Carnivine
Carnivine is a Grass-type Pokémon, the Bug Catcher Pokémon, number 455 (#0455) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 27 kg.
Carnivine is the Bug Catcher Pokémon, a Venus flytrap that hangs from trees by its vines with its mouth wide open and lures insects in with sweet-smelling drool. Even after the catch, a single meal takes it a whole day.
How to pronounce Carnivine
Carnivine is pronounced KAR-nih-vine. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Carnivine said out loud:
In Japanese it is マスキッパ (Muskippa).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Carnivine is a green, flytrap-like Pokémon, 1.4 m tall and 27 kg, with round eyes, spiky teeth and a yellow, green-spotted stem. Red and green vines trail beneath it like tentacles, and two leaf arms end in three leafy fingers each. Bulbapedia says its jaws can swing open through roughly 180 degrees.
Behaviour
Carnivine is gluttonous and unruly, even though it is a plant. The Pokédex says it lashes itself to trees in marshes, or dangles from branches with its mouth open, looking just like a plant. It can also walk about on its tentacles to find a good branch.
Habitat
Bulbapedia says it lives in forests and marshes. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have it in the Great Marsh and Legends: Arceus in Hisui, but it is unobtainable in Sword and Shield, Scarlet and Violet and Legends: Z-A.
Diet
Mostly insects and other small bugs, according to Bulbapedia; the Pokédex says a meal takes a whole day to eat.
Powers
Its only Ability is Levitate, so Ground moves cannot touch it. It binds foes with Bind and Vine Whip, lures them with Sweet Scent, and finishes with Leaf Tornado, Crunch and Power Whip. Base Attack 100 and Special Attack 90 are strong, but Speed 46 is slow.
Name origin
Carnivine may combine 'carnivore' and 'vine'. The Japanese name Muskippa (マスキッパ) may combine Dionaea muscipula, the Venus flytrap's scientific name, with sukippara ('empty stomach') or sukippa ('gap between the teeth').
Design inspiration
Carnivine is based on the Venus flytrap, according to Bulbapedia.
In the games
Players find Carnivine in the Great Marsh in Diamond and Pearl, where it debuted. Bulbapedia lists no notable Trainers or story roles for it in the main series.
In the anime
James's Carnivine debuted in 'Two Degrees of Separation!', fetched from one of his old Sinnoh mansions. He later left it at Team Rocket HQ before going to Unova, so it would not stand out as a non-native Pokémon, and it returned in 'Rocket Revengers!'.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia says Carnivine stands alone among Levitate users in already resisting Ground moves.
- In Pokémon GO it is region-exclusive, found mainly in the south-eastern United States and the northern Bahamas.
- In Pokémon Battle Revolution, Toxic usually shows two spinning purple orbs, but when Carnivine uses it they travel erratically, the same as for Spinda.
- Bulbapedia notes it shares its name, probably by coincidence, with a Dragon Quest monster.
Base stats
- HP: 74
- Attack: 100
- Defense: 72
- Sp. Atk: 90
- Sp. Def: 72
- Speed: 46
Carnivine’s base stat total is 454. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Carnivine weak to?
Carnivine takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×) moves.
It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×).
Evolution
Carnivine does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Levitate: Evades Ground moves.
Moves
Moves Carnivine learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 1 | Growth | Normal | Status | — |
| 7 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 11 | Vine Whip | Grass | Physical | 45 |
| 17 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — |
| 21 | Ingrain | Grass | Status | — |
| 27 | Feint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 31 | Leaf Tornado | Grass | Special | 65 |
| 37 | Stockpile | Normal | Status | — |
| 37 | Spit Up | Normal | Special | — |
| 37 | Swallow | Normal | Status | — |
| 41 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 47 | Wring Out | Normal | Special | — |
| 50 | Power Whip | Grass | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (27)
Carnivine can learn 27 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: Toxic, Hidden Power, Sunny Day, Hyper Beam, Protect, Frustration, Solar Beam, Return, Double Team, Sludge Bomb, Facade, Rest, Attract, Thief, Round, Energy Ball, Fling, Payback, Giga Impact, Swords Dance, Infestation, Grass Knot, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Nature Power, Confide.
Egg moves (12):Acid Spray, Giga Drain, Grass Whistle, Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Rage Powder, Razor Leaf, Slam, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Synthesis, Worry Seed.
Move tutor moves (11): Bind, Bug Bite, Defog, Gastro Acid, Giga Drain, Knock Off, Seed Bomb, Snore, Synthesis, Throat Chop, Worry Seed.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Grass.
- Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
- Catch rate: 200 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 159.
Pokédex entries
Though this is a plant Pokémon, it has a gluttonous and unruly temperament. Carnivine attacks its prey with its cavernous maw wide open. (Legends: Arceus)
It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweetsmelling drool and gulps them down. (Platinum, Black, White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)
It attracts prey with its sweetsmelling saliva, then chomps down. It takes a whole day to eat prey. (Diamond, X, Omega Ruby)
Using its tentacles to lash itself to trees, it lies in wait for prey, luring it close with sweet-smelling drool. (Black 2, White 2)
It walks around on its tentacles in search of a tree branch where it can dangle down and ambush prey. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)
Hanging from branches using its tentacles, it looks like a plant. It awaits prey, mouth wide open. (Pearl)
Names around the world
| Japanese | マスキッパ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Muskippa |
| French | Vortente |
| German | Venuflibis |
| Spanish | Carnivine |
| Italian | Carnivine |
| Korean | 무스틈니 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 尖牙笼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 尖牙籠 |
Trivia
- Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
- Heavier than 49% of all Pokémon (27 kg).
- Base stat total 454, ranked #506 of 1,025.
- One of 127 Grass-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 69 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
- Can learn 60 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
- Catch rate 200: about 26.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Carnivine (Pokémon), Serebii: Carnivine (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (KAR-nih-vine): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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