Shuckle (Pokémon)

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Shuckle (Japanese: ツボツボ Tsubotsubo) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Shuckle is a slender with a yellow body that appears to be soft. Until they are in use, Shuckle's limbs appear limp. It is encased in a very hard red shell that has many holes in it. The holes in its shell are rimmed with white.
Rather than actively hunting and foraging for food like most other , it collects and stores them in its shell. The Berries inside are liquefied and fermented while they decompose by Shuckle's digestive juices, which it then consumes. Its digestive juices are also used to dissolve rocks so Shuckle can hide under them. It can be found in the .
Shuckle shell.png|Shuckle in its shell
Shuckle juice HZ.png|Juice coming out from its shell
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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====In events====
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=====Wild Area News=====
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Shuckle is available in and .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Shuckle (HeartGold & SoulSilver 11)
 	Janine's Shuckle (VS 67)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
In A Better Pill to Swallow, an old man was harvesting the Berry Juice that multiple Shuckle make to create medicine. One that he befriended was a Shuckle whose Berry Juice attracted Pokémon to anyone who drank it. Because of this, made it their mission to steal it.
In Sleight of Sand!, Butch owns a Shuckle that joined his and Cassidy's motto. It was then used in a against James's Carnivine. In the midst of their battle, Shuckle was taken out by Ash's Pikachu and a .
In Double-Time Battle Training!, 's Shuckle battled Zoey's Glameow during the finals of the . It lost to its and despite being seemingly powerful.
In Working on a Right Move!, Conway used a Shuckle during his Lily of the Valley Conference match against . Shuckle proved difficult for and to beat, but it was eventually defeated after mastered .
A Shuckle first appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two), onboard the Brave Olivine, as part of the Rising Volt Tacklers crew. Its main job is to store and turn them into juice.
====Minor appearances====
Shuckle debuted in Pikachu & Pichu as a resident of Big Town.
A 's Shuckle appeared in Deceit and Assist.
A Shuckle appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Shuckle appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.
In Dressed for Jess Success!, a Coordinator's Shuckle competed in the Battle Stage of the .
In DPS01, a Shuckle was outside Professor Rowan's lab.
In Meeting at Terminus Cave!, a Shuckle was living in Terminus Cave.
A 's Shuckle appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!.
In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Shuckle was at a marketplace. It was then captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.
A Trainer's Shuckle appeared in Pride of a Champion!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A Shuckle appeared in The Gathering of Stars, under the ownership of Gordie.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Shuckle first appeared with Kurt. It helps the Poké Ball craftsman make his special Poké Balls in Teddiursa's Picnic.
A Shuckle was seen as one of the Pokémon and sent to via the Portable Transfer System in Off Course with Corsola.
A Shuckle appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Shuckle appeared in A Beastly Cold Reception, under the control of Orm. It was seen during his battles against , which he won with ease; and Oak's grandson , which he eventually lost.
A Shuckle was seen under Lucy's command in Moving Past Milotic. She showed off her fair deftness by badly poisoning 's , as well as taking a number of attacks, before being washed out by a . She hasn't used her since.
A Shuckle appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
A Trainer's Shuckle appeared in The Final Battle.
A Shuckle appeared in Pinsir Changes.
A Shuckle appeared in a flashback in Charizard Transforms.
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
Lucy owns a Shuckle, which she used to battle Enta's Vulpix in The Predestined Battle!.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A 's Shuckle appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Shuckle appeared in GDZ61.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Shuckle's stats have the greatest of all Pokémon, with 103.21, meaning they're the most uneven out of all Pokémon. Due to this extreme distribution, it is either the best or in the bottom four of every base stat:
** Shuckle has the lowest base HP stat of all Pokémon, with only three other Pokémon, , and , having lower base HP.
** Shuckle has the lowest base stat of all and Pokémon, with two other Pokémon, and , tied for a lower base Attack.
** Shuckle has the highest base and stats of all obtainable Pokémon.
***Its Defense ties with Mega and Mega , but also ties with its Special Defense, which dwarfs the Special Defenses of Mega Steelix and Mega Aggron, granting it the highest average defense stats of all obtainable Pokémon.
***Eternamax has a Defense and Special Defense each at 250, but is not legitimately obtainable.
** Shuckle has the lowest base stat of all Pokémon, tied with , , and .
** Shuckle has the lowest base stat of all Pokémon, tied with and .
** By using , Shuckle can temporarily reach a base stat of 230, which would be the highest of all Pokémon.
* Despite being weak to moves and being unable to use the move , it appears in the sea in Pal Park.
* In Generation II, the first Shuckle holding a in the player's party has a 1/16 chance to turn it into a Berry Juice after each battle.
* According to , Shuckle was designed by Shigeki Morimoto.
* In Generation II, Shuckle can learn via , but not via TM.
===Origin===
Shuckle seems to be based on an , an organism that lives inside porous rocks or animal shells. Given its category, the Mold Pokémon, Shuckle may be based on a fungus or mold variety of endolith. Its category could also allude to fungi such as , which bears a strong resemblance to Shuckle, or fungi-like .
Given its typing, Shuckle may also draw inspiration from s—small, shelled parasites that produce a sweet fluid called that attracts other insects. In particular, it may be based on the , with characteristics of actual s. This species is part of the family, also known as "tortoise scales", which may explain Shuckle's resemblance to a or a . It could also be seen as a reference to the , with its type alluding to the pottery used to store and ferment aliments in some cultures, and its Pokémon category referring to some fungi used in .
Shuckle may also have been based on certain varieties of , as it shares some characteristics with them, including the shell, the muscular but limp-seeming feet, the use of acids to receive food or to break down obstacles, the liking for fermented foods, and living close to the water. Its worm-like aspect may also take inspiration from a . As implied by its association with berries, Pokédex entries along with it being used by Pike Queen Lucy (a serpentine based Pokémon specialist), Shuckle may be inspired by .
====Name origin====
Shuckle may be a combination of shuck (husk) and barnacle or turtle.
Tsubotsubo may be derived from 壺 tsubo (jar) and 富士壺 fujitsubo ().
==In other languages==
==External links==
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