Combee (Pokémon)

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Combee (Japanese: ミツハニー Mitsuhoney) is a dual-type introduced in Generation IV.
Female Combee evolve into starting at level 21. Male Combee are not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Combee is a small, flying, insectoid . Its body consists of three orange, hexagonal sections that resemble honeycomb cells, arranged with two hexagons on top and the remaining hexagon between and below them. Each hexagon has a round, yellow face with two black, oval eyes and a black, curved mouth. In the middle of their foreheads, the upper two faces each have a single whisker-thin, black antenna with black, oval tips approximately the size of their eyes. They also each have a translucent, rounded-triangle-shaped wing connected to an orange, domed joint on their sides. The backsides of the upper faces are yellow and rounded, as the sides of a sphere. The bottom face is the main thinker of the three, and it is also the only one to have a full, insectoid abdomen. This abdomen is yellow near the tip with a thick, black stripe close to its hexagonal frame. Female Combee have red, wedge-shaped spots on the foreheads of their lower faces, just below the point where all three faces meet; male Combee have no distinct markings in this area.
Similar to other Pokémon with multiple heads, such as and , Combee's trio of faces each have their own consciousness. For example, each face has a different taste in nectar, and Combee can fly only when the top two faces coordinate the flapping of their wings. Each Combee's trio of faces has been together since birth.
Unlike bees in real life, the vast majority of Combee are male. However, Combee are otherwise similar to bees in their social behavior. They are mostly sociable among their own kind, and form groups of about a hundred individuals. They are generally harmless to others, as they tend to flee when threatened. From sunrise to sunset, Combee will collect nectar to create Honey wherever they can. often provides trouble by driving away any Combee that tries to collect near it. Though Combee produce Honey for multiple purposes, they usually consume it. Each swarm of Combee makes a different flavor of honey. When not gathering nectar, Combee will protect their queen . They are very suggestible and will never defy the orders of their queen. When a Vespiquen feels threatened, its Combee will not think twice about risking their lives to protect their queen, to the point of aggressively attacking or even killing the threat. Combee commonly live in caves and hollow trees of forests and other natural, secluded areas with their queen. Combee sleep by creating a hive with other Combee, locking together into a tessellated wall to feel safe in larger numbers. and regularly raid Combee nests for the Honey they collected.
Prior to Generation V, was Combee's signature Ability.
===Evolution===
Female Combee evolve into . Male Combee are not known to evolve.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
*: Three female Combee and two act as Nectar Meadows's bosses, attacking the player, the partner, and , thinking the trio to be a group of Honey thieves.
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Combee in the
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Combee will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:
:X5&F @YKQ 0-70
:@FWH 0FX& P8Y9
:Objective: Rescue Combee on floor 6 of Apple Woods.
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===Stats===
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Combee had a 100% female encounter rate in when it was initially released on February 1, 2019. However, it was later changed to 12.5% on February 15.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Combee debuted in The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!, where they led and on their quest to find the Enchanted Honey. Multiple additional Combee then appeared in An Angry Combeenation!.
In Danger, Sweet as Honey!, multiple Combee were living at Honey Island and were revered for the famed honey they produced.
====Minor appearances====
In The Rise of Darkrai, multiple Combee were in the Alamos Town garden.
In the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior, three Combee were living in a forest.
In a flashback in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, multiple Combee were living in the forest where Aaron's training center was located.
In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, multiple Combee were living at Michina Town.
In Historical Mystery Tour!, Ash encountered multiple Combee in Xatu's Forest.
In Lumiose City Pursuit!, a Combee was at 's lab.
In Mega-Mega Meowth Madness! and Day Three Blockbusters!, three female Combee were at Professor Sycamore's lab.
In flashbacks in Mega Evolution Special I and Garchomp's Mega Bond!, two Combee were at Professor Sycamore's lab.
Multiple Combee appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
In A Relay in the Sky!, a 's Combee competed in the Pokémon Sky Relay.
In Battling With a Clean Slate!, a female Combee was at Professor Sycamore's lab.
Five Combee appeared in I Choose You!.
A Combee appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
Two Combee appeared in Showdown at the Gates of Warp!.
Multiple Combee appeared in The Plan to Capture Rayquaza.
A Trainer's Combee appeared in HZ075, during a flashback. Another appeared in the wild.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon: Paldean Winds===
A Combee appeared in Breathe Out, under the ownership of a Trainer.
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
Two Combee appeared in the of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.
===Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl===
A Combee appeared in PDP05.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Honey for Combee, multiple Combee attacked , , and when Diamond licked the Honey off the trees that were slathered for the Combee.
 owns a Combee, who first appeared in The Transfer Student.
Multiple wild Combee appeared in the Wild Area in Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Combee is the only Pokémon with a gender-dependent evolutionary line to have aesthetic gender differences.
* Combee is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 244.
* Combee is the only - or .
* Combee has the lowest base stat and the lowest base stat total of all Flying-type Pokémon.
** It also has the lowest base stat of all Flying-type Pokémon, tying with , , , and .
===Origin===
Combee is based on s and s.
In an interview for Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokédex, Ken Sugimori elaborated on the design process for Combee in particular. Based on a request to create a "Pokémon made of three honeycombs stuck together", the designers came up with a design featuring three larvae wedged inside a honeycomb. Sugimori noted that while the concept sounded "gross", it is nonetheless a distinctive and attention-grabbing idea, so the team decided to keep the design and tweak it slightly. Combee's three faces were simplified, based on simple faces found in old comic books, to make its overall appearance friendlier.
====Name origin====
Combee may be derived from honeycomb, combination (referring to it being made up of three segments), and bee.
Mitsuhoney may be a combination of 蜜蜂 mitsubachi (honey bee), 三つ mittsu (three), and honey.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Pokémon fusion
==External links==
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