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Elemental monkeys in the anime
Elemental monkeys is a term that specifically refers to Pansage, Pansear, Panpour, and their respective evolutions Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour. They share a resemblance to First partner Pokémon such as hidden abilities (Overgrow, Blaze and Torrent), Pledge moves, and same gender ratio as the first partner Pokémon, being 7 males to 1 female.
Parts of their names are identical to each other. Their basic stages have the same prefix Pan-, equivalent with the Japanese suffix ップ (-ppu), while their final stages have the prefix Simi-, the same true with the Japanese suffix ッキー (-kkī).