Sunkern (Pokémon)

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Sunkern (Japanese: ヒマナッツ Himanuts) is a introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into when exposed to a Sun Stone.
==Biology==
Sunkern is a mostly yellow, -like with a small sprout growing out of its top. It has triangular, spike-like protrusions on top of its head, encircling the sprout. Its body has three broad, brown, vertical stripes. Two of the stripes start jaggedly above Sunkern's dark eyes and continue downward. The other stripe is directly below Sunkern's mouth. Since Sunkern's eyelids are brown, the brown streak patterning appears uninterrupted when Sunkern's eyes are closed. Its beady eyes are black with white pupils.
Sunkern is known to be very weak. Aware of its weakness, it only feeds until it evolves. However, it feeds on only the dew from under the leaves of plants. It tries to move as little as possible since it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for evolution. If attacked by predators such as , it shakes its leaves at the attacker. Sunkern occasionally falls from the sky on early mornings for unknown reasons. A year after a cold summer, the population of Sunkern explodes. Sunkern can be found in .
===Evolution===
Sunkern evolves into .
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Sunkern in the
===Game locations===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Sunkern (Neo Destiny 83)Sunkern (Skyridge 106)Sunkern (EX Unseen Forces 76)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Sunkern debuted in Moving Pictures. , , , and Todd Snap found it frozen in a field. Ash eventually evolved it using the Sun Stone he acquired in The Bug Stops Here, and it summoned more Sunflora so that Sophia and Marcello could take a picture for their .
====Minor appearances====
A Sunkern appeared in Pikachu's PikaBoo.
In Grass Hysteria!, multiple Sunkern were living in the Forbidden Forest.
Multiple Sunkern appeared in Island Time.
In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, a Sunkern was lured in by the Honey that Cheryl had slathered onto a tree. Additional Sunkern appeared in the episode's boss fantasy, but that was cut from the dub due to it containing suggestive material.
Two Sunkern appeared in An Angry Combeenation!.
A Sunkern appeared in Dawn's Early Night!.
A Sunkern appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Six additional Sunkern appeared in the follow-up episode.
A Sunkern appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
In the opening sequence of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, a Sunkern was in an 's field of flowers.
In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, multiple Sunkern were living in Crown City. Some took part in surrounding in the park along with the other Pokémon with the intention of attacking him in retribution for what did to the city. Before a fight could break out, the Sunkern, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed down by .
A Trainer's Sunkern appeared in The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!.
A Student's Sunkern appeared in Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, a Sunkern briefly appeared under the ownership of a watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
Sunkern appeared in .
===Pokémon Adventures===
Sunkern debuted in The Legend when two were seen up on a tree when had finished her message to in Johto.
A Sunkern was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after helped Joey get it back in Murkrow Row.
In Sunkern Treasure, encountered a herd of Sunkern escaping from a . To help Falkner the Skarmory, Gold caught a Sunkern to use her jumping ability to get high enough and attack it. Afterwards, she was nicknamed Sunbo and officially joined Gold's team. She later evolved into a Sunflora when sunlight reflecting from a rock imitated the effect of a Sun Stone.
A Sunkern appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Yuko owns a Sunkern, which first appeared in The Transfer Student.
A Sunkern appeared in Dream World.
A Sunkern liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Sunkern appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
A Trainer's Sunkern appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
Shu a Sunkern in GDZ74.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
Multiple Sunkern appeared in Pokémon to the Rescue!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Sunkern has the lowest base stat and the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon. In addition, it:
** Is tied with and for the lowest base stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
** Is tied with and for the lowest base stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
* Sunkern shares its name with and its evolved forms. They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
* Sunkern's official artwork more closely resembled its Shiny form in than its regular form. This was somewhat rectified in , although the artwork was still more similar to its sprite; this discrepancy was fully rectified in Generation III.
* In The Official Pokémon Handbook 3, published by , Sunkern's data says its height is 0'01" when it is actually 1'00".
* Sunkern and its evolved form are the only Pokémon to have as its Hidden Ability.
* Since , Sunkern has the lowest base experience yield of all Pokémon.
===Origin===
Sunkern appears to be based on a shooting .
====Name origin====
Sunkern may be a combination of and kernel.
Himanuts may be a combination of 向日葵 himawari (sunflower) and nuts. It may also refer to 夏 natsu (summer).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve using Sun Stone
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