Patrat (Japanese: ミネズミ Minezumi) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
It evolves into Watchog starting at level 20.
Biology
Patrat is a rodent-like Pokémon that resembles a chipmunk. It is mostly brown with a tan stomach and face. It has a large pointed tooth that sticks out of its mouth. Patrat has a flat face, and its cheeks are very round. Patrat has cheek pouches that it uses to store food. Its ears are small and pointed. Its head has a black band that covers the eyes, which have red irises with a yellow ring and black pupils. Its feet are small and black with three toes. Its long tail has a scruffy white tip and is usually standing up straight. This tail is used for communication; its tail is raised when it sees an enemy. Patrat is very conscious and wary regarding its surroundings and is always on guard. The anime depicts Patrat living in tunnels.
Evolution
Patrat evolves into Watchog.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
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Stats
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Learnset
Patrat was last available in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon. It is unavailable in Generation VIII and IX.
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Patrat debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!. They reappeared in Enter Iris and Axew!.
In Emolga the Irresistible!, three male Patrat were gathering apples, but their harvest was stolen by a gluttonous Emolga who tricked them with Attract.
In The Forest Champion!, a Patrat, a Sentret, and a Pachirisu were gathering food, only to be scared off by an Ursaring. They were then saved by the forest champion Hawlucha.
In a flashback in A Trip Down Memory Train!, a Patrat befriended Clemont's Bunnelby when it was still wild.
Three Patrat appeared in HZ042, under the ownership of the Snap Boys.
Minor appearances
In A Sandile Gusher of Change!, multiple Patrat, Pidove, and Deerling needed help from Ash and his friends.
A Patrat appeared in Triple Leaders, Team Threats!.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Dreams by the Yard Full!.
Two Patrat appeared in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!. Burgh was able to heal one when it fell sick.
In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, multiple Trainers' Patrat were at the Poké Mart near Castelia City.
A Patrat appeared in Battling for the Love of Bug-Types!.
In a flashback in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, a Patrat was one of Iris's Pokémon friends when she was little in the Village of Dragons.
Two Patrat appeared in Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!.
A Patrat appeared in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, under the ownership of a participant in a fishing competition.
In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, Omega used a Patrat for the Club Battle tournament. However, they lost to Dino and his Deerling in the first round. Another Patrat also appeared in the same episode.
Multiple Patrat appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.
A Patrat appeared in Crisis from the Underground Up!.
Multiple Patrat appeared in Lost at the Stamp Rally!.
Multiple Patrat appeared in Ash Versus the Champion!.
Multiple Patrat appeared in A Maractus Musical!.
A Patrat appeared in The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!, under the ownership of a shopper at the Driftveil Market.
Multiple Patrat appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1.
In Battling the Bully!, Sean's father loaned a Patrat to his son and Glenn to use in a practice battle.
Multiple Patrat appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the rest wild.
A Patrat appeared in Search for the Clubultimate!.
In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, a Patrat was living in Stonesthrow Town.
Two Patrat appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1.
A Patrat appeared in All for the Love of Meloetta!.
In Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, the Swords of Justice legend featured multiple Patrat.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Jostling for the Junior Cup!.
A Patrat appeared in Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!.
In A Village Homecoming!, the elder's flashback featured a Patrat.
In Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, one of Iris's flashbacks featured a Patrat.
Two Patrat appeared in Curtain Up, Unova League!, both under the ownership of a Trainer.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Lost at the League!.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Strong Strategy Steals the Show!.
A Patrat appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!.
A Patrat appeared in Saving Braviary!.
In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, multiple Patrat were living at N's hideout.
A Patrat appeared in Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!.
In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, a Trainer's Patrat was on the cruise ship.
In The Island of Illusions!, a Patrat was living at Grand Spectrala Islet.
A Patrat appeared in a flashback in The Path That Leads to Goodbye!.
A Patrat appeared in Searching for a Wish!.
A Patrat appeared in a fantasy or a flashback in The Journalist from Another Region!.
In Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, a Patrat was living on an unnamed island in the Decolore Islands.
A Patrat appeared in a flashback in Survival of the Striaton Gym!.
A Patrat appeared in Grooming Furfrou!.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Patrat was living in the forest.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Unlocking Some Respect!.
In A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!, three Patrat fled from Team Flare as they conducted an experiment.
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Patrat was living at the Nebel Plateau.
A Trainer's Patrat appeared in Battling With a Clean Slate!.
Two Trainers' Patrat appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Patrat was captured by the Matori Matrix but freed by Ash and his friends.
In Getting More Than You Battled For!, a Patrat was living on Cero Island. It reappeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Patrat appeared in The Road Most Traveled!.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
In the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, a Patrat was living in Aspertia City.
In the manga
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
Two Patrat appeared in Advance Toward the Path of the Strongest!. Monta caught one of them.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
A Patrat appeared in Getting More than You Battled For!.
Pocket Monsters BW
A Patrat appeared in Pocket Monsters BW.
Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners
A Patrat appeared in BWGP01, under the ownership of a Backpacker.
Pocket Monsters HGSS
A Patrat appeared in PMHGSS23.
Pokémon Adventures
The BW Agency have three Patrat hired to appear in different media such as advertising and movies, one of them is named Alain. They first appeared in Lights, Camera...Action, where they did an Xtransceiver commercial with a girl.
A Patrat appeared in a fantasy in An Odd Speech.
Lenora has a Patrat, which she used against Black in Wheeling and Dealing.
A Patrat appeared in Special Delivery as one of the Pokémon competing in Nimbasa's Pokémon Musical.
Shoko's four Patrat first appear in A Week to Go and Old Wounds. Later, they are seen rescuing the Gym Leaders captured by Team Plasma.
Two Patrat appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.
In the TCG
Main article: Patrat (TCG)Trivia
Patrat in Pokémon Battle Chess- Patrat shares its category with Sentret and Hisuian Growlithe. They are all known as the Scout Pokémon.
- Patrat has the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
- Patrat appears in Pokémon Battle Chess BW Version. It acts like a pawn piece in chess, but can also move one square horizontally.
- Coincidentally, Patrat's name and etymology is the same in both the English and Czech versions. In the Czech language, pátrat is a verb that means "to search" or "to scout."
Origin
Patrat appears to be based on a prairie dog, chipmunk, or meerkat. The way it always look out for danger seems to be based on scouts and doing reconnaissance.
Name origin
Patrat may be a combination of patrol and rat, as well as a play on pack rat.
Minezumi may be a combination of 見 mi (looking) and 鼠 nezumi (mouse).
In other languages
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