#chyinmunk

[heroesoftandor]

A screenshot from Ash Ketchum's first gym battle in the Tandor Region! It's a double battle match against Burole Town Gym Leader Davern. Ash is training to master the Tera Types phenomenon and compete in the Tandor League Championship.

[pokesmashorpokepass]

Uranium Smash or Pass: Nuclear Chyinmunk

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onMay 2, 2025

[kowtownart]

Pokemon Uranium dump! From 2018-2019

Part 1/4

[terrestrine]

Mon petit Raptorche et Tamuloff le ramasseur.

[popkas]

I got an anonymous suggestion to extend the Uranium queue by drawing all the Nuclear forms in Uranium.  Good idea!  Thanks, guy.

My first thought was to do recolors of the art I’ve already done, but there’s only so lazy I allow myself to be.  I’m using a simpler style for these, but I’m mixing up the poses to make them interesting.

Chyinmunk is the first entry in the Pokedex with a Nuclear option.  Nuclear Pokemon are supposed to be extra aggressive and difficult to control but this guy isn’t too menacing.  Being irradiated just makes him look more excited I guess.

[heroesoftandor]

Join Ash Ketchum, Pichu, Birbie, and Chyinmunk as they participate in the Tandor League Gym Challenge, collecting badges and uncovering the mystery of Nuclear Pokémon in the webcomic Heroes of Tandor, which you can read on Webtoon!

[kowtownart]

Chyinmunk line!

Chyinmunk: "The length of a CHYINMUNK's stripes determines its authority in a group. If it spots a predator, it shrieks loudly to warn the others." - Pokedex

Kinetmunk: "Kinetmunk digs intricate tunnels that can stretch for miles underground. They use small electrical pulses to relax their muscles, allowing them to run faster."- Pokedex

[popkas]

The length of a CHYINMUNK's stripes determines its authority in a group. If it spots a predator, it shrieks loudly to warn the others.

There’s a dramatic disparity between Chyinmunk’s official art and official sprite.  The sprite’s cuter, so I based my rendition off of that.  Also...the Pokedex entry says they have stripes, but I don’t see any.  An older version had stripes, and I guess they kept the Pokedex text in.

I appreciate that the Pikachu clone for this ‘generation’ is also basically the Rattata.  It gets the cute cheek rat out of the way early without trying to make it a big deal.