Appearance
Aipom is a purple monkey with a big head, round blue eyes, and a cheeky smile. A beige three-fingered hand sits at the tip of its tail.

#190
Long Tail Pokémon
Aipom is a Normal-type Pokémon, No. 190 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
« This treetop dweller possesses a tail as dexterous as a hand. Ancient writings describe this Pokémon as a one-armed oddity. »
Aipom is a purple monkey with a big head, round blue eyes, and a cheeky smile. A beige three-fingered hand sits at the tip of its tail.
It uses its tail to hang on, pick fruit, and stay put while sleeping, so its real arms grow clumsy. It lives high in the trees and evolves into Ambipom.
Aipom steals Ash's hat, follows him, then goes to Dawn because it loves Contests. It evolves into Ambipom against a horde of Unown.
Aipom draws on a New World monkey, especially a capuchin and its prehensile tail, plus a cymbal-banging toy. The name blends ape and palm.