Simipour
Simipour is a Water-type Pokémon, the Geyser Pokémon, number 516 (#0516) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 29 kg.
Simipour is the Geyser Pokémon, a blue monkey whose tail can fire water hard enough to destroy a concrete wall. It keeps its head tufts topped up by siphoning clean water with that same tail.
How to pronounce Simipour
Simipour is pronounced SIM-ee-por. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Simipour said out loud:
In Japanese it is ヒヤッキー (Hiyakkie).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Simipour is a blue monkey, 1.0 m tall and 29 kg, with dreadlock-like tufts on its head that store water, a white ruff around its neck and a tail tipped with a plume like a water spout. Its face, arms and legs are cream, and its hands have five fingers.
Behaviour
Simipour likes to stay where the water is clean. When the water stored in its tufts runs low, it sucks more up through its tail to top them off.
Habitat
Canon gives no natural habitat, and in Black and White it is reached only by evolving Panpour. In Legends: Z-A, Bulbapedia places it in Wild Zone 20, where it is an Alpha Pokémon.
Powers
Gluttony is its regular Ability and Torrent is hidden. Scald is a move it knows from the start, with TMs adding Surf, Waterfall, Ice Beam and Focus Blast. With base Attack and Special Attack both at 98 and Speed 101, it can attack from either side.
Name origin
Simipour may combine 'simian' with 'pour'. The Japanese name is Hiyakkie (ヒヤッキー), which may come from hiya ('cool water') and 'monkey'.
Design inspiration
Simipour appears to blend a monkey and a fountain. Its water-storing hair may recall the kappa, a Japanese yōkai that keeps water in a dish on its head, and the dreadlocks echo a hairstyle of the late 1960s and 1970s. It also seems to stand for 'see no evil' in the three wise monkeys motif. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Simipour evolves from Panpour when a Water Stone is used on it, and it does not evolve further.
In the games
In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, a Simipour is the relaxed principal of the school in Serene Village. Since its debut in Black and White, the only way to get one has been a Water Stone on Panpour. In Legends: Z-A it is wild in Wild Zone 20, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose. It is not in Scarlet and Violet.
In the anime
Betty's Simipour debuted in 'Search for the Clubultimate!' by beating Getty's Simisear in the Clubsplosion. It lost to Ash's Scraggy in 'A Clubsplosion of Excitement!'.
Fun facts
- Even though its eyes look permanently shut, it seems to blink in the games.
- In Black and White and their sequels, its sprites seem to strike poses that nod to rock-paper-scissors.
- It represents February in the Unova horoscope.
- Older official artwork painted its whole tail blue, rather than tan with a blue end.
Base stats
- HP: 75
- Attack: 98
- Defense: 63
- Sp. Atk: 98
- Sp. Def: 63
- Speed: 101
Simipour’s base stat total is 498. Its highest stat is Speed.
Type matchups
What is Simipour weak to?
Simipour takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
What does Simipour evolve from?
Simipour evolves from Panpour (Water Stone).
Simipour is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Panpour, Simipour.
Abilities
- Gluttony: Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
- Torrent (hidden ability): Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
Moves
Moves Simipour learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 |
| 1 | Fury Swipes | Normal | Physical | 18 |
| 1 | Scald | Water | Special | 80 |
TM moves (37)
Simipour can learn 37 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: Work Up, Toxic, Hail, Hidden Power, Taunt, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Hyper Beam, Protect, Rain Dance, Frustration, Return, Brick Break, Double Team, Rock Tomb, Torment, Facade, Rest, Attract, Thief, Low Sweep, Round, Focus Blast, Scald, Fling, Acrobatics, Shadow Claw, Payback, Giga Impact, Rock Slide, Grass Knot, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Surf, Waterfall, Confide.
Egg moves (11), which Panpour can hatch knowing:Aqua Ring, Aqua Tail, Astonish, Covet, Disarming Voice, Hydro Pump, Low Kick, Mud Sport, Nasty Plot, Role Play, Tickle.
Move tutor moves (20): Aqua Tail, Covet, Endeavor, Focus Punch, Gastro Acid, Gunk Shot, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Iron Tail, Knock Off, Low Kick, Recycle, Role Play, Snore, Superpower, Throat Chop, Uproar, Water Pledge, Water Pulse.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
- Egg groups: Field.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 75 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 Speed effort values.
- Base experience yield: 174.
Pokédex entries
It prefers places with clean water. When its tuft runs low, it replenishes it by siphoning up water with its tail. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)
The high-pressure water expelled from its tail is so powerful, it can destroy a concrete wall. (White, X, Omega Ruby)
The tuft on its head holds water. When the level runs low, it replenishes the tuft by siphoning up water with its tail. (Black)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ヒヤッキー |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Hiyakkie |
| French | Flotoutan |
| German | Sodachita |
| Spanish | Simipour |
| Italian | Simipour |
| Korean | 앗차키 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 冷水猿 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 冷水猿 |
Trivia
- Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
- Heavier than 51% of all Pokémon (29 kg).
- Base stat total 498, ranked #312 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 23 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 67 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
- Catch rate 75: about 9.8% 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: Simipour (Pokémon), Serebii: Simipour (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SIM-ee-por): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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