#0778 · Alola · Generation 7

Mimikyu

Disguise Pokémon · Ghost/Fairy-type

Mimikyu is a Ghost/Fairy-type Pokémon, the Disguise Pokémon, number 778 (#0778) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 0.7 kg.

Mimikyu is the Disguise Pokémon, a lonely Ghost and Fairy type that wears a homemade Pikachu costume in the hope of making friends. Nobody knows what is under the rag, and the Pokédex strongly suggests you do not look.

How to pronounce Mimikyu

Mimikyu is pronounced MIM-ih-kyoo. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Mimikyu said out loud:

In Japanese it is ミミッキュ (Mimikkyu).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Mimikyu is tiny, 0.2 m tall and 0.7 kg, though the costume makes it look about 0.56 m. The costume is an old rag with a crude crayon Pikachu face and a wooden stick for a tail; only its eyes, a ragged fringe of body and sometimes a long black claw show through. When the disguise is torn, the head droops into the Busted Form. The Pokédex says a scientist who peeked under the rag died of a mysterious illness.

Behaviour

Mimikyu is quiet and lonely. It copies Pikachu to get close to people and Pokémon, hoping to look less scary; the Pokédex notes the costume only makes it creepier. Try to look under the rag and it becomes agitated and fights back. If the costume is damaged it stays up all night mending it in front of a mirror, crying inside, and never forgets whoever did it.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives in dark places untouched by sunlight. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Paldea and Kitakami. In Alola, a Totem Mimikyu guards Acerola's trial in an abandoned Thrifty Megamart.

Powers

Its Ability Disguise is unique: the costume absorbs the first hit, then Mimikyu switches to its Busted Form. It strikes with Play Rough, Shadow Sneak and Shadow Claw and sharpens up with Swords Dance. Only Mimikyu can use the Z-Move Let's Snuggle Forever. With base Attack 90 and Special Defense 105 it is a sturdy, hard-hitting attacker.

Name origin

Mimikyu may come from 'mimic' and kyūkyū, a squeaking sound like Pikachu's, and could also play on meikyū ('mystery'). The Japanese name is Mimikkyu (ミミッキュ).

Design inspiration

Megumi Mizutani designed Mimikyu. The costume is based on Pikachu and on a bedsheet ghost with a face drawn on, and the in-game story that Pikachu merchandise became popular 20 years ago appears to nod to the franchise's 20th anniversary, when Sun and Moon came out. It may also recall the Bugul Noz, a gentle Breton spirit so ugly that it lives alone.

In the games

The Totem Mimikyu tests the player in Acerola's trial in Sun and Moon, where the species debuted, and the reward is a Ghostium Z. In Scarlet and Violet it can be caught wild and in Tera Raids, and in Legends: Z-A it appears only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Jessie's Mimikyu debuted in 'Loading the Dex!' and loathed Ash's Pikachu on sight. Acerola's Shiny Mimikyu, Mimikins, is the actual ghost of a dead Mimikyu and can float and pass through walls.

Fun facts

• Its Pokédex height of 0.2 m leaves out the head of the disguise.
• In the 2020 Pokémon of the Year poll, Mimikyu was the most popular Generation VII Pokémon with 99,077 votes, third overall.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Fairy-type Pokémon with a snake-like body.
• On 20 October 2016, The Pokémon Company released 'Mimikyu's Song', a music video all about how lonely it is.
• In Sun and Moon's data its Busted Form could learn Surf by TM, but that form never exists outside battle, so no Mimikyu could ever learn it.

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

Base stats

• HP: 55
• Attack: 90
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 50
• Sp. Def: 105
• Speed: 96

Mimikyu’s base stat total is 476. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Mimikyu weak to?

Mimikyu takes extra damage from Ghost (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (¼×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting, Dragon moves.

Evolution

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

Forms

• Busted Mimikyu (Battle form): Ghost/Fairy-type, base stat total 476 (HP 55, Attack 90, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 50, Sp. Def 105, Speed 96). Ability: Disguise.
• Totem Disguised Mimikyu (Totem): Ghost/Fairy-type, base stat total 476 (HP 55, Attack 90, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 50, Sp. Def 105, Speed 96). Ability: Disguise.
• Totem Busted Mimikyu (Totem): Ghost/Fairy-type, base stat total 476 (HP 55, Attack 90, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 50, Sp. Def 105, Speed 96). Ability: Disguise.

Abilities

• Disguise: Prevents the first instance of battle damage.

Moves

Moves Mimikyu learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (48)

Mimikyu can learn 48 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Pounce, Facade, Hex, Draining Kiss, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Dark Pulse, Leech Life, Substitute, X-Scissor, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Giga Drain, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Misty Terrain, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Spite, Burning Jealousy, Pain Split, Psych Up, Curse.

Egg moves (2):Curse, Destiny Bond.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 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 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 167.

Pokédex entries

There was a scientist who peeked under Mimikyu's old rag in the name of research. The scientist died of a mysterious disease. (Shield)

It wears a rag fashioned into a Pikachu costume in an effort to look less scary. Unfortunately, the costume only makes it creepier. (Sword)

A gust of wind revealed what hides under this Pokémon's rag to a passing Trainer, who went home and died painfully that very night. (Ultra Moon)

Although it's a quiet, lonely Pokémon, if you try to look at what's under its rag, it will become agitated and resist violently. (Ultra Sun)

A lonely Pokémon, it conceals its terrifying appearance beneath an old rag so it can get closer to people and other Pokémon. (Moon)

Its actual appearance is unknown. A scholar who saw what was under its rag was overwhelmed by terror and died from the shock. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Ghost type in Gen 7: 0.7 kg.
• Shortest Ghost type in Gen 7: 0.2 m.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (0.7 kg).
• Base stat total 476, ranked #429 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #94 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Ghost and Fairy.
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 57 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Can learn 60 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• 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: Mimikyu (Pokémon), Serebii: Mimikyu (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MIM-ih-kyoo): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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