Hoothoot
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Names
- English: Hoothoot
- Japanese: ホーホー (Hoho)
- German: Hoothoot
- French: Hoothoot
Number(s)
- National: 163
- Hoenn: 318
- Johto: 15
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Flying
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
Size
- Height: 0.7 m / 2’04”
- Weight: 21.2 kg / 46.7 lbs.
Damage Taken
- Immune: Ground, Ghost
- ×½: Bug, Grass
- ×2: Rock, Electric, Ice
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 262 | ||
| HP | 51 | 1 | |
| Attack | 72 | 0 | |
| Defense | 73 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 64 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 49 | 0 | |
| Speed | 47 | 0 | |
Ability
- Insomnia
- Game's description
- Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep.
- Battle effect
- The Pokémon cannot be under the SLEEP condition while having this ability.
- Keen Eye
- Game's description
- Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.
- Battle effect
- Opponent cannot lower this Pokémon’s accuracy.
- Map effect
- If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a low level wild Pokémon decreases by 50%. This applies to Pokémon five levels lower than or below the level of the lead Pokémon.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Forest
- Points: 30
- Encounter rate: 50
Miscellaneous
- Safari Zone escape value: 90
- Species: Owl Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 3,840
- Color: Brown
- Catch Rate: 255
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Routes 210-North & 211-West, Safari Game (Night) [Common]
- Pearl
- Routes 210-North & 211-West, Safari Game (Night) [Common]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Gold
- It always stands on one foot. It changes feet so fast, the movement can rarely be seen.
- Silver
- It has a perfect sense of time. Whatever happens, it keeps rhythm by precisely tilting its head in time.
- Crystal
- It begins to hoot at the same time every day. Some trainers use them in place of clocks.
- Ruby
- HOOTHOOT has an internal organ that senses and tracks the earth's rotation. Using this special organ, this POKéMON begins hooting at precisely the same time every day.
- Sapphire
- HOOTHOOT has an internal organ that senses and tracks the earth's rotation. Using this special organ, this POKéMON begins hooting at precisely the same time every day.
- Emerald
- It has an internal organ that senses the earth's rotation. Using this special organ, a HOOTHOOT begins hooting at precisely the same time every day.
- Fire Red
- It has a perfect sense of time. Whatever happens, it keeps rhythm by precisely tilting its head in time.
- Leaf Green
- It always stands on one foot. It changes feet so fast, the movement can rarely be seen.
- Diamond
- It always stands on one foot. Even when attacked, it does not brace itself using both feet.
- Pearl
- It switches its standing foot so quickly, it can’t be seen. It cries at the same time every day.
