Applin

カジッチュ Kajitchu

Generation

Generation VIII

Pokédex

Index

Kalos

N/A

Evolves

From

None

Into

[[Flapple/Appletun]]

Shape

Grass

Dragon

Applin (カジッチュ Kajitchu) is a grass/dragon-type introduced in Generation VIII.

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
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	Common

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

Base Stats
HP	40
Atk	40
Def	80
Sp. Atk	40
Sp. Def	40
Speed	20
Total	260

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VIII
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Withdraw		Status	—	100%	40
1	Astonish		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		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		Status	—	—%	40
Parent Candidates: Cherubi
Recycle		Status	—	—%	10
Parent Candidates: Flapple, Appletun
Rollout		Physical	30	90%	20
Parent Candidates: Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Sucker Punch		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		Special	130	90%	5
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 may also take 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.

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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