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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#056 Mankey

Fighting

  • SpeciesPig Monkey Pokémon
  • Japanese nameMankey
  • PronunciationMANK-EE
  • Height1′ 8″ 0.51 m
  • Weight62.0 lb 27.90 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Mankey official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Combination of MAN and MONKEY. “creature who resembles a man and monkey”

Evolution

  1. MankeyLevel 28Primeape
Mankey in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Mankey as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Extremely quick to anger. It could be docile one moment then thrashing away the next instant.
Yellow An agile POKEMON that lives in trees. It angers easily and will not hesitate to attack anything.
Stadium Quick to anger, it will begin brawling on the slightest provocation. It is unsafe to approach as it is very nimble.
GoldStadium 2 It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack and handy target for no reason.
Silver It’s unsafe to approach if it gets violently enraged for no reason and cant distinguish friends from foes.
Crystal It lives in groups in the treetops. If it loses sight of its group, it becomes infuriated by its loneliness.

Where to find Mankey

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Must trade from Red, Yellow, or Gold pak NA None
Red Routes 5, 6, 7, 8 NA Many
Yellow Routes 3, 4, 22, 23 NA Many
Gold Routes 9 & 42 Any Many
Silver Must trade from Red, Yellow, or Gold pak Never None
Crystal Never None

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×2
  • Psychic×2
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×0.5
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×0.5
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (67%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
  • This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalGood
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonBad
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingBad
  • PsychicBad
  • BugBad
  • RockGood
  • GhostNo Effect
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkGood
  • SteelGood
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:5 (60%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow R/B G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Start Scratch Normal Physical
Start Start Start Leer Normal Status
9 — 9 Low Kick Fighting Physical
15 15 15 Karate Chop FightingG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Physical
21 21 21 Fury Swipes Normal Physical
27 27 27 Focus Energy Normal Status
33 33 33 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical
39 — 45 Screech Normal Status
— — 39 Cross Chop Fighting Physical
45 39 51 Thrash Normal Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Defense Curl
  • TM41Thunderpunch
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM48Fire Punch
  • HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM16Pay Day
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM24Thunderbolt
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM35Metronome
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM48Rock Slide
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Beat Up Mate with a male Sneasel.
Counter Breed a male Heracross with a female Paras/Parasect, then breed a male offspring with a female from Chikorita Family. Next, breed a male from that union (Chikorita) to a female Rhyhorn/Rhydon. Finally, mate a male offspring of that union (Rhyhorn) with a female Mankey/Primeape.
Foresight Mate a male Hoothoot/Noctowl with a female Farfetch’d, then mate the male offspring with the move to a female Mankey/Primeape.
Meditate Teach a wild male Smeargle the move Meditate using its Sketch attack, catch it, then mate it with a female Mankey/Primeape.
Reversal Teach a wild male Smeargle the move Reversal using its Sketch attack, catch it, then mate it with a female Mankey/Primeape.
Rock Slide Breed a male from Larvitar Family to a female Rhyhorn/Rhydon, then mate the male offspring with a female Mankey/Primeape.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 40 253-283 38/4518.41% 35/4219.80%
Attack 80 228-258 17/4961.79% 17/4559.86%
Defense 35 138-168 47/5512.54% 39/4410.60%
Speed 70 208-238 23/4755.96% 22/4250.00%
Special Attack G/S/C 35 138-168 39/4612.54% —
Special Defense G/S/C 45 158-188 34/4118.41% —
Special R/B/Y 35 138-168 — 25/2910.60%
Total 305 G/S/C
260 R/B/Y
1123-1303
965-1115
64/8715.87% 47/6514.72%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library