Exeggcute (Pokémon)

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Exeggcute (Japanese: タマタマ Tamatama) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into when exposed to a Leaf Stone.
In Alola, Exeggcute will evolve into Exeggutor when exposed to a Leaf Stone.
==Biology==
Exeggcute is a resembling a group of six light pink "eggs", usually seen arranged with five heads huddled around a sixth. Each "head" has a slightly different facial expression, but each face has triangular eyes with tiny black pupils and a small mouth. Each shell has some cracks, and one member of the bundle usually has its yellow insides or brain exposed. More numerous cracks are a sign that it is close to evolution. Despite looking like eggs, Exeggcute is actually more closely related to . It is believed to carry genes of plants and other species.
Exeggcute gather in swarms of six. The heads communicate with each other by using a form of telepathy that only they can understand. Should the number of Exeggcute be reduced to less than six, the remaining Exeggcute will attempt to replace it with a similarly sized Pokémon as seen in the Pikachu short Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. It needs six Exeggcute in order to stay balanced or else it becomes nervous and cowardly. and are its natural predators, which it chases off with psychokinesis. Exeggcute inhabits . Exeggcute in the Alola region tend to be heavier than those from elsewhere. This is due to the shells being packed full.
Exeggcute and its evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
===Evolution===
Exeggcute evolves into .
In Alola, it evolves into Exeggutor.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Exeggcute is available in Version 3.0.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
In The March of the Exeggutor Squad, on Melvin's orders, an Exeggcute managed to hypnotize , and Melvin forced him to a group of Exeggutor. Melvin's Exeggcute later managed to evolve without using a Leaf Stone.
In Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, and his friends, plus an , found Misty's Togepi hanging around an Exeggcute, which was missing a member of its batch. It evolved when all of the eggs were put back together while standing on a Leaf Stone.
====Minor appearances====
Exeggcute debuted in Pokémon Scent-sation!, as one of the Pokémon that Erika keeps in the Celadon Gym.
An Exeggcute appeared in a photo in The Breeding Center Secret.
In It's Mr. Mime Time, Stella used an Exeggcute for her circus.
In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, multiple Exeggcute were living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In The Psychic Sidekicks!, an Exeggcute was living in Len Town.
In An EGG-sighting Adventure!, multiple Exeggcute were seen in their nests.
An Exeggcute appeared in The Green Guardian.
An Exeggcute appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
A Trainer's Exeggcute appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
In Alola, Kanto!, five Exeggcute were at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In A Dream Encounter!, an Exeggcute starred in a video advertising Aether Paradise. It reappeared alongside three others in Deceiving Appearances!. In Mission: Total Recall!, one of the quartet was on a video screen at Aether Paradise. Another reappeared in Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!.
Five Exeggcute appeared in Securing the Future!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the other three being wild. They joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
An Exeggcute appeared in a flashback in Enter Pikachu!.
In Caring for a Mystery!, Goh caught an after he and Ash mistook it for a Pokémon Egg. It made further appearances in and evolved into an Exeggutor in That New Old Gang of Mine!.
An Exeggcute appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
A 's Exeggcute appeared on television in Nightfall? Nightmares!.
An Exeggcute appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, an Exeggcute briefly appeared under the ownership of a in Ecruteak City.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
An Exeggcute appeared in PMDP16.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Exeggcute debuted in Long Live the Nidoking!, where it was one of the Pokémon at Fuchsia City's . In A Hollow Victreebel, multiple Exeggcute were by off-panel.
 owns an Exeggcute, which first appeared in Electrode's Big Shock. In Slugging It Out with Slugma, it appeared again with its when he was talking to . However, it kept being a nuisance during the conversation along with Bill's . Prior to My, My, My Mimic, it evolved into .
An Exeggcute appeared in Murkrow Row as one of the residents of 's house. However, it only has five eggs instead of six, and none of them have any cracks.
An Exeggcute appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
An Exeggcute appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
An Exeggcute appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
Multiple Exeggcute appeared in GDZ34.
Multiple Exeggcute appeared in GDZ65.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 received an Exeggcute from in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!. He was shown to have another one in Red VS Green?!.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
An Exeggcute appeared in Pokémon New Year.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Exeggcute shares its with . They are both known as the Egg Pokémon.
* Despite being able to learn by level up, Exeggcute cannot learn it by TM in Generation I.
* Despite consisting of six individuals from different births and having separate identities, all six merge during Evolution to form a single Exeggutor.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krm9t6tk3Nc A scene from Pokémon the Series featuring an evolving Exeggcute.
* Exeggcute and Kantonian Exeggutor are the only Pokémon in the .
* The size and crack patterns on the “leader” Exeggcute is inconsistent between games. In Red and Blue only, the “leader” is disproportionately larger compared to any other games which has it relatively consistent in size. The crack pattern is absent on the “leader” in all the Generation IV and V sprites while there is an additional lower crack under its left eye in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. In its and , the crack is absent.
===Origin===
Exeggcute may be based on both plant s and a clutch of s. It may also draw inspiration from s, considering Exeggutor's resemblance to a and the fact that Exeggcute is hunted by , which may be based on a . It is possibly a visual pun on an , though it may also have been inspired by the "Egg Yolk" , or the . Their type may come from the idea of making them coordinate and act as one being.
====Name origin====
Exeggcute may be a combination of execute, egg, and cute.
Tamatama may be derived from 玉子 tamago (egg), as well as being a play on 偶々 tamatama (unexpectedly).
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Pokémon fusion
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve using Leaf Stone
Category:Pokémon with cross-generational Evolutions
Category:Pokémon that only evolve in Alola
Category:Pokémon that lose a type upon evolving
Category:Pokémon with branched Evolutions
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