It is not known toevolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Smeargle is best known for itssignature moveSketch, which permanently copies the last move used by the opponent (with a few exceptions), thus allowing Smeargle to learn almost any move.
Smeargle is a bipedal,beagle-likePokémon with white and brown fur. It has a long tail with an end resembling a paintbrush. The tail tip oozes with a mysterious paint-like fluid, and although the color of the paint is predetermined for each individual Smeargle, it may otherwise vary; a Smeargle's paint hue may also change in intensity with its emotional state. Smeargle has a footprint on its back that is typically the same color as the paint on the tip of its tail, though Smeargle can have separate back and tail colors inPokémon Stadium 2. The mark is placed on Smeargle's back as a sign of adulthood. Smeargle also has a round structure on its head with a point that resembles aberet. It has floppy, brown ears and a brown collar on its neck. The rings encircling Smeargle's eyes are also brown, as are Smeargle's eyelids. Its arms have two brown bands, and its legs have only one. Each of its limbs has three digits.
Smeargle's in-game appearances inPokémon Gold, Silver, andCrystal as well asPokémon Colosseum andPokémon XD: Gale of Darkness all depict it with red paint on its back and tail while itsShiny coloration is depicted with green; the inverse is true in theGeneration IIIcore series games and in every game fromGeneration IV onwards. Pokémon Stadium 2 and thePokémon the Series episodeThe Art of Pokémon both depict Smeargle that have blue back and tail colors, with the animated series episode also depicting Smeargle that have yellow back and tail colors. Its Shiny coloration in Stadium 2 can also be seen with teal, orange, or indigo paint on its back and tail.
Smeargle uses its paint to mark its territory. There are over 5,000 known different marks that Smeargle uses, and paintings of certain symbols are highly valued by Smeargle fanatics, who will pay large sums to own them. It can also use itssignature move,Sketch, to copy moves from other Pokémon. Smeargle is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Sketch. Smeargle is often found inurban areas filled with graffiti.
Pokémon Channel: A Smeargle appears in a television program called Smeargle's Art Study. He will rate the painting hanging on the player's bedroom wall, namely a picture the player made.
A special fluid oozes from the tip of its tail. It paints the fluid everywhere to mark its territory.(Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) Once it becomes an adult, it has a tendency to let its comrades plant footprints on its back.(Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
Smeargle marks the boundaries of its territory using a body fluid that leaks out from the tip of its tail. Over 5,000 different marks left by thisPokémon have been found.
Smeargle marks the boundaries of its territory using a body fluid that leaks out from the tip of its tail. Over 5,000 different marks left by this Pokémon have been found.
Three Smeargle made their animated series debut inThe Art of Pokémon, under the ownership ofJack Pollockson. These Smeargle were vandalizing the town ofWhitestone in an effort to spread Pollockson's art, and became targeted byTeam Rocket.
InBattling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Smeargle watched thebattles during the Manalo Conference. Another Trainer's Smeargle was waiting in line forTeam Rocket's food truck.
InMurkrow Row, a Smeargle was inJoey's bag afterGold helped him get it back.
Prior toSmeargle Smudge,Whitney gave her Smeargle,nicknamed Smea-Smea, toDJ Mary. It painted on Gold's face while he was asleep and battled his Pokémon before running back to DJ Mary at theGoldenrod Radio Tower, where Gold eventually found it. Prior toOut-Odding Oddish, Smea-Smea was returned to Whitney.
Due to itssignature moveSketch, Smeargle can legitimately know almost anymove, giving it a number of distinctions:
Smeargle can pass down anyEgg Move combination to anyPokémon in theField Egg Group. This was important in Generations II to V, when only the father could pass down Egg Moves.
Hidden Power-evaluating NPCs cannot identify the type of Smeargle's Hidden Power even if Smeargle possesses the move, due to being unable to use the TM for it.
Smeargle is the only Pokémon capable of learning the same move by leveling up more than four times—some Pokémon have the same move available at level 1 as well as by leveling up, while Smeargle has the same move available ten times as it levels up.
InPokémon Stadium 2, Smeargle can have either red, green or blue back and tail paint colors and itsShiny coloration can have either teal, indigo or orange back and tail paint colors respectively, determined by a combination of itsSpeed,Defense,Special andAttackDVs.[1]
Uniquely, Pokémon Stadium 2 is the only game in which Smeargle is depicted with additional paint colors that aren't tied to its Shiny coloration. It is also the only instance of the paint on Smeargle's back and tail being shown as two separate colors.
Because it's only ever capable of learning Sketch by level up, and being unable to learn anyTM orHM move, Smeargle has both the smallest and the largest move pool out of any Pokémon.
Origin
Smeargle appears to be based on abeagle and apainter. Its tail is used as apaintbrush, its head looks like it is wearing aberet, a hat often associated with painters, and it has afootprint stamped on its back which is a form of art.
Name origin
Smeargle may be a combination ofsmear andbeagle.
Doble may be a combination ofdog,daub,doodle, anddouble (referring to Smeargle's ability to copy moves).
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For other sprites and images, please seeSmeargle images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
