#0944 · Paldea · Generation 9

Shroodle

Toxic Mouse Pokémon · Poison/Normal-type

Shroodle is a Poison/Normal-type Pokémon, the Toxic Mouse Pokémon, number 944 (#0944) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 0.7 kg.

Shroodle is the Toxic Mouse Pokémon, a mellow little shrew whose big front teeth are coated in paralysing poison. It also paints markings around its nest with a foul-smelling poisonous liquid to keep intruders out.

How to pronounce Shroodle

Shroodle is pronounced SHROO-dul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Shroodle said out loud:

In Japanese it is シルシュルー (Shirushrew).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Shroodle is tiny, 0.2 m tall and 0.7 kg, with a round grey and white body, a black head that takes up about half of it, big yellow-green eyes and a single tuft of blonde hair. A long snout holds two large front teeth coated in purple poison. The Pokédex says a bite from them can leave the victim paralysed.

Behaviour

Shroodle is usually mellow, but it sinks its poisoned teeth into anything that angers it. It paints its territory with an acrid, poisonous liquid as a warning to enemies.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it marks the area around its nest. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Paldea's South and East Provinces and in Tagtree Thicket, and Serebii lists forest and bamboo biomes.

Powers

Its Abilities are Unburden, which doubles its Speed after it uses or loses a held item, and Pickpocket, which steals the item of an attacker that touches it; the hidden Prankster raises the priority of its status moves. It learns Poison Fang, Acid Spray, Switcheroo, Knock Off, Poison Jab and Gunk Shot. With 75 base Speed and 40 base HP it is a quick, fragile trickster.

Name origin

Shroodle may combine 'shrew', 'shrewd' and 'doodle'. The Japanese name is Shirushrew (シルシュルー), which may blend shiru ('juice'), shirushi ('mark') and 'shrew'.

Design inspiration

Shroodle may take after the Iberian shrew or the Pyrenean desman, and its poisonous bite fits the fact that some shrews are among the few venomous mammals. Its snout, and its evolution into an aye-aye-like Pokémon, may also point to treeshrews, which are close relatives of primates. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Shroodle evolves into Grafaiai at level 28.

In the games

Shroodle is a wild Pokémon and a 1-star Tera Raid Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. In Legends: Z-A it appears in the Mega Dimension DLC, in the Normal-type and Poison-type wild zones of Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Shroodle debuted in Pokémon Horizons as a wild Pokémon in 'An Unexpected Picnic!'. Two wild ones return in 'Welcome to Naranja Academy!'.

Fun facts

• According to Bulbapedia, it is the only Pokémon with Pickpocket as a standard Ability rather than a Hidden Ability.
• Bulbapedia says its overall shape, together with Grafaiai's graffiti theme, may be a nod to 'Kilroy was here', a well-known piece of graffiti.
• Bulbapedia also floats the shrew tenrecs of Madagascar as an influence, since tenrecs lick their paws and spread saliva around their territory to scent-mark it.

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

Base stats

• HP: 40
• Attack: 65
• Defense: 35
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 35
• Speed: 75

Shroodle’s base stat total is 290. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Shroodle weak to?

Shroodle takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

How does Shroodle evolve?

Shroodle evolves into Grafaiai at level 28.

The whole family: Shroodle, Grafaiai.

Abilities

• Unburden: Doubles Speed upon using or losing a held item.
• Pickpocket: Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.
• Prankster (hidden ability): Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

Moves

Moves Shroodle learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (41)

Shroodle can learn 41 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Acid Spray, Acrobatics, Thief, Trailblaze, Pounce, Facade, Mud Shot, Fling, Venoshock, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, U-turn, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Metronome, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Encore, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Tera Blast, Toxic, Knock Off, Super Fang, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Sludge Wave, Skitter Smack, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (6):Copycat, Cross Poison, Parting Shot, Super Fang, Swagger, Toxic.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% 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 Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 58.

Pokédex entries

To keep enemies away from its territory, it paints markings around its nest using a poisonous liquid that has an acrid odor. (Violet)

Though usually a mellow Pokémon, it will sink its sharp, poison-soaked front teeth into any that anger it, causing paralysis in the object of its ire. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Normal type: 0.7 kg.
• Shortest Normal type: 0.2 m, shared with 2 others.
• Shortest Poison type: 0.2 m, shared with 2 others.
• Lightest Normal type in Gen 9: 0.7 kg.
• Shortest Normal type in Gen 9: 0.2 m, shared with 1 other.
• Shortest Poison type in Gen 9: 0.2 m.
• Lowest base stat total among Poison types in Gen 9: 290.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (0.7 kg).
• Base stat total 290, ranked #892 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Poison and Normal.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 39 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 53 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% 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: Shroodle (Pokémon), Serebii: Shroodle (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SHROO-dul): 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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