Spoink (Pokémon)

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Spoink (Japanese: バネブー Baneboo) is a introduced in Generation III.
It evolves into starting at level 32.
==Biology==
Spoink is a gray, pig-like . It has dark, circular eyes, a large gray nose, and small ears. It has stubby arms and possesses no hind legs. Motion is achieved by bouncing on its spring-like tail. The bouncing has a vital function, in that it keeps its heart beating. Even while it is sleeping, it continues to bounce. It wears a pearl produced by on top of its head, which amplifies its psychic powers. Spoink will be weakened without a pearl, and always searches for bigger pearls. In the episode Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend, it was shown to easily mistake other round objects as its pearl. It lives in It likes to eat mushrooms that grow underground.
In Generation III, was its signature move, but other Pokémon could still inherit it via .
===Evolution===
Spoink evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Spoink takes the role of the spring used to launch the .
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Spoink lost its pearl early in the games and the is sent by to retrieve it from Drenched Bluff. Later on, it can appear in Treasure Town.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Spoink (recurring)=====
Spoink debuted in Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend. and first encountered it without its while having breakfast. After scanning his Pokédex, Ash learned that Spoink become tired without their pearls, so he and his friends agreed to help find its pearl. The group soon recovered the pearl, but Spoink lost it again after a confrontation with .
Spoink reappeared in Clamperl of Wisdom. Ash and his friends were sailing to Maisie Island when they spotted Spoink out at sea. A rogue wave knocked Spoink into the ocean, but the group was able to use a life preserver ring to save it. While it was bouncing around on deck, Spoink tripped and lost its pearl out at sea. Despite the efforts of and the group's Pokémon, they were unable to recover the pearl.
The group later met Isaiah, a researcher who specializes in . Team Rocket attempted to steal Isaiah's rare blue pearl, but Spoink ended up with the item. Spoink went on to befriend a Clamperl and exchanged the blue pearl for Clamperl's pink pearl. Ash, his friends, and Spoink went on to defeat Team Rocket after they stole Clamperl and the blue pearl. Spoink then started to meditate and was able to recover Isaiah's blue pearl in exchange for its pink pearl. However, the kind act left Spoink without a pearl. Realizing the situation, Clamperl gave Spoink the pink pearl as thanks.
Its known moves are , , and .
=====Other=====
Multiple Spoink appeared in An Oasis of Hope!, including one that helped Ash and his friends save its own friends from a bully .
====Minor appearances====
In One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, Ash used a Spoink provided by the Pokémon Summer Academy for the first leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.
In A Marathon Rivalry!, a Trainer's Spoink competed in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.
Multiple Spoink appeared in Beyond the Rainbow!.
Two Spoink appeared in Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!. One was under the ownership of a , while the other was owned by a .
A 's Spoink appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
A Spoink appeared in A Squad's Worth of Passion!. It got trapped by a fire before being rescued by the Squirtle Squad.
A Vendor's Spoink appeared in The Door That Never Opens.
A Spoink appeared in Mission: Find Oinkologne's Partner!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Cavern, a Spoink was fleeing from a storm that a Primal was creating.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Spoink appeared in PMDP09.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Tate and Liza each own a Spoink, both of whom first appeared in With a Spoink in Your Step I. They were used to train and on in a Tag Battle.
The rented a Spoink, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.
A 's Spoink appeared in The Final Dimensional Duel II.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
A Spoink appeared in Return to Hareta's Home Forest!.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Spoink appeared in The Greatest Invention?!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Despite Pokédex entries saying that Spoink would die if it stopped bouncing, it is shown not bouncing on many occasions in the .
* Pokédex entries state that Spoink's pearl comes from a . Despite this, a Spoink's pearl is gray, while a Shiny Clamperl's pearl is gold.
* In , Spoink is programmed to learn through breeding, but no Pokémon in those games can learn Simple Beam, making the move unobtainable until Pokémon HOME was updated. It shares this trait with .
===Origin===
Spoink appears to be based on a piglet. It may also be based on the Biblical phrase from . The pearls were supposed to represent wisdom given to an audience who would not appreciate the teachings. Spoink and Grumpig appear to instead use those pearls of wisdom to enhance their psychic powers what makes them similar to s used for divination. Having a spring instead of legs may be a reference to a and to the fact that tails of pigs are curled. Its affinity for underground mushrooms, as noted by its Pokédex entry, is characteristic of a .
====Name origin====
Spoink may be a combination of and oink (grunting sound of a pig).
Baneboo may be a combination of 発条 bane (spring) and ブーブー būbū (onomatopoeia for oinking).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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