Shuppet

The Puppet Pokémon
#353 - Shuppet
Evolve	Banette
Debut	Pokémon: Sapphire Version Pokémon: Ruby Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	0.6 m (2'00")
Weight	2.3 kg (5.1 lbs.)
Color	Black
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Insomnia / Frisk
Hidden Ability	Cursed Body
Egg Group	Indeterminate
Icon		Sprite
		File:353sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	44	Speed	45
Attack	75	Sp. Attack	63
Defense	35	Sp. Defense	33
Training Info
Catch Rate	225	Hatch Steps	6,400
Base Exp.	097	Effort Points	Att
Happiness	35
To Lv.100	Fast

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Shuppet is a ghostly puppet-like Pokémon that was introduced in the third generation games. Its evolved form is Banette.

Information

Shuppet is a Pokémon that feeds on the dark emotions in people's hearts, particularly envy and vindictiveness. Shuppet roam through cities in search of grudges that taint people at night and return to their nests when the sun rises. It feeds on these emotions through the upright horn atop its head. When someone develops strong feelings of vengeance, swarms of Shuppet will come to the person's house and hang under the eaves to feed.

Shuppet evolves into Banette at Level 37.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Sapphire and Emerald Versions, Shuppet was commonly found at Routes 121 and 123 as well as Mt. Pyre, while in Ruby it could only be found uncommonly at Mt. Pyre. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, they could appear at the Safari Zone's Forest area if enough Forest objects were present. In Black and White, they could appear at Route 13 during swarms.

Other Games

In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, Shuppet had to be hatched from an egg. In Pokémon Trozei!, it was found at Endless Level 31, Endless Level 50, Forever Level 7 and Mr. Who's Den. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, it could be recruited at the first six floors of Sky Tower, the eighty-first through eighty-forth floors of Wish Cave, the tenth through fourteenth floors of Murky Cave, the first five floors of Darknight Relic and the seventieth through seventy-fifth floors of Joyous Tower. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, it could be recruited at the sixteenth through nineteenth basement floors of Concealed Ruins, and a non-playable Shuppet also appeared as part of Team Ebony. In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, it was found at Volcano Cave.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Shuppet was featured in an episode of the Hoenn series in which Max befriended one at a mansion, and they worked together to play pranks on Ash and the others. The Shuppet wound up staying at the mansion with Emily, who remembered playing with it during her childhood, and they worked together to make the mansion into a hotel. Shuppet was also featured as one of the main Pokémon of Grings Kodai, the thirteenth movie's antagonist, and other Shuppet have appeared in more minor appearances throughout the anime.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Shuppet have made primarily minor appearances from the Ruby/Sapphire arc onwards, belonging to Team Magma grunts and other minor characters.

Trivia

• Its name is a truncation of "shadow puppet", which refers to the fact that it resembles a type of puppet and is associated with shadows, and it also is a reference to the act of shadow puppetry, in which one uses their own shadow to imitate a variety of characters and objects.