Charjabug
Charjabug is a Bug/Electric-type Pokémon, the Battery Pokémon, number 737 (#0737) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 10.5 kg.
Charjabug is a Bug and Electric type, nicknamed the Battery Pokémon, that turns the leaves it eats into electricity and keeps it in a sac in its belly. The Pokédex says campers are glad to have one around, and anyone who accidentally steps on one gets a shock.
How to pronounce Charjabug
Charjabug is pronounced CHAR-juh-bug. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Charjabug said out loud:
In Japanese it is デンヂムシ (Dendimushi).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Charjabug is a boxy, three-segment bug, 0.5 m tall and 10.5 kg. Its eyes sit behind blue screens that only show when they glow, and its jaws form a lightning-bolt shape when open. A sturdy shell protects it while it eats, and an electric sac holds the power that digesting leaves produces.
Behaviour
Charjabug spends its time half-buried in fallen leaves, barely moving while it munches. It saves its electricity for persistent opponents, zapping them from the tips of its jaws. The Pokédex says it eats large amounts of fresh and decaying leaf litter in order to evolve.
Habitat
It lives in leaf litter on the ground. In Alola it is found on Blush Mountain, and in Scarlet and Violet it roams Kitakami through The Teal Mask. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
Diet
Fresh and decaying leaves, plus the humus of the forest floor.
Powers
Its Ability is Battery, which boosts the power of its allies' moves. Charge is its starting move, and it later learns Spark, Discharge and Iron Defense. With 95 base Defense but only 36 Speed, it is a slow, sturdy support Pokémon.
Name origin
Charjabug may combine 'charge' or 'charger' with 'bug'. The Japanese name is Dendimushi (デンヂムシ), which may combine denchi ('battery') and jimushi ('grub').
Design inspiration
Charjabug may draw on a cocooned insect and a battery. Bulbapedia also suggests the denkimushi, a Japanese caterpillar whose sting reportedly feels like a jolt. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Charjabug evolves into Vikavolt with a Thunder Stone, which works from Generation VIII onwards. Before that, it needed to be levelled up inside a special magnetic field.
In the games
Charjabug's big moment comes in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, where nine Charjabug nicknamed Onejabug through Ninejabug live at Hokulani Observatory and the player arranges them to power Sophocles's trial. The species first appeared in Sun and Moon. In Scarlet and Violet it appears in 3-star Tera Raid Battles.
In the anime
Sophocles's Charjabug debuted in 'So Long, Sophocles!', after Ash trapped it in a cage as a farewell present. Horacio's Shiny Charjabug lost the Charjabug race in 'Mounting an Electrifying Charge!'.
Fun facts
- No other Pokémon has the rare kana ヂ in its Japanese name.
- Bulbapedia says its sac holds enough charge to power a home for a full day, and that it will share the charge with other Pokémon.
- It is the only Electric type with the Squiggle body shape.
- Bulbapedia says the mobile version of Pokémon Champions shows a Charjabug picture as the device's battery meter.
Base stats
- HP: 57
- Attack: 82
- Defense: 95
- Sp. Atk: 55
- Sp. Def: 75
- Speed: 36
Charjabug’s base stat total is 400. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Charjabug weak to?
Charjabug takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Rock (2×) moves.
It resists Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
What does Charjabug evolve from?
Charjabug evolves from Grubbin at level 20.
How does Charjabug evolve?
Charjabug evolves into Vikavolt (Thunder Stone).
The whole family: Grubbin, Charjabug, Vikavolt.
Abilities
- Battery: Ally Pokémon's moves have their power increased to 1.3×.
Moves
Moves Charjabug learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Charge | Electric | Status | — |
| 1 | Vise Grip | Normal | Physical | 55 |
| 1 | String Shot | Bug | Status | — |
| 1 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 |
| 1 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 |
| 15 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 23 | Spark | Electric | Physical | 65 |
| 29 | Sticky Web | Bug | Status | — |
| 36 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 |
| 43 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 50 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 |
| 57 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 64 | Discharge | Electric | Special | 80 |
“Evo” means Charjabug learns the move the moment it evolves: Charge.
TM moves (34)
Charjabug can learn 34 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Struggle Bug, Pounce, Charge Beam, Facade, Mud Shot, Endure, Volt Switch, Rain Dance, Dig, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Poison Jab, Rest, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Iron Defense, X-Scissor, Crunch, Thunderbolt, Baton Pass, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Thunder, Tera Blast, Charge, Bug Bite, Lunge, Electroweb, Skitter Smack.
Egg moves (2):Discharge, Harden.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 120 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 140.
Pokédex entries
Its digestive processes convert the leaves it eats into electricity. An electric sac in its belly stores the electricity for later use. (Shield)
While its durable shell protects it from attacks, Charjabug strikes at enemies with jolts of electricity discharged from the tips of its jaws. (Sword)
Its stout shell provides excellent defense from attacks. It uses electricity on persistent opponents. (Ultra Moon)
It buries itself in fallen leaves and barely moves, munching away on humus. If you accidentally step on one, you'll get a shock! (Ultra Sun)
From the food it digests, it generates electricity, and it stores this energy in its electric sac. (Moon)
Its body is capable of storing electricity. On camping trips, people are grateful to have one around. (Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | デンヂムシ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Dendimushi |
| French | Chrysapile |
| German | Akkup |
| Spanish | Charjabug |
| Italian | Charjabug |
| Korean | 전지충이 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 虫电宝 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 蟲電寶 |
Trivia
- Slowest Electric type in Gen 7: 36 Speed.
- Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 7: 95.
- Lowest base stat total among Electric types in Gen 7: 400.
- Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m).
- Heavier than 29% of all Pokémon (10.5 kg).
- Base stat total 400, ranked #633 of 1,025.
- One of 4 Pokémon that are both Bug and Electric.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 16 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 41 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 120: about 15.7% 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: Charjabug (Pokémon), Serebii: Charjabug (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (CHAR-juh-bug): 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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