Sneasel (Pokémon)

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Sneasel (Japanese: ニューラ Nyula) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the .
In Hisui, Sneasel has a dual-type regional form. It evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the day.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for more details.)
==Biology==
Sneasel is a bipedal that resembles both a cat and a weasel. It is primarily bluish-black with three bright red feathers for its tail and a single one on its left ear. The ear feather is shorter on the female than on the male. The other ear is short and pointed, and it has narrow red eyes. On its forehead and chest are oval, yellow gem-like protrusions. It has red eyes with black eyelash-like markings on the edges. It has long limbs with two large, white retractable claws on its hands and feet. It is perfectly capable of using its claws to do substantial damage. Its claws are also used for climbing trees in where it lives. It can also bring out its claws to startle foes that attacked it.
Sneasel is a smart, sneaky, and notoriously vicious Pokémon, and blends well into the night in order to ambush their prey. Sneasel feeds on , such as those of , that it steals from unattended nests. It uses its claws to poke a hole in the Egg before slurping the contents out. It has been known to form pairs to hunt: one Sneasel will lure the parents away from their nest, while the other steals their Eggs. Although the Sneasel pair works together, they will also fight over their hunt among themselves. As a result of its Egg-based diet, Sneasel are despised by Breeders to the point where they try to drive away or eradicate the former. Sneasel also preys on , but the Sandshrew's skin is so hard that it can cause Sneasel's claws to snap off. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Sneasel has been observed sleeping peacefully on very rare occasions despite its savage personality. Additionally, it has been seen sleeping with its belly out and languidly washing its face.
Prior to Generation IV, was its signature move, but other Pokémon could still inherit it via .
===Forms===
Sneasel has a regional form: Sneasel.
In Hisui, Sneasel has a similar appearance to its Johtonian counterpart. It has a white body with purple colorations on its face, chest, shoulders, and forelimbs. The feathers on its tail and ear are light purple; like Johtonian Sneasel, the ear feather is shorter on the female than on the male. It has rounder eyes than its Johtonian form, although it shares the latter's gem-like protrusions, as well as the large claws on its hands and feet. The claws are tipped with poison, and are purple on its forelimbs and white on its feet.
Hisuian Sneasel's sturdy and curved claws allow it to climb and travel through the walls of precipitous cliffs where it lives. The venom from the tips of its claws is capable of invading the nervous system of any prey it scratches. It has been observed that Hisuian Sneasel lacks the spitefulness of its Johtonian counterpart, and it has been theorized that differences in their environments account for the differing personalities. As a result, Hisuian Sneasel evolves into instead of .
===Evolution===
Sneasel evolves into .
 Sneasel evolves into .
Sneasel
Hisuian Sneasel
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
====Sneasel====
In , Sneasel can only be found in the .
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
=====Sneasel=====
=====Hisuian Sneasel=====
Hisuian Sneasel has the same base stats as Johtonian Sneasel. Due to the different way stats are calculated in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, exact minimum and maximum stats are not shown in this table.
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
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===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
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====By TM====
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====By ====
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====Special moves====
=====Sneasel=====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Sneasel (Diamond & Pearl 100)
===Side game data===
====Sneasel====
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===Evolution data===
====Sneasel====
Sneasel evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the . In , it evolves into Weavile when exposed to a Razor Claw during the night.
====Hisuian Sneasel====
 Sneasel evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Claw during the day. In , it evolves into Sneasler when exposed to a Razor Claw during the day.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Harrison's Sneasel====
Sneasel made its animated series debut in Pop Goes The Sneasel, where one was blocking access to the Flame of . it and later used it in his Silver Conference against . It defeated and then lost to .
====Other====
Sneasel debuted in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, under the ownership of the Iron-Masked Marauder. He used it, along with a , to retrieve .
In Hail to the Chef, Rhoda's Sneasel is her sous-chef. It took a dislike to and deliberately made his food taste terrible.
In Duels of the Jungle, a female Sneasel tried to stop a feud between two .
In Sliding Into Seventh!, Candice used a Sneasel in her Gym battle against Ash. It battled and lost despite being at a type advantage.
s used multiple Sneasel in From A to Z!, An Explosive Operation!, and The Right Hero for the Right Job!.
In Getting a Jump on the Competition!, a Sneasel battled and lost to Hala's . Its defeat triggered Crabrawler's evolution into a .
In The Power of Us, a Pokémon hunter's Sneasel and another hunter's searched for , but targeted a and instead. This forced Zeraora and soon and his friends to intervene, eventually leaving Sneasel defeated.
===Minor appearances===
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Sneasel to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a Trainer's Sneasel participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A 's Sneasel appeared in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!.
A Sneasel appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
In Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Sneasel attended the Pokémon Summer Camp.
In Performing with Fiery Charm!, a 's Sneasel competed in the . In A Performance Pop Quiz!, it competed in the Showcase. In Party Dancecapades! it attended Monsieur Pierre's dance party. In Master Class is in Session!, it competed in the Gloire City Master Class Showcase but was eliminated. Afterwards, Sneasel spectated the rest of the Showcase in Performing a Pathway to the Future!.
A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Getting a Jump on the Competition!.
In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Sneasel competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.
A Sneasel appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.
A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!.
A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
A Sneasel appeared in Farewell, Sprigatito? at Marnya's house.
A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Food Fit for a Kingambit!.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Movie adaptations===
Two Sneasel appeared in ICYR2.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
Kunoichi was seen with a Sneasel.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Sneasel's most predominant role is as one of 's Pokémon. He first appeared in Who Gives a Hoothoot?. It is his first Pokémon as he was the Pokémon that he used during his under the Masked Man, and the only one seen with him in flashbacks of his childhood prior to being kidnapped. He is a dexterous and crafty fighter that fully utilizes his speed and attacks of both the type and the type. After many years, he evolved into a in Lance's hidden Whirl Islands chamber.
In My, My, My Mimic, a Sneasel was captured by Carr, who wanted to ambush and . However, it is frozen and beaten by the newly arrived Lorelei.
Two Sneasel appeared in Disagreeable Graveler.
In Striking Out Snover, three Sneasel were near Snowpoint City, with some of them being cared by Candice.
A Sneasel appeared in To and Fro with Froslass.
Multiple Sneasel appeared in All About Arceus III.
A 's Sneasel appeared in The Final Battle.
Two Sneasel belonging to s appeared in PS611. They reappeared in a flashback in PS615.
Multiple Sneasel appeared in the , where it was seen on Mount Lanakila.
===Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!===
Ryū owns a Sneasel.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Sneasel is 's main Pokémon in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Sneasel appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a .
Asuka is revealed to have a Sneasel, which first appeared in GDZ59.
A Sneasel appeared in GDZ67, under the ownership of a .
Shu a Sneasel, as seen in GDZ73.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Sneasel appeared in PNA4, under the ownership of Kunoichi.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
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Multiple Sneasel appeared in .
==Trivia==
* Sneasel is one of fourteen that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in .
* Sneasel can be seen as a counterpart to . Both of them have two types which cause them to have a 4× weakness to another type, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon that were introduced in Generation IV ( and ), and do so by leveling up at night while holding an Evolution item whose name includes the word razor (Razor Claw and Razor Fang). Additionally, both are available as Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum, and found in The Under Subway.
* Sneasel has the highest base stat of all Pokémon that are capable of evolving.
* Despite Sneasel being possibly based on the kamaitachi, which has the same Japanese name as , Sneasel cannot learn this move.
* Sneasel is the only Pokémon to have a gender difference in both its standard form and regional form.
** Furthermore, Hisuan Sneasel is the only regional form to have gender differences.
* Sneasel is the only dual-type Pokémon to have a dual-type regional form that doesn't share either of its types.
* Sneasel is the only Pokémon with a Hisuian form to have its original form available in any capacity in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
* Hisuian Sneasel and were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.Tweet by ありがひとし/ArigaHitoshi (@ariga_megamix). Posted on February 16, 2022.
* In Pokémon Legends: Arceus's internal code, Hisuian Sneasel's Hidden Ability is instead of .
* Sneasel has been depicted with three variants in color. In , Sneasel had a bronze coloration while its tail feathers were a dark cyan; while in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Sneasel had a light purple body. The third color variant is its current bluish black color which has been consistently depicted in the main series games from onwards.
* Johtonian Sneasel and its evolved form, Weavile, are the only Pokémon.
===Origin===
Sneasel's design appears to be based on a cross between a and a , perhaps playing on the ゆう yu (weasel) in にゅー nyu (cat's purr). Its "feathers" evoke the idea of leaves picked up by the kamaitachi are said to ride upon.
Hisuian Sneasel might be based on versions of the kamaitachi that are said to inflict diseases on those who encounter it instead of cuts, which could explain its Poison type. One of these version is called yama-misaki, spirits of people who had accidental deaths that can be found deep into the mountains and in some versions are associated with cliffs, reflecting Hisuian Sneasel's usual habitat.
====Name origin====
Sneasel may be a combination of sneaky and weasel. It may also derive from sneeze, an action associated with having a cold or being cold, or sneesl (Scots for to begin to rain or snow), both in reference to its Ice type.
Nyula may be a combination of にゅー nyu (cat's purr), 鼬 yū (alternate reading of itachi, weasel), and 拉 ra (to carry off). It may also involve 野良 nora (stray or feral).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Silver's Sneasel
* Harrison's Sneasel
* Regional form
==References==
==External links==
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