Teddiursa (Pokemon)

Teddiursa (Japanese: ヒメグマ Himeguma) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It evolves into starting at level 30.

Biology
Teddiursa is a bipedal, ursine Pokémon covered in short, orange-brown fur. Its muzzle is light tan with a small black nose and black eyes. There is a slightly paler tan crescent marking on its face, and it has round ears. It has three claws on its forepaws as well as two claws and yellow paw pads on its hind paws. Its tail is short, round, and puffy.

Teddiursa uses pollen and fruit to create its own honey. The marking on its face glows when it finds honey already made. Honey is often absorbed into Teddiursa's forepaws, and it is often seen licking them. It will hide food stores throughout its territory before food becomes scarce in winter. Teddiursa lives in.

Major appearances
Teddiursa debuted in Spell of the Unown: Entei, where Molly Hale used an illusion of one, created by the, to battle. She is seen playing with a real Teddiursa at the end of the movie.

Teddiursa made its main series debut in UnBEARable. It was a manipulative thief who would pretend to be cute to humans in order to steal their food and blame it on their Pokémon. Ultimately, it evolved into at the end of the episode, and was thus no longer able to use its charm on humans with ease anymore.

A Teddiursa is one of the best friends of the Pichu Brothers. It appeared in Trouble in Big Town, Of Meowth and Pokémon, Big Meowth, Little Dreams, and Pichu Bros. in Party Panic. It also made a cameo appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

A Teddiursa appeared in Going For A Spinda. It was disguised as a by  and tied up in order to lure a Spinda to them, but instead, its  parent came and blasted them away.

A Teddiursa appeared under the care of Normajean in The Brockster Is In!, where it was among the Pokémon poisoned by a group of wild, but were saved thanks to Brock's Chansey and.

A Teddiursa appeared in The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!, under the ownership of a. It was playing with a and a  when they were all attacked by a rampaging. Teddiursa was then taken to a Pokémon Center and healed with the help of Nurse Joy and her.

Minor appearances
A Teddiursa and Ursaring had a cameo appearance in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, as two of the Pokémon living in 's forest.

A Teddiursa appeared at Mr. Shellby's house in Extreme Pokémon!.

A Teddiursa appeared in Lights, Camerupt, Action!, in a film starring that  and  were watching when they were younger.

A Teddiursa appeared in The Legend of Thunder! along with an Ursaring.

A Teddiursa was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainers' School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A Teddiursa appeared in a flashback in Mutiny in the Bounty! as one of J's captured Pokémon.

A Teddiursa made a brief appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon hit with a.

A Teddiursa appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, under the ownership of a young girl named.

A group of Teddiursa appeared in Leading a Stray!.

A Trainer's Teddiursa appeared in Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, where it was seen participating in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that had set up.

A Teddiursa appeared in An Egg Scramble!. It tried to steal Team Rocket's food but failed.

A Teddiursa appeared in The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!.

A Teddiursa appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Teddiursa appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.

A Teddiursa appeared in 's flashback in Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

A Teddiursa appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.

Four Teddiursa appeared in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad. They were among the Pokémon residing in a forest.

A 's Teddiursa appeared in A Giga Battle with Mega Results!.

A Pokémon Performer's Teddiursa appeared in A Dancing Debut!, where it was seen competing in the. It appeared again in Master Class Choices!, where it was used in the Showcase; and then again in Master Class is in Session!, where it participated in the  Showcase.

A Teddiursa appeared in Party Dancecapades!, under the ownership of a Performer attending Monsieur Pierre's dance party.

A Trainer's Teddiursa appeared in Unlocking Some Respect! in a flashback.

Three Trainers' Teddiursa appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

Five Teddiursa appeared in Till We Compete Again!, with four under the ownership of different Trainers and the fifth being wild.

Four Teddiursa appeared in The Power of Us, with three under the ownership of different Trainers and the third being befriended by Largo.

In the movie adaptations
A Teddiursa appeared in and.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Teddiursa's Picnic, helps Kurt's granddaughter, Maizie, catch a Teddiursa with a  as thanks for giving him food, which they finally caught it in Ursaring Major.

A Teddiursa appeared in a flashback in Silly Scyther.

Another Teddiursa was one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest in The Last Battle XIII.

A student's Teddiursa appeared in Movie Panic.

In the TFG
One Teddiursa figure has been released.



NPC appearances

 * : Teddiursa is a resident of Treasure Town. He and his brother Ursaring also meet the player and partner at the end of Mystifying Forest, where they discover that the Luminous Spring has been restored. Teddiursa becomes the first Pokémon to evolve at the Luminous Spring since its restoration.

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Trivia

 * Teddiursa is one of the fourteen Pokémon for which foreign Pokédex entries can be collected in.
 * Teddiursa is the only non- with a unique sprite in (aside from the different forms of ).
 * Teddiursa can be seen as a parallel to : Their evolution lines are exclusive to opposite versions of and  (and are the only Pokémon to swap version-exclusive status between localizations), they each have one evolved form, and they both have  as an Ability and lose it upon evolution.

Origin
Teddiursa is based on a and possibly a  or , both s. The moon marking and the fact that it is a bear cub may mean it might have been based on the constellation 's mythology.

Name origin
Teddiursa is a combination of  and ursa ( for bear).

Himeguma may be a combination of 姫 hime (princess, small) or hi (an alternate reading of 朏 mikazuki [crescent moon]) and 熊 kuma (bear). Hime is the Japanese word for princess, but also used as small in.