Poipole

Poipole
Current
Information
Type	Poison
Gender	Genderless
Abilities	Regular Beast Boost
Species	Poison Pin Pokémon
Height and Weight	Height 0.6 m / 2'00" Weight 1.8 kg / 4.0 lbs.
Introduced in	Generation VII
Evolution	Evolves into Naganadel
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry	Body Color Purple Egg group(s) Undiscovered
Pokédex
National Pokédex	0803
Kanto	N/A / N/A (PE)
Johto	N/A / N/A (HGSS)
Hoenn	N/A / N/A (ORAS)
Sinnoh and Hisui	Sinnoh N/A / N/A (Pt) Hisui N/A
Unova	N/A / N/A (B2W2)
Kalos	Central Kalos N/A Coastal Kalos N/A Mountain Kalos N/A
Alola	261 / N/A (USUM)
Galar	N/A / N/A (TIoA) / N/A (TCT)
Paldea, Kitakami and Blueberry	Paldea N/A Kitakami N/A Blueberry N/A
In other languages
Japanese	Name ベベノム Bebenomu
Japanese	Name ベベノム Bebenomu
English	Name Poipole
English	Name Poipole

Poipole (Japanese: ベベノム, Hepburn: Bebenomu) (POY-pull), codenamed UB Adhesive, is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VII. It is one of the Ultra Beasts introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon.

Biology

Physiology

Poipole is a purple and dark pink alien-like creature with a big head. It has 3 lavender needle-like horns on its head and cyan eyes. Its mouth is small. It has small arms and its neck is extremely skinny. Poipole has stout, short legs with small feet and a very long tail.

Behavior

Poipole are emotional and one can gain the ability to understand human languages if it lives with humans for a long period.

As Poipole are very curious not knowing about the human world, they can be mischievous at times. They greet others by squirting ooze or spinning upside down on their heads.

They can use their ooze to make paintings of Pokémon they like as a sign of friendship or express how they feel.

Evolution

Poipole evolves into Naganadel when leveled up after learning Dragon Pulse.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Gift from Ultra Recon Squad	One

Pokédex entries

• Ultra Sun

  This Ultra Beast is well enough liked to be chosen as a first partner in its own world.

• Ultra Moon

  An Ultra Beast that lives in a different world, it cackles wildly as it sprays its opponents with poison from the needles on its head.

Stats

Stats
HP	67
Attack	73
Defense	67
Sp. Atk	73
Sp. Def	67
Speed	73
Total	420

Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Acid	40	100%	30	Poison	Special
1	Dragon Pulse	85	100%	10	Dragon	Special
1	Growl	—	100%	40	Normal	Status
1	Helping Hand	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
1	Peck	35	100%	35	Flying	Physical
7	Fury Attack	15	85%	20	Normal	Physical
13	Venoshock	65	100%	10	Poison	Special
19	Charm	—	100%	20	Fairy	Status
23	Venom Drench	—	100%	20	Poison	Status
31	Nasty Plot	—	—%	20	Dark	Status
37	Poison Jab	80	100%	20	Poison	Physical
41	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
47	Fell Stinger	50	100%	25	Bug	Physical
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

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM09	Venoshock	65	100%	10	Poison	Special
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	—%	20	Normal	Physical
TM27	Return	—	—%	20	Normal	Physical
TM34	Sludge Wave	95	100%	10	Poison	Special
TM36	Sludge Bomb	80	100%	10	Poison	Special
TM42	Facade	80	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM44	Rest	80	100%	10	Psychic	Physical
TM48	Round	80	100%	15	Dark	Physical
TM49	Echoed Voice	40	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM84	Poison Jab	80	100%	20	Poison	Physical
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	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.

Breeding

Poipole learns no moves via breeding.

Tutoring

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Covet USUM	60	100%	25	Normal	Physical
Dragon Pulse USUM	85	100%	10	Dragon	Special
Gastro Acid USUM	—	100%	10	Poison	Status
Gunk Shot USUM	120	80%	5	Poison	Physical
Helping Hand USUM	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Iron Tail USUM	100	75%	15	Steel	Physical
Signal Beam USUM	75	100%	15	Bug	Special
Snatch USUM	—	—%	10	Dark	Status
Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special
Uproar USUM	90	100%	10	Normal	Special
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

• Generation VII

Male

Poipole's back sprite

Female

Poipole's back sprite ♀

Appearances

Anime

Ash's Poipole.

Main article: Ash's Poipole

Ash caught a Poipole in Love at First Twirl!, where it befriended his Pikachu. Ash later released Poipole so it can stay in its homeworld. However, It later returned in Z-Move Showdown! where it was revealed it had evolved into Naganadel and helped Ash with the Ultra Beast crisis at the Manalo Conference.

• Ash's Poipole

Trivia

• Early images of Poipole and its evolution were leaked. An article can be found here.
• Poipole is the only Ultra Beast that is capable of evolution.
• It is stated that, in its "own world", Poipole are used as a common First partner Pokémon.
• Poipole has the lowest BST of all Ultra Beasts.
• Poipole is one of the ten Pokémon that evolves upon knowing a move. In this case, it needs to know the move Dragon Pulse.

Origin

Poipole may be based on a stereotypical alien as they are often shown to be one or two shades of color, have oval-shaped eyes with no pupils and a giant head. Its ability to sting and deliver toxic liquids may be a reference to wasps or syringes. Its head also slightly represents a blooming flower bulb, possibly referencing sci-fi plants that are known to shoot acid from their bulbs.

Etymology

Poipole is a combination of the words poison (referring to its type) and tadpole (referring to its youthful state). It may also come from the word purple (referring to its color) spoken in a New York or New Jersey accent.

Bebenomu comes from bébé (French for "baby") and venom.

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