Appearance
Pignite is a bipedal, pig-like Pokémon with a chubby orange body. Brown bands, yellow rings, and chest swirls mark it, with a red nose and a curled tail.
#499
Pignite
Fire Pig Pokémon
FireFighting
- Height
- 1 m
- Weight
- 55.5 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Pignite is a Fire / Fighting-type Pokémon, No. 499 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« When its internal fire flares up, its movements grow sharper and faster. When in trouble, it emits smoke. »
Its story
Lifestyle
A fire in its stomach, fueled by food or anger, makes it faster. It defends its friends, evolves from Tepig, and becomes Emboar.
In the anime
Bianca's Pignite debuts in Minccino—Neat and Tidy!, then evolves into Emboar. Ash's Tepig becomes Pignite while battling Shamus.
Name origin
A Chinese style for Unova: it looks like a British Saddleback mixed with a wild boar in a wrestling singlet. Pignite may combine pig and ignite.
Did you know?
- The swirls on its chest resemble a ding or ancient Greek pottery.
- The line may draw on Zhu Bajie, a pig demon from a Chinese tale.
- Sometimes a scorching fireball engulfs its whole body.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaKalosPaldea
In other languages
Grotichon
Ferkokel
チャオブー차오꿀炒炒豬