Pawmi (Pokémon)

Pawmi's forepaws discharging electricity

Pawmi is a small, quadrupedal, rodent-like Pokémon that has a body that is almost entirely orange, with cream colorations on its lower forelimbs, snout, and tail, and green on the insides of its ears. It has beady brown eyes and a tiny nose. Its forelimbs are considerably large, and it has a tuft of fur on top of its head. Pawmi can stand on its hind legs, but barely.

Pawmi has yellow underdeveloped electric sacs in its cheeks, as well as yellow pad-like organs on its forepaws that can discharge electricity. If it feels threatened, it will rub its cheeks to generate electricity, which it then delivers to its opponents by touching them with its forepaws.^[3] The organs on its forepaws turn teal-blue when discharging. Pawmi's thick fur provides insulation against the cold and allows it to store electricity.^[3] As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Pawmi will occasionally discharge electricity while sleeping, by rubbing its cheeks with its palms. It is theorized that it does this to practice generating electricity.

Evolution

Pawmi evolves into Pawmo, which evolves into Pawmot.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Pawmi  Electric

→

First Evolution Pawmo  Electric  Fighting

→

Second Evolution Pawmot  Electric  Fighting

Pokédex entries

Pawmi in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM031 TM031 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 095}}95% 35 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM048 TM048 Volt Switch Electric Special 07070 100}}100% 20 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM136 TM136 Electric Terrain Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM183 TM183 Super Fang Normal Physical 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pawmi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Pawmi

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100% 10 Mach Punch Fighting Physical 40 100% 30 Sweet Kiss Fairy Status — 75% 10 * Wish Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pawmi Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pawmi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pawmi

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 128 Base Attack: 95 Base Defense: 45 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 25 Fast Attacks: Spark, Charge Beam Charged Attacks: Thunderbolt, Discharge, Wild Charge

Evolution data

Unevolved Pawmi  Electric

Level 18 →

First Evolution Pawmo  Electric  Fighting

+ Level up whilst outside of its Poké Ball after walking 1000 steps using the Let's Go! feature →

Second Evolution Pawmot  Electric  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Pawmi images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Main series

Pawmi in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Major appearances

A Pawmi first appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two), onboard the Brave Olivine, as part of the Rising Volt Tacklers crew.

Minor appearances

A wild Pawmi debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One).

A Pawmi appeared in HZ057, under the ownership of a Student.

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

A wild Pawmi appeared in Breathe Out.

Another wild Pawmi appeared in the opening scene of Breathe Together.

Biri-Biri

A Pawmi appeared in the music video for Biri-Biri, under the ownership of Nemona. It evolved into a Pawmo.

POKÉTOON

A Pawmi appeared in PT09, alongside its evolved forms.

Pawmi in Pokémon Adventures

Tera Pawmi in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Pawmi debuted in PASV01, under the ownership of Nemona.

Main article: Pawmi (TCG)

• Pawmi and its Evolution Pawmo share their category with Rattata, Raticate, Pikachu, Raichu, Sandshrew, and Sandslash. They are all known as the Mouse Pokémon, though Rattata and Raticate were originally called the Rat Pokémon prior to Generation III.
  • Pawmi and Pawmo are the only Pokémon with this category to not be introduced in Generation I, and the only ones whose evolutionary line has no Alolan forms.
• Pawmi and Pawmo are the first electric rodents since Pichu to be able to evolve.
• Pawmi has the lowest base Special Defense stat of all Electric-type Pokémon.
• Pawmi is tied with Cleffa and Greavard for having the shortest Japanese name of all Pokémon, being spelled with only two kana.

Concept and development

Pawmi and its Evolutions were designed by Atsuko Nishida,^[4] who was responsible for designing Pikachu and Raichu.

Origin

Pawmi appears to be based on rodents, specifically the alpine marmot, which was reintroduced in 1948 to the Pyrenees mountain range at the border of Spain and France, after its disappearance in the region following the end of the Pleistocene epoch. Pawmi may also be based on the chinchilla or the closely related viscacha — much like Pawmi, the latter has long ears and a rotund build with a reddish-brown coat. Pawmi's ability of discharging electricity from its paws may be inspired by defibrillators.

Name origin

Pawmi may be a combination of paw, palm, and mini or 鼠 nezumi (Japanese for mouse).

Pamo may be a combination of パチパチ pachipachi (onomatopoeia for electric crackling), palm, marmot, dynamo, and mho (unit of electric conductance).

• Electric rodents