Pyukumuku is anechinodermPokémon with an ovoid, black body. Its face has two beady, pink eyes and a white mouth shaped roughly like a star orDaimonji. This Pokémon is capable of spitting its organs out through its mouth. The white organs can take different shapes, such as a fist. Two lines of three pink spikes run down each side of its back. The middle spike of each line is about twice as long as the others are. A fluffy white puff forms its tail.
Pyukumuku tends to find a spot it likes and stay there, even returning to the same spot if moved. Once all the food in its favorite spot has been consumed, it will continue to stay there to the point of starvation. Its body is coated with a viscous fluid that allows it to stay on land for a week without drying out. This fluid is also beneficial to people as a moisturizer. If stepped on, it will expel its fist-like organs and smack the perpetrator. It particularly hates having its mouth or spikes touched. Tourists dislike Pyukumuku due to its appearance and lifestyle and often accidentally step on Pyukumuku. This creates a need for part-time jobs on beaches chucking this Pokémon back into the sea. However, people in Alola have already taken to throwing the Pokémon back to the sea where it can find food when thin.[1] Pyukumuku is shown to have a symbiotic relationship withPelipper, which carries it after scooping it from the water.
Pyukumuku may look cute, but they pack a powerful wallop! They canspit out their internal organs and use them to fight—or to compete against each other to see which is the strongest.
Pyukumuku, the Sea Cucumber Pokémon. AWater type. Pyukumuku inhabits beaches and shallow ocean waters. It can expel its internal organs and use them to grab food or attack enemies.
Multiplewild Pyukumuku debuted inThe Grand Entrance and Delivery Boy Sun.Sun was hired by a pair ofTeam Skull Grunts to remove them from a beach thatTeam Skull considered their territory. Another Pyukumuku was secretly planted by the female Grunt in order to get out of paying Sun for the job.
Pyukumuku appears as a Pokémon summoned from thePoké Ball. It usesCounter whenever an opponent gets close enough to it. Pyukumuku then waves "goodbye" before it leaves. It can also be picked up and thrown like an item. If the summoner jumps on Pyukumuku, it will make a punch and the player bounces a little. Pyukumuku also appears as aSpirit.
In the Japanese version ofPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, when taking photos, characters would say Pyukumuku's Japanese name (Namakobushi), as saying the word naturally makes the mouth form a smile with the teeth showing - similar to saying 'cheese'.
This is replaced by the phrase "SmilingEevee" in the English dub.
Origin
Pyukumuku may be based on asea cucumber, some species of which expel theirCuvierian tubules (part of the sea cucumber's respiratory system) to deter would-be predators from eating them. Given its tail and "ears", it may also be inspired by thesea bunny, a type of sea slug that became popular in Japan in 2015 due to its cute appearance. It may also resembleWiwaxia, a kind of ancient soft-bodied sea creature. Its innards appear to be based on a human fist.
Name origin
Pyukumuku may be a combination ofpuke,cucumber, andmucus.
Namakobushi may be a combination of 海鼠namako (sea cucumber) and 拳kobushi (fist).
This Pokémon article is part ofProject Pokédex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please seePyukumuku images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
