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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seePlusle (disambiguation).

Plusle Cheering Pokémon プラスル Prasle #0311 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Electric Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Plus Cacophony Cacophony Lightning Rod Gen VI+ Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 200(36.6%)
Breeding Egg Group Fairy Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Plusle 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 9.3 lbs. 4.2 kg Plusle 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 120 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 142 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Plusle 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Plusle (Japanese:プラスルPrasle) is anElectric-typePokémon introduced inGeneration III.

It is not known toevolve into or from any other Pokémon, but can be thought as a counterpart toMinun.

Plusle, along with Minun, is one of the twoPartner Pokémon available at the beginning ofPokémon Ranger.

Biology

Plusle is a cream-colored bipedalPokémon with red markings. It has a dot-like nose and a cream-colored plus sign in the middle of its circular red cheeks. It has long, flat ears that are mostly red. Its limbs are stubby and digitless, and it has red front paws. Its short tail is tipped with a red plus sign.

Plusle can create sparkly pom-poms by shorting out the electrical current in its palms. It uses these pom-poms to cheer on its teammates and will cry loudly if they lose. It climbs telephone poles to absorb electricity. It lives ingrasslands and savannas. Plusle is often seen together withMinun. As mentioned inSleep Style Dex, Plusle has been seen waving its sparkly pom-poms while asleep. It is thought that Plusle dreams of cheering for others during its sleep. Plusle has four different sleep styles:Peaceful Sleep,Nodding-Off Sleep,Pom-Pom-Waving Sleep, andAtop-Belly Sleep.

Prior toGeneration V, Plusle was theonly known Pokémon that could havePlus as anAbility.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Plusle combines withMinun to produce an electric current blocking the entrance to the Poké Mart on theSapphire Field.
• Pokémon Colosseum: A Plusle isDuking's favorite Pokémon. AfterCipher kidnaps it, he is forced into inaction.Wes rescues the Pokémon and Plusle decides to join him as thanks.
• Pokémon Ranger: Plusle is thepartner ofSolana. After the end credits, it also feels a bond withLunick.

Pokédex entries

Plusle in theBlueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Plusle will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:

F ? R P F ? ... ? ? + 7 ?

C T ? H 6 4 ? 0 R ? ? ?

Objective: Escort Plusle to Minun on floor 5 ofThunderwave Cave.

In events

Held items

Games		Held items
Emerald		Wood Mail (In-game trade, 100%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Cell Battery (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Plusle is available inScarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

Byleveling up

ByTM

Generation IX Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM183 TM183 Super Fang Normal Physical 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM227 TM227 Alluring Voice Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Plusle Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Plusle Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

Bybreeding

Generation IX Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Charm Fairy Status — 100% 20 Sing Normal Status — 55% 15 Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75% 10 * Wish Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Plusle Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Plusle Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Plusle Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Hatch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 35% Friend Area:Thunder Meadow Phrases 51%-100% HP I work best with Minun! 26%-50% HP What is this? Only half my HP is left! 1%-25% HP No more... I can't even set off sparks... Level up Leveled up! I did it, Minun!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, andExplorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to inLively Town Connected to:Kricketot Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal Minun and I will cheer for you! Go! Low HP (< 50%) Oh no...
Pokémon Ranger Group: Electric Poké Assist: Discharge Field move: None Loops: 3 Min. exp.: 3 Max. exp.: 3 Browser entryR-067 Plusle discharges electricity to immobilize targets during a capture attempt.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 74 Base Defense: 50 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Electric Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Electric Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #685 Flash Mob Increases damage when there are more Pokémon with the same type in the puzzle area.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 167 Base Defense: 129 Egg Distance: ? km Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Spark,Quick Attack Charged Attacks:Thunderbolt,Discharge,Swift,Grass Knot*
Pokémon Sleep Sleep type:Snoozing Pokémon type:Electric Points to befriend: 10 Specialty: Skills Berry: Grepa Berry ×1 Primary ingredient: Rousing Coffee ×1 Possible ingredients: Rousing Coffee Large Leek Moomoo Milk Main skill: Plus (Ingredient Magnet S) Base carry limit: 16 Gets you ingredients chosen at random. If there's one or more other Pokémon on the team with the Plus or Minus main skills, gets even more ingredients. It cheers on friends with pom-poms made of sparks. It's been found waving its pom-poms while it sleeps-maybe it even cheers for others in its dreams. File:Sleep Style 0311-1.png File:Sleep Style 0311-2.png Peaceful Sleep Nodding-Off Sleep Pom-Pom-Waving Sleep Atop-Belly Sleep ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Evolution data

Unevolved Plusle  Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please seePlusle images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Major appearances

Plusle debuted alongside Minun inA Different Kind of Misty!. Both Pokémon were owned byThatcher, who was responsible for protecting a lighthouse. InCheer Pressure, Thatcher wastraining them to be cheerleaders. Both were often seenoutside of their Poké Balls.

InLights, Camerupt, Action!, a Plusle starred with a Minun in a filmElijah directed. In the film, they andPikachu set out to rescue PrincessKirlia from an evilExploud.

InDestiny Deoxys, a Plusle and Minun served as themovie's comic relief. The pair helpedTory Lund to overcome his fear of Pokémon. Both briefly reappeared in a montage inThe Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.

InThe Green Guardian,Solana's Plusle is herPartner Pokémon. It reappeared inPokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! Part 1 andPart 2.

InYes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! andPlaying the Performance Encore!,Ursula owns a Plusle and Minun. InLast Call — First Round!, they tried to embarrass Dawn before an interview withRhonda but failed. It reappeared with Minun and their Trainer in the ending credits ofZoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Plusle appeared inSearching for Service with a Smile!, under the ownership ofMulta.

Minor appearances

A Plusle appeared inA Fan with a Plan.

A Plusle appeared inPK13.

InPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!,Team A.C.T. rescued a Plusle and Minun.

InYes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!,Dawn's flashback featured a Plusle and Minun as she explained why she was afraid of them.

InMeloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Plusle watchedMeloetta's concert.

InThe Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!, multiple Plusle fell under the controlTeam Rocket.

InPerforming with Fiery Charm!, aPerformer's Plusle competed in theDendemille TownShowcase with a Minun. InA Performance Pop Quiz!, it competed in theAnistar City Showcase. InMaster Class is in Session!, the Master Class Showcase inGloire City.

InPikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Plusle was living in the forest.

InParty Dancecapades!, a Performer's Plusle attendedMonsieur Pierre's dance party.

A Trainer's Plusle appeared inBattling With a Clean Slate!.

A Student's Plusle appeared inShine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!.

A Trainer's Plusle appeared inWhere the Adventure Leads.

A Trainer's Plusle appeared inThe Prankster.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Like her animated series counterpart,Solana owns a Plusle. It appeared inA 'Thank You' That Transcends Time.

Pokémon Ranger: The Comic – Shadows of Almia

Solana's Plusle appears in a photo inPRV1.

Pokémon Adventures

Main article:Ruby's Plusle

Ruby owned a Plusle that he met at theAbandoned Ship inAdding It Up with Plusle & Minun I. He later appeared onMirage Island, where together withSapphire's Minun, helped the two rivals learn how to work as aDouble Battle team.

Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪

A Plusle appeared inCCP09, where it competed in aCutenessContest along with its rivalMinun andHaruka's Torchic. It managed to win the competition, having received 34 votes.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Plusle is the only known Pokémon ofHareta's father,Kaisei. It seems to be related toHareta's Minun. It first appeared inHareta's Excellent New Partner...Minun?!.

Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission

Much like the games,Solana has a Plusle as herPartner Pokémon, which is the counterpart toLunick'sMinun. She was used to battle Tiffany and broke her Super Styler and defeated her.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

A Plusle appeared inAnnual Big Cleaning Operation!!, under the ownership ofProfessor Oak.

In the TCG

Main article:Plusle (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trophy information

It appears with its counterpart, Minun.

"Cheering Pokémon. Plusle and Minun produce positive and negative energy, respectively. They both love cheering on their partners and place the encouragement of their partners over their own safety. To cheer, they short their electric currents to produce sparks that grow in intensity as their partners get into trouble."

Trivia

• Plusle shares itscategory with its partnerMinun. They are both known as the Cheering Pokémon.
• Plusle and Minun share the same base stat total, although the stat distribution is different, with Plusle being more offense-oriented and Minun being more defense-oriented.
• InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, there are several files forunused playable characters. One of these files is named "Pra_Mai", leading some players to speculate that Plusle and Minun were considered to appear as a tag team, likeIce Climbers.

Origin

Plusle seems to be based on acheerleadingmouse,chipmunk, orrabbit. It could also be an incarnation of a positiveelectric charge.

Name origin

Plusle and Prasle may be derived fromplus, possibly in reference to positive electrical charge. It may also be derived from a partial anagram ofpulse.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese プラスルPrasle Fromplus and possiblypulse French Posipi Frompositive and possiblyピカピカpikapika Spanish Plusle Same as English name German Plusle Same as English name Italian Plusle Same as English name Korean 플러시Plusy Fromplus Mandarin Chinese 正電拍拍 / 正电拍拍Zhèngdiànpāipāi From正電 / 正电zhèngdiàn and拍pāi Cantonese Chinese 正電拍拍Jingdihnpaakpaak From正電jingdihn and拍paak

More languages Hindi प्लसलPlusle Transcription of English name Russian ПласлPlasl Transcription of English name Thai พราเซิลPhrasoen Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Ruby's Plusle
• Electric rodents

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See also:Marill •Mimikyu

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