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Paras


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Red/Blue Leaf Green Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing nutrients from the bug host.

Yellow Burrows under the ground to gnaw on tree roots. The mushrooms on its back absorb most of the nutrition.

Fire Red Growing out of the bug's back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.


Gold It is doused with mushroom spores when it is born. As its body grows, mushrooms sprout out from its back.

Silver As its body grows large, oriental mushrooms named tochukaso start sprouting out of its back.

Crystal The tochukaso growing on this Pokémon's back orders it to extract juice from tree trunks.


Ruby/Sapphire Paras has parasitic mushrooms growing on its back called tochukaso. They grow large by drawing nutrients from the Bug Pokémon host. They are highly valued as a medicine for extending life.

Emerald A Paras has parasitic tochukaso mushrooms growing on its back. They grow by drawing nutrients from the host. They are valued as a medicine for a long life.


Diamond/Pearl Mushrooms named tochukaso grow on its back. They grow along with the host PARAS.

Sprites

Red/Blue/Yellow Red/Blue/Yellow

JP Blue Red/Blue Yellow FR/LG Back
Normal
Shiny -- -- -- --

Gold/Silver/Crystal Gold/Silver/Crystal

Gold Silver Crystal Back
Normal
Shiny

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

R/S Emerald Back
Normal
Shiny (missing)

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Diamond/Pearl/Platinum

Diamond/Pearl Back Platinum Back
Normal
Shiny

Sugimori

Needs better cutting out, I know.