#0357 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Tropius

Fruit Pokémon · Grass/Flying-type

Tropius is a Grass/Flying-type Pokémon, the Fruit Pokémon, number 357 (#0357) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 2 m tall and weighs 100 kg.

Tropius is the Fruit Pokémon, a leafy, long-necked Grass and Flying type that flies on its leaves and grows a bunch of fruit around its neck. According to the Pokédex, the fruit is delicious and children love it.

How to pronounce Tropius

Tropius is pronounced TROP-ee-us. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Tropius said out loud:

In Japanese it is トロピウス.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Tropius is a big, sauropod-like Pokémon, 2.0 m tall and 100 kg, with a brown body, a long neck and broad green leaves on its back that it flaps to fly and uses to make sugar. The yellow, banana-like fruit hanging around its neck is said to ripen twice a year. Emerald's entry adds that it scatters pollen from its neck in spring.

Behaviour

Tropius shares its fruit: the Pokédex says it gives the bunch around its neck to children, who eat it as a snack. Ultra Moon says many ranches in warm areas raise Tropius, and Ultra Sun says the fruit of Alola's Tropius is especially sweet.

Habitat

FireRed and LeafGreen place it in tropical jungles. In Scarlet and Violet it lives around Casseroya Lake and in Paldea's West Province, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Tropius loves fruit. The Diamond and Pearl Pokédex claims that eating only its favourite kind, day after day, made fruit start sprouting around its neck.

Powers

Its Abilities are Chlorophyll and Solar Power, with Harvest hidden. It learns Air Slash, Leaf Storm, Synthesis and, at level 56, Solar Beam, and it can use Dragon Dance. Its 99 base HP and 87 Special Defense make it a bulky, if unhurried, Grass and Flying type.

Name origin

Tropius may combine 'tropical' and -saurus, the dinosaur suffix, and may also nod to tropism, how plants turn towards a stimulus. The Japanese name is Toropiusu (トロピウス), the same name as in English.

Design inspiration

Tropius resembles a generic sauropod mixed with a banana plant. Its tropical look may also draw on Mokele-mbembe, a cryptid reported from the Congo basin. These are fan readings.

In the games

Tropius grazes on Route 119 in Ruby and Sapphire, where it debuted, and Pokémon Colosseum features it as a Shadow Pokémon. In Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 4-star Tera Raid Battles.

In the anime

Tropius debuted in the film Jirachi: Wish Maker among the residents of Forina. Its first television appearance was in 'From Brags to Riches', owned by Dominick, and in 'Odd Pokémon Out!' a wild Tropius on Camomile Island challenged Ash's Grovyle over Nurse Joy's Meganium.

Fun facts

• Tropius has exactly the same height, weight and Egg Groups as Venusaur.
• Bulbapedia says Tropius was the first Pokémon distributed in a Cherish Ball, in a Japanese Generation IV event.
• Among the Pokémon obtainable in Generation IV, Tropius alone was exclusive to Platinum, though HeartGold and SoulSilver could get it through the Pokéwalker.
• In Pokémon GO it is region-exclusive, with sightings generally in southern Spain, Malta, the Middle East and Africa.

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

Base stats

• HP: 99
• Attack: 68
• Defense: 83
• Sp. Atk: 72
• Sp. Def: 87
• Speed: 51

Tropius’s base stat total is 460. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Tropius weak to?

Tropius takes extra damage from Ice (4×), Fire (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Water (½×), Fighting (½×).

It is immune to Ground moves.

Evolution

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

Abilities

• Chlorophyll: Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.
• Solar Power: Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.
• Harvest (hidden ability): Has a 50% chance of restoring a used Berry after each turn if the Pokémon has held no items in the meantime.

Moves

Moves Tropius learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (48)

Tropius can learn 48 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Magical Leaf, Air Cutter, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Bullet Seed, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Swords Dance, Body Press, Fly, Dragon Dance, Substitute, Giga Drain, Tailwind, Dragon Pulse, Energy Ball, Helping Hand, Grassy Terrain, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Outrage, Leaf Storm, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Spite, Solar Blade, Dual Wingbeat, Double-Edge, Petal Blizzard, Curse.

Egg moves (6):Curse, Dragon Dance, Headbutt, Leaf Blade, Leech Seed, Slam.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Monster, Grass.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 200 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 161.

Pokédex entries

Bunches of delicious fruit grow around its neck. In warm areas, many ranches raise Tropius. (Ultra Moon)

The bunches of fruit growing around the necks of Tropius in Alola are especially sweet compared to those in other regions. (Ultra Sun)

Children of the southern tropics eat as snacks the fruit that grows in bunches around the neck of Tropius. This Pokémon flies by flapping the leaves on its back as if they were wings. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

The bunches of fruit around Tropius's neck are very popular with children. This Pokémon loves fruit, and eats it continuously. Apparently, its love for fruit resulted in its own outgrowth of fruit. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

The bunch of fruit around its neck ripens twice a year and is delicious. It's a highly favored tropical snack. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y)

It flies by flapping its broad leaves and gives the sweet, delicious fruit around its neck to children. (Black 2, White 2, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Grass type in Gen 3: 100 kg.
• Tallest Grass type in Gen 3: 2 m.
• Highest HP among Grass types in Gen 3: 99.
• Taller than 87% of all Pokémon (2 m).
• Heavier than 83% of all Pokémon (100 kg).
• Base stat total 460, ranked #477 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Grass and Flying.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 106 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 61 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 200: about 26.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 10 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: Tropius (Pokémon), Serebii: Tropius (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (TROP-ee-us): 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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