Banette

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Banette Marionette Pokémon ジュペッタ Juppeta #354 Banette Mega Banette Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ghost
Abilities Insomnia or Frisk Banette Cursed Body Hidden Ability Prankster Mega Banette
Gender ratio     50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Amorphous Hatch time 6682 - 6938 steps
Height 3'07" 1.1 m Banette 3'11" 1.2 m Mega Banette	Weight 27.6 lbs. 12.5 kg Banette 28.7 lbs. 13.0 kg Mega Banette
Mega Stone Banettite
Regional numbers Pokédex #152 Hoenn #211 Unova Mountain #123 Kalos Browser R-148 Almia
Base experience yield 179 Gen. III-IV 159 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style	Footprint
Pokédex color   Black	Base friendship 35
External Links Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Banette (Japanese: ジュペッタ Juppeta) is a Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Shuppet starting at level 37. It can Mega Evolve into Mega Banette using the Banettite.

Biology

Banette is a dark gray, doll-like Pokémon that is possessed by pure hatred. It has three short spikes on its head and a long zigzagging ribbon trailing off the back of its head. A zipper acts as its mouth, and it has purplish-pink eyes with slit pupils. Its long, flat arms have three-fingered hands, while its legs are short and stubby. It has a yellow, brush-like tail.

As Mega Banette, this Pokémon gains several additional zippers: one running diagonally across its face, one on each hand and another on its body. The first zipper runs from its left eye to the tip of its central spike. The other three are all unzipped, revealing parts of Mega Banette's purple body. Its three long purple fingers and body revealing two pointed, purple legs are visible. Its zigzagging ribbon becomes somewhat erect, and now has two zipper rings around it and a short zipper on the tip. It gains four further spikes: one on the top and bottom of each hand and one on each hip. However, it loses its brush-like tail.

Being driven to life by a powerful grudge, it keeps its life force safely in its body by the means of its zipped up mouth. If unzipped, it would lose its energy. It lays curses on others by using its body as a voodoo doll and sticking pins into itself. It lives in garbage dumps and dark alleys, where it searches for the person that threw it away before it became a Pokémon.

In the anime

 

Banette in the anime

 

Mega Banette in the anime

Major appearances

Harley used a Banette against May in the Hoenn Grand Festival in Deceit and Assist. It reappeared in the Mulberry Contest in New Plot, Odd Lot!, and again in the Kanto Grand Festival in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.

A Banette appeared in PK15.

Three Banette appeared in Celebrating the Hero's Comet!.

A Trainer's Banette that can Mega Evolve into Mega Banette appeared in Mega Evolution Special IV.

A Banette that can Mega Evolve appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, under the control of Levi and Cherie's Mega Wave.

Minor appearances

When Meowth was attempting to disguise himself as a Banette in Ghoul Daze!, he was scared off by a real one that was accompanied by a Shuppet and Duskull.

A Banette that can Mega Evolve into Mega Banette appeared in Mega Evolution Special I. 

In the manga

 

Banette in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

One of Sird's main Pokémon is a Banette, which she used in her battle with Silver to take him into custody on Giovanni's behalf. Against its short fight against the latter's Red Gyarados, it proved to be a force to be reckoned with as it easily overpowered its opponent. 

In the TCG

Main article: Banette (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: In the Special Episode Igglybuff the Prodigy, Banette was a local bully that Wigglytuff, then an Igglybuff, befriended by giving him and his friend Skorupi the Gummis they demanded, and also going with them to explore the Murky Forest.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Pokémon Global Link promotions

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ruby	Sapphire	Spell Tag (5%)
Emerald
Pokémon XD		Spell Tag (100%)
Diamond	Pearl	Spell Tag (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Spell Tag (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Spell Tag (5%)
X	Y	Spell Tag (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Banette

Mega Banette

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5 TM12 Taunt Dark Status — 100% 20 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status — —% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status — —% 5 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110 70% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 TM41 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — —% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status — 100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 60 100% 25 TM48 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM56 Fling Dark Physical — 100% 10 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 50 90% 10 TM61 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status — 85% 15 TM63 Embargo Dark Status — 100% 15 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100% 15 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status — 90% 20 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status — —% 10 TM83 Infestation Bug Special 20 100% 20 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100 100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10 TM92 Trick Room Psychic Status — —% 5 TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100% 15 TM99 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 80 100% 10 TM100 Confide Normal Status — —% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Banette Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Banette Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Astonish Ghost Physical 30 100% 15 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10 Destiny Bond Ghost Status — —% 5 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 Foresight Normal Status — —% 40 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120 80% 5 Imprison Psychic Status — —% 10 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100% 5 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 90 100% 10 Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100% 20 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical 40 100% 30

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Banette in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Banette in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Banette Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Banette Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Darkness Ridge Phrases 51%-100% HP I'm driven by the power of an unresolved grudge! 26%-50% HP Moan... Already my HP is half gone... 1%-25% HP It's no good... My grudge can't sustain itself... Level up Leveled up... I can feel my grudge building...
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -10% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Ghost Poké Assist: Ghost Field move: (Psy Power ×2) Browser entry While protecting itself with ghostly fire, it attacks with eerie orbs.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Battle Trozei Ghost Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 60 - 80  0 #212 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Mega Effects  12 Clears a Pokémon with the same type as Mega Banette (max 10).

Evolution

Unevolved Shuppet  Ghost

Level 37 →

First evolution Banette  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III   Ruby Sapphire   Emerald   FireRed LeafGreen         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation IV   Diamond Pearl   Platinum   HeartGold SoulSilver         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation V   Black White   Black 2 White 2     Front Back   Front Back
Generation VI   X Y   Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire         Front Back   Front Back

 For other sprites and images, please see Banette images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Mega Banette has the highest Attack base stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Mega Banette is the lightest Mega Evolution at 13.0 kg (28.7 lbs.)
• Banette can be seen as a parallel to Dusclops. Both are Generation III Ghost-type Pokémon that evolve from their pre-evolutions at level 37. Both have the same base stat total. Wild Banette are exclusive to Sapphire, while wild Dusclops are exclusive to Ruby.
  • However, with the introduction of Dusknoir in Generation IV and Mega Banette in Generation VI, the similarities between the two evolutionary lines have become less notable, as Dusknoir cannot Mega Evolve and Banette cannot evolve.
• Despite Banette's zipper needing to stay closed in order to conserve energy, Banette's Pokémon-Amie animation shows it unzipping and opening its mouth in order to smile or eat.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Shuppet and Banette

Its appearance and habit of sticking itself with pins is akin to the popular conception of voodoo dolls. Its Pokédex backstory of an ordinary doll coming to life is similar to the Tsukumogami, while the grudge it holds against its disowner is related to the idea of mottainai.

Name origin

Banette is a combination of bane and marionette.

Juppeta may be a combination of 呪縛 jubaku (curse or spell) and puppet. It may also refer to Geppetto, a woodcarver who built a puppet that came to life in the story of Pinocchio.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning  Japanese ジュペッタ Juppeta From 呪縛 jubaku, and puppet or Gepetto  French Branette Similar to English name. Also sounds like braguette  Spanish Banette Same as English name  German Banette Same as English name  Italian Banette Same as English name  Korean 다크펫 Darkpet From dark and puppet  Cantonese Chinese      Mandarin Chinese 詛咒娃娃 / 诅咒娃娃 Zǔzhòuwáwá Literally "Cursing doll"

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