Happiny (Japanese: ピンプク Pinpuku) is a Normal-type baby Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
It evolves into Chansey when leveled up while holding an Oval Stone during the day, which evolves into Blissey when leveled up with high friendship.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
Biology
Happiny without a stone in her pouch
Happiny is a small Pokémon that is shaped like an egg. It has a soft, smooth, light pink body. On top of its head is a curly outgrowth that resembles a ponytail, with a dark pink band around the base. The appearance of this curly growth of hair often annoys Happiny. It has three round bumps on its forehead and two pink circles on its cheeks. There is a pouch around the lower half of its body. The pouch is red with a white stripe around the top.
Happiny's pouch is rubbery and flexible, enabling the Happiny to put things into it with ease. As it cannot produce Eggs yet, it makes up for it by carrying something round and white in its pouch to imitate Chansey and Blissey, typically an Egg-shaped stone. Happiny highly treasures this stone. It may give this stone to people whom it likes, however, it can throw a tantrum and cry should the stone be taken from it or not returned to it. The object it decides to carry may be too large, stopping this Pokémon from moving. It has a habit of wandering around people's feet and causing them to stumble. Happiny enjoys playing with children, often playing a game of House with them. Happiny is shown to be extremely strong in the anime, as one has been seen lifting heavy things above its head. Happiny is a female-only species with no male counterpart.
Happiny and its evolved forms are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Soft-Boiled by leveling up.
Evolution
Happiny evolves into Chansey, which evolves into Blissey.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation IV | | Sinnoh
#096 | | Johto
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| Diamond | It loves round white things. It carries an egg-shaped rock in imitation of Chansey. |
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| Pearl | It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends. |
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| Platinum | It likes to carry around a small rock. It may wander around others' feet and cause them to stumble. |
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| HeartGold | It carefully carries a round, white rock that it thinks is an egg. It's bothered by how curly its hair looks. |
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| Black | It likes to carry around a small rock. It may wander around others' feet and cause them to stumble. |
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| Black 2 | It likes to carry around a small rock. It may wander around others' feet and cause them to stumble. |
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends. |
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| Y | It carefully carries a round, white rock that it thinks is an egg. It's bothered by how curly its hair looks. |
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| Omega Ruby | It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | It carefully carries a round, white rock that it thinks is an egg. It's bothered by how curly its hair looks. |
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| Generation VII | | Alola
S M : #032 | | Alola
US UM : #039 | | Kanto
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. |
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| Sun | It carries a round white rock in its belly pouch. If it gets along well with someone, it will sometimes give that person the rock. |
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| Moon | It's too small to lay eggs yet. As a surrogate, it searches out round white stones. |
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| Ultra Sun | Usually it's a well-behaved Pokémon, but if you take its round rock away, it will cry and fuss and throw a big old tantrum. |
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| Ultra Moon | When it sees something round and white, Happiny puts it into the pouch on its stomach. It sometimes becomes overloaded and can't move. |
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| Generation VIII | | Galar
Isle of Armor #006 | | Sinnoh
#096 | | Hisui
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| Sword | Mimicking Chansey, Happiny will place an egg-shaped stone in its belly pouch. Happiny will treasure this stone. |
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| Shield | Happiny's willing to lend its precious round stone to those it's friendly with, but if the stone isn't returned, Happiny will cry and throw a tantrum. |
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| Brilliant Diamond | It loves round, white things. It carries an egg-shaped rock in imitation of Chansey. |
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| Shining Pearl | It carries a round, egg-shaped rock in its belly pouch and gives the rock to its friends. |
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| Legends: Arceus | In imitation of Chansey, it keeps a round stone tucked into its belly pouch and cherishes it dearly. It gets along well with children and will sometimes play house with them for fun. |
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| Generation IX | | Paldea
#43 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | It carries a round, white rock in its belly pouch. If it gets along well with someone, it will sometimes give that person the rock. |
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| Violet | It carefully carries a round, white rock that it thinks is an egg. It's bothered by how curly its hair looks. |
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. |
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| Expansion Pass | | Fields of Honor, Challenge Beach, Challenge Road, Forest of Focus, Honeycalm Island, Insular Sea, Loop Lagoon, Soothing Wetlands, Stepping-Stone Sea, Training Lowlands, Workout Sea |
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Happiny
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Happiny
- 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 Happiny
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Happiny
- 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 Happiny
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Happiny
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Happiny
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 1.97 seconds | Base HP: 59 | | | Base Attack: 60 | Base Defense: 43 | Base Speed: 60 |
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Pokémon GO | Base HP: 225 | Base Attack: 25 | Base Defense: 77 | | Egg Distance: 7 km | Buddy Distance: 5 km | Evolution Requirement:  25 +  15 km | | Fast Attacks: Pound, Zen Headbutt | | Charged Attacks: Psychic |
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Evolution data
Happiny evolves into Chansey when leveled up while holding an Oval Stone during the day, which evolves into Blissey when leveled up with high friendship. Chansey cannot evolve into Blissey in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen before the player obtains the National Pokédex, as the evolution will be interrupted. Chansey also cannot evolve into Blissey in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, as Blissey is not present in those games. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Happiny evolves into Chansey when exposed to an Oval Stone during the day. In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the Luck Incense is not present and is no longer required to obtain Happiny through breeding; Happiny will always be produced when breeding Chansey or Blissey, regardless of held items.
Sprites
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Other sprites
In the anime
A Happiny
Egg in the anime
Major appearances
Happiny debuted in One Big Happiny Family!, where she hatched from Brock's Egg. Unusually, in contrast to Happiny's extremely low Attack stat in the games, she has amazing strength and can run with, pummel, and carry many heavy items and Pokémon for her size. In The Brockster Is In!, she evolved into a Chansey.
Minor appearances
Two Trainers' Happiny appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
Five Trainers' Happiny appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
Three Trainers' Happiny appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.
Three Trainers' Happiny appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!.
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in Faba's Revenge!.
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.
In Securing the Future!, two Trainers' Happiny joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
Pokédex entries
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| DP038 | Happiny | Ash's Pokédex | Happiny, the Playhouse Pokémon. It loves round white things. It carries a round stone in its pouch that looks like an Egg, and gives it to people that it likes. |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Happiny debuted in a cameo in Passing by Probopass and Maneuvering around Magnezone.
A Trainer's Happiny appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.
In the TCG
Main article: Happiny (TCG)Trivia
- Happiny is the only Pokémon that evolves twice by leveling up under certain conditions, once by holding an item, and again with high friendship.
- Happiny is tied with Chansey for the lowest base Attack and Defense stats of all Pokémon.
- Happiny has the lowest base Special Attack stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
- Happiny was designed by Emi Yoshida.[1]
- All moves Happiny can learn by leveling up in Pokémon Legends: Arceus are moves it could not legally learn before by any means. The only other Pokémon with this distinction is Burmy, which only learns Struggle Bug by level-up in Legends: Arceus.
Origin
Happiny shares some characteristics with infants, such as its soft skin, ponytail and diaper-like pouch. It also resembles an egg cup. The way it pretends to be adult version of itself and acts like a nurse reminds of little girls playing with dolls.
Name origin
Happiny may be a combination of happiness and tiny or teeny. It may also involve happenstance.
Pinpuku may be a combination of ピンク pinku (pink) and 福 fuku (good fortune).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | हैप्पीनी Happiny | Transcription of its English name |  Russian | Хаппини Khappini | Same as English name |  Thai | พินพูคุ Phinphukhu | Transcription of Japanese name |
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