#0511 · Unova · Generation 5

Pansage

Grass Monkey Pokémon · Grass-type

Pansage is a Grass-type Pokémon, the Grass Monkey Pokémon, number 511 (#0511) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 10.5 kg.

Pansage is the Grass Monkey Pokémon, a friendly little monkey whose head sprout can be eaten to chase away tiredness. It hunts out berries far and wide and shares them with its friends.

How to pronounce Pansage

Pansage is pronounced PAN-sayj. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Pansage said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヤナップ (Yanappu).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Pansage is a green-and-cream monkey, 0.6 m tall and 10.5 kg, with a broccoli-like sprout on its head, big ears and a tail tipped with two leaves. The Pokédex says the leaves in its sprout relieve stress, and that eating one whisks weariness away.

Behaviour

The Pokédex calls Pansage kind. It offers the leaf on its head to tired-looking Pokémon, and it is good at tracking down berries from all over and bringing them back for its friends.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it dwells deep in the forest. In Black and White it lives in the inner Pinwheel Forest and Lostlorn Forest. In Legends: Z-A it is wild in all five Lumiose districts, with more in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Gluttony lets it eat a held Berry early, while Overgrow, its hidden Ability, boosts Grass moves when it is low on health. It learns Vine Whip, Leech Seed, Seed Bomb and Grass Knot, and later Acrobatics and Crunch. With base Speed 64 and 50 HP it is a modest early-stage Grass type.

Name origin

Pansage may combine Pan, the chimpanzee genus, with 'sage', a herb or a wise person. The Japanese name is Yanappu (ヤナップ), which may draw on yanagi (willow), yasai (vegetables) or na (greens), plus 'ape'.

Design inspiration

Takao Unno designed Pansage, Pansear and Panpour as partners for Cilan, Chili and Cress, the Striaton Gym Leaders. Because the Gym doubles as a restaurant, the monkeys were built around cooking, and their hands were designed to look like oven mitts. With its mouth open, Pansage seems to stand for 'speak no evil' in the three wise monkeys motif, a fan reading.

Evolution notes

Pansage evolves into Simisage when a Leaf Stone is used on it.

In the games

In Black and White, Pansage is the Grass partner of Cilan, one of the three Striaton Gym Leaders, who uses it against players who chose Oshawott. It is not in Scarlet and Violet.

In the anime

Cilan's Pansage debuted in 'Triple Leaders, Team Threats!', also the species' debut, alongside Chili's Pansear and Cress's Panpour. It has been a regular partner on Cilan's travels with Ash and Iris.

Fun facts

• In Black and White, the Dreamyard hands you a monkey depending on your starter, and it is never the one the Striaton Gym Leader uses against you: Pansage if you chose Tepig, Pansear if Oshawott, Panpour if Snivy.
• It first appeared unnamed as a toy beside Axew in two images in July 2010, and was officially revealed on 22 August 2010 by Pokémon Sunday.
• Bulbapedia notes that Pansage and Simisage are the only Pokémon with Overgrow that are not a first partner Pokémon.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 53
• Defense: 48
• Sp. Atk: 53
• Sp. Def: 48
• Speed: 64

Pansage’s base stat total is 316. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Pansage weak to?

Pansage takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×).

Evolution

How does Pansage evolve?

Pansage evolves into Simisage (Leaf Stone).

The whole family: Pansage, Simisage.

Abilities

• Gluttony: Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
• Overgrow (hidden ability): Strengthens Grass moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

Moves

Moves Pansage learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

TM moves (29)

Pansage can learn 29 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: Work Up, Toxic, Hidden Power, Sunny Day, Taunt, Protect, Frustration, Solar Beam, Return, Double Team, Rock Tomb, Torment, Facade, Rest, Attract, Thief, Low Sweep, Round, Energy Ball, Fling, Acrobatics, Shadow Claw, Payback, Grass Knot, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Nature Power, Confide.

Egg moves (12):Astonish, Bullet Seed, Covet, Disarming Voice, Grass Whistle, Leaf Storm, Low Kick, Magical Leaf, Nasty Plot, Role Play, Spiky Shield, Tickle.

Move tutor moves (18): Covet, Endeavor, Focus Punch, Gastro Acid, Giga Drain, Grass Pledge, Gunk Shot, Helping Hand, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Low Kick, Recycle, Role Play, Seed Bomb, Snore, Synthesis, Uproar, Worry Seed.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% 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: 63.

Pokédex entries

It's good at finding berries and gathers them from all over. It's kind enough to share them with friends. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It shares the leaf on its head with weary-looking Pokémon. These leaves are known to relieve stress. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

This Pokémon dwells deep in the forest. Eating a leaf from its head whisks weariness away as if by magic. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 29% of all Pokémon (10.5 kg).
• Base stat total 316, ranked #790 of 1,025.
• One of 127 Grass-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 18 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 66 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 3 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: Pansage (Pokémon), Serebii: Pansage (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (PAN-sayj): 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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