Smeargle (Pokémon)


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Smeargle (Japanese: ドーブル Doble) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Smeargle is best known for its ability to use the move, which permanently copies the last move used by the opponent. Due to this, it can legitimately have any move in the Pokémon games except for, , and Shadow moves. As a result of this, it can pass on any Egg Move to Pokémon in the.

Biology
Smeargle is a bipedal, beagle-like Pokémon with white and brown fur. It has a long tail with an end resembling a paintbrush. This paintbrush oozes with paint, and the color of the paint may vary for each Smeargle, as well as change in hue coressponding to its emotions. Sprites from the games depict green, brown, and red, while the anime also shows yellow and blue. Smeargle has a footprint on its back that is the same color as the tip of the tail. Smeargle also has a round structure on its head with a point that resembles a. 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 have three digits.

Smeargle will use the paint to mark its territory. It can also use its signature move,, to copy moves from other Pokémon. Smeargle is often found in.

Major appearances
Smeargle debuted in Pikachu & Pichu as part of the Pichu Brothers Posse. It also appeared in other episodes of Pokémon Chronicles.

Three Smeargle made their main series debut in The Art of Pokémon, under the ownership of Jack Pollockson. They were vandalizing the town of Whitestone in an effort to spread Pollockson's art.

A Smeargle appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!, being the companion of a detective named Laki in a television show. Pictures of the Smeargle plaster the walls of the Alola TV television studio. It reappeared in Partner Promises! on the television. It physically reappeared in A Mission of Ultra Urgency! and SM098.

A Smeargle appeared in Smashing with Sketch!, under the ownership of Ilima. It was used during the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament, which Ilima eventually won.

A Smeargle appeared in The Power of Us, under the ownership of Toren.

Minor appearances
A Smeargle appeared in All Things Bright and Beautifly!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator competing in the.

A Smeargle was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainers' School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A Smeargle appeared in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.

A Smeargle was seen working in a nail salon in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!.

A Smeargle appeared in Giratina & The Sky Warrior, under the ownership of Sylvan.

Smeargle has made cameo appearances in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!, Clemont's Got a Secret!, A Jolting Switcheroo!, Awakening the Sleeping Giant, A Battle by Any Other Name!, The Cave of Trials!, and Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.

A Smeargle appeared in Mega Evolution Special I.

Two Smeargle appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!

A 's Smeargle appeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.

A Smeargle appeared in Party Dancecapades!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Performer attending Monsieur Pierre's dance party.

A Performer's Smeargle appeared in Master Class Choices!, where it participated in the. It reappeared in Master Class is in Session! and Performing a Pathway to the Future!, during the Showcase.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A League of His Own!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Till We Compete Again!.

Two Trainers' Smeargle appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

Two Trainers' Smeargle appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....

Four Trainers' Smeargle appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!. It reappeared in a flashback in A Masked Warning!.

A Trainer's Smeargle appeared in Securing the Future!, where it joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Smeargle appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles.

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga
Smeargle appeared in PW30.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
A Smeargle appeared in Clefairy's Blue Period.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Smeargle debuted in Murkrow Row, where it was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after helped him get it back.

Prior to Smeargle Smudge, Whitney gave her Smeargle, nicknamed Smea-Smea, to DJ Mary. It painted on Gold's face while he was asleep and battled his Pokémon before running back to DJ Mary at the Goldenrod Radio Tower, where Gold eventually found it. Prior to Out-Odding Oddish, Smea-Smea was returned to Whitney.

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

In A Sketchy Smattering of Smeargle, multiple Smeargle were found in Artisan Cave.

has three Smeargle, which were caught in the Artisan Cave because they had copied 's and he decided to use it to search for Jirachi. They first appeared in A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up II.

A Smeargle appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of an.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Smeargle appeared in Tyrogue the Artist!!, I Won't Let You Lead!!, Rare Pokémon!!, and Clefairy Becomes A Work Of Art!.

owned a Smeargle in Annual Big Cleaning Operation!!.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Smeargle appears as a.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: After rescuing Smeargle from Howling Forest, it will join the team and change the rescue base's flag on request.
 * 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.
 * Pokémon Black 2 and White 2: A unique Smeargle with a bowtie appears as the opposing side's Pokémon in the Love and Battles series.

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Learnset
Smeargle can learn practically any set of moves due to, which permanently copies any move. However, Sketch cannot be used to learn Sketch, or.

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Trivia

 * Due to its signature move, Smeargle can legitimately know almost any move, giving it a number of distinctions:
 * Smeargle can pass down any Egg Move combination to any Pokémon in the . This was important in Generations II to V, when only the father could pass down Egg Moves.
 * -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 able to Sketch, but the move will always fail when used by Pokémon other than Unbound.
 * Smeargle is able to Sketch, but starting in Pokémon Sun and Moon, the move will always fail when used by Pokémon other than.
 * Smeargle is able to Sketch, and will successfully fling a head when used. The head will also be  if the Smeargle is Shiny.
 * Smeargle is the only Pokémon capable of learning the same move 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.
 * In the anime, Smeargle have been seen with different colored-tipped tails.
 * This is also the case in Pokémon Stadium 2, where they also have differently-colored backs.
 * In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team mission "Smeargle's Desperate Plea", even though the Smeargle refuses to have a paw painted onto its back, the paw print is nonetheless present on its sprite.
 * In Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Smeargle's tail has a brown tip in its normal coloration (as it was in Generation II) instead of a green one, despite these games being part of Generation III. This is due to the games re-using models from Pokémon Stadium 2 for first and second-generation Pokémon.

Origin
Smeargle appears to be based on a and a.

Name origin
Smeargle may be a combination of smear and beagle.

Doble may be a combination of dog and doodle or dabble (to splatter liquid, which could be a reference to paint being splattered). Doble also means double in Spanish, perhaps referencing Smeargle's ability to copy opponent's techniques.