Ditto (Japanese: メタモン Metamon), is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. Ditto is a unique Pokémon because it can breed with any Pokémon in a Day Care Center regardless of its gender, except for another Ditto, Legendary Pokémon (except for Manaphy and Phione), Unown, Nidoqueen, Nidorina, and Baby Pokémon.
Biology
Appearance
Ditto's appearance is very plain. It is a simple, pinkish-purple, amorphous blob, with two small dots as eyes and a long, curved mouth.
Behavior
Ditto will transform into anything it sees, even inanimate objects. When it sees an enemy, it will change its DNA code to match theirs. It avoid being attacked while sleeping by changing its appearance to look like a rock. While trying to transform into something from memory, it will get details wrong. They will try to befriend other Pokémon by transforming into one of their kind. However, they are hostile to each other.
Natural abilities
Ditto is capable of transforming itself into anything perfectly. However, it only knows one move, Transform, and when battling, it will transform into the opponent's Pokémon. In the anime and the movies, it has been shown that it will keep its face if it transforms into a human, and when it transforms into a large Pokémon, it will be smaller. Its transformation will fail if it is made to laugh. Some Ditto are better at transforming than others. They are hermaphroditic and can breed with any breedable Pokémon.
Evolution
Ditto does not evolve.
Game info
Game locations
| Locations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
| Red and Blue | Routes 13, 14, 15, 23, Cerulean Cave | Common |
| Yellow | Pokémon Mansion, Cerulean Cave | Uncommon |
| Gold and Silver | Routes 34, 35 | Common |
| Crystal | Routes 34 and 35 | Common |
| Ruby and Sapphire | Trade | None |
| FireRed and LeafGreen | Routes 13, 14, 15, Pokémon Mansion, Cerulean Cave | Uncommon |
| Emerald | Desert Underpass | Common |
| Diamond and Pearl | Route 218 (Pokéradar) | Rare |
| Platinum | Trophy Garden | Rare |
| HeartGold and SoulSilver | Routes 34, 35, 47, and Safari Zone | Uncommon, Swarm |
| Black and White | Giant Chasm | Rare |
| Black 2 and White 2 | Giant Chasm | Rare |
| X and Y | Pokémon Village | Rare |
| Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire | Mirage Cave (North of Route 132) & Mirage Island (South of route 132) | Rare |
| Sun and Moon | Mount Hokulani | Rare |
Side game locations
| Locations | |
|---|---|
| Game(s) | Area(s) |
| Pokémon Snap | Cave |
| Pokémon Channel | Bus Stop |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Everywhere |
| Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team | Frosty Forest (4F-9F) Fiery Field (10F, 20F) Buried Relic (16F-34F) Wish Cave (53F-64F) Joyous Tower (53F-64F) Oddity Cave (B1F-B15F) |
| Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness | Sky Stairway (1F-49F) |
| Pokémon Rumble | Silent Forest Windy Prairie Rocky Cave Fiery Furnace Bright Beach Eternal Tower |
Pokédex entries
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Stats
| Stats | |
|---|---|
| HP | |
| Attack | |
| Defense | |
| Sp. Atk | |
| Sp. Def | |
| Speed | |
| Total | 194
|
Learnset
Leveling
| LevelingGeneration VII | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
| 1 | Transform | — | —% | 10 |  Normal
|
Status | |||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
| LevelingGeneration VI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam |
| 1 | Transform | — | —% | 10 | Normal
|
Status | 
|
3 ♥ | 0 ♥ |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
| LevelingGeneration V | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
| 1 | Transform | — | —% | 10 | Normal
|
Status | |||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
| LevelingGeneration IV | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | |
| 1 | Transform | — | —% | 10 | Normal
|
Status | 
|
1 ♥ | |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
| LevelingGeneration III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | |
| 1 | Transform | — | —% | 10 | Normal
|
|
3 ♥ | 0 ♥ | |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
TM/HM
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation V | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | |||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation IV | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation II | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | ||||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by TM.
| TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation I | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM/HM/TR | Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | ||||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
Breeding
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation VII | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Category | |||
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation VI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Category | Contest Category | Appeal | Jam |
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation V | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Category | |||
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation IV | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Category | Contest Category | Appeal | |
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Category | Appeal | Jam | |
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Breeding.
| Breeding Generation II | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | ||||
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
Tutoring
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation VII | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | ||||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation VI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation V | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | ||||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation IV | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Cat. | Contest Cat. | Appeal | ||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation III | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Cat. | Appeal | Jam | ||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
This Pokémon learns no moves by Tutoring.
| Tutoring Generation II | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | |||||
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||||||
Sprites
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Appearances
Anime
Ditto in the anime.
Ditto's first appearance was in Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, wherein a Trainer named Duplica owned one.
Movie
Howard Clifford's Ditto is the true secondary main antagonist of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. It is genetically-modified to be able to evolve beyond Pokémon, such as humans, but was forced to wear sunglasses to hide its bidding eyes when disguising as a human. Its first main disguise as a human was Ms. Norman, even impersonating Howard’s own son Roger Clifford, and the intern reporter Lucy Stevens.
Trivia
- In Generation IV, it's possible for Ditto to learn copied moves permanently by transforming into a Pokémon which knows Sketch, such as Smeargle.
- A battle between two Ditto would be perpetual, as the only move that they know is Transform. The reason that this occurs is when one Ditto uses Transform, it will restore the PP on its own move, thus allowing it to Transform into the other Ditto forever. This is possibly the reason why no Trainers in any main series game have a Ditto in their party, in case the player has one.
- Ditto's cry is known to be the same as Poliwag's in the game series.
- Ditto used to be the only non-legendary Pokémon that can transform into any other Pokémon, up until Zorua and Zoroark were introduced in Generation V.
- Ditto is one of the few Pokémon whose name is an actual word, along with Gloom, Electrode, Golem, Slowpoke and Persian, among others.
- Ditto's dictionary definition is "to duplicate".
- In Pokémon Red, Ditto is found in the Pokémon Mansion, which is the lab where Mewtwo's experimentation was being done.
- Ditto has its own Japanese song on the Japanese Pokémon Youtube Channel. Two versions can be seen here and here.
- Ditto is one of the few Pokémon with perfectly balanced stats (all of its stats are 48).
- Strangely, Ditto is the only Pokémon with its own Egg group (Ditto). This also makes it the only Pokemon with a single Egg Group that is unique.
- In the Beta release of Gold & Silver, Ditto was supposed to have an evolution (or pre evolution; it's hard to tell which one it was) known as Animon, but it was scrapped in the final game.
- In Super Smash Bros., Ditto is one of the Pokémon that can be freed from Poké Balls. During this time, it uses the move Transform.
- Ditto and Unown are the only genderless Pokémon that are not Legendary or Mythical and also can't be hatched from eggs.
- A battle between two Ditto will theoretically last forever, as it's only move is Transform.
- Ditto and Mew are the same exact height, weight, and Pokédex color.
Origin
In an interview, it was said that Ditto was based on a smily emoticon. It shares traits with single-called organisms.
Name origin
Ditto means either "I agree" or "copy".
Gallery
See also
- Pokémon.com Pokédex
- Legendary Pokémon data
- The Pokémon Database
- Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
- Psypokes Psydex data
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