#0677 · Kalos · Generation 6

Espurr

Restraint Pokémon · Psychic-type

Espurr is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Restraint Pokémon, number 677 (#0677) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.5 kg.

Espurr is the Restraint Pokémon, a kitten with so much psychic power that it has to keep its ears folded to stop it leaking out. The Pokédex says it could blast everything within 90 m (300 feet), and that its blank stare hides a hard struggle to hold that power in.

How to pronounce Espurr

Espurr is pronounced es-PUR. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Espurr said out loud:

In Japanese it is ニャスパー (Nyasper).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Espurr is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.5 kg, with pale grey fur, white paws and ear tips, wide pale purple eyes and a fluffy, slightly curled tail. Its large folded ears shelter two ring-shaped yellow organs that give off its psychic energy. The Pokédex adds that it can pass out if the power builds up too much.

Behaviour

Espurr cannot steer its power at all and, the Pokédex says, finds that troublesome, even though it holds enough energy to send a wrestler flying. Its expression almost never changes, which the Pokédex reads as the face of someone working very hard to contain something huge.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives with The Indigo Disk, in the Coastal and Canyon Biomes at Blueberry Academy and in 1-star Tera Raids.

Powers

Its Abilities are Keen Eye, which stops its accuracy being lowered, and Infiltrator, which bypasses Light Screen, Reflect and Safeguard, with Own Tempo hidden. It learns Fake Out, Confusion, Psybeam and Light Screen. With 63 base Special Attack and 68 Speed it is a modest Pokémon whose real strength comes after evolving.

Name origin

Espurr may combine 'ESP', 'esper' and 'purr'. The Japanese name is Nyasper (ニャスパー), which may blend nyā, a cat's cry, with 'esper'.

Design inspiration

Espurr looks like a kitten, most likely a Scottish Fold, given its folded ears and lilac colouring. This is a fan reading, not an official statement.

Evolution notes

Espurr evolves into Meowstic at level 25, and its gender decides which of Meowstic's two forms it becomes.

In the games

In X and Y, Emma's Espurr, Mimi, pitches in for Looker and the player repeatedly in the Looker Bureau side quest, and Mimi is back with Emma in Legends: Z-A, set five years later. In Z-A, Espurr is also a wild Pokémon in Vert, Bleu, Magenta and Rouge districts and in the Mega Dimension DLC.

In the anime

Espurr debuted in 'Seeking Shelter from the Storm!' as the only resident of an abandoned mansion that had belonged to its late owner. Emma's Mimi first appears in 'Mega Evolution - Ult' and helps around the Looker Bureau.

Fun facts

• The same stock eye picture appears in the move animations for Baby-Doll Eyes, Tearful Look and Mean Look, and it seems modelled on Espurr's eyes, yet Espurr cannot learn any of them.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Emma's Mimi started as one of four Espurr with different expressions that a Team Flare Grunt used to stall the heroes; Emma named the last, confused one.
• In Japanese, Emma's Espurr is called Mokō (もこお), not Mimi.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Espurr (Pokémon) · Serebii: Espurr (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 62
• Attack: 48
• Defense: 54
• Sp. Atk: 63
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 68

Espurr’s base stat total is 355. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Espurr weak to?

Espurr takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

How does Espurr evolve?

Espurr evolves into Meowstic (Level 25, male or Level 25, female).

The whole family: Espurr, Meowstic.

Abilities

• Keen Eye: Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
• Infiltrator: Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
• Own Tempo (hidden ability): Prevents confusion.

Moves

Moves Espurr learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (36)

Espurr can learn 36 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Fake Tears, Protect, Psybeam, Disarming Voice, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Nasty Plot, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Gravity, Psych Up, Expanding Force, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (2):Tickle, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 71.

Pokédex entries

There's enough psychic power in Espurr to send a wrestler flying, but because this power can't be controlled, Espurr finds it troublesome. (Shield)

Though Espurr's expression never changes, behind that blank stare is an intense struggle to contain its devastating psychic power. (Sword)

It has enough psychic energy to blast everything within 300 feet of itself, but it has no control over its power. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

The organ that emits its intense psychic power is sheltered by its ears to keep power from leaking out. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Psychic type in Gen 6: 3.5 kg, shared with 1 other.
• Shortest Psychic type in Gen 6: 0.3 m.
• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 11% of all Pokémon (3.5 kg).
• Base stat total 355, ranked #691 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 28 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 43 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 4 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: Espurr (Pokémon), Serebii: Espurr (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (es-PUR): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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