Kricketot (Pokémon)

**Kricketot** (Japanese: **コロボーシ** *Korobohshi*) is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves into Kricketune starting at level 10.

It has a regional form, known as Xureeni Kricketot or **Krickstep** (Japanese: **クロツテプ** *Kurotsutep*), which is Dark/Electric-type and Evolves into Cerambstep starting at level 10.

## Biology

Kricketot is a bipedal, bug-like Pokémon. The majority of its body is red with a streak down its front and black cape-like marking on its back. Its head is encircled with a flat, white structure similar to a collar. A female has a bigger collar than a male. Two hard, black antennae with curled tips are connected to the head by a dark red segment. A similar dark red segment forms this Pokémon's nose, and it has small, black hands and feet. By shaking its head and rubbing its antennae together, it is able to create a xylophonic sound that it uses to communicate.

## Game data

### Pokédex entries

#### Xureeni Kricketot

 Helios  | It chats with others using chirps. These sounds are fall hallmarks.

### Stats

#### Base stats (Kricketot)

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

#### Base stats (Xureeni Kricketot)

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset (Kricketot)

#### By TM

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kricketot
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kricketot

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Kricketot in Generation VIII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Kricketot in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kricketot
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kricketot
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

#### By transfer from another generation

 * A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kricketot
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kricketot
* **×** indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

### Learnset (Xureeni Kricketot)

#### By TM

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kricketot
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kricketot

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Kricketot in Generation VIII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Kricketot in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kricketot
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Kricketot

## Trivia

* Kricketot is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 194.
* True to its Pokédex entries, Kricketot's cry contains sounds reminiscent to that of a xylophone.
	+ Its Xureeni variant, also true to its Pokédex entries, contains sounds reminiscent to a synthesizer.
* Kricketot evolves at the lowest level of Pokémon that are part of a two-stage evolutionary line, being at 10.

### Origin

Kricketot is based on a cricket, who are known widely for their loud chirping songs used to attract females. It also bears the semblance of a real musician; possibly a music conductor or member of an orchestra. Its body works as a living musical instrument; its abdomen resembles one of many stringed instruments, such as a violin or lyre, and the Pokédex explains that Kricketot often topples over, causing its antennae to clack together and make a sound similar to a xylophone.

Xureeni Kricketot, like its Sinnohan relative, is based on a cricket, but it also seems to be based on EDM music. Its abdomen, instead of a string instrument, resembles a spectrogram, while its chirping sounds are similar to that of a synth, a common instrument in such songs.

#### Name origin

Kricketot is a combination of *cricket*, and possibly *tot*, derived from toddler, meaning a young child who has just begun learning to walk, and *totter*, referring to its tendency to fall over and stumble.

Korobohshi may be derived from *kuroboshi tsutsuhamushi* (the black-spotted leaf beetle) or a combination of 蟋蟀 *koorogi* (cricket) and 黒星 *kuroboshi* (black-spot).

Xureeni Kricketot's colloquial name "Krickstep" is a combination of *cricket* and *dubstep*. "Kurotsutep" is similar, being a combination of *kuroboshi tsutsuhamushi* and *dubstep*.