Spinda (Pokémon)


 * }

Spinda (Japanese: パッチール Patcheel) is a  introduced in Generation III.

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

Biology
Spinda is a bipedal, panda Pokémon with rabbit-like features. Its eyes are made of two black spirals, which point in the opposite direction to each other. There is a similar swirling pattern on its ears. It has a small body with short stumpy arms and legs, and its coat is primarily cream-colored. Its arms are red and it has a red stripe bordering along the bottom of its belly, as well as two small spots on the soles of its feet. It has four spots, which can appear anywhere on its face and ears, with a fifth on the back of its head. These spot patterns are different for each and every Spinda.

It has dizzying, confusing, and scattering dance-like movements, which can be used for its former signature move,, though it thinks it is walking in a straight line. These movements confuse its opponents and make it difficult for them to aim at it. It lives in the.

Major appearances
Spinda debuted in Going for a Spinda. and had to help a girl named Claire find a Spinda with a heart-shaped spot on its forehead. , meanwhile, kept picking up one up with a spot shaped like a broken heart, much to his displeasure.

Minor appearances
A 's Spinda appeared in Disguise Da Limit!.

A Spinda appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

A Coordinator's Spinda appeared in What I Did For Love!.

A 's Spinda appeared in Racing to a Big Event!, where it participated in the Pokémon Pancake Race.

A Spinda appeared in Rocking Clawmark Hill!, as one of the Pokémon training up on Clawmark Hill.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Norman owns a Spinda, which first appeared in Rayquaza Redemption I. He uses it in conjunction with his to switch their  with.

A Spinda appeared as a Pokémon in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.

The Battle Factory rented a Spinda, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.

The rented a Spinda, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.

A Spinda appeared in a flashback in Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas.

In The Transfer Student, Yancy owns a Spinda. It was first seen with its Trainer when she was breaking up with. Afterwards, it left with Yancy while she said her tearful goodbyes.

The Lumiose Press editor-in-chief owns a Spinda, who first appeared in Omega Alpha Adventure 8.

In the TFG
One Spinda figure has been released.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: One day, a Spinda appears in Pokémon Square and collapses. When it regains consciousness, Spinda explains that it is giving up a long journey to find the and hands its one clue, the Clear Wing, to the player. The player must then solve the Mystery of the Mirage Pokémon, which will reward him or her with the Rainbow Wing. Upon showing the Rainbow Wing to Spinda, it becomes happy and leaves Pokémon Square.
 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Spinda runs Spinda's café and takes over the juice bar. A and a  also work at the café running the recycle shop. Later in the game, Project P is introduced. After it is introduced, occasionally when speaking to Wynaut the player may gain access to a dungeon normally accessed by selecting a job with ??? as the location or get a choice of more items in the recycle shop.

Pokédex entries

 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }

Game locations

 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }

In side games

 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }


 * }
 * }

In events

 * }

Side game data











 * }

Trivia

 * In Pokémon Battle Revolution, is depicted as two purple orbs spinning around each other towards the target. However, when Spinda uses Toxic, the orbs travel erratically. The same animation is used for.
 * Some of Spinda's Pokédex entries mention the odds of two Spinda having the same spot pattern as less than one in four billion. Since Spinda's spots are based on its personality value (a 32-bit number), a simplistic model would put the odds at 1 in 4,294,967,295, which is indeed smaller than one in four billion; however, it is actually possible for two personality values to produce spot patterns that are visually identical, so the real odds are somewhat higher.
 * Unlike other Pokémon with no gender differences, the Rotom Pokédex does not display a single model for both male and female Spinda, but rather a separate one for each.
 * Like Whirlipede, its base stat total might be based on the fact that it and Whirlipede usually spin in circles, which are 360 degrees.

Origin
Spinda's body structure is based on the with elongated  ears, with its coloring close to that of a subspecies of giant panda, the. The different spot patterns may be a reference to s, which also have their own unique facial markings.

Name origin
Spinda is a combination of spin (referring to its twirly eyes and ears and dizzy-seeming movement) and .

Patcheel may be a combination of patch (referring to its appearance) and reel (to stagger, as from dizziness).