Audino (Pokémon)

**Audino** is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Audino can Mega Evolve into **Mega Audino** using the Audinite.

## Biology

Audino is a bipedal, pink-and-cream Pokémon with oval, blue eyes. The top of its head, its back, and arms are pink, while the lower half of its face, body, ears are cream-colored, as well as its front and fingers. The patterning of pink and cream on its chest resembles a jacket. There are three digits on its hands and two on its feet. It has a puffy, white tuft for a tail. Audino has floppy ears with thin, curled extensions on the underside. It can use these ears as radars, and it has an incredible hearing ability.

The feelers on its ears act like stethoscopes in that it can feel the beat of another Pokémon's heart, in order to assess the Pokémon's feelings and overall physical condition. The feelers are also able to determine when an Egg is close to hatching. It has an incredible sense of hearing, where it can even hear a rolling pebble from a mile away. Audino is said to have a kind heart.

Audino is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Secret Power by leveling up.

### Forms

Audino can Mega Evolve into Mega Audino.

When Audino Mega Evolves into Mega Audino, it becomes both heavier and taller. The patterning on its stomach, now completely cream, is covered by what resembles a flared lab coat. Most of its body becomes white with pink tips in four places, one on each ear and near the edges of its "coat". Its eyes turn pink and its ears stand upright with longer, curlier feelers. Its tail becomes larger and a smaller tuft of fur is centered on its chest. Two additional, curled feelers extend from under this extra tuft of fur. White fur covers its feet with two small tufts on the heels. Mega Audino can release pulses that reduce hostility, and the secondary feelers can put those who come in contact with them into a deep sleep.

## Anime

* Main series
* Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer
* Pokémon Evolutions

* Major appearances
* Minor appearances
* Pokédex entries

## Nurse Joy's Audino

Audino debuted in *Dreams by the Yard Full!* . Cilan said that the Nurse Joys of the Unova region use Audino instead of Chansey as partners.

An Audino that can Mega Evolve into Mega Audino appeared in *A Giga Battle with Mega Results!* , under the ownership of a Nurse Joy from Kalos. Much of the episode depicted its search for an Audinite that it could use to Mega Evolve.

## Other

In *Where Did You Go, Audino?* , five people's Audino, including Mimi 's, mysteriously went missing because of Team Rocket and had to be found.

An Audino appeared in *White—Victini and Zekrom and Black-Victini and Reshiram* .

An Audino appeared in *Curtain Up, Unova League!* .

Multiple Audino appeared in *Secrets From Out of the Fog!* . One of them was among the Pokémon living at N's hideout.

An Audino appeared in *The Journalist from Another Region!* .

An Audino appeared in *A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!* .

An Audino appeared in *A Battle by Any Other Name!* .

An Audino appeared in *The Bonds of Evolution!* .

An Audino that can Mega Evolve into Mega Audino appeared in the ending segment of *Mega Evolution Special II* .

A Trainer 's Audino appeared in *Performing with Fiery Charm!* and *Performing a Pathway to the Future!* .

A Trainer's Audino appeared in *Analysis Versus Passion!* .

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In the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer, May 's Mega Audino was seen participating in a Pokémon Contest Spectacular alongside May and Mega Altaria.
An Audino briefly appeared in *The Plan* , under the ownership of a Trainer who was listening to Ghetsis's speech in Accumula Town.

## Manga

* Pocket Monsters BW
* Pokémon Adventures
* Pokémon RéBURST

## Good Partners

An Audino appeared in a fantasy in Obstruction on Route 1 .

## The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

An Audino appeared in The King's Identity...!! .

## *Black & White* arc

* A Trainer 's Audino appeared in a fantasy in *Black's First Trainer Battle* .
* A Trainer's Audino appeared in *An Odd Speech* and *Wheeling and Dealing* .
* In *Welcome to Striaton City!!* , a wild Audino battled Bianca .
* An Audino appeared in *Up in the Air* .

## *Black 2 & White 2* arc

* A Team Plasma Grunt 's Audino was seen in *Deduction Time*.

Audino is one of the Pokémon Pauline uses to help run and maintain the Burst Heart Survival tournament.
## TCG

**Audino** has been featured on 0 different cards since it debuted in the Black & White expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Audino cards are normally Colorless-type Basic Pokémon .

## Other appearances

### Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Audino appears as a trophy, exclusive to the 3DS version of the game.

#### Trophy information

*This Pokémon has huge ears and large feelers that look like stethoscopes. It's easy to guess what it's best at! It can pick up even the faintest of sounds perfectly with its feelers, including the heartbeats of other creatures. It can even tell how far away eggs are from hatching.*

### *Detective Pikachu*

An Audino appeared in *Detective Pikachu* .

## Game data

* NPC appearances
* Pokédex entries
* Game locations
* Held items
* Stats
* Type effectiveness
* Learnset
* Side game data
* Form data
* Sprites

* Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Her role in the game is that of the Serene Village school's nurse as well as being the head doctor in the village.

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

* V
* VI
* VII
* VIII
* IX

 Alpha Sapphire | It touches others with the feelers on its ears, using the sound of their heartbeats to tell how they are feeling.

 Shield | This Pokémon has a kind heart. By touching with its feelers, Audino can gauge other creatures' feelings and physical conditions.

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

* V
* VI
* VII
* VIII
* IX

## Pokémon Global Link promotions

 **B W**  | 2011 Birthday Audino | Japanese
 **B W B2 W2**  | 2012 Birthday Audino | Japanese

 Omega Ruby | Alpha Sapphire | Mirage Forests (south of Route 109 , south of Route 132 )Mirage Island (south of Pacifidlog Town)Mirage Mountain (north of Route 125 )

## Events

 Let's Go, Pikachu! | Let's Go, Eevee! | Unobtainable

## Side games

 Black 2 | White 2 |  Oran Berry (50%)
 X | Y |  Oran Berry (50%)
 Ultra Sun | Ultra Moon |  Oran Berry (50%)
 Sword | Shield |  Oran Berry (50%)
 Events\* |  Rare Candy (100%)

* Audino
* Mega Audino

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

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

* Audino
* Mega Audino

* V
* VI
* VII
* VIII

* Leveling up
* TM/HM
* Breeding
* Tutoring
* Dream World
* Events

* Leveling up
* TM/HM
* Breeding
* Tutoring
* Cross-generational transfer

* XY
* Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

* Leveling up
* TM
* Breeding
* Tutoring
* Cross-generational transfer

Audino is available in Pokémon Sword and Shield Version 1.3.0+.

* Leveling up
* TM/TR
* Breeding
* Cross-generational transfer

* TMs
* TRs

* Rumble
* PokéPark
* Conquest
* Trozei
* Shuffle
* GO
* New Snap

## Rush

 Base HP
 Base Attack
 Base Defense
 Base Speed

 Attack
 Defense
 Speed

  15

 Mega Effects   3

## Winking Audino

  15

 Base Attack
 Base Defense
 Egg Distance
 Buddy Distance
 Evolution requirement

Audino can be obtained by completing the Special Research, *Throwback Challenge Champion 2020*. It can also be obtained by completing the Ticketed Special Research, *Throwback Challenge Celebration 2020*.

## Mega Audino

 Base Attack
 Base Defense
 Egg Distance
 Buddy Distance
 Evolution requirement

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

* V
* VI
* VII
* Other

## Trivia

* Audino is available in all patches of rustling grass in Black and White.
* Because of its availability and its high Exp. yield, battling wild Audino in rustling grass is a fast way for Pokémon to gain experience in the Generation V games, as well as Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
	+ As all the Trainers that look like a Furisode Girl in the Battle Chateau use only Audino, they can be used to perform this trick with greater effectiveness in Pokémon X and Y.
* Mega Audino was first accidentally revealed on the official Korean Pokémon website on August 12, 2014, two days prior to its official release by Junichi Masuda.
* Audino is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation V that is capable of Mega Evolution.
* Audino is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 445.
	+ Audino is also the only Pokémon to lose this distinction upon Mega Evolution.
* Mega Audino has the highest base Defense stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
* Audino is the only Pokémon with two unique base experience yields.
* Audino was designed by Saya Tsuruta.
* In Pokémon GO, Audino rewards 2,100 Stardust when caught under normal conditions. This is higher than any other Pokémon will give.

### Origin

According to Ken Sugimori, Audino was designed with the anime in mind, to replace Nurse Joy's Chansey in the Unova region.

Audino seems to be partially based on rabbits, with features similar to that of a physician or nurse. The stethoscope-like feelers on its ears also bring to mind a cochlea, a part of the inner ear involved in hearing, or a butterfly's antennae, or proboscis. The ears themselves resemble butterfly wings, especially in its Mega Evolved form, which may mean it was based on some depictions of a fairy. Mega Audino could take some influence from angels, as well as doctors. Mega Audino may also have a resemblance to the Sweet Lolita fashion style, having flowing, white and pink "coat", "boots", and ears, or perhaps even the Magical Girl subgenre seen in Japanese pop culture.

#### Name origin

* Audino may be derived from *audio* and a pun on the phrase "I dunno."
* Tabunne may be derived from a pun of 多分ね *tabun ne* (maybe) or 多聞 *tabun* (hearing many things). It may also involve 耳朶 *mimitabu* (earlobe).

## Related articles

* Nurse Joy's Audino
* Mega Evolution

## References

1. ↑ http://www.pokemonrubysapphire.com/en-us/pokemon/new-mega-evolutions/mega-audino
2. ↑ Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on May 24, 2019.
3. ↑ *Nintendo Dream* Vol. 201, January 2011 (Translation by Dr. Lava)