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Bunnelby (Japanese: ホルビー Horubee) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.
It evolves into Diggersby starting at level 20.
Biology
Bunnelby is a small, gray, rabbit-like Pokémon. The tips of its large ears are dark brown and have three finger-like sections each. It has black eyes, a small pink nose, prominent round cheeks, two tiny whiskers on each cheek, and large upper incisors. Its neck is surrounded by a ruff of stiff, brown fur. There are small brown spots on its hind legs and it has brown toes. It also has a fluffy gray tail.
Bunnelby's hand-like ears are strong enough to shovel dirt and chop tree roots. It can dig a nest up to 33 feet in just one night. Bunnelby is very sensitive when it comes to danger. Corviknight is a natural predator of Bunnelby. Should it hear Corviknight's flapping, it will quickly dig a hole to hide underground.
Evolution
Bunnelby evolves into Diggersby.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | They use their large ears to dig burrows. They will dig the whole night through. |
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| Y | It has ears like shovels. Digging holes strengthens its ears so much that they can sever thick roots effortlessly. |
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| Omega Ruby | They use their large ears to dig burrows. They will dig the whole night through. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | It has ears like shovels. Digging holes strengthens its ears so much that they can sever thick roots effortlessly. |
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Game locations
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In side games
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Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Bunnelby is available in Sword and Shield.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bunnelby
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bunnelby
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bunnelby
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bunnelby
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Bunnelby 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 Bunnelby in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bunnelby
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bunnelby
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bunnelby
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bunnelby
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bunnelby
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bunnelby
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds | Base HP: 44 | | | Base Attack: 63 | Base Defense: 44 | Base Speed: 60 |
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New Pokémon Snap | | Photodex entry #032 | | If you see any holes in the ground at the research camp, you can bet Bunnelby dug them. Its huge shovel-like ears let it dig a tremendous amount of soil in one go. |
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Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Major appearances
Bunnelby debuted in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, under the ownership of Clemont. In A Trip Down Memory Train!, he was revealed to have caught him after saving him from a wild Diggersby. In The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!, he was revealed to have evolved into a Diggersby.
Other
In Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!, Goh caught a Bunnelby that had stolen one of his scones in Galar. It has since then made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
Minor appearances
A Trainer's Bunnelby appeared in Climbing the Walls!.
A Bunnelby appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
A wild Bunnelby appeared in Till We Compete Again!
Two Trainers' Bunnelby appeared in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!, with one of them appearing during a flashback.
Three Bunnelby appeared in Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the third being wild. The Trainers' Bunnelby were seen on the train heading to the Wild Area, while the wild one was among the Pokémon seen in the Wild Area.
A Trainer's Bunnelby appeared in The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!.
In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, a Trainer's Bunnelby competed in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest.
Pokédex entries
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| JN042 | Bunnelby | Goh's Rotom Phone | Bunnelby, the Digging Pokémon. A Normal type. Sensitive to danger, if Bunnelby hears the sound of a Corviknight's wings, it can dig a hole to hide in almost immediately. |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Bunnelby debuted in X-actly What They Wanted, where it was seen running with its Trainer from the battle between Xerneas and Yveltal.
In Sylveon Enchants, a Bunnelby was with a female Rising Star at the Mini-game Corner.
A Bunnelby appeared in Zygarde Agitated.
In Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light, multiple wild Bunnelby were in the Wild Area.
In the TCG
Main article: Bunnelby (TCG)Trivia
Origin
Bunnelby seems to be based on a rabbit. Its ability to use its ears as digging tools to excavate through earth and roots may be a reference to trowels or shovels.
Name origin
Bunnelby may be a combination of bunny and tunnel. It may also involve wallaby.
Horubee may be a combination of 掘る horu (to dig) or hole, rabbit, and possibly wallaby.
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | डिगिबिट Diggybit | From dig and rabbit |  Russian | Баннелби Bannelbi | Transcription of English name |  Thai | โฮรุบี Horubi | Transcription of Japanese name |
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