Burmy (Japanese: ミノムッチ Minomucchi) is a Bug-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
It evolves into either Wormadam or Mothim starting at level 20 depending on its gender; female Burmy evolve into Wormadam, whereas male Burmy evolve into Mothim.
Burmy has three forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak. It changes its cloak based on the environment of its last battle. In the case of female Burmy, its form determines the form of Wormadam it evolves into, which is permanent. The specifics of how an environment affects Burmy's cloak vary between games. The cloak only affects the form of Wormadam it evolves into, otherwise having no effect on gameplay.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Form data for these details.)
Biology
Burmy is a small, larval Pokémon with a black segmented body and a coiled antenna on top of its head. It has a beak-like mouth and yellow eyes. Burmy has six stubby legs: the first two pairs are black, while the back pair is yellow. There are also two white spots on its cheeks. However, Burmy's legs and cheek spots are only visible on a Burmy without a cloak.
As seen in the Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl episode Some Enchanted Sweetening! it can uncoil the antenna on its head and wrap it around its opponent. Remoraid is a natural predator of Burmy.
Forms
Burmy has three forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak.
Burmy is normally covered by a cloak, with three known variants that consist of either twigs and leaves, sand and mud bound by its own silk, or dust and garbage resembling pink building insulation. It will not hesitate to collect nearby materials to construct a new cloak if the old one breaks or falls off. Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak. The cloak protects it from the cold and will become thinner when the weather is hot.
Evolution
Burmy, if female, evolves into Wormadam and, if male, evolves into Mothim. When evolving into Wormadam, its form determines the form of Wormadam it evolves into, which is permanent.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation IV
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Sinnoh
#045
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Johto
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| Diamond
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To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.
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| Pearl
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If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby.
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| Platinum
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Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak.
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It covers itself with a cloak to shelter from the cold. When it's hot, its cloak is thinner.
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Unova
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| Black
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Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak.
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| White
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| Black 2
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Even if it is born where there are no cocooning materials, it somehow always ends up with a cloak.
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| Generation VI
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Kalos
Central #044
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Hoenn
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To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.
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| Y
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If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby.
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| Omega Ruby
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To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.
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| Alpha Sapphire
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If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby.
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| Generation VIII
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Galar
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Sinnoh
#045
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Hisui
#043
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sword and Shield.
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| Brilliant Diamond
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To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.
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| Shining Pearl
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If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby.
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| Plant Cloak
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If its cloak is even slightly damaged, Burmy will immediately repair it with whatever is close at hand. The Pokémon within the cloak is scrawny and vulnerable to the cold.
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| Sandy Cloak
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It creates a cloak by weaving together sand, mud, and silk it has spat out. This earthen cloak is ruined by wind and rain, so the Pokémon hides away in caves and other such places.
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| Trash Cloak
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When confronted by a lack of other materials, Burmy will create its cloak using dust and refuse. The cloak seems to be more comfortable than one would think.
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Game locations
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| Generation IV
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| Diamond
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Pearl
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| Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees) (Plant Cloak)
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| Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees) (Plant Cloak)
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Shining Pearl
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| Routes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 221, 222, Eterna Forest, Floaroma Meadow, Fuego Ironworks, Valley Windworks (Honey Trees) (Plant Cloak)
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Obsidian Fieldlands: Grueling Grove, Worn Bridge, Deertrack Path, Deertrack Heights, Windswept Run, Nature's Pantry, Tidewater Dam, Obsidian FallsShaking trees (Plant Cloak)
Crimson Mirelands: Golden Lowlands, Gapejaw Bog, Holm of Trials, Ursa's Ring, near Scarlet Bog, near Cloudpool Ridge, Shrouded Ruins, near Diamond Settlement, near Diamond Heath, Bolderoll Slope, Cottonsedge Prairie, Droning Meadow, near Lake ValorShaking trees (Sandy Cloak)
Cobalt Coastlands: Crossing Slope, Ginkgo Landing, Aipom Hill, Bathers' Lagoon, Hideaway Bay, near Deadwood Haunt, Tombolo Walk, Sand's Reach, Tranquility Cove, Castaway Shore, near Windbreak Stand, Spring Path, near Islespy Shore, Veilstone Cape, Lunker's Lair, Seagrass Haven, near Firespit IslandShaking trees (Trash Cloak)
Coronet Highlands: Heavenward Lookout, near Ancient Quarry, Clamberclaw Cliffs, Celestica Ruins, near Celestica Trail, Sacred Plaza, Stonetooth Rows, Fabled Spring, Cloudcap PassShaking trees (Sandy Cloak)
Alabaster Icelands: Avalanche Slopes, Whiteout Valley, Bonechill Wastes, Bonechill Wastes, Icebound Falls, Arena's Approach, near Avalugg's Legacy, Glacier Terrace, Heart's Crag, Lake Acuity, near Pearl SettlementShaking trees (Trash Cloak)
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In side games
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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| This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
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Burmy will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:
- XR2Y #==@ JYX%
- 3@2F Q8FQ R@M#
- Objective: Prospect with Burmy on floor 13 of Marine Resort.
Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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29
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30 - 89
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56 - 172
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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29
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30 - 89
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56 - 172
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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36
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36 - 96
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69 - 188
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Total: 224
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Plant Cloak
Sandy Cloak
Trash Cloak
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Burmy is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
BDSP
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Burmy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Burmy
- 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 Burmy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Burmy
- 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 Burmy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Burmy
- 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 Burmy in Generation VIII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Burmy in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Burmy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Burmy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Burmy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Burmy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Plant Cloak
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.92 seconds
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Base HP: 45
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| Base Attack: 61
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Base Defense: 46
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Base Speed: 60
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Pokémon GO
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Base HP: 120
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Base Attack: 53
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Base Defense: 83
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| Egg Distance: N/A
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Buddy Distance: 1 km
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Evolution Requirement:  50
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| Fast Attacks: Tackle, Bug Bite
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| Charged Attacks: Struggle
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Sandy Cloak
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.92 seconds
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Base HP: 45
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Base Defense: 46
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Base Speed: 60
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Pokémon GO
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Base HP: 120
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Base Attack: 53
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Base Defense: 83
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| Egg Distance: N/A
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Buddy Distance: 1 km
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Evolution Requirement: 50
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| Fast Attacks: Tackle, Bug Bite
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| Charged Attacks: Struggle
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Trash Cloak
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 2.92 seconds
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Base HP: 45
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Base Defense: 46
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Base Speed: 60
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Pokémon GO
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Base HP: 120
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Base Attack: 53
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Base Defense: 83
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| Egg Distance: N/A
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Buddy Distance: 1 km
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Evolution Requirement: 50
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| Fast Attacks: Tackle, Bug Bite
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| Charged Attacks: Struggle
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Form data
Burmy has three separate forms: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, and Trash Cloak. Burmy can change forms freely, changing its cloak depending on the environment in which it last participated in a battle (so Exp. Share alone will not change its form). When a Burmy evolves into Wormadam, it retains its cloak.
Apart from breeding and evolution, Burmy's cloak is purely cosmetic. Bred Burmy will have the same cloak as the mother, will be in the same cloak as a Burmy or Wormadam bred with Ditto, or will be in Plant Cloak if bred from a Mothim and a Ditto.
If a Burmy last battled outside or in tall grass, it changes into its Plant Cloak. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it will change into this form in Jubilife Village and the Obsidian Fieldlands. If female, Plant Cloak Burmy will evolve into Plant Cloak Wormadam, which is a Bug/Grass Pokémon. This cloak is composed of leaves and twigs.
If a Burmy last battled in a cave or on a beach, it changes into its Sandy Cloak. In Generation IV, it will also change into this form after battling in an area with a snow storm. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Burmy will change into this form after battling inside the Bell Tower, the Burned Tower, or Sprout Tower, due to the towers all being internally classified as caves. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it will change into this form in the Crimson Mirelands or the Coronet Highlands. If female, Sandy Cloak Burmy will evolve into Sandy Cloak Wormadam, which is a Bug/Ground Pokémon. This cloak is composed of sand and rocks.
If a Burmy last battled in a building, it changes into its Trash Cloak. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it will change into this form in the Cobalt Coastlands and the Alabaster Icelands. If female, Trash Cloak Burmy will evolve into Trash Cloak Wormadam, which is a Bug/Steel Pokémon. This cloak is composed of pink insulation.
Evolution data
Plant Cloak
Sandy Cloak
Trash Cloak
Sprites
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In animation
Major appearances
In Some Enchanted Sweetening!, Cheryl caught a male Burmy after he was lured to the Honey she put on a tree. After participating in battles with Team Rocket, Burmy evolved into a Mothim.
Minor appearances
Burmy debuted in Two Degrees of Separation!, where Dawn tried and failed to catch it.
A Burmy appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.
Multiple Burmy appeared in The Rise of Darkrai. One particular Plant Cloak Burmy surprised Ash in the garden in Alamos Town by abruptly dropping in front of his face.
Multiple Burmy appeared in a flashback in A Trainer and Child Reunion!.
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!.
Two Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!.
In Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, a Plant Cloak Burmy was part of Kricketina Kylie's Bug-type Pokémon collection, as shown in her Rotom Phone.
A Plant Cloak Burmy appeared in Nightfall? Nightmares!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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Burmy
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Burmy, the Bagworm Pokémon. To protect itself from the cold wind, Burmy uses leaves and branches to make a cloak around itself.
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In the manga
Pocket Monsters DP
A Burmy appeared in PMDP08.
Pokémon Adventures
Platinum's intended bodyguard Paka is seen using a Burmy alongside Uji's Buizel, fending off an attack from an Abra and Croagunk belonging to Team Galactic. It first appeared in Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra I.
In the TCG
- Main article: Burmy (TCG)
Trivia
- Burmy and Wormadam share their category with Pineco and Forretress. They are all known as the Bagworm Pokémon.
- Burmy is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 224.
- Although Burmy has been confirmed to have feet, it does not have a footprint.
- Except for recurring end segments such as Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia, Burmy has never been seen in the animated series wearing either the Sandy or Trash Cloak.
- Prior to Generation VI, Burmy's shape was
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- Burmy's Pokédex color has changed between generations:
- Prior to Generation VII, all Burmy forms were classified as gray.
- In Generation VII and prior to the release of Pokémon HOME, all Burmy forms were classified as green.
- After the release of HOME, Plant Cloak Burmy retains its classification as green, while Sandy Cloak and Trash Cloak Burmy are classified as brown and red, respectively.
- Before Generation VIII, the Burmy family had only been obtainable with their Hidden Ability in the Pokémon Dream World. Due to the closure of the Pokémon Global Link, the Burmy family could no longer be obtained with their Hidden Ability, except by trading between games and breeding. The Burmy family's Hidden Ability can currently be obtained via the Ability Patch.
- Burmy, Wormadam, Mothim, Geodude, Graveler, and Golem are the only Pokémon in all five Hisui Pokédex sublistings.
- Not including evolutions into regional forms, Burmy is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation IV to have a branched Evolution.
- In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, and Black 2 and White 2, when the player character talks to the NPC that checks the type that Hidden Power will be when used by a specific Pokémon, he will state that Burmy cannot learn Hidden Power, despite Burmy being able to learn it at level 20. This is due to Burmy being unable to learn the move via TM prior to Generation VI.
Origin
Burmy appears to be based on a bagworm, which makes cocoons by sewing together surrounding materials (usually leaves or scraps of wood) with its silk. Its evolutions into Wormadam or Mothim reflect the bagworm's natural life cycle — males will metamorphose into a flying moth, while females undergo little change and remain inside their cocoon lifelong. Its antenna may have been inspired by the gum-leaf skeletoniser.
The Trash Cloak form specifically appears to be made of fiberglass insulation, a wool-like padding that is often dyed pink — this seems to be alluded to in its Pokédex entry in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, where it is described as surprisingly comfortable, due to its spongey texture. The idea of a cloak made from household materials may be inspired by household casebearer moths, whose larvae exhibit the same cloaking behaviour as bagworms, and make cloaks from dust, hair, and dirt they scavenge from homes.
Name origin
Burmy may be a combination of bag or bug and worm, with a diminutive -y.
Minomucchi may be derived from 蓑虫 minomushi (bagworm) and possibly from プチ puchi (small).
In other languages
| Language
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Title
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Meaning
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 Japanese
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ミノムッチ Minomucchi
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From 蓑虫 minomushi and プチ puchi
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 French
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Cheniti
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From chenille and petit
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 Spanish
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Burmy
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Same as English name
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 German
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Burmy
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Same as English name
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 Italian
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Burmy
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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도롱충이 Dorongchungi
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From 도롱이벌레 dorong-i-beollae, 충 (蟲) chung, and the diminutive suffix ～이 -i
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 Mandarin Chinese
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結草兒 / 结草儿 Jiécǎo'ér
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From 結草蟲 / 结草虫 jiécǎochóng and 兒 / 儿 ér
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 Cantonese Chinese
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結草兒 Gitchóuyìh
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From 結草蟲 gitchóuchùhng and 兒 yìh
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| More languages
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 Hindi
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बोरिकीट Borikeet
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From बोरी bori and कीट keet
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 Thai
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มิโนมุจจิ Minomutchi
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Related articles
External links
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