Effect Spore: Has a 30% chance of inducing either paralysis, poison or sleep on an opponent that directly attacks
Diamond & Pearl
Effect Spore: Has a 30% chance of inducing either paralysis, poison or sleep on an opponent that directly attacks
Diamond & Pearl
Dry Skin: This Pokemon absorbs Water attacks and gains a weakness to Fire attacks. If Sunny Day is in effect, this Pokemon takes damage. If Rain Dance is in effect, this Pokemon recovers health.
Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing in nutrients from the bug host.
Blue
Yellow
Burrows under the ground to gnaw on tree roots. The mushrooms on its back absorb most of the nutrition.
Gold
It is doused with mushroom spores when it is born. As its body grows, mushrooms sprout from its back.
Silver
As its body grows large, oriental mushrooms named tochukaso start sprouting out of its back.
Crystal
The tochukaso growing on this POKéMON's back orders it to extract juice from tree trunks.
Ruby
PARAS has parasitic mushrooms growing on its back called tochukaso. They grow large by drawing nutrients from this BUG POKéMON host. They are highly valued as a medicine for extending life.
Sapphire
Emerald
A PARAS has parasitic tochukaso mushrooms growing on its back. They grow by drawing nutrients from the host. They are valued as a medicine for long life.
FireRed
Growing out of the bug's back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.
LeafGreen
Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing in nutrients from the bug host.
Diamond
Mushrooms named tochukaso grow on its back. They grow along with the host PARAS.
Pearl
Stadium 1
Grows by sucking nutrients from the roots of trees. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing extracts from the bug host.
Stadium 2
It is doused with mushroom spores when it is born. As its body grows, mushrooms sprout from its back.
Almost always goes last; if an opponent strikes with a Physical attack before the user's turn, the user retaliates for twice the damage it had endured.
Almost always goes last; if an opponent strikes with a Physical attack before the user's turn, the user retaliates for twice the damage it had endured. In double battles, this attack targets the last opponent to hit the user with a Physical attack and cannot hit the user's teammate.
Plant / 
Bug