#0446 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 · baby

Munchlax

Big Eater Pokémon · Normal-type

Munchlax is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Big Eater Pokémon, number 446 (#0446) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 105 kg.

Munchlax is the Big Eater Pokémon, a baby Normal type that swallows anything edible-looking and stashes spare snacks in its fur, then forgets where. It was the first Generation IV species the public ever saw.

How to pronounce Munchlax

Munchlax is pronounced MUNCH-laks. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Munchlax said out loud:

In Japanese it is ゴンベ (Gonbe).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Munchlax is a round teal Pokémon, 0.6 m tall and 105 kg, with a cream lower face and a cream chest patch like a bib. It has big round eyes, large pointed ears and two pointed teeth that stick out even when its mouth is shut.

Behaviour

Munchlax is slow-moving but hyperactive around food. The Pokédex says it tucks food away under its long fur and then forgets about it, and the Legends: Arceus entry has it visiting villages for compost scraps. One entry says it will share a single bite, but only with someone it really trusts.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat; in Sinnoh it turns up around honey-smeared trees. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Kitakami (The Teal Mask); the base game needs a trade or transfer.

Diet

Anything that looks edible, rotten or fresh, swallowed whole: the Pokédex says it needs its own weight in food daily.

Powers

Its Abilities are Pickup and Thick Fat, with Gluttony hidden. It uses Body Slam and Metronome, and recovers with Stockpile and Swallow. Its base HP of 135 is large for a baby, but its base Speed of 5 is tiny.

Name origin

Munchlax may combine 'munch' with 'lax', 'relax' or Snorlax. The Japanese name Gonbe (ゴンベ) may mix Kabigon (Snorlax) with 'baby', and may play on gonbē, an old placeholder name for a peasant.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia suggests Munchlax is modelled on a bear cub: its raids on rubbish and compost and its love of honey match bear behaviour, and the chest patch resembles a bib. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

It evolves into Snorlax when levelled up with high friendship. In several games a Munchlax can be obtained by breeding a Snorlax that holds a Full Incense.

In the games

Professor Rowan sends out a Munchlax in the intro of Diamond and Pearl, its Generation IV home games, and Barry owns another. In Legends: Arceus, Mai's Munchlax can be fed Aguav Berries to shape a massive mass outbreak. It is in Scarlet and Violet's Kitakami, but not in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

May caught one in 'Berry, Berry Interesting' after it loved her Pokéblocks, its series debut. In the film 'Destiny Deoxys' it provided comic relief and evolved into Snorlax to stay afloat in a flood.

Fun facts

• Its Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy gives Diamond and Pearl as its debut, yet it had already appeared in four games before Generation IV, including Pokémon Dash and XD: Gale of Darkness.
• You can choose Munchlax as one of your Partner Pokémon at the start of Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia.
• Its mouth has been drawn wider in later games and animation, so its Pokémon HOME model no longer matches its official artwork.

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

Base stats

• HP: 135
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 40
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 85
• Speed: 5

Munchlax’s base stat total is 390. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Munchlax weak to?

Munchlax takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

How does Munchlax evolve?

Munchlax evolves into Snorlax (Friendship).

The whole family: Munchlax, Snorlax.

Abilities

• Pickup: Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.
• Thick Fat: Halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.
• Gluttony (hidden ability): Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.

Moves

Moves Munchlax learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (51)

Munchlax can learn 51 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Mud-Slap, Protect, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Metronome, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Crunch, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Encore, Surf, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Amnesia, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Uproar, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Curse.

Egg moves (5):Belch, Counter, Curse, Double-Edge, Fissure.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 40 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 5,120).
• Catch rate: 50 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 HP effort value.
• Base experience yield: 78.

Pokédex entries

It stores food beneath its fur. It might share just one bite, but only if it really trusts you. (Shield)

Its robust stomach allows it to nonchalantly devour even rotted matter. It pays frequent visits to villages, seeking out food scraps intended for compost. (Legends: Arceus)

Stuffing itself with vast amounts of food is its only concern. Whether the food is rotten or fresh, yummy or tasteless—it does not care. (Sword)

Anything that looks edible, Munchlax will go on and swallow whole. Its stomach is tough enough to handle it even if the food has gone rotten. (Ultra Moon)

It hides food under its long fur, but it sometimes forgets about it and causes a stinky disturbance. (Ultra Sun)

When it finds something that looks like it might be edible, it goes right ahead and swallows it whole. That's why it gets fatter day by day. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Pokémon: 5 Speed, shared with 2 others.
• Slowest Normal type: 5 Speed.
• Slowest Pokémon in Gen 4: 5 Speed.
• Slowest Normal type in Gen 4: 5 Speed.
• Highest HP among Normal types in Gen 4: 135.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 84% of all Pokémon (105 kg).
• Base stat total 390, ranked #646 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #21 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 60 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 66 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 50: about 6.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 11 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: Munchlax (Pokémon), Serebii: Munchlax (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MUNCH-laks): 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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