pokemon of the day 71

POKEMON OF THE DAY 71; APPLIN! APPLIN (JAPANESE: カジッチュ KAJICCHU) IS A DUAL-TYPE GRASS/DRAGON POKÉMON INTRODUCED IN GENERATION VIII. IT EVOLVES INTO FLAPPLE WHEN EXPOSED TO A TART APPLE OR APPLETUN WHEN EXPOSED TO A SWEET APPLE. THE APPLE CORE POKEMON; ABILITIES RIPEN OR GLUTTONY BULLETPROOF HIDDEN ABILITY GENDER RATIO 50% MALE, 50% FEMALE CATCH RATE 255 (43.9%) BREEDING EGG GROUPS GRASS AND DRAGON HATCH TIME 5140 - 5396 STEPS HEIGHT 0'08" 0.2 M WEIGHT 1.1 LBS. 0.5 KG BASE EXPERIENCE YIELD 52 LEVELING RATE ERRATIC EV YIELD TOTAL: 1 HP 0 ATK 0 DEF 1 SP.ATK 0 SP.DEF 0 SPEED 0 POKÉDEX COLOR GREEN BASE FRIENDSHIP 50; APPLIN IS A SMALL, WORM-LIKE POKÉMON WITH A LIGHT GREEN BODY AND A DARK GREEN UNDERSIDE. ITS HEAD IS ROUND WITH TWO PINK NOSTRILS. ABOVE ITS HEAD ARE TWO LARGE LEAF-LIKE EYESTALKS WHICH HOUSE ITS TWO SMALL BLACK EYES. THESE EYESTALKS GIVE THE APPLE IT LIVES IN THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING A STEM WITH LEAVES. IT ALSO HAS TWO THIN HAIRS ON THE TIP OF ITS TAIL. APPLIN IS BOTH THE LIGHTEST AND SHORTEST DRAGON-TYPE POKÉMON, AND ALSO ONE OF THE SHORTEST GRASS-TYPE POKÉMON. AS SOON AS IT'S BORN, IT BURROWS INTO AN APPLE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LEPPA BERRY, WHICH SERVES AS A HOME, FOOD SOURCE, AND PROTECTION AGAINST PREYING BIRD POKÉMON. THE FLAVOR OF THE APPLE DETERMINES WHICH EVOLUTION APPLIN WILL EVOLVE INTO. STAT RANGE AT LV. 50 AT LV. 100 HP:40 100 - 147 190 - 284 ATTACK:40 40 - 101 76 - 196 DEFENSE:80 76 - 145 148 - 284 SP. ATK:40 40 - 101 76 - 196 SP. DEF:40 40 - 101 76 - 196 SPEED:20 22 - 79 40 - 152 TOTAL:260 OTHER POKÉMON WITH THIS TOTAL MINIMUM STATS ARE CALCULATED WITH 0 EVS, IVS OF 0, AND (IF APPLICABLE) A HINDERING NATURE. MAXIMUM STATS ARE CALCULATED WITH 252 EVS, IVS OF 31, AND (IF APPLICABLE) A HELPFUL NATURE. IT SPENDS ITS ENTIRE LIFE INSIDE AN APPLE. IT HIDES FROM ITS NATURAL ENEMIES, BIRD POKÉMON, BY PRETENDING IT'S JUST AN APPLE AND NOTHING MORE.AS SOON AS IT'S BORN, IT BURROWS INTO AN APPLE. NOT ONLY DOES THE APPLE SERVE AS ITS FOOD SOURCE, BUT THE FLAVOR OF THE FRUIT DETERMINES ITS EVOLUTION. APPLIN AND ITS EVOLVED FORMS ARE THE ONLY POKÉMON THAT ARE IN THE GRASS AND DRAGON EGG GROUPS. APPLIN HAS THE LOWEST BASE SPEED STAT OF ALL DRAGON-TYPE POKÉMON. APPLIN APPEARS TO BE BASED ON THE LARVAE OF CODLING MOTHS, WHICH BURROW INTO APPLES AND FEED ON ITS CORE, INHIBITING GROWTH AND RIPENING THEM EARLIER. ITS EVOLUTION METHODS MAY BE A REFERENCE ON HOW THE HOST PLANT DETERS ITS HERBIVORY. SOUR WILD FRUITS USUALLY HAVE THICKER EPIDERMIS AND CORE THAN THE SWEETER DOMESTICATED VARIETIES, THUS FLAPPLE KEEPING THE APPLE SKIN AND BEING SMALLER WHILE APPLETUN GROWS BIGGER AND INTERNALIZES THE WHOLE FRUIT. CONSIDERING ITS DRAGON TYPING, IT MAY ALSO BE BASED ON LADON, A DRAGON FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY THAT GUARDS THE GOLDEN APPLES IN THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES. IT MAY ALSO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE BIBLICAL SERPENTS, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS DRAGONS, ONE OF WHICH PERSUADES EVE TO EAT FROM THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, MOST OF THE TIME DEPICTED AS AN APPLE. IT SHARES MANY PHYSICAL SIMILARITIES WITH THE LINDWORM, A SERPENTINE DRAGON WITH ONLY TWO ARMS AND NO LEGS (WHICH APPLIN ALSO HAS), AND WHOSE NAME IS LIKE THE "WORM" OF INSECT LARVAE. IT MAY ALSO BE A PUN ON WYRM. NAME ORIGIN APPLIN MAY BE A COMBINATION OF APPLE AND INSIDE OR TANNIN, A BIBLICAL SERPENTINE DRAGON. KAJICCHU MAY BE A COMBINATION OF 齧る KAJIRU (TO GNAW), 果実 KAJITSU (FRUIT), AND 虫 CHŪ (BUG; WORM).