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Dedenne (Japanese: デデンネ Dedenne) is a dual-type Electric/Fairy Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Dedenne using its whiskers to communicate

Dedenne is a bipedal, orange, rodent-like Pokémon with a round body. It has round black ears with pale yellow interiors, black eyes, a tiny nose, and a prominent upper incisor with a slight point. On each cheek is a circular, dark orange electric sac with two black whiskers. The upper whiskers have branches and resemble antennae, while the lower whiskers are simple. There is a thick black stripe down its back and it has a pale yellow belly. It has stubby limbs with three digits on each paw and a long, thin black tail with a tuft of fur on the tip.

Dedenne’s upper whiskers serve as antennae that can send and receive electrical waves. This allows it to communicate with others of its kind over great distances, sharing locations of food or electricity, and sense its surroundings. The simple, lower whiskers are organs that can fire electricity. However, Dedenne is small and its electricity-generating organ is under-developed, making it unable to generate a lot of electricity on its own. It absorbs electricity from other electric Pokémon, or from homes and buildings by plugging its tail into outlets; Dedenne are known to live near humans due to this behavior. When it is low on charge, it curls up and sleeps.

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Clemont’s Dedenne debuted in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, where Clemont tried to catch him for Bonnie as a partner. He finally caught him in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!. Since then, he was Bonnie’s unofficial Pokémon, and was almost always seen outside of his Poké Ball.

Other

A Mirror World Dedenne appeared in The Cave of Mirrors!, under the ownership of Mirror Clemont. Like the Dedenne of the regular world, it was Mirror Bonnie’s partner and was always seen outside of his Poké Ball.

A Dedenne appeared in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!, under the ownership of a young girl. It and its owner approached an elderly Jan and the petrified Aila, where they learned from the former about the Legendaries Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde.

A Dedenne appeared in Searching for Chivalry!, under the ownership of Wikstrom.

Minor appearances

Dedenne debuted in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where it was seen running alongside a boy in Aquacorde Town.

Four Dedenne appeared in Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!. Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles encountered them when they were shrunken in size. They started to spark around Togedemaru, which helped alert Pikachu to Ash’s location.

A Trainer’s Dedenne appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.

A Trainer’s Dedenne appeared in Battling Besties!. It was sleeping on its Trainer’s lap during the Manalo Conference battle between Lana and Mallow.

A Trainer’s Dedenne appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!.

A Dedenne appeared in Under Color of Darkness!.

A Dedenne appeared in a fantasy in Sleuths for Truth!.

Pokédex entries

Episode

Pokémon

Source

Entry

XY003
Dedenne

Ash’s Pokédex

Dedenne, the Antenna Pokémon. Dedenne communicates long distance with other Dedenne by sending radio waves through its antenna-like whiskers.

Pokémon Evolutions

A Dedenne appeared in The Visionary, where one explored the stone circle of Geosenge Town before being disturbed by the arrival of the ultimate weapon.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Dedenne appeared in Kangaskhan…Kangascan’t, under the ownership of a Beauty.

A Dedenne was used to power the Prism Tower during a blackout in Chespin Sows the Seeds of Change.

Bonnie’s Dedenne first appeared in PS592. It was used to help free the Pokémon captured by Team Flare on Route 10.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Dedenne appeared in Pocket Monsters XY.

In the TCG

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Dedenne trophy in

Dedenne appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon. It uses Discharge upon being released. It also appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy information

NA: This Electric/Fairy-type Pokémon’s round shape and antennae-like whiskers make it very distinctive. It has a habit of sticking its tail into sockets to absorb electricity. Its Discharge attack shoots off in four directions, passing through obstacles and stunning any fighters it hits along the way.

PAL: This Electric- and Fairy-type Pokémon’s round shape and antennae-like whiskers make it very distinctive. It has a habit of sticking its tail into sockets to absorb electricity that it fires from its whiskers. Its Discharge attack shoots off in four directions, passing through obstacles and stunning any fighters it hits along the way.

Dedenne returns as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball, retaining the same behavior from the previous game. It also appears as a Spirit.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Dedenne is a member of the Expedition Society in charge of transmitting signals between Exploration Society members.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Dedenne is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 431.
During the Pokémon of the Year event held in a Japanese Pokémon Day website in February 2021, Dedenne won first place with 68,396 votes and beat Cinccino at second place (54,444 votes) and Sableye in third (45,526 votes).

Origin

Dedenne seems to be based on a gerbil, a Japanese dormouse, or a hamster, combined with a television antenna. Dedenne’s Fairy type may reference the French version of the tooth fairy (La Petite Souris; i.e. The Little Mouse), which is described as a small mouse that exchanges baby teeth for coins.

Name origin

Dedenne may be a combination of 電気 denki (electricity) and antenne (French for antenna).

In other languages

Language

Title

Meaning

Japanese