Sunkern (Japanese: ヒマナッツ Himanuts) is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into Sunflora when exposed to a Sun Stone.
Biology
Sunkern is a mostly yellow, seed-like Pokémon with a small sprout growing out of its top. It has triangular, spike-like protrusions on top of its head, encircling the sprout. Its body has three broad, brown, vertical stripes. Two of the stripes start jaggedly above Sunkern's dark eyes and continue downward. The other stripe is directly below Sunkern's mouth. Since Sunkern's eyelids are brown, the brown streak patterning appears uninterrupted when Sunkern's eyes are closed. Its beady eyes are black with white pupils.
Sunkern is known to be very weak. Aware of its weakness, it only feeds until it evolves. However, it feeds on only the dew from under the leaves of plants. It tries to move as little as possible since it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for evolution. If attacked by predators such as Spearow, it shakes its leaves at the attacker. Sunkern occasionally falls from the sky on early mornings for unknown reasons. A year after a cold summer, the population of Sunkern explodes. Sunkern can be found in temperate, grassy meadows.
Evolution
Sunkern evolves into Sunflora.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation II | | | Johto
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| Gold | It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves. |
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| Silver | It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else. |
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| Crystal | It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker. |
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| Stadium 2 | It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves. |
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| Generation III | | Hoenn
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| Ruby | Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew. |
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| Emerald | Sunkern try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew. |
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| FireRed | It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else. |
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| LeafGreen | It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves. |
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| Generation IV | | Sinnoh
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| Diamond | It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes. |
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| HeartGold | It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves. |
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| SoulSilver | It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else. |
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| Generation V | | | Unova
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| Black | It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes. |
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| Black 2 | It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it's weak, it simply feeds until it evolves. |
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves. |
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| Y | It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else. |
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| Omega Ruby | Sunkern tries to move as little as it possibly can. It does so because it tries to conserve all the nutrients it has stored in its body for its evolution. It will not eat a thing, subsisting only on morning dew. |
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#31 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. Knowing it’s weak, it simply feeds until it evolves. |
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| Violet | It is very weak. Its only means of defense is to shake its leaves desperately at its attacker. |
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Game locations
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sunkern
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Sunkern
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sunkern
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sunkern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sunkern
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Sunkern debuted in Moving Pictures. Ash, Brock, Misty, and Todd Snap found it frozen in a field. Ash eventually evolved it using the Sun Stone he acquired in The Bug Stops Here, and it summoned more Sunflora so that Sophia and Marcello could take a picture for their golden anniversary.
Minor appearances
A Sunkern appeared in Pikachu's PikaBoo.
In Grass Hysteria!, multiple Sunkern were living in the Forbidden Forest.
Multiple Sunkern appeared in Island Time.
In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, a Sunkern was lured in by the Honey that Cheryl had slathered onto a tree. Additional Sunkern appeared in the episode's boss fantasy, but that was cut from the dub due to it containing suggestive material.
Two Sunkern appeared in An Angry Combeenation!.
A Sunkern appeared in Dawn's Early Night!.
A Sunkern appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Six additional Sunkern appeared in the follow-up episode.
A Sunkern appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
In the opening sequence of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, a Sunkern was in an Aroma Lady's field of flowers.
In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, multiple Sunkern were living in Crown City. Some took part in surrounding Zorua in the park along with the other Pokémon with the intention of attacking him in retribution for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight could break out, the Sunkern, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed down by Celebi.
A Trainer's Sunkern appeared in The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!.
Pokédex entries
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| EP187 | Sunkern | Ash's Pokédex | Sunkern, the Seed Pokémon. Sunkern drink the dew that collects beneath leaves. It is believed that it neither eats nor drinks anything else. |
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Pokémon Evolutions
In The Show, a Sunkern briefly appeared under the ownership of a Trainer watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.
In the manga
Movie adaptations
Sunkern appeared in Celebi: a Timeless Encounter.
Pokémon Adventures
Sunkern debuted in The Legend when two were seen up on a tree when Green had finished her message to Silver in Johto.
A Sunkern was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after Gold helped Joey get it back in Murkrow Row.
In Sunkern Treasure, Gold encountered a herd of Sunkern escaping from a wild Skarmory. To help Falkner catch the Skarmory, Gold caught a Sunkern to use her jumping ability to get high enough and attack it. Afterwards, she was nicknamed Sunbo and officially joined Gold's team. She later evolved into a Sunflora when sunlight reflecting from a rock imitated the effect of a Sun Stone.
A Sunkern appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Yuko owns a Sunkern, which first appeared in The Transfer Student.
A Sunkern appeared in Dream World.
A Sunkern liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
Pokédex entries
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Sunkern appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
A Trainer's Sunkern appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
Shu caught a Sunkern in GDZ74.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team
Multiple Sunkern appeared in Pokémon to the Rescue!.
In the TCG
Main article: Sunkern (TCG)Trivia
Origin
Sunkern appears to be based on a shooting sunflower seed.
Name origin
Sunkern may be a combination of sunflower and kernel.
Himanuts may be a combination of 向日葵 himawari (sunflower) and nuts. It may also refer to 夏 natsu (summer).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | नटमुखी Nutmukhi | From nut, मुख mukh, and सूरजमुखी soorajmukhi |  Russian | Санкерн Sankern | Transcription of English name |  Thai | ฮิมานัทส์ Himanat | Transcription of Japanese name |
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