Grookey (Pokémon)

Grookey (Japanese: サルノリ Sarunori) is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Grookey (disambiguation).

Grookey
Chimp Pokémon

サルノリ
Sarunori

#810




Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Type

Grass

Abilities

Overgrow

Grassy Surge
Hidden Ability

Gender ratio

Unknown
87.5% male, 12.5% female

Catch rate

45 (11.9%)

Breeding

Egg Groups

Field and Grass

Hatch time

5140 - 5396 steps

Height

1'00"	0.3 m
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Weight

11.0 lbs.	5.0 kg
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Base experience yield

62

Leveling rate

Medium Slow

EV yield

Total: 1
Grookey
0 HP	1 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Green

Base friendship

50

External Links

Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves into Thwackey starting at level 16, which evolves into Rillaboom starting at level 35.

Along with Scorbunny and Sobble, Grookey is one of three starter Pokémon of Galar available at the beginning of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Along with Scorbunny and Sobble, it was the first Generation VIII Pokémon to be revealed to the public on February 27, 2019.

Biology

Goh's Grookey creating revitalizing waves by beating its stick

Grookey is a small, monkey-like Pokémon with a green body, a brown tail, brown, wedge-shaped ears, orange hands and feet, and an orange snout. Each of its hands has five fingers, while each of its feet has three toes. It has two large eyes with black irises and white pupils and sclerae. A lime green mask frames its eyes and, in a small bump above its snout, extends towards its forehead.

Grookey has two, leaf-shaped hair tufts that hold a stick on the top of its head. Besides using it when attacking, Grookey beats this stick rhythmically against the surfaces of all sorts of objects. This has been observed to cause grass to grow, and wilted flowers and leaves seem to regain their color when Grookey drums nearby. In the anime, it can even restore weakened plant-like Pokémon such as Bellsprout. The stick used to be a branch from a forest where troops of Grookey lived, and it has a special power due to being exposed to the energy within Grookey's body. Grookey live deep in forests.[1] However, due to its status as a starter Pokémon, a wild Grookey is hard to come by and it is generally seen under the care of Trainers.[1]

Grookey's green fur can create energy from the sunlight, similar to how plants use their green leaves to photosynthesize.[1] It is said to be full of boundless curiosity.

In the anime

Main series

Grookey in the anime

A Grookey Egg (left) in the anime

Goh's Grookey

A Grookey appeared in When a House is Not a Home! from the Rocket Prize Master. Throughout the episode, it bonded with Goh, and by the end, it decided to leave Team Rocket to join his team.

Minor appearances

Grookey debuted in a fantasy in Getting More Than You Battled For!, alongside the other starter Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
JN059	Grookey	Ash's Rotom Phone	Grookey, the Chimp Pokémon. A Grass type. Grookey attacks by beating with a stick. As the speed of its beats increases, Grookey's excitement does too.

GOTCHA!

A Grookey briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Grookey in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Twiggy

Henry's Grookey, nicknamed Twiggy, first appeared in Wow!! That's One Big Pokémon. He later evolved into a Thwackey in PASS08.

A Trainer's Grookey appeared in a fantasy in Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light.

In the TCG

Main article: Grookey (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Grookey appears as a Spirit alongside Scorbunny and Sobble.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#001

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	When it uses its special stick to strike up a beat, the sound waves produced carry revitalizing energy to the plants and flowers in the area.
Shield	It attacks with rapid beats of its stick. As it strikes with amazing speed, it gets more and more pumped.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Starter Pokémon from Leon in Postwick

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

In side games

Generation VIII

HOME

Gift for having a Pokémon from Sword or Shield in storage

Café Mix

Event

New Snap

Florio Nature Park, Mightywide River^Day

In-game events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
HOME	HOME Hidden Ability Grookey	Worldwide	hide	5	February 12, 2020 onwards

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 50		110 - 157	210 - 304
Attack: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Defense: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Atk: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Sp. Def: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Speed: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 310	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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Fighting

1×

Rock

1×

Ghost

1×

Steel

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Flying

2×

Poison

2×

Bug

2×

Fire

2×

Ice

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Ground

½×

Water

½×

Grass

½×

Electric

½×

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Scratch	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Growl	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	40
066	Branch Poke	Grass	Physical	04040	100100%	40
088	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100100%	20
1212	Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	05555	09595%	25
1717	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	08585%	40
2020	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	06565	100100%	20
2424	Slam	Normal	Physical	08080	07575%	20
2828	Uproar	Normal	Special	09090	100100%	10
3232	Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	120120	100100%	15
3636	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	0000—	100100%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grookey
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grookey

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM00	TM00	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	08080	085}}85%	20
TM01	TM01	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120120	075}}75%	5
TM10	TM10	Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
TM11	TM11	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM12	TM12	Solar Blade	Grass	Physical	125125	100}}100%	10
TM16	TM16	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	40
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM28	TM28	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM34	TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM40	TM40	Swift	Normal	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
TM56	TM56	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM58	TM58	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	10
TM59	TM59	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM63	TM63	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	10
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM78	TM78	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	05555	100}}100%	15
TM94	TM94	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	04040	100}}100%	40
TR00	TR00	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR07	TR07	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR13	TR13	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR35	TR35	Uproar	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR37	TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR65	TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR77	TR77	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR85	TR85	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grookey
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grookey

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100%	10
Growth	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90%	10
Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Worry Seed	Grass	Status	—	100%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Grookey in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Grookey in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grookey
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grookey

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Grass Pledge	Grass	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	70	100%	20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grookey
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grookey

Side game data

Pokémon GO

File:GO810.png	Base Stamina: 137	Base Attack: 122	Base Defense: 91
	Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: 25
	Fast Attacks: Scratch, Razor Leaf
	Charged Attacks: Grass Knot, Energy Ball

New Pokémon Snap


	Photodex entry #003
	Grookey loves music and high places, and you’ll often see it beating out a rhythm or dancing. When it uses its stick to strike up a beat, even the plants and flowers in the area seem happier and revitalized.

Evolution

Unevolved

Grookey
Grass

Level 16
→

First evolution

Thwackey
Grass

Level 35
→

Second evolution

Rillaboom
Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Grookey images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Grookey shares its category with Chimchar. They are both known as the Chimp Pokémon. However, Grookey resembles a monkey more than a chimp.
Grookey is the only starter Pokémon to make its anime debut in a work other than the main series.
At a total of 46 episodes, Grookey took the longest time of all starter Pokémon to debut in the anime within the concurrent generation.

Origin

Grookey's appearance may be based on squirrel monkeys and macaques. Its behavior may reference the fact that macaques drum objects in a rhythmic manner to show social dominance. Its tool resembles both drumsticks and hair sticks, giving Grookey a resemblance to a caveman. It may also take inspiration on the belief that music stimulates plant growth.

Name origin

Grookey may be a combination of groove and monkey.

Sarunori may be a combination of 猿 saru (monkey) and ノリ nori (excitement, rhythm).

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	サルノリ Sarunori	From 猿 saru and ノリ nori
French	Ouistempo	From ouistiti and tempo
Spanish	Grookey	Same as English name
German	Chimpep	From chimpanzee and pep
Italian	Grookey	Same as English name
Korean	흥나숭 Heungnasung	From 흥나다 heungnada and 원숭이 wonsungi
Cantonese Chinese	敲音猴 Hāauyāmhàuh	From 敲 hāau, 音 yām, and 猴 hàuh
Mandarin Chinese	敲音猴 Qiāoyīnhóu	From 敲 qiāo, 音 yīn, and 猴 hóu

More languages
Russian	Груки Gruki	Transcription of English name
Thai	ซารุโนริ Sarunori	Transcription of Japanese name

Notes

https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/pokemon-galar-region/grookey/

External links

Starter Pokémon

Kanto
Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle

Johto
Chikorita	Cyndaquil	Totodile

Hoenn
Treecko	Torchic	Mudkip

Sinnoh
Turtwig	Chimchar	Piplup

Unova
Snivy	Tepig	Oshawott

Kalos
Chespin	Fennekin	Froakie

Alola
Rowlet	Litten	Popplio

Galar
Grookey	Scorbunny	Sobble

Yellow
Pikachu (player)	Eevee (rival)

Colosseum	XD
Espeon and Umbreon	Eevee

Let's Go, Pikachu!
Partner Pikachu (player)	Eevee (rival)

Let's Go, Eevee!
Partner Eevee (player)	Pikachu (rival)

Hisui
Rowlet	Cyndaquil	Oshawott

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Grookey (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Main series

Goh's Grookey

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In the TCG

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In-game events

Base stats

Type effectiveness

By leveling up

By TM/TR

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

Notes

External links