#0876 · Galar · Generation 8

Indeedee

Emotion Pokémon · Psychic/Normal-type

Indeedee is a Psychic/Normal-type Pokémon, the Emotion Pokémon, number 876 (#0876) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 28 kg.

Indeedee is the Emotion Pokémon, a psychic servant that senses the feelings of everyone nearby through its horns and runs on positive emotions such as gratitude. Males are said to act as valets, and the two genders look like a butler and a maid.

How to pronounce Indeedee

Indeedee is pronounced in-DEE-dee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Indeedee said out loud:

In Japanese it is イエッサン (Yessan).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Indeedee is 0.9 m tall and weighs 28 kg. Both genders are dark purple and white, with white faces, rounded heads, pear-shaped bodies and three-fingered hands and three-toed feet. The male has upturned spiral horns, blue markings between the eyes and a navy body with more white on the legs. The female has downturned horns, pink markings above the eyes and a white body with darker legs.

Behaviour

Indeedee bustles about looking after people and other Pokémon, hunting out cheerful moods, gratitude and joy. The Pokédex says it never leaves its Trainer's side, predicts their actions with psychic power and handles their everyday needs. It dislikes conflict, and throws things at anyone fighting on its territory.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in the north of Paldea, and in the Kitakami region of The Teal Mask, including Oni Mountain and the Kitakami Wilds.

Powers

Males can have Inner Focus and females Own Tempo, both with Synchronize and the hidden Psychic Surge, which sets Psychic Terrain. Males are faster, with base Special Attack 105 and Speed 95; females are bulkier, with Special Defense 105 and HP 70. Both use Psychic and Calm Mind and support with Helping Hand and After You.

Name origin

Indeedee may come from 'indeed' and the phrase 'Yes indeedy'. The Japanese name is Yessan (イエッサン), which may blend 'yessir' with the honorific san, or 'yes, and...'.

Design inspiration

Saya Tsuruta designed both forms. Indeedee may be based on the Lares, household gods of ancient Rome, or on British brownies, helpful house spirits, and the two genders recall a butler and a maid. These are fan readings.

In the games

Players meet the male Indeedee in the wild in Sword and the female in Shield, the games that introduced it. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in the wild and in Tera Raids, and in Legends: Z-A it is wild only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Male and female Indeedee debuted in 'Toughing It Out!' as a Galarian Nurse Joy's Pokémon. A female Indeedee also took on an Articuno in a raid battle for Horace in 'Battling in the Freezing Raid!', and lost.

Fun facts

• Before Scarlet and Violet version 2.0.1, female Indeedee could not learn Trick Room by TM; the only way to get it was a bug in 5 star Tera Raids that gave the female the male's moves.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Pokémon whose Egg Moves depend on its gender.
• It shares the Emotion Pokémon category with Kirlia and Mesprit.

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

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 65
• Defense: 55
• Sp. Atk: 105
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 95

Indeedee’s base stat total is 475. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Indeedee weak to?

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

It resists Psychic (½×).

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

Indeedee does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Female Indeedee (Gender difference): Psychic/Normal-type, base stat total 475 (HP 70, Attack 55, Defense 65, Sp. Atk 95, Sp. Def 105, Speed 85). Abilities: Own Tempo, Synchronize, Psychic Surge (hidden).

Abilities

• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Synchronize: Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.
• Psychic Surge (hidden ability): When this Pokémon enters battle, it changes the terrain to Psychic Terrain.

Moves

Moves Indeedee learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (37)

Indeedee can learn 37 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Psybeam, Disarming Voice, Facade, Swift, Magical Leaf, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, Endure, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Dazzling Gleam, Metronome, Rest, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Energy Ball, Psychic, Encore, Play Rough, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Psychic Terrain, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Gravity, Psych Up, Expanding Force, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (3):Extrasensory, Fake Out, Psych Up.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Fairy.
• Egg cycles: 40 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 5,120).
• Catch rate: 30 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 140.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 166.

Pokédex entries

Through its horns, it can pick up on the emotions of creatures around it. Positive emotions are the source of its strength. (Shield)

It uses the horns on its head to sense the emotions of others. Males will act as valets for those they serve, looking after their every need. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Normal type in Gen 8: 95 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Normal types in Gen 8: 105, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Def among Normal types in Gen 8: 95.
• Fastest Psychic type in Gen 8: 95 Speed.
• Taller than 43% of all Pokémon (0.9 m).
• Heavier than 49% of all Pokémon (28 kg).
• Base stat total 475, ranked #431 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Psychic and Normal.
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 67 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Can learn 44 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 30: about 3.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 2 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: Indeedee (Pokémon), Serebii: Indeedee (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (in-DEE-dee): 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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