Flapple (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia (2024)

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Flapple Apple Wing Pokémon アップリュー Appryu #0841 Flapple Gigantamax Flapple Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Dragon
Abilities Ripenor Gluttony Hustle Hidden Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Grassand Dragon Hatch time 20cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Flapple 78'09"+ 24.0+ m Gigantamax Flapple	Weight 2.2 lbs. 1.0 kg Flapple ??? lbs. ??? kg Gigantamax Flapple
Base experience yield 170	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Flapple (Japanese: アップリュー Appryu) is a dual-type Grass/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Applin when exposed to a Tart Apple. It is one of Applin's three branched evolutions, the others being Appletun and Dipplin (which evolves into Hydrapple).

Flapple has a Gigantamax form that is identical in appearance to Gigantamax Appletun. It can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Flapple if it has the Gigantamax Factor.

Biology

Flapple is a green, worm-like dragon Pokémon with a light green underside and yellow eyes. It uses parts of an apple to form its body. The top part of the apple sits on the top of its head, with a single horn sticking out; the bottom of the apple is attached to its tail; and the sides are attached to its limbs, which have three-fingered hands, allowing them to act as wings.

Flapple's cheeks store acid strong enough to induce chemical burns and corrode metal. It can attack by spitting this acid at its targets. It is also able to disguise itself as an apple by folding its wings. Flapple repairs the apple on its body by using its body fluid. Flapple with clay-colored apples are generally stronger than its peers, and have won many battles.

Flapple is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Grav Apple. Flapple, Appletun, and their pre-evolution Applin are the only known Pokémon that can have Ripen as an Ability.

Forms

Flapple has a Gigantamax form.

When exposed to Gigantamax energy, Flapple's body changes, becoming larger and stouter. A giant apple engulfs most of its body, leaving only its head, neck and tail exposed. Its leaf-like eyestalks stand up straight and it has a piece of the apple covering its head, with yellow carvings on it resembling nostrils. Its cheeks are rounded and it hangs its mouth open, letting its red tongue loll out. Its neck becomes taller and stretches upwards, while its tail becomes elongated and wraps around the base of the apple. Three red clouds float around its neck. Gigantamax Flapple and Appletun are physically identical.

Gigantamax Flapple produces huge amounts of sweet nectar, which overflows from the top of its apple. The nectar's intense aroma pours out when it stretches its neck, and this aroma is so sweet it can cause other Pokémon to faint. Gigantamax Flapple is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move G-Max Tartness.

Gigantamax Flapple

Evolution

Flapple evolves from Applin and is one of its final forms, the others being Appletun and Dipplin.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Applin GrassDragon

→

First evolution Flapple GrassDragon

Game data

Pokédex entries

Flapple in the Paldea Pokédex	Flapple in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Othergenerations: VIII

TM Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10 TM007 Protect Normal Status — —% 10 TM013 Acid Spray Poison Special 40 100% 20 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 55 100% 15 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 50 100% 20 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 50 100% 20 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 —% 20 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 60 —% 20 TM047 Endure Normal Status — —% 10 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 25 100% 30 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 70 100% 20 TM065 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95% 15 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 80 100% 15 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special — 100% 20 TM085 Rest Psychic Status — —% 5 TM097 Fly Flying Physical 90 95% 15 TM100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status — —% 20 TM103 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100% 10 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100% 10 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100% 10 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical — 100% 10 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status — —% 10 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100% 10 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130 90% 5 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100% 10 TM169 Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130 90% 5 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 80 100% 10 TM194 Grassy Glide Grass Physical 55 100% 20 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90% 10 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Flapple Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Flapple

By breeding

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Form data

Gigantamax

Gigantamax Factor Flapple Flapple GrassDragon

Dynamax Band ↔

Lasts for three turns Gigantamax Flapple Flapple GrassDragon

Evolution data

Unevolved Applin GrassDragon

Tart Apple →

First evolution Flapple GrassDragon

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Minor appearances

Flapple debuted in Secrets of the Jungle.

Flapple made its main series debut in Paring Pokémon While Parrying!, under the ownership of a Trainer.

A Flapple appeared in Reunion at the Ancient Castle! as one of the residents of Diana's castle.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Trainer's Flapple appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Flapple debuted in PASS41.

In the TCG

Main article: Flapple (TCG)

Trivia

• Flapple is the lightest Pokémon to learn Heavy Slam.
• Flapple and Appletun are the only Pokémon to have physically identical Gigantamax forms, although they are still treated as different Pokémon as they have distinct Pokédex entries, G-Max Moves, and cries.
  • This is also the only instance of two different species of Pokémon that can be physically identical without the use of Transform, Imposter, or Illusion.
• Flapple and its evolutionary family:
  • are the only Pokémon that are in the Grass and Dragon Egg Groups.
  • require only 600,000 experience points to reach level 100, the lowest among Generation VIII Pokémon, and the lowest among Dragon-type Pokémon along with Altaria.

Origin

Flapple, like its evolutionary relatives, appears to be based on the popular image of a worm burrowing into an apple, as well as a pun on the wyrm, a type of dragon — hence its Dragon typing. Flapple may also reference winged dragons such as the wyvern, amphiptere, or some depictions of the Lindworm. Appearance wise, Flapple has visual similarities with lizards, such as the gecko.

Given its flying apple motif and signature move, Grav Apple, Flapple could also be based on the tale of Newton's apple. Popularized by Voltaire, it claimed the English natural philosopher Sir Isaac Newton had the first thought of his system of gravity upon seeing an apple falling from a tree.

Flapple's Gigantamax form appears to be based on a caramel apple, a candy apple or a baked apple, and its ability to make Pokémon faint due to its sweetness may be a reference to a diabetic coma. Flapple and Appletun having identical Gigantamax forms may be a reference to convergent evolution, which can lead to separate organisms independently developing identical characteristics and body plans.

Name origin

Flapple may be a combination of flap and apple.

Appryu may be a combination of apple and 竜 ryū (dragon).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese アップリュー Appryu From apple and 竜 ryū French Pomdrapi From pomme d'Api and dragon Spanish Flapple Same as English name German Drapfel From Drache and Apfel Italian Flapple Same as English name Korean 애프룡 Appryong From apple and 룡 (龍) ryong Mandarin Chinese 蘋裹龍 / 苹裹龙 Píngguǒlóng From 蘋果 / 苹果 píngguǒ, 裹 guǒ, and 龍 / 龙 lóng Cantonese Chinese 蘋裹龍 Pìhnggwólùhng From 蘋果 pìhnggwó, 裹 gwó, and 龍 lùhng

More languages Hindi फ़्लैपल Flapple Transcription of English name Thai แอปปริว Aepprio Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Gigantamax

External links

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