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Shuckle (Japanese: ツボツボ Tsubotsubo) is a Bug / Rock -type Pokémon introduced in Generation II. It is known for having the highest base Defense and Special Defense stats of any Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Shuckle appears to be a small yellow turtle inside a red shell with many holes in it, fitting all four of its legs out. Some beige-like color surrounds the holes in Shuckle's body.

Its shiny form stays the same, albeit with a blue shell.

Behavior

Shuckle live among rocks within cracks and crevices. They secrete a corrosive fluid from their feet that can dissolve holes into boulders, tucking themselves in and withdrawing their limbs for safety in their makeshift shelters.To avoid damage, Shuckle tuck themselves into their shells and remain perfectly still. They subsist on diets of only Berries.When they find Berries, they store some within their shells. They then begin to decompose, ferment, and mix with their own bodily fluids to become a pulpy liquid. Depending on the type of Berries stored, the resulting juice can have a variety of interesting effects. One of the most common is known simply as Berry Juice, replenishing the health of Pokémon who drink it.

Natural abilities

Shuckle has the abilities Sturdy and Gluttony along with the hidden ability Contrary. Sturdy protects Shuckle from one-hit KOs whilst Gluttony increases the healing restoration of Shuckle when it eats a berry. Finally, Contrary makes stat changes have opposite effects.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Gold and Silver	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City or Vermilion City	Rare
Crystal	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City or Vermilion City	Rare
Ruby and Sapphire	Trade	None
FireRed and LeafGreen	Trade	None
Emerald	Rock Smash boulders in Areas 5-6	Common
Diamond and Pearl	Route 224 (Insert Pokemon Emerald after obtaining the National Pokédex	Rare
Platinum	Route 224 (Insert Pokemon Emerald after obtaining the National Pokédex	Rare
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City and Vermilion City	Rare
Black and White	Route 14	Rare
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Trade	None

Side game locations

Locations
Game(s)	Area(s)
Pokémon Channel	Colbat Coast
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 8, Trozei Battle, Mr. Fuji (Adventures)
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Mt. Travail (5-9F), Howling Forest (7-11F), Oddity Cave (6-9BF)
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Upper Steam Cave (1-7F), Landslide Cave (1-12BF)
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Wireless Tower, Fire Temple

Pokédex entries

Gold
The Berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid.
Silver
It stores Berries inside its shell. To avoid attacks, it hides beneath rocks and remains completely still.
Crystal
The fluid secreted by its toes carves holes in rocks for nesting and can be mixed with Berries to make a drink.
Ruby
Shuckle quietly hides itself under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its hard shell while eating berries it has stored away. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a juice.
Sapphire
Shuckle quietly hides itself under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its hard shell while eating berries it has stored away. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a juice.
FireRed
It stores Berries inside its shell. To avoid attacks, it hides beneath rocks and remains completely still.
LeafGreen
The Berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid.
Emerald
A Shuckle hides under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its shell while eating stored berries. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a juice.
Diamond
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
Pearl
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
Platinum
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
HeartGold
The Berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid.
SoulSilver
It stores Berries inside its shell. To avoid attacks, it hides beneath rocks and remains completely still.
Black
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
White
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
Black 2
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
White 2
It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.
X
The berries stored in its jar-like shell eventually become a thick, pulpy juice.
Y
It stores berries inside its shell. To avoid attacks, it hides beneath rocks and remains completely still.
Omega Ruby
Shuckle quietly hides itself under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its hard shell while eating berries it has stored away. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a juice.
Alpha Sapphire
Shuckle quietly hides itself under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its hard shell while eating berries it has stored away. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a juice.
Sword
It stores berries inside its shell. To avoid attacks, it hides beneath rocks and remains completely still.
Shield
The berries stored in its vase-like shell eventually become a thick, pulpy juice.

Stats

Shuckle's Stats
HP	20
Attack	10
Defense	230
Sp. Atk	10
Sp. Def	230
Speed	5
Total	505

Learnset

Leveling

TM/HM

Breeding

Breeding Generation VII
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category
Acid	Shelmet	40	100%	30	Poison	Special
Acupressure	Skorupi, Drapion	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
Final Gambit	Shelmet, Accelgor	—	100%	5	Fighting	Special
Helping Hand	Volbeat, Leavanny	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Knock Off	Gligar, Gliscor, Skorupi, Drapion	65	100%	20	Dark	Physical
Mud-Slap	Nincada, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon, Grubbin, Charjabug, Vikavolt	20	100%	10	Ground	Special
Rock Blast	Dwebble, Crustle	25	90%	10	Rock	Physical
Sand Tomb	Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	35	85%	15	Ground	Physical
Sweet Scent	Surskit, Masquerain, Combee, Cutiefly, Ribombee	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation VI
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category	Contest Category	Appeal	Jam
Acid	Shelmet	40	100%	30	Poison	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
Acupressure	Skorupi, Drapion	—	—%	30	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
Final Gambit	Shelmet, Accelgor	—	100%	5	Fighting	Special		8 ♥	0 ♥
Helping Hand	Volbeat, Leavanny	—	—%	20	Normal	Status		4 ♥	0 ♥
Knock Off	Gligar, Gliscor, Skorupi, Drapion	65	100%	25	Dark	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
Mud-Slap	Nincada, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	20	100%	10	Ground	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
Rock Blast	Dwebble, Crustle	25	90%	10	Rock	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
Sand Tomb	Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	35	85%	15	Ground	Physical		3 ♥	0 ♥
Sweet Scent	Surskit, Masquerain, Combee	—	100%	20	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation V
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category
Acid	Shelmet	40	100%	30	Poison	Special
Acupressure	Skorupi, Drapion	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
Final Gambit	Shelmet, Accelgor	—	100%	5	Fighting	Special
Helping Hand	Volbeat, Leavanny	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Knock Off	Gligar, Gliscor, Skorupi, Drapion	20	100%	20	Dark	Physical
Mud-Slap	Nincada, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	20	100%	10	Ground	Special
Rock Blast	Dwebble, Crustle	25	90%	10	Rock	Physical
Sand Tomb	Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	35	85%	15	Ground	Physical
Sweet Scent	Surskit, Masquerain, Combee	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation IV
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category	Contest Category	Appeal
Acupressure	Skorupi, Drapion	—	—%	30	Normal	Status		0 ♥
Helping Hand	Volbeat	—	—%	20	Normal	Status		1 ♥
Knock Off	Gligar, Gliscor, Skorupi, Drapion	20	100%	20	Dark	Physical		3 ♥
Mud-Slap	Nincada, Ninjask	20	100%	10	Ground	Special		3 ♥
Sand Tomb	Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon	15	75%	15	Ground	Physical		0 ♥
Sweet Scent	Surskit, Masquerain, Combee	—	100%	20	Normal	Status		2 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation III
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Contest Category	Appeal	Jam
Sweet Scent	Surskit, Masquerain	—	100%	20	Normal		1 ♥	3 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation II
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
Sweet Scent	Beedrill, Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Ledyba, Ledian, Pineco, Forretress *	—	100%	20	Normal
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Tutoring

Sprites

Appearances

Shiny Shuckle in the anime.

Anime

Supporting

Butch's Shuckle
Conway's Shuckle

Minor

Old Man Shuckle's Shuckle
Kurt's Shuckle
Rebecca's Shuckle

Trivia

Shuckle's base Defense is equal to that of both Mega Aggron and Mega Steelix but it has the highest Special Defense at 230.
Shuckle couldn't use any Bug-type moves in Pokémon Platinum despite Bug being its primary type.
Shuckle is the only Pokémon with a function that is not an ability (changing of Oran Berry to Berry Juice then finally into a Rare Candy.)
It is possible for Shuckle to have the highest attack of all the Pokémon using the move Power Trick which switches a Pokémon's Attack and Defense. The drawback on those tactics is its pretty low ATK value, peaking at 130, meaning that he can become pretty defenseless once he inverts ATK and DEF values.
Despite Pokédex Entries saying that Shuckle has weak muscles, Shuckle is able to learn Rock Smash and Strength possibly because of its hard defense shell.
Shuckle is the only dual-type Pokémon that can naturally have the ability Gluttony.
Shuckle's Generation II shiny sprite has a purple shell as opposed to a blue one seen in later generations.
One of Clemont's contraptions resemble Shuckle. However, it is solid white.
Shuckle is the last Pokémon in National Pokédex order to have a non-HP base stat that is greater than its National Pokédex number. Shuckle actually has two, those being its equal base 230 Defense and Special Defense stats.

Origins

Shuckle is based on an endolith, a type of fungus that lives in rocks or animal shells. This is shown in its species as the Mold Pokémon. It may also be based on shelled animals such as turtles, tortoises, and more clearly, barnacles. It also shares similarities with mollusks such as donning a shell, moving around slowly, and having a soft internal body.

Its ability to produce Berry Juice from Berries may reference honeydew, a secretion created by some insects that attracts other insects and is considered sweet (which may explain its Bug -typing). This may also play off the endolith fungus aspect, as mold can grow on food such as Berries and dissolve them. It storing these Berries in its shell and turning them into juice may also make Shuckle based on a jar, more specifically a jam jar. This is also proven by its coloration in which normal Shuckle is red and its Shiny coloration is blue (resembling strawberry and blueberry jam respectively). It may get its Rock -typing from how some foods are prepared in some cultures, usually by grinding them with stones or possibly referencing the jar-aspect and how pottery is often used to store such substances.

Etymology

Shuckle appears to be derived from shuck, barnacle or the word turtle.

Its Japanese name, Tsubotsubo, comes from the word tsubo (jar) twice. This references how Shuckle is able to store berries in its shell and make Berry Juice out of it. It could also come from fujitsubo (barnacle).