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Ambipom(JP) is a species of Pokémon in the series of the same name. It is a Normal Pokémon that made its first appearance in the fourth generation games Diamond and Pearl.
Physiology and Behaviour[]
Ambipom is a purple, simian Pokémon with two tails, each with a large, rounded hand with three red-tipped fingers. The tails also have a cuff of a rounded frill on the wrists. The bases of Ambipom's tails also have a similar frill. It has round ears with red insides. Ambipom has an arrangement of a split hair sticking out from the top of its head. These strands of hair are longer on a female. It has a purple, triangular nose and wide eyes.
Ambipom can leap from tree to tree with brilliant speed. To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. As it has two hands on its tails, it rarely uses its arms. Ambipom works in large colonies in heavily wooded areas and makes rings by linking tails with another Ambipom, apparently in friendship. It also shows affection by using both of its tails to wrap and squeeze people. It lives along with its young, Aipom. It lives high in the treetops of tropical, temperate, and even boreal forests, using its tails for balance as it swings from branch to branch. In the Alola region, while searching for comfortable trees, Ambipom tend to get into territorial disputes with Passimian, in which they win half the time.
Appearances[]
Main Pokémon games[]
Other Pokémon games[]
In the anime[]
Dawn gained an Ambipom after trading Buizel for Ash's Aipom. She used it in various contests. In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, she was given to O in order to train and become a ping-pong champion at his training center in Vermilion City. Ambipom would later made minor cameos in later episodes.
Origin and inspiration[]
Ambipom appears to be based on a New World monkey and the exaggerated concept of their prehensile tail. Ambipom also shares its large smile with a cymbal-banging monkey toy. It may vaguely reference the ahuizotl, a creature of Aztec mythology with monkey hands and a fifth human hand on its tail.
In-game information[]
Pokédex entries[]
Title | Entry |
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Fourth Pokémon generation | |
Pokémon Diamond | To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now. |
Pokémon Pearl | They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship. |
Pokémon Platinum | Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands. |
Pokémon HeartGold | They live on large trees. They are said to communicate by connecting their tails to those of others. |
Pokémon SoulSilver | It is very difficult to dodge the consecutive strikes of its two tails. |
Fifth Pokémon generation | |
Pokémon Black | Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands. |
Pokémon White | Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands. |
Pokémon Black 2 | Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands. |
Pokémon White 2 | Split into two, the tails are so adept at handling and doing things, Ambipom rarely uses its hands. |
Sixth Pokémon generation | |
Pokémon X | They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship. |
Pokémon Y | To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now. |
Pokémon Omega Ruby | They work in large colonies and make rings by linking their tails, apparently in friendship. |
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire | To eat, it deftly shucks nuts with its two tails. It rarely uses its arms now. |
Game locations[]
In all games, Ambipom is only available via trading or evolution. In Pokémon Black and White 2, an NPC can ask the player to trade an Excadrill for one.
Evolution[]
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Base Stats[]
HP | 75 |
Attack | 100 |
Defense | 66 |
Sp. Attack | 60 |
Sp. Defense | 66 |
Speed | 115 |
Total | 482 |