Applin (カジッチュ, Kajitchu) is a grass/dragon-type introduced in Generation VIII.
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Biology
Physiology
Applin is simply a green, small worm-like dragon hiding inside an apple. The only exposed parts are its eyes (which resemble leaves of an apple) and its green tail.
Behavior
Applin spends the majority of its life cycle living inside an apple, which helps in protecting against natural predators such as bird Pokémon.
The apple that Applin lives inside is a food source and emits a flavor that determines how Applin is going to evolve.
Game info
Game locations
| Locations | ||
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| Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
| Sword and Shield | Route 5, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Stony Wilderness Max Raid Battle: Axew's Eye, Bridge Field, Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, Rolling Fields, Stony Wilderness |
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Pokédex entries
- Sword
It spends its entire life inside an apple. It hides from its natural enemies, bird Pokémon, by pretending it's just an apple and nothing more.
- Shield
As soon as it's born, it burrows into an apple. Not only does the apple serve as its food source, but the flavor of the fruit determines its evolution.
Stats
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Learnset
By leveling up
| Generation VIII | ||||||
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| 1 | Withdraw | 
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Status | — | 100% | 40 |
| 1 | Astonish | 
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Physical | 30 | 100% | 15 |
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
By TM
| Generation VIII | ||||||
| Machine | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| TM31 | Attract | 
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Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
By breeding
| Generation VIII | |||||
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| Defense Curl |
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Status | — | —% | 40 |
| Parent Candidates: Cherubi | |||||
| Recycle |
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Status | — | —% | 10 |
| Parent Candidates: Flapple, Appletun | |||||
| Rollout | 
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Physical | 30 | 90% | 20 |
| Parent Candidates: Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry | |||||
| Sucker Punch | 
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Physical | 70 | 100% | 5 |
| Parent Candidates: Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Maractus, Dragapult | |||||
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via TM. | |||||
By tutoring
| Generation VIII | ||||||
| Games | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| SWSH | Draco Meteor | 
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Special | 130 | 90% | 5 |
| SWSHIoA | Grassy Glide | 
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Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 |
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Sprites
Trivia
- Applin and its evolutions are the first Pokémon since Generation IV to belong to the Erratic experience group, requiring 600,000 experience points to reach Level 100.
- Despite it never coming out of its apple shell, Applin's body is fully modeled underneath it.
Origin
Applin is based on the common depiction of a green worm inside an apple. It may also be a pun on the term wyrm, a serpentine dragon, which sounds similar to 'worm'. It is also based on the Lindwurm, a green, serpentine dragon that lives inside of mountains. It have also taken inspiration from depictions of snakes in the Bible, which are often called dragons, one of which tells Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, often depicted as an apple. It may also be based on the Ladon, a dragon from Greek mythology that guarded golden apples. Considering it uses its apple as a shell, it may appear to be a literal interpretation of the apple snail.
Etymology
Applin comes from the words "apple", "in", and "Lindwurm".
Its Japanese name, Kajitchu, comes from kajiru (to gnaw), kajitsu (fruit), and chu (bug).
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| Other Pokémon: Kanto • Johto • Hoenn • Sinnoh • Unova • Kalos • Alola |
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