Wormadam (Pokémon)


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Wormadam (Japanese: ミノマダム Minomadam) is a  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from a female starting at level 20. It is one of Burmy's final forms, the other being.

It has one of three different secondary types: Steel, Grass, or Ground, determined by its cloak. Its cloak is permanent and determined by the cloak that Burmy was in when it evolved.
 * In its Plant Cloak, it is -type.
 * In its Sandy Cloak, it is -type.
 * In its Trash Cloak, it is -type.

Biology
Wormadam is a black, bagworm-like Pokémon with a coat of leaves, sand, or building insulation that has fused with its body. It has oval eyes, a long pointed beak, and a long antenna with a coiled tip. The beak is tipped with varying colors depending on the coat. The coat forms a pair of arm-like structures near this Pokémon’s head. The Plant Cloak form has several white flowers covering it, and gives Wormadam a green-tipped beak and large leaves for arms. It will be dotted with reddish-brown rocks, and have chains of pebbles for arms and a brown tipped beak if it has the Sandy Cloak. When covered by the Trash Cloak, it has a pink tipped beak and long, dark pink ribbons for arms. Wormadam that evolve on cold days are said to form thicker cloaks. It is a female-only species, with as its male counterpart.

Major appearances
All three forms of Wormadam debuted in Some Enchanted Sweetening!, under the ownership of Cheryl. She sent them out to show, , and that she had not been successful in finding a male Burmy to evolve into a Mothim. She then had her Wormadam cheer for Burmy while he battled to gain experience.

A Sandy Cloak Wormadam appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!, under the ownership of Ursula. She used it in the Performance Stage of the, allowing Ursula to move on to the Contest Battles.

Minor appearances
A group of Plant Cloak Wormadam appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Plant Cloak Wormadam appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.

A Plant Cloak Wormadam briefly appeared in Bonnie for the Defense!.

All three forms of Wormadam appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel as several of the Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Wormadam was first seen in a Sandy Cloak in Maddening Magby, under the ownership of one of the members of the Celestic Town brigade that Cynthia assembled.

In Softening Up Kakuna, a Trash Cloak Wormadam was used by a that was challenging the.

In The Final Dimensional Duel V, a Plant Cloak Wormadam appeared on Fullmoon Island in 's flashback.

In Pokémon Try Adventure manga
Several Plant Cloak Wormadam were seen around Meragura Volcano.

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Plant Cloak











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Sandy Cloak

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Trash Cloak

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Trivia

 * Wormadam and its share their  with  and . They are all known as the Bagworm Pokémon.
 * Wormadam and are the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 424.
 * In, Ann on  has a Sandy Cloak Wormadam that knows , a move that Sandy Cloak Wormadam cannot learn by any means; it is instead learned by Plant Cloak Wormadam.
 * Prior to Generation VI, Wormadam's body style was [[File:Body02.png]].
 * Prior to Generation VII, all Wormadam forms were classified by Pokédex color sorting as gray.

Origin
Wormadam is based on an adult female, which never develops wings.

Name origin
Wormadam is a combination of  and madam (indicating its exclusively female nature).

Minomadam is a combination of 蓑虫 minomushi (bagworm) and madam.