Cave of Trials!.
A Smeargle appeared in Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.
A 's Smeargle appeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.
In Party Dancecapades!, a 's Smeargle attended Monsieur Pierre's dance party.
In Master Class Choices!, a Performer's Smeargle competed in the . In Master Class is in Session! and Performing a Pathway to the Future!, it competed in the Showcase.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A League of His Own!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Till We Compete Again!.
Two Trainers' Smeargle appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
Two Trainers' Smeargle appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
Four Trainers' Smeargle appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!. It reappeared in a flashback in A Masked Warning!.
In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Smeargle joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Smeargle watched the s during the Manalo Conference. Another Trainer's Smeargle was waiting in line for 's food truck.
A Smeargle appeared in a fantasy in The Final Four!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Sword and Shield: Slumbering Weald!.
Two Smeargle appeared in Quaxly, We Can Do It, under the ownership of two Trainers.
A Smeargle appeared in Sparkle! The Glow of Flame and Art.
A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!.
====Pokédex entries====
===GOTCHA!===
A Smeargle briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Ilima.
===POKÉTOON===
A Smeargle appeared in PT12.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Two Smeargle appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles.
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
Smeargle appeared in PW30.
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
A Smeargle appeared in Clefairy's Blue Period.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Murkrow Row, a Smeargle was in Joey's bag after helped him get it back.
Prior to Smeargle Smudge, Whitney gave her Smeargle, nicknamed Smea-Smea, to DJ Mary. It painted on Gold's face while he was asleep and battled his Pokémon before running back to DJ Mary at the Goldenrod Radio Tower, where Gold eventually found it. Prior to Out-Odding Oddish, Smea-Smea was returned to Whitney.
In The Last Battle XIII, a Smeargle was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
In A Sketchy Smattering of Smeargle, multiple Smeargle were found in Artisan Cave.
Starting in A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up II, Noland has three Smeargle he caught in the Artisan Cave because they had copied 's . He decided to use it to search for Jirachi.
A Smeargle appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of an .
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Smeargle appeared in Tyrogue the Artist!!.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
A Smeargle appeared in I Won't Let You Lead!!, Rare Pokémon!!, and Clefairy Becomes A Work Of Art!.
 owns a Smeargle in Annual Big Cleaning Operation!!.
A Smeargle appeared in Clefairy Becomes A Work Of Art!.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
=== Pokémon Channel ===
A Smeargle appears in its own channel known as Smeargle's Art Study, where it rates a picture that hangs on the player's wall.
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Smeargle appears as a .
==Trivia==
* Due to its signature move , Smeargle can legitimately know almost any move, giving it a number of distinctions:
** Smeargle can pass down any Egg Move combination to any in the . This was important in Generations II to V, when only the father could pass down Egg Moves.
** -evaluating NPCs cannot identify the type of Smeargle's Hidden Power even if Smeargle possesses the move, due to being unable to use the TM for it.
** Prior to Generation IX, Smeargle was able to sketch and , but the moves would always fail when used by Pokémon other than and , respectively (starting in ).
* Smeargle is the only Pokémon capable of learning the same move by leveling up more than four times—some Pokémon have the same move available at level 1 as well as by leveling up, while Smeargle has the same move available ten times as it levels up.
* In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team mission "Smeargle's Desperate Plea", even though the Smeargle refuses to have a paw painted onto its back, the paw print is nonetheless present on its sprite.
* In Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, the paint on Smeargle's back and tail is red in its normal coloration and green in its shiny coloration, which how it was depicted in the Generation II core series games despite the inverse being the case in the Generation III core series games at the time of their release.
* In Pokémon Stadium 2, Smeargle can have either red, green or blue back and tail paint colors and its Shiny coloration can have either teal, indigo or orange back and tail paint colors respectively, determined by a combination of its Speed, Defense, Special and Attack DVs.Stadium's Color Changing Pokémon - Blue Moon Falls
** Uniquely, Pokémon Stadium 2 is the only game in which Smeargle is depicted with additional paint colors that aren't tied to its Shiny coloration. It is also the only instance of the paint on Smeargle's back and tail being shown as two separate colors.
* Because it's only ever capable of learning Sketch by level up, and being unable to learn any TM or HM move, Smeargle has both the smallest and the largest move pool out of any Pokémon.
===Origin===
Smeargle appears to be based on a and a . Its tail is used as a , its head looks like it is wearing a , a hat often associated with painters, and it has a stamped on its back which is a form of art.
====Name origin====
Smeargle may be a combination of smear and beagle.
Doble may be a combination of dog, daub, and doodle. It may also be derived from doble (Spanish for double), possibly referring to Smeargle's ability to copy moves.
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
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