Yungoos
Yungoos is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Loitering Pokémon, number 734 (#0734) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 6 kg.
Yungoos is the Loitering Pokémon, a mongoose with a bottomless appetite that wanders the streets for something fresh to eat. When dusk comes it runs out of energy and drops off to sleep wherever it happens to be.
How to pronounce Yungoos
Yungoos is pronounced YUNG-goos. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Yungoos said out loud:
In Japanese it is ヤングース (Youngoose).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Yungoos is a long-bodied brown mongoose, 0.4 m tall and 6 kg, with a yellow stripe running along its back and belly, a wide flat tail and three black claws on each short leg. Most of its length is stomach, and it digests food quickly. Its sharp, strong teeth can crush the hardest of objects, and the Pokédex says it will bite anything.
Behaviour
Yungoos is always hungry, which makes it fiercer, and it stalks its territory until it passes out. Bulbapedia says it is believed to choose its territory for safety, so that it can drop from exhaustion anywhere. The Pokédex adds that the cost of feeding it is no laughing matter for Trainers.
Habitat
The Pokédex has it marching down the streets in search of prey. In Scarlet and Violet it is found across Paldea's South, East and West Provinces, the Asado Desert and Inlet Grotto.
Diet
It will eat anything but prefers fresh prey.
Powers
Yungoos bites with Bite and Crunch, throws a Thrash and uses Super Fang. Its Ability Stakeout doubles its move power against a Pokémon that has just switched in, Strong Jaw strengthens biting moves, and Adaptability is hidden. Its stat line is small, with base Attack 70 the only number worth noting.
Name origin
Yungoos may combine 'young' or yankī (a Japanese word for a juvenile delinquent style) with 'mongoose'. The Japanese name is Youngoose (ヤングース).
Design inspiration
Yungoos looks modelled on a mongoose like the small Indian mongoose, which was brought to Hawaii to control rats on sugar cane plantations. The plan failed because the mongoose is active by day and rats at night, and it became an invasive species instead.
Evolution notes
Yungoos evolves into Gumshoos at level 20, but only when it levels up during the day.
In the games
Yungoos is a common early encounter in Alola, and in Sun, Moon and their Ultra versions Team Skull steals a child's Yungoos at the Aether House after Acerola's trial. In Scarlet and Violet it is a regular wild Pokémon in Paldea, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Zipp's Yungoos debuted in 'Alola to New Adventure!', and an ally Yungoos fought beside Totem Gumshoos in 'To Top a Totem!'.
Fun facts
- Yungoos is a day counterpart of Alolan Rattata: Yungoos appears only by day and Rattata only by night, and each evolves at level 20 in its own time of day.
- One of the 2017 McDonald's Pokémon toys was a Yungoos with a biting mouth.
- In Pokémon Adventures, Ilima's Yungoos first appears in 'A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart'.
Base stats
- HP: 48
- Attack: 70
- Defense: 30
- Sp. Atk: 30
- Sp. Def: 30
- Speed: 45
Yungoos’s base stat total is 253. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Yungoos weak to?
Yungoos takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.
It is immune to Ghost moves.
Evolution
How does Yungoos evolve?
Yungoos evolves into Gumshoos at level 20 (during the day).
The whole family: Yungoos, Gumshoos.
Abilities
- Stakeout: This Pokémon's moves have double power against Pokémon that switched in this turn.
- Strong Jaw: Strengthens biting moves to 1.5× their power.
- Adaptability (hidden ability): Increases the same-type attack bonus from 1.5× to 2×.
Moves
Moves Yungoos learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 3 | Leer | Normal | Status | — |
| 7 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 |
| 10 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — |
| 13 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — |
| 19 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 22 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 |
| 25 | Super Fang | Normal | Physical | — |
| 28 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 |
| 31 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — |
| 34 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 37 | Yawn | Normal | Status | — |
| 40 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 |
| 43 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — |
TM moves (36)
Yungoos can learn 36 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Psychic Fangs, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Substitute, Crunch, Helping Hand, Reversal, Wild Charge, Tera Blast, Super Fang, Double-Edge, Endeavor.
Egg moves (5):Endeavor, Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Last Resort, Thunder Fang.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Field.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 255 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 Attack effort value.
- Base experience yield: 51.
Pokédex entries
Although it will eat anything, it prefers fresh living things, so it marches down streets in search of prey. (Ultra Moon)
Its stomach takes up most of its long torso. It's a big eater, so the amount Trainers have to spend on its food is no laughing matter. (Ultra Sun)
It wanders around in a never-ending search for food. At dusk, it collapses from exhaustion and falls asleep on the spot. (Moon)
With its sharp fangs, it will bite anything. It did not originally live in Alola but was imported from another region. (Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ヤングース |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Youngoose |
| French | Manglouton |
| German | Mangunior |
| Spanish | Yungoos |
| Italian | Yungoos |
| Korean | 영구스 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 猫鼬少 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 貓鼬少 |
Trivia
- Lowest base stat total among Normal types in Gen 7: 253.
- Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
- Heavier than 18% of all Pokémon (6 kg).
- Base stat total 253, ranked #964 of 1,025.
- One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 13 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 45 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 4 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: Yungoos (Pokémon), Serebii: Yungoos (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (YUNG-goos): 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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