Dot's Tinkaton

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Dot's Tinkaton
ドットのデカヌチャンDot's Dekanuchan

Dot's Tinkaton


Debuts in	Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer


Caught at	NearSteelbound Town


Evolves in	Tinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day
Evolves in	Tinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!


Gender	Female^[1]


Ability	Unknown


Tera Type	Steel^[2]

Current location	With Dot


	→	→
This Pokémon spent31 episodes asTinkatink and39 episodes asTinkatuff.

Voice actor	Japanese	English
As Tinkatink	Unknown	Sarah Natochenny
As Tinkatuff	Megumi Hayashibara	Sarah Natochenny
As Tinkaton	Megumi Hayashibara	N/A

Dot's Tinkaton (Japanese:ドットのデカヌチャンDot's Dekanuchan), orNidothing's Tinkaton (Japanese:ぐるみんのデカヌチャンGurumin's Dekanuchan), is the firstPokémon Dot caught after becoming an officialPokémon Trainer, and her second overall. As aTinkatink, she was often seenoutside herPoké Ball.

In animation

History

Tinkaton debuted as aTinkatink inTinkatink's Ideal Hammer as awild Pokémon living inSteelbound Town, being chastised by a worker for trying to use his iron to build a new hammer for herself. WhenDot returned the hammer that she'd dropped, Tinkatink noticed Dot's newly-bought mic and began bashing it in order to build a hammer, and Dot decided to let her keep it before leaving. After finishing it, Tinkatink decided to show her work to Dot and climbed aboard theBrave Olivine. Unfortunately, the crew's iron had all been devoured by an unknown Pokémon, and once Tinkatink's presence became known, they immediately accused her of doing so, despite Dot's protests. After a wild chase, Dot defended Tinkatink, being backed byFriede, who remarked that eating iron isn't typical of Tinkatink's species, and proceeds to reveal the real culprit: anOrthworm.

After Orthworm stole the hammer she worked so hard on, Tinkatink, Dot, andQuaxly immediately chased after it. Heading to the desert, Dot decided to use the environment to her advantage, ordering Quaxly to trap Orthworm withWater Gun, making the sand wet to prevent Orthworm from escaping since its species are known to rust easily when in contact with water. Seeing an opening, Tinkatink charged towards the Earthworm Pokémon and bashed its head with her hammer, knocking it out, and retrieving her precious hammer in the process. Afterwards, Dot and theRising Volt Tacklers were ready to leave, but a tearful Tinkatink was hesitant to be left behind, and thanks to Quaxly's encouragement, Dot caught Tinkatink. She then participated in Nidothing's newest video, where she disrupted by getting fixated on the zipper of her costume and trying to remove it, almost exposing Dot's identity before Quaxly shut down the live stream.

InA Wild Mom Appears!, Tinkatink was causing trouble for Dot by running around the Brave Olivine in a hurry, which was soon revealed to be her desire to enter the airship's kitchen. WhenMurdock opened the door, she rushed inside and stole one of his frying pans in an attempt to make a hammer out of it. She was chased by Dot, Murdock,Liko, andRoy, as well as their Pokémon, all the way to the ship's battlefield, where Tinkatink bumped intoTerapagos, causing her to be sent flying, but was saved byFranka'sLycanroc. She and Quaxly later comforted Dot after her mother tried to bring her back home, and subsequently watched Quaxly's battle with Lycanroc, and hugged him following his victory over the Wolf Pokémon.

InThe Plan to Capture Rayquaza, Tinkatink and Quaxly encouraged Dot to help Liko and Roy prevent theExplorers from luring theBlack Rayquaza to them by deactivating their generator. Once they reached the lighthouse in which the Explorers were at, Tinkatink and Quaxly battled againstChalce'sMedicham, distracting them both long enough for Dot to insert herRotom Phone into the generator and deactivate it. Afterwards, Tinkatink began crying due to the scary situation and was promptly recalled as a result.

InFood Fit for a Kingambit!, when Dot, Liko and Roy went to eat at theAnything Goes Café, Tinkatink saw the restaurant's owners arguing over cleaning a grill, which caught her attention, though she was halted by the sudden, booming yell by the restaurant'sKingambit. While they were eating and the owners,Nandy and Mokichi explaining their latest dish, Tinkatink snuck out and destroyed the grill, resulting in the trio having to work with the owners for a day to repay for the destroyed grill.

InDance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!, Dot used Tinkatink in her first official battle, where she went up againstLarry and hisDudunsparce. She was able to make use of her hammer to protect her eyes and stopGlare from paralyzing her. She and Dudunsparce then spun against each other like tops from usingBrutal Swing andHyper Drill. As she wound up to try again, Larry recalled the Land Snake Pokémon forStaraptor. Her attack missed, and she was defeated byWing Attack.

InTinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day, Tinkatink found pieces of scrap iron while scaling theInfernal Pass with her Trainer and started fashioning an iron plate into a new piece for her hammer. Her work was disrupted, however, by aBombirdier stealing the plate, causing Tinkatink to desperately chase after it to get it back. She eventually retrieved the plate from Bombirdier's nest and resumed her work while Dot fought the first Bombirdier, which had justTerastallized, and a second one, which had showed up to help the first one. After finishing upgrading her hammer, Tinkatink found herself unable to lift it due to its increased weight. Out of desperation to help her Trainer, though, she succeeded in lifting it and promptlyevolved intoTinkatuff. Now using her new hammer with ease thanks to her increased strength, Tinkatuff helped Dot to defeat the two Bombirdier while also showcasing her new move,Play Rough. Later, Tinkatuff displayed interest in continuing to increase her hammer's size, which Dot was happy to see.

InBeyond the Shining Rainbow, Tinkatuff joined the fight against Black Rayquaza but was ultimately defeated.

InThe Prankster, Tinkatuff was used by Dot to battle a Laquium-enhanced Stunfisk after Quaxwell was defeated by it. During the battle, she learnedMetal Claw, Terastallized for the first time, and managed to defeat her opponent as a result.

InThe Knight in the Ruins, Tinkatuff was used alongside Quaxwell to battle againstPenny's Pokemon in aDouble Battle. Despite Quaxwell Terastallizing and doing damage toSylveon, he was defeated byFlareon, causing Dot's defeat.

InTinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!, Tinkatuff was working on upgrading her hammer. After missing out on getting the right type of scrap metal at a junkyard, she was depressed, Tinkatuff then impulsively leapt out of the Brave Olivine to follow a truck bearing the metal she was interested in. She then spotted aCorviknight Taxi ahead and immediately launched a stone to knock it down in order to collect its metallic feathers. After encounteringCoral andSidian, Tinkatuff reunited with Dot, who along with Quaxwell andGimmighoul helped to fend off the two Explorers while she worked on her hammer. Tinkatuff then completed her hammer and evolved intoTinkaton, who defeated Glalie and caused the admins to retreat.

InThe Six Heroes Unleashed!, Tinkaton was used to battle againstChalce'sMedicham. Despite struggling against her faster and more experienced opponent, Tinkaton was able to learnGigaton Hammer thanks to Dot's encouragement. With this new move, Tinkaton defeated Medicham in a single attack, forcing Chalce to retreat.

InHZ125, Tinkaton and Quaxwell were brought out to battleLucius's Arboliva. However, after Quaxwell got knocked out by Arboliva, Tinkaton teamed up with Gholdengo, as they were able to push the Olive Pokémon into its cage through Gigaton Hammer andMake It Rain.

Personality and characteristics

True to herspecies, Tinkaton, even while she was aTinkatink andTinkatuff, creates her own hammer using iron scraps, remaking it as many times as she wants until she is satisfied. WhenDot allowed her to use the latter's microphone as a basis to build a new hammer, Tinkaton, as a Tinkatink, became determined to show Dot her hard work, and seemed rather protective and fond of her hammer, not allowingFuecoco to even touch it. She also seems quite easily scared, being startled by everyone on theBrave Olivine, except for Dot andQuaxly. At the same time, Tinkatink does have a more courageous side, charging towards anOrthworm that had stolen her hammer, being just as determined as Dot to recover it. Her courage is also shown when she battles theExplorers inThe Plan to Capture Rayquaza.

Her natural obsessive love for iron occasionally overrides her common sense and impulse control, as she attempted to take Nidothing's metal zipper in order to make a hammer out of it, nearly exposing her Trainer's identity to her viewers, and left the Brave Olivine on her own accord to find more material for her hammer. Tinkatink's love for iron is quite obsessive, and she often attempts to make hammers out of any piece of metal she can find, such asMurdock's frying pans. She even left her Poké Ball by herself inSparkle! The Glow of Flame and Art, due to there being tons of iron materials lying around for use during the annualArtazon Art Festival, much to her excitement. It seems that her immediate instinct is to turn iron she finds into hammers, likely to hone her blacksmith skills. She also has quite the hyperactive personality, often seen running around despite Dot's pleas for her to calm down and rarely being able to sit still, as seen inFarewell, Sprigatito? andA Wild Mom Appears!. Tinkatink also has the tendency to burst into tears whenever she feels upset or overwhelmed, seen inA Wild Mom Appears! when she began crying when she couldn't open the Brave Olivine's kitchen door. InTinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day, it is shown that when Tinkatuff is focusing on upgrading her hammer, she tunes out everything around her to concentrate on her work.

Dot and Tinkaton quickly bonded after meeting each other. As a Tinkatink, she became unwilling to leave Dot when she attempted to say goodbye to her. Because of her childish nature, Dot was initially worried about how Tinkatink would perform in her first officialPokémon battle againstLarry. But with help from Dot's strategies, Tinkatink was able to counter Larry'sDudunsparce'sGlare andHyper Drill, forcing Larry torecall it. Tinkaton does her best to please Dot and gives her all for her no matter what, even in Pokémon battles. She also would do what she can to protect Dot from harm and has strong trust in her. In addition, Tinkaton picked up Dot's sweet tooth and enjoys eating them.

Tinkaton is quite close toQuaxwell, as their bond was formed when both were still unevolved and the Duckling Pokémon encouraged her and Dot to stay together. Following Quaxly's battle againstFranka'sLycanroc, Tinkatink was overjoyed with her friend's victory and rushed into a celebrational hug. They also seemed to have quickly developed a sibling-like bond, as she looks up to him like a big brother, briefly shown inA Challenge from the Explorers, where Tinkatink, with the help ofTerapagos andLudlow'sQuagsire, brought backPecha Berries for her and Quaxly to eat since Dot was still busy. This was shown again inPut Your Heart Into It!, where Tinkatink was sad after she finished her cake too fast and Quaxly happily gave her the rest of his. She and Quaxly would also both worry about Dot and even encourage her, as seen inThe Plan to Capture Rayquaza. This shared bond continues after they bothevolved at different points.

Tinkaton findsGimmighoul annoying when it would take control of her, Dot and Quaxwell into collecting coins for it. Although, Tinkaton quickly accepted Gimmighoul as her teammate and befriended it. However, during the events inTinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!, Tinkaton has come to treat Gimmighoul like a younger sibling, as she helped defend it against a wildScrafty and return its coins, thus building a closer bond with it. They maintain their bond after it evolved intoGholdengo. They also work well together in battle, as seen inHZ125, when they teamed up to defeatLucius's Arboliva. However, Tinkaton and Gholdengo have butt heads, but they quickly makeup, as seen inHZ127, when they argued over aSitrus Berry until Quaxwell broke them up and spilt the berry in half for them to share.

After evolving into Tinkatuff and Tinkaton at different points, she has become more powerful and confident in battle, no longer being the fearful crybaby she used to be. While she has gained the strength to wield her newly forged hammer in battle, she appears to have trouble moving fast or keeping it upright due to its size and weight.

Appearance

As a Tinkatink	As a Tinkatuff	As aTerastal Tinkatuff (Steel)

Moves used

Using Metal Claw
as a Tinkatuff

Move	First Used In
Slam	Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer

Brutal Swing †	Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!

Play Rough	Tinkatink's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Day

Metal Claw	The Prankster

Gigaton Hammer †	The Six Heroes Unleashed!

A† shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Moves improvised

Picture	First Used In	Moves Involved	Partnered With
	The Prankster	Brutal Swing andMetal Claw	None
	Description: A combination of Brutal Swing and Metal Claw. Tinkatuff uses Metal Claw while spinning with Brutal Swing, giving more power to her slash. This was used when Tinkatuff learned Metal Claw while battlingStunner Fisk'sStunfisk.

Gallery

Artwork


Official artwork fromPokémon Horizons: The Series

March 2024 and September 2025 Calendars bymojacookie

Eyecatch

In the manga

Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Tinkatink debuted inDVT10.

In the games

Pokémon GO

From April 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., to April 22, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. local time, as part of Pokémon GO'sPokémon Horizons: The Series Celebration Event^[3], which was based onPokémon Horizons: The Series, several Pokémon based on those encountered in the series appeared more frequently in the wild, inraids, fromEggs, fromField Research tasks, and duringsurprise encounters, with Tinkatink appearing from Eggs.