Igglybuff (Pokémon)


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Igglybuff (Japanese: ププリン Pupurin) is a dual-type Normal/Fairy baby introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a pure Normal-type.

It evolves into when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into  when exposed to a Moon Stone.

Biology
Igglybuff is a small, bipedal balloon-like animal that is completely pink. It has a rounded tuft of hair on top of its head, a small swirl-like pattern on its forehead, and red eyes. Igglybuff has small, stubby limbs. This small Pokémon is extremely elastic and can bounce like a ball, although it may not be able to stop if it does this.

It smells sweet to calm the emotions of its foes. Although it has singing abilities, it is not able to sing for long periods due to its underdeveloped vocal cords. It often gets a sore throat from singing too frequently. Igglybuff tend to live in the close by freshwater streams. It uses water from the streams to gargle in its sore throat.

Major appearances
Igglybuff made its main series debut in Same Old Song and Dance, where twins appeared. They were owned by a girl named and were practicing for a concert. was jealous towards the Igglybuff twins as they were stealing its audience. They were nicknamed Gigglybiff and Gigglybuff.

An Igglybuff appeared in The Brockster Is In!, under the ownership of Normajean. It was among the Pokémon poisoned by a group of. They were all saved thanks to Brock's Chansey and.

Minor appearances
Igglybuff debuted as one of the Pokémon in the Pichu Brothers' Posse in Pikachu & Pichu.

An Igglybuff appeared in A Double Dilemma as a resident of North Petalburg.

An Igglybuff appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

An Igglybuff was one of the Pokémon mistook for its lost pearl in Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend.

An Igglybuff appeared in Off The Unbeaten Path!, where it was seen in a field with an, , , and.

Two Igglybuff appeared in Hungry For the Good Life! as some of the Pokémon being cared for by Mr. Backlot.

An Igglybuff briefly appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

A 's Igglybuff appeared in A League of His Own!.

Three Trainers' Igglybuff appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

An Igglybuff appeared in I Choose You!, where it was playfully chasing a.

Three Trainers' Igglybuff appeared in The Power of Us.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
An Igglybuff was one of the baby Pokémon that escaped from the Daycare Center near Goldenrod City in Gligar Glide.

Whitney owns an Igglybuff, first seen in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. She used her to battle what she thought was a when she visited the Mahogany Gym. Her provided an opening for her  to attack the creature, but failed when the moving ice sculpture felled Miltank and forced her to team up with Pryce's.

An Igglybuff appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a at the  owns one.

A Trainer's Igglybuff appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Igglybuff only appears as a random trophy.

Trophy information
''Igglybuff, which evolve into Jigglypuff, are so incredibly elastic that they always seem to be bouncing. They have stubby legs, so for these Pokémon, bounding from place to place is much faster than walking. Unlike its equally adorable relatives, Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff, Igglybuff has red eyes.''

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
An Igglybuff stars as the undefined character in the special episode Igglybuff the Prodigy. This Igglybuff is the unevolved Guildmaster from the main story.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Stadium 2: Igglybuff appears in a quiz-show styled mini-game alongside . A series of Pokémon parade across the screen and the player has to count how many of the Pokémon species the player is instructed to count parade across the screen. The score is based how close the player is to the right number.
 * The Special Episode Igglybuff the Prodigy features the adventures of Guildmaster as an Igglybuff when he was younger.
 * Another Igglybuff appears at Serene Village as a friend of . Igglybuff will ask the player to make a delivery to in order to make a connection.

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Trivia

 * Igglybuff is tied with, , , , and  for having the lowest  stat of all Pokémon.
 * Igglybuff has the lowest base of all  Pokémon.
 * Igglybuff is tied with for having the lowest base  of all  Pokémon.
 * A depicts an unused Pokémon with the same Pokédex number as Igglybuff.
 * Igglybuff and its  share their  with  and . They are all known as the Balloon Pokémon.

Origin
It is based on a, like its evolutions.

Name origin
Igglybuff rhymes with and. Iggly is a shortening of jiggly and wiggly, indicating it is less than either of its evolutionary line.

Pupurin may be a combination of プチ puchi (petit), 風船 fūsen (balloon), and 膨れる fukureru (to expand or inflate), as well as a pun on プリン purin (pudding).