List of generation IV Pokémon facts for kids
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The fourth generation (Generation IV) of the Pokémon franchise features 107 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the 2006 Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Some Pokémon in this generation were introduced in animated adaptations of the franchise before Diamond and Pearl, such as Bonsly, Mime Jr. and Munchlax, which were recurring characters in the Pokémon anime series in 2005 and 2006.
The following list details the 107 Pokémon of Generation IV in order of their National Pokédex number. The first Pokémon, Turtwig, is number 387 and the last, Arceus, is number 493. Alternate forms that result in type changes are included for convenience. Mega evolutions and regional forms are included on the pages for the generation in which they were introduced.
List of Pokémon
| Name | National Pokédex number |
Type(s) | Evolves into | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Japanese | Primary | Secondary | |||
| Turtwig | Naetoru (ナエトル) | 387 | Grass | Grotle (#388) | It knows where to find spring water. Its leaf will wilt if it is thirsty. | |
| Grotle | Hayashigame (ハヤシガメ) | 388 | Grass | Torterra (#389) | ||
| Torterra | Dodaitosu (ドダイトス) | 389 | Grass | Ground | End of evolution | When Torterra sleeps, bird Pokémon like to make their nests in its tree. It is based on the Ankylosaurus. |
| Chimchar | Hikozaru (ヒコザル) | 390 | Fire | Monferno (#391) | A fire monkey, it has a tail made of fire. | |
| Monferno | Mōkazaru (モウカザル) | 391 | Fire | Fighting | Infernape (#392) | It uses all of its limbs to fight in fiery, flaming combos. Its fiery tail is also used as a weapon. |
| Infernape | Gōkazaru (ゴウカザル) | 392 | Fire | Fighting | End of evolution | Infernape is based on the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. |
| Piplup | Potchama (ポッチャマ) | 393 | Water | Prinplup (#394) | It's so proud it won't accept any food from people unless it has to. Its thick coat of fur guards it from the cold. | |
| Prinplup | Pottaishi (ポッタイシ) | 394 | Water | Empoleon (#395) | One good smack from its flipper can topple a thick tree. | |
| Empoleon | Enperuto (エンペルト) | 395 | Water | Steel | End of evolution | As its English name suggests, Empoleon is based on an emperor penguin and Napoleon. |
| Starly | Mukkuru (ムックル) | 396 | Normal | Flying | Staravia (#397) | Starly and its evolution are based on grey starlings. |
| Staravia | Mukubādo (ムクバード) | 397 | Normal | Flying | Staraptor (#398) | |
| Staraptor | Mukuhōku (ムクホーク) | 398 | Normal | Flying | End of evolution | When Staravia evolve into Staraptor, they go solitary for the rest of their life. |
| Bidoof | Bippa (ビッパ) | 399 | Normal | Bibarel (#400) | Because it needs to whittle its teeth down, it loves to build dams in rivers. | |
| Bibarel | Bīdaru (ビーダル) | 400 | Normal | Water | End of evolution | People in factories love to work with Bibarel because it's a very industrial worker. |
| Kricketot | Korobōshi (コロボーシ) | 401 | Bug | Kricketune (#402) | If it bangs its two antennae together, it will sound like a xylophone is playing. | |
| Kricketune | Korotokku (コロトック) | 402 | Bug | End of evolution | By rubbing its two arms together, it plays sounds that portray its emotions. Scientists are still trying to figure these sounds out. | |
| Shinx | Korinku (コリンク) | 403 | Electric | Luxio (#404) | The extension and contraction of its muscles generates electricity. Its fur glows when it's in trouble. | |
| Luxio | Rukushio (ルクシオ) | 404 | Electric | Luxray (#405) | ||
| Luxray | Rentorā (レントラー) | 405 | Electric | End of evolution | It has very good sight that allows it to see through walls. | |
| Budew | Subomī (スボミー) | 406 | Grass | Poison | Roselia (#315) | In the winter, it closes its bud to endure the cold. In the spring, it opens it again to release its toxic pollen. |
| Roserade | Rozureido (ロズレイド) | 407 | Grass | Poison | End of evolution | When hunting prey, Roserade uses its densely-lined toxic thorns to finish off its prey.One flower has slow poison, the other has quick poison. Both will kill you. |
| Cranidos | Zugaidosu (ズガイドス) | 408 | Rock | Rampardos (#409) | ||
| Rampardos | Ramuparudo (ラムパルド) | 409 | Rock | End of evolution | It uses its thick skull to bash things with. Experts and scientists say that its stupidity made it go extinct is because its brain was too small. | |
| Shieldon | Tatetopusu (タテトプス) | 410 | Rock | Steel | Bastiodon (#411) | Although its fossils is buried in rocks, only its skull has only been found. |
| Bastiodon | Toridepusu (トリデプス) | 411 | Rock | Steel | End of evolution | |
| Burmy | Minomutchi (ミノムッチ) | 412 | Bug | Grass | Wormadam (#413) Mothim (#414) |
When Burmy breaks its cloak in battle, it will rebuild it usuing materials nearby. Its new cloak will become:
"Plant Cloak Burmy" If its in a forest, |
| Bug | Ground | "Sandy Cloak Burmy" if it lives in a desert or a beach, and | ||||
| Bug | Steel | "Trash Cloak Burmy" if you take a Burmy into a city. | ||||
| Wormadam | Minomadamu (ミノマダム) | 413 | Bug | Grass | End of evolution | Wormadams cloak is now permanent and it will never shed. Depending on where Burmy evolved, it will become:
"Plant Cloak Wormadam" when a Burmy evolves in a forest, |
| Bug | Ground | "Sandy Cloak Wormadam" if it was evolved at a beach or a desert, and | ||||
| Bug | Steel | "Trash Cloak Wormadam" if a Burmy happened to evolved in a city. | ||||
| Mothim | Gāmeiru (ガーメイル) | 414 | Bug | Flying | End of evolution | If a Burmy is male however, it will end up turning into a Mothim no matter what cloak it had before. It loves taking Combee's honey for itself and will fly all over the place to get it. |
| Combee | Mitsuhanī (ミツハニー) | 415 | Bug | Flying | Vespiquen (#416) | It looks like a beehive when they sleep together. Mothims often come for its honey. |
| Vespiquen | Bīkuin (ビークイン) | 416 | Bug | Flying | End of evolution | This female-only evolution stores grubs in its beehive like rear and commands its grubs to attack, defend, or gather food for it. |
| Pachirisu | Pachirisu (パチリス) | 417 | Electric | No evolution | Notably used by Sejun Park to win the 2014 Pokémon World Championships | |
| Buizel | Buizeru (ブイゼル) | 418 | Water | Floatzel (#419) | It spins its twin tails to swim faster and it has a flotation device on its neck. | |
| Floatzel | Furōzeru (フローゼル) | 419 | Water | End of evolution | ||
| Cherubi | Cherinbo (チェリンボ) | 420 | Grass | Cherrim (#421) | It evolves by taking the nutrients from its second head and eating it. | |
| Cherrim | Cherimu (チェリム) | 421 | Grass | End of evolution | Capable of changing between "Overcast" and "Sunshine" forms depending on in-battle weather effects. | |
| Shellos | Karanakushi (カラナクシ) | 422 | Water | Gastrodon (#423) | Has two visually different forms, West Sea form and East Sea form, based on where it is caught in Sinnoh. | |
| Gastrodon | Toritodon (トリトドン) | 423 | Water | Ground | End of evolution | Has two visually different forms, West Sea form and East Sea form, based on where it is caught in Sinnoh. |
| Ambipom | Etebōsu (エテボース) | 424 | Normal | End of evolution | If it gives you a tight squeeze, it really likes you. | |
| Drifloon | Fuwante (フワンテ) | 425 | Ghost | Flying | Drifblim (#426) | It's been known to carry little children off with it. It doesn't like heavy children. |
| Drifblim | Fuwaraido (フワライド) | 426 | Ghost | Flying | End of evolution | When it dies, it is said that the gas it excretes is children's souls that it ate. |
| Buneary | Mimiroru (ミミロル) | 427 | Normal | Lopunny (#428) | The reason it has one ear rolled up is in case a foe attacks it. Then it can use its ear as a counterattack. | |
| Lopunny | Mimiroppu (ミミロップ) | 428 | Normal | Mega Evolution | It doesn't like to fight, although it's great at it with its strong legs. | |
| Mismagius | Mūmāji (ムウマージ) | 429 | Ghost | End of evolution | It mutters curses that can give you terrible headaches, nightmares, and visions. | |
| Honchkrow | Donkarasu (ドンカラス) | 430 | Dark | Flying | End of evolution | A deep cry can spawn hundreds of its fellow Murkrow to fight for it or to bring it food. It doesn't usually like to fight but it will occasionally deal the finishing blow. If one of its fellow Murkrow fails to do its duty, Honchkrow won't tend to forgive it. |
| Glameow | Nyarumā (ニャルマー) | 431 | Normal | Purugly (#432) | As it has a domesticated quality, it tends to appear in urban areas. | |
| Purugly | Buniātto (ブニャット) | 432 | Normal | End of evolution | To make itself look intimidatingly beefy, it wraps its twin tails around its waist. | |
| Chingling | Lisyan | 433 | Psychic | Chimecho (#358) | ||
| Stunky | Sukanpū (スカンプー) | 434 | Poison | Dark | Skuntank (#435) | The stench it sprays from its rear end lingers wherever it's sprayed for 24 hours. |
| Skuntank | Sukatanku (スカタンク) | 435 | Poison | Dark | End of evolution | Unlike Stunky, it sprays from the tip of its tail. |
| Bronzor | Dōmirā (ドーミラー) | 436 | Steel | Psychic | Bronzong (#437) | Markings of it are on walls of caves. Its unknown if they're related. |
| Bronzong | Dōtakun (ドータクン) | 437 | Steel | Psychic | End of evolution | |
| Bonsly | Usohachi (ウソハチ) | 438 | Rock | Sudowoodo (#185) | First appeared in XD: Gale of Darkness as part of a side quest, but was not obtainable. | |
| Mime Jr. | Manene (マネネ) | 439 | Psychic | Fairy | Mr. Mime (#122) | It likes to copy others so if it's in trouble, it can get away while the predator is confused. |
| Happiny | Pinpuku (ピンプク) | 440 | Normal | Chansey (#113) | It'll store anything white, small, and round inside its pouch. Although it can be overloaded and then cannot move. | |
| Chatot | Perap | 441 | Normal | Flying | No evolution | It can copy sounds to make itself sound like other people and Pokemon to confuse them into thinking its one of them.. |
| Spiritomb | Mikāruge (ミカルゲ) | 442 | Ghost | Dark | No evolution | It is said that 108 spirits formed this Pokémon. It was banished for its misdeeds 500 years ago. |
| Gible | Fukamaru (フカマル) | 443 | Dragon | Ground | Gabite (#444) | It loves hot weather so living with one can be a pain. |
| Gabite | Gabaito (ガバイト) | 444 | Dragon | Ground | Garchomp (#445) | |
| Garchomp | Gaburiasu (ガブリアス) | 445 | Dragon | Ground | Mega Evolution | It's very vicious when battling for anything. |
| Munchlax | Gonbe (ゴンベ) | 446 | Normal | Snorlax (#143) | Even if it eats rotten food, its stomach is strong enough to handle it. | |
| Riolu | Rioru (リオル) | 447 | Fighting | Lucario (#448) | ||
| Lucario | Rukario (ルカリオ) | 448 | Fighting | Steel | Mega Evolution | It senses auras from other living things. It can wield its aura so well, that it can turn a boulder to dust. Playable in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. |
| Hippopotas | Hipopotasu (ヒポポタス) | 449 | Ground | Hippowdon (#450) | Visually looks different depending on gender. | |
| Hippowdon | Kabarudon (カバルドン) | 450 | Ground | End of evolution | Also visually looks different depending on gender. | |
| Skorupi | Sukorupi (スコルピ) | 451 | Poison | Bug | Drapion (#452) | |
| Drapion | Dōrāpion (ドラピオン) | 452 | Poison | Dark | End of evolution | |
| Croagunk | Guregguru (グレッグル) | 453 | Poison | Fighting | Toxicroak (#454) | Croagunk and Toxicroak are both based on poison dart frog. In the anime, Croagunk, taking over Misty and Max's job, using his Poison Jab to keep Brock away from attractive, beautiful women. |
| Toxicroak | Dokuroggu (ドクロッグ) | 454 | Poison | Fighting | End of evolution | Its poison is so toxic a scratch from its knuckle claw can prove fatal. |
| Carnivine | Masukippa (マスキッパ) | 455 | Grass | No evolution | ||
| Finneon | Keikouo (ケイコウオ) | 456 | Water | Lumineon (#457) | Finneon and Lumineon are based on the freshwater butterflyfish. The sea water looks so flashy. | |
| Lumineon | Neoranto (ネオラント) | 457 | Water | End of evolution | ||
| Mantyke | Tamanta (タマンタ) | 458 | Water | Flying | Mantine (#226) | Mantyke are based on the giant oceanic manta ray. |
| Snover | Yukikaburi (ユキカブリ) | 459 | Grass | Ice | Abomasnow (#460) | It grows berries on its head in the spring. |
| Abomasnow | Yukinoō (ユキノオー) | 460 | Grass | Ice | Mega Evolution | It conjures up wicked blizzards to hide itself from others. |
| Weavile | Manyūra (マニューラ) | 461 | Dark | Ice | End of evolution | Its really sneaky and its claws help it climb trees faster thanks to its increased intelligence. |
| Magnezone | Jibakoiru (ジバコイル) | 462 | Electric | Steel | End of evolution | People tried evolving it further but failed. They also believe there are aliens out there, but it's just Magnezone flying by. |
| Lickilicky | Beroberuto (ベロベルト) | 463 | Normal | End of evolution | Lickilicky is so skilled, it can use its tongue to pick up tiny beans and the longest stretching tongue is over 82 feet. | |
| Rhyperior | Dosaidon (ドサイドン) | 464 | Ground | Rock | End of evolution | Its carapace is so tough that it can withstand volcanic eruptions and even lava to a certain point. |
| Tangrowth | Mojanbo (モジャンボ) | 465 | Grass | End of evolution | If a foe eats part of its arm or vines, Its alright with it because in the summer its vines grow so much, that you can't even see its eyes. | |
| Electivire | Erekiburu (エレキブル) | 466 | Electric | End of evolution | Electivire is so powerful that it can power a big city for a whole year. | |
| Magmortar | Būbān (ブーバーン) | 467 | Fire | End of evolution | If Magmortar uses its arm too much, which is used for firing fireballs, it could partially melt its arm. | |
| Togekiss | Togekissu (トゲキッス) | 468 | Fairy | Flying | End of evolution | It will not appear where there is violence in the world but it appears where pure people live. |
| Yanmega | Megayanma (メガヤンマ) | 469 | Bug | Flying | End of evolution | Its long tail helps it balance itself when carrying something as big as an adult human. |
| Leafeon | Rīfia (リーフィア) | 470 | Grass | End of evolution | It uses photosynthesis so it doesn't have to eat. | |
| Glaceon | Gureishia (グレイシア) | 471 | Ice | End of evolution | It can freeze its own moisture to form ice crystals that it can shoot at its foes. | |
| Gliscor | Guraion (グライオン) | 472 | Ground | Flying | End of evolution | You won't know when a Gliscor will attack you because its so quiet as it climbs up walls. |
| Mamoswine | Manmū (マンムー) | 473 | Ice | Ground | End of evolution | Its population thinned after the earth warmed up because its twin tusks are which are made of ice. |
| Porygon-Z | Porigon Z (ポリゴンZ) | 474 | Normal | End of evolution | Upon evolving, something went wrong and it began acting strange. It has not appeared in the anime due to the episode "Dennō Senshi Porygon," which caused Japanese children to have seizures in 1997. | |
| Gallade | Erureido (エルレイド) | 475 | Psychic | Fighting | Mega Evolution | However, if a Kirlia is male and you use a dawn stone on it, it could evolve into a Gallade. Which is extremely good with the swords extending from its elbows as it fights with courtesy and swordsmanship. When protecting someone, it will turn agressive. |
| Probopass | Dainōzu (ダイノーズ) | 476 | Rock | Steel | End of evolution | It controls the 3 "mini-noses" at its sides to attack or hunt for food, but sometimes it could lose them, too. |
| Dusknoir | Yonowāru (ヨノワール) | 477 | Ghost | End of evolution | The antenna on its head acts as a radar. Some say it's a radar to tell Dusknoir to take spirits to the underworld. | |
| Froslass | Yukimenoko (ユキメノコ) | 478 | Ice | Ghost | End of evolution | Design inspired by the Japanese yōkai Yuki-onna, a vengeful spirit that takes the form of a woman and traps its victims with its icy breath or within blizzards. If you're inside your house, and trapped in a blizzard, be careful. When you hear a knocking at your door, always check before you answer because it might be a wild Froslass, which can surprisingly freeze you to death instantly if you're not careful. |
| Rotom | Rotomu (ロトム) | 479 | Electric | Ghost | No evolution | Rotom is capable of changing between six different forms by possessing various household appliances. It can also possess a special Pokédex used in Alola to assist trainers and a phone in Galar. It can: |
| Electric | Fire | transform into "Heat Rotom" by possessing an oven, | ||||
| Electric | Water | transforms into "Wash Rotom" by possessing a washing machine, | ||||
| Electric | Ice | transform into "Frost Rotom" by possessing a refrigerator, | ||||
| Electric | Flying | transform into "Fan Rotom" by possessing a fan, and | ||||
| Electric | Grass | transform into "Mow Rotom" by possessing a lawn mower. | ||||
| Uxie | Yukushī (ユクシー) | 480 | Psychic | No evolution | Known as the "Being of Knowledge", it gave people the power to solve problems and improve their quality of life. It can also wipe peoples memory from those who see its eyes. It sleeps deep at the bottom of a lake. | |
| Mesprit | Emuritto (エムリット) | 481 | Psychic | No evolution | Known as the "Being of Emotion", it gave humans the power of feeling and emotions. Rumor has it that if you touch a Mesprit, you will lose all emotions 3 days later. It sleeps deep at the bottom of a lake. | |
| Azelf | Agunomu (アグノム) | 482 | Psychic | No evolution | Known as the "Being of Willpower", Azelf gave humans the power of determination and willpower. Some people think that Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf were all born from the same egg together. | |
| Dialga | Diaruga (ディアルガ) | 483 | Steel | Dragon | No evolution | Part of the Trio of Creation, Dialga has the power to control time. Appearing in Sinnoh legends, its said that Dialga can freely travel through the past and future. Some people think that when it was born, time began moving and with every heartbeat it has, time flows with it. |
| Palkia | Parukia (パルキア) | 484 | Water | Dragon | No evolution | Part of the Trio of Creation, Palkia has total control over space and dimensions. Within Sinnoh legends, Palkia lives inseide a gap parallel to ours and can distort space. It can freely warp itself to other places or even dimensions, and space become more stable with every breath it takes. |
| Heatran | Hīdoran (ヒードラン) | 485 | Fire | Steel | No evolution | Heatran lives in volcanic caves. Its magma-like blood circulates partially melting its body of rugged steel because of it. It can climb walls with its cross-shaped feet. |
| Regigigas | Rejigigasu (レジギガス) | 486 | Normal | No evolution | The creator of the Regi quintet, stories have been told of it being so strong it towed the continents with large ropes. It also made smaller versions of itself using magma, ice, electrons, pure dragon energy, and clay. | |
| Giratina | Giratina (ギラティナ) | 487 | Ghost | Dragon | No evolution | Capable of changing between "Altered" and "Origin" forms. The final member of the Trio of Creation, Giratina controls antimatter. It was banish to the Distortion world where knowledge is strange and weird due to its violence. It watches quietly from there. |
| Cresselia | Kureseria (クレセリア) | 488 | Psychic | No evolution | Part of the Lunar Duo, one who holds Cresselias feather can make a Darkrais horrible nightmare vanish. | |
| Phione | Fione (フィオネ) | 489 | Water | No evolution | Can only be obtained by breeding Manaphy; however, Phione are incapable of evolving into Manaphy. It is a member of the Sea Guardian Duo along with Manaphy. It loves warm waters and the floatation sac on its head can let it travel anywhere and it will always return to where it was born, no matter the distance. It is based on Clione Limacina, and its name is composed of the last syllable of Manaphy and the word Clione. | |
| Manaphy | Manafi (マナフィ) | 490 | Water | No evolution | Manaphy is the other and last member of the Sea Guardian Duo with Phione. Manaphy was the last Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex before the Platinum expansion. It has a great power of friendship that allows it to bond with any person and Pokemon. It is based on Clione Limacina. | |
| Darkrai | Dākurai (ダークライ) | 491 | Dark | No evolution | Darkrai was officially revealed in February 2007. It is the other and last member of the Lunar Duo together with Cresselia. Darkrai can cast horrible nightmares on you if you enter its territory although it's relatively harmless as it uses it as a last resort. | |
| Shaymin | Sheimi (シェイミ) | 492 | Grass | No evolution | "Land Forme"
Shaymin has a second form activated by using a Gracidea flower in the daytime. Shaymin's Sky Forme will revert into its Land Forme during the night, while frozen solid, or if it is deposited in the PC. Its Land Forme is based on a hedgehog. To avoid detction, it curls up to look like a pach of grass. It absorbs toxin to dissolve them into the air. |
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| Grass | Flying | "Sky Forme"
As opposed to its original Land Forme, Shaymin becomes the Grass/Flying-type Sky Forme. Shaymin was officially revealed in February 2008, when it was listed as a star of Giratina and the Sky Warrior. In early June of the same year, its Sky Forme was revealed and based on a deer and an angel. Now that it can fly, it takes to the sky, making it really hard to find. The Gracidea flower grants it with gratitude. |
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| Arceus | Aruseusu (アルセウス) | 493 | Normal | No evolution | Arceus changes its type when it is holding either a colored plate or a Z-Crystal of the type its wants. Like Darkrai and Shaymin before it, Arceus was not officially revealed by Nintendo until February 14, 2009, the year of its debut movie. It was officially revealed to international audiences on August 3, 2009. Arceus is known as "The Original One", as it is said that it created Sinnoh and possibly created the entire Pokémon universe, along with the Lake Guardians, the Creation Trio, and The Regi trio along with Regigigas with its said 1,000 arms. | |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Pokémon de la cuarta generación para niños
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