Burmy (Pokémon)

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Burmy (Japanese: ミノムッチ Minomucchi) is a introduced in Generation IV.
It evolves into either or starting at level 20 depending on its gender; female Burmy evolve into Wormadam, whereas male Burmy evolve into Mothim.
Burmy has three forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak. It changes its cloak based on the environment of its last battle. In the case of female Burmy, its form determines the form of Wormadam it evolves into, which is permanent. The specifics of how an environment affects Burmy's cloak vary between games. The cloak only affects the form of it evolves into, otherwise having no effect on gameplay.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Form data for these details.)
==Biology==
Burmy is a small, larval with a black segmented body and a coiled antenna on top of its head. It has a beak-like mouth and yellow eyes. Burmy has six stubby legs: the first two pairs are black, while the back pair is yellow. There are also two white spots on its cheeks. However, Burmy's legs and cheek spots are only visible on a Burmy without a cloak.
As seen in the episode Some Enchanted Sweetening! it can uncoil the antenna on its head and wrap it around its opponent. is a natural predator of Burmy.
Cheryl Burmy appendage.png|Burmy uncoiling its appendage in the 
0412Burmy-No Cloak.png|Burmy without its cloak
===Forms===
Burmy has three forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak.
Burmy is normally covered by a cloak, with three known variants that consist of either twigs and leaves, sand and mud bound by its own silk, or dust and garbage resembling pink building insulation. It will not hesitate to collect nearby materials to construct a new cloak if the old one breaks or falls off. Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak. The cloak protects it from the cold and will become thinner when the weather is hot. 
		
		
===Evolution===
Burmy, if female, evolves into and, if male, evolves into . When evolving into Wormadam, its form determines the form of Wormadam it evolves into, which is permanent.
Plant Cloak
Sandy Cloak
Trash Cloak
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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Burmy will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:
:XR2Y #==@ JYX%
:3@2F Q8FQ R@M#
:Objective: Prospect with Burmy on floor 13 of Marine Resort.
===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
=====Plant Cloak=====
=====Sandy Cloak=====
=====Trash Cloak=====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Burmy is available in and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Burmy (Majestic Dawn 54)
===Side game data===
====Plant Cloak====
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====Sandy Cloak====
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====Trash Cloak====
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===Form data===
Burmy has three separate forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak. Burmy can change forms freely, changing its cloak depending on the environment in which it last participated in a battle (so Exp. Share alone will not change its form). When a Burmy evolves into , it retains its cloak.
Apart from and evolution, Burmy's cloak is purely cosmetic. Bred Burmy will have the same cloak as the mother, will be in the same cloak as a Burmy or Wormadam bred with , or will be in Plant Cloak if bred from a and a Ditto.
If a Burmy last battled outside or in tall grass, it changes into its Plant Cloak. In , it will change into this form in Jubilife Village and the Obsidian Fieldlands. If female, Plant Cloak Burmy will evolve into Plant Cloak Wormadam, which is a Pokémon. This cloak is composed of leaves and twigs.
If a Burmy last battled in a cave or on a beach, it changes into its Sandy Cloak. In Generation IV, it will also change into this form after battling in an area with a snow storm. In , Burmy will change into this form after battling inside the Bell Tower, the Burned Tower, or Sprout Tower, due to the towers all being internally classified as caves. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it will change into this form in the Crimson Mirelands or the Coronet Highlands. If female, Sandy Cloak Burmy will evolve into Sandy Cloak Wormadam, which is a Pokémon. This cloak is composed of sand and rocks.
If a Burmy last battled in a building, it changes into its Trash Cloak. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it will change into this form in the Cobalt Coastlands and the Alabaster Icelands. If female, Trash Cloak Burmy will evolve into Trash Cloak Wormadam, which is a Pokémon. This cloak is composed of pink .
===Evolution data===
====Plant Cloak====
====Sandy Cloak====
====Trash Cloak====
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Cheryl's Burmy====
In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, Cheryl a male Burmy after he was lured to the Honey she put on a tree. After participating in s with , Burmy evolved into a Mothim.
===Minor appearances===
Burmy debuted in Two Degrees of Separation!, where tried and failed to catch it.
A Burmy appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.
Multiple Burmy appeared in The Rise of Darkrai. One particular Plant Cloak Burmy surprised in the garden in Alamos Town by abruptly dropping in front of his face.
Multiple Burmy appeared in a flashback in A Trainer and Child Reunion!.
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!.
Two Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!.
In Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, a Plant Cloak Burmy was part of Kricketina Kylie's Bug-type Pokémon collection, as shown in her Rotom Phone.
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in Nightfall? Nightmares!.
File:Burmy no cloak.png|Burmy without cloak in Some Enchanted Sweetening!
Burmy Plant Cloak anime.png| Burmy in Oak's lecture
Burmy Sandy Cloak anime.png| Burmy in Oak's lecture
Burmy Trash Cloak anime.png| Burmy in Oak's lecture
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Burmy appeared in PMDP08.
===Pokémon Adventures===
's intended bodyguard Paka is seen using a Burmy alongside Uji's , fending off an attack from an and belonging to Team Galactic. It first appeared in Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra I.
Paka Burmy Sandy Cloak.png|Sandy Cloak Burmy in Pokémon Adventures
Paka Burmy Trash Cloak.png|Trash Cloak Burmy in Pokémon Adventures
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Burmy and share their with and . They are all known as the Bagworm Pokémon.
* Burmy is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 224.
* Although Burmy has been confirmed to have feet, it does not have a footprint.
* Except for recurring end segments such as Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia, Burmy has never been seen in the wearing either the Sandy or Trash Cloak.
* Prior to Generation VI, Burmy's shape was .
* Burmy's Pokédex color has changed between generations:
** Prior to Generation VII, all Burmy forms were classified as gray.
** In Generation VII and prior to the release of , all Burmy forms were classified as green.
** After the release of HOME, Plant Cloak Burmy retains its classification as green, while Sandy Cloak and Trash Cloak Burmy are classified as brown and red, respectively.
* Before Generation VIII, the Burmy family had only been obtainable with their Hidden Ability in the Pokémon Dream World. Due to the closure of the Pokémon Global Link, the Burmy family could no longer be obtained with their Hidden Ability, except by trading between games and . The Burmy family's Hidden Ability can currently be obtained via the Ability Patch.
* Burmy, , , , , and are the only Pokémon in all five Hisui Pokédex sublistings.
* Not including evolutions into regional forms, Burmy is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation IV to have a branched Evolution.
* In , , and , when the player character talks to the NPC that checks the type that will be when used by a specific Pokémon, he will state that Burmy cannot learn Hidden Power, despite Burmy being able to learn it at level 20. This is due to Burmy being unable to learn the move via TM prior to Generation VI.
* Burmy can be spawned in all existing tree-based mechanics that can spawn Pokémon (Honey Trees, Headbutt trees, as well as shaking trees in ) in games where Burmy is available. It shares this trait with .
===Origin===
Burmy appears to be based on a , which makes cocoons by sewing together surrounding materials (usually leaves or scraps of wood) with its silk. Its evolutions into Wormadam or Mothim reflect the bagworm's natural life cycle — males will metamorphose into a flying moth, while females undergo little change and remain inside their cocoon lifelong. Its antenna may have been inspired by the .
The Trash Cloak form specifically appears to be made of insulation, a wool-like padding that is often dyed pink — this seems to be alluded to in its Pokédex entry in , where it is described as surprisingly comfortable, due to its spongey texture. The idea of a cloak made from household materials may be inspired by , whose larvae exhibit the same cloaking behaviour as bagworms, and make cloaks from dust, hair, and dirt they scavenge from homes.
====Name origin====
Burmy may be a combination of bag or bug and worm, with a diminutive -y.
Minomucchi may be derived from 蓑虫 minomushi (bagworm) and possibly from プチ puchi (small).
==In other languages==
Plant Cloak
Sandy Cloak
Trash Cloak
==Related articles==
* Cheryl's Burmy
* List of Pokémon with form differences
==External links==
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