#1015 · Paldea · Generation 9 · legendary

Munkidori

Retainer Pokémon · Poison/Psychic-type

Munkidori is a Poison/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Retainer Pokémon, number 1015 (#1015) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 12.2 kg.

Munkidori is the Retainer Pokémon, a Poison and Psychic type monkey and the brains of Kitakami's Loyal Three. The Pokédex says a toxic chain around its head stimulated its brain until its psychic powers bloomed, and that it keeps itself safe while it leaves foes dizzy.

How to pronounce Munkidori

Munkidori is pronounced mun-kee-DOR-ee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Munkidori said out loud:

In Japanese it is マシマシラ (Mashimashira).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Munkidori is a blue, male-only monkey, 1 m tall and 12.2 kg, with long black fur over most of its body, yellow eyes, slicked-back head hair and sandal-like feet. An arrowhead pattern marks its bare chest, and a magenta chain wraps around its head like a headband.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Munkidori prefers to stay out of harm's way and make foes dizzy with psychokinesis. Bulbapedia, citing the game's Map Mission Guide, says Kitakami locals worship it in the hope of success in life and of everything being hunky-dory. Bulbapedia also calls it greedy and manipulative, though it gets along well with the other two heroes.

Habitat

Canon gives no natural habitat. In The Teal Mask it waits in Wistful Fields in Kitakami and can be caught once you have finished the expansion's main story.

Powers

Its Ability Toxic Chain gives its moves a chance to badly poison the target, and the hidden Frisk reveals the opponent's held item. It attacks with Psychic, Sludge Wave and Poison Jab, boosts itself with Nasty Plot and lands Future Sight and the pivoting Parting Shot. With 130 base Special Attack and 106 Speed it is a fast special attacker.

Name origin

Munkidori may combine 'monkey' and 'hunky-dory', slang for 'all is well'. The Japanese name is Mashimashira (マシマシラ), possibly from mashi ('better, increasing') and mashira, an archaic word for monkey.

Design inspiration

Munkidori may be a Japanese macaque, and its Shiny form has a tanned coat like one; Bulbapedia points to the northern macaques of Aomori in Tōhoku, the region that inspires Kitakami. Its slicked-back hair may recall the chonmage topknot, its mischievous mind powers may nod to the satori, a mind-reading monkey yokai, and the chain resembles a hachimaki headband. These are fan readings.

In the games

Munkidori plays a major part in The Teal Mask, the Kitakami expansion for Scarlet and Violet, where it is number 198 in the Kitakami Pokédex. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Munkidori appears in Pokémon Horizons as a silhouette first and then in person alongside the rest of the Loyal Three at Kitakami Hall.

Fun facts

• A Map Mission Guide line quoted by Bulbapedia says Munkidori was originally clumsy and dim-witted, and that a longing for cleverness is what gave it great wisdom.
• Poison and Psychic is a typing nobody else has: Munkidori is the only Pokémon with it.
• Bulbapedia notes Munkidori has a type advantage over the other Loyal Three members and over Ogerpon.
• Bulbapedia says fans have compared the Loyal Three to the Dorombo Gang from the 1977 anime Yatterman, with Munkidori as the clever one, Boyacky.

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

Base stats

• HP: 88
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 66
• Sp. Atk: 130
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 106

Munkidori’s base stat total is 555. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Munkidori weak to?

Munkidori takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (¼×), Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

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

Abilities

• Toxic Chain: May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.
• Frisk (hidden ability): Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Moves

Moves Munkidori learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (50)

Munkidori can learn 50 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Mud-Slap, Protect, Acid Spray, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Hex, Swift, Stored Power, Night Shade, Fling, Venoshock, Endure, Psyshock, U-turn, Shadow Claw, Sleep Talk, Light Screen, Metronome, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Psychic Terrain, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Spite, Uproar, Poltergeist, Lash Out, Psych Up, Sludge Wave, Future Sight, Psychic Noise.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 100% male, 0% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 278.

Pokédex entries

Munkidori keeps itself somewhere safe while it toys with its foes, using psychokinesis to induce intense dizziness. (Violet)

The chain is made from toxins that enhance capabilities. It stimulated Munkidori's brain and caused the Pokémon's psychic powers to bloom. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Psychic types in Gen 9: 130.
• The only Pokémon with the Poison/Psychic typing.
• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 32% of all Pokémon (12.2 kg).
• Base stat total 555, ranked #124 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #34 of 1,025.
• One of 1 Pokémon that are both Poison and Psychic.
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 110 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 56 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• 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: Munkidori (Pokémon), Serebii: Munkidori (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (mun-kee-DOR-ee): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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