Plusle

Plusle
File:Plusle.png National Pokédex Manectric - Plusle (#311) - Minun Hoenn Pokédex Manectric - Plusle (#080) - Minun
Japanese name	プラスル (Purasuru)
Evolves from	None
Evolves into	None
Generation	Third
Species	Cheering Pokémon
Type	Electric
Height	1 ft 4 in (0.4 m)
Weight	9.3 pounds (4.2 kg)
Ability	Plus

Plusle (プラスル Purasuru in Japanese, also called Plusle in German and Posipi in French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise. Plusle is an electric Pokémon and is strongest when working with his "brother" Minun.

"Plusle" derives from "plus", here a reference to positive electric charge.

Appearance

Plusle appearance is rather similar to Pikachu and its pre-evolved form, Pichu. Its fur is pale yellow and turns red in its ears, forepaws, tail and cheeks. Its tail and cheeks are drawn in the style of a plus sign.

Biology

Plusle is a very friendly and social Pokémon. It likes nothing better than to cheer its fellows up. In battle, it encourages and rallies its partner on in a manner similar to a cheerleader. It flashes and crackles with electric sparks all over its body and can short out the electricity coming out of its paws to create an electric version of a pompom. If its friend loses besides its support, it begins to cry loudly. Plusle tends to absorb electricity by climbing up telephone poles.

In the video games

Plusle is found in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald in Route 110. It is encountered far more frequently in Pokémon Sapphire, perhaps because it is colored blue, like Minun, which has the inverse charge of Plusle and is thus "attracted" to it. In the Emerald version, you can trade a Volbeat for a Plusle in Fortree City. Plusle is also awarded in Pokémon Colosseum after Miror B. is defeated. Minun, curiously enough, is not available in that game.

Plusle has good speed and special attack, and decent special defense, with the rest of its stats being about average. Its ability and attacks it learns strongly encourage the player to use it in a Double (2 vs. 2) battle, especially partnered with Minun. On its own, Plusle is far weaker.

Strategies for Plusle and Minun pairings generally consist of one Pokémon attacking and the other using supportive moves, such as Rain Dance to increase Thunder's accuracy, Helping Hand, Fake Tears (which lowers special defense), Thunder Wave, etc. Unfortunately, Plusle's repertoire of offensive moves limits itself to Electric and Normal-type attacks, and a single use of Earthquake will hit both Plusle and Minun at once for almost certainly fatal damage. (However, in Pokémon XD, one optional puzzle requires the player to use Plusle and Minun to defeat a Miltank and a Tropius, both carrying Earthquake.)

In the anime

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Plusle and Minun in the Pokémon anime.

• Plusle appeared along with Minun for the first time in episode #316 (A Different Kind of Misty"). They belonged to a small boy who took care of a lighthouse. This junior trainer and his Plusle made another appearance in episode #328 ("Cheer Pressure"), where he used it and Minun as part of a cheerleading team.
• Plusle and Minun have also made appearances in the seventh movie, Destiny Deoxys, as well as the short preceding it.
• Plusle and Minun were the stars in the movie, "Plusle and Minun and The Princess Rescue", which was shown during the episode "Lights, Camerupt, Action".
• A Plusle is owned by Hinata, a Pokémon Ranger.

In the trading card game

Plusle’s appearances in the TCG have been identical to those of Minun thus far, for the two Pokemon have never been seen in any one set without each other. Plusle has five cards under its name, one of which is promotional. Its first mainstream appearance was in EX Dragon as a rare holographic card where it shared the Chain of Events Poke-Body with its partner Minun. It next appeared in EX Hidden Legends, then in EX Deoxys, and later in EX Emerald. All five Plusle cards feature resistance to Steel.

File:Plusle TCG.jpg

Plusle TCG card

See also

• Minun

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Publications

• Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
• Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
• Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0761547614
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585

External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Plusle as a species
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• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke - Plusle Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
• Smogon.com - Plusle Tactical Data