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Deerling (Japanese: シキジカ Shikijika) is a dual-type Normal/Grass Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Sawsbuck starting at level 34.

Deerling has four forms: Spring Form, Summer Form, Autumn Form, and Winter Form. Deerling changes forms depending on the location the game was loaded in. In Paldea, Spring Form corresponds to South Province, Summer Form to East Province, Autumn Form to West Province, and Winter Form to North Province.

When it debuted, Deerling's form changed based on the season. From Generation VI to VIII, its form could not be changed at all, and only the Spring Form could be found in the wild, with the other forms being obtainable exclusively via transfer from a Generation V game or from Pokémon GO.

(Refer to Game data→Form data for more details.)

Biology

Deerling is a Pokémon that resembles a deer fawn. The upper side of its body is pink in the spring, green in the summer, orange in the autumn, and brown in the winter. Deerling has a yellow-patterned rim, and its underside is peach. It sports a yellow floral tuft on its head with small antlers hidden underneath, and similar yellow coloration on the insides of its tapering ears. The tips of its limbs are colored black and its pink tail is small.

If Deerling senses animosity, it will hide in tall grass. It moves in herds, as it is timid around humans. Despite this, Deerling does whatever it wants, even around humans. Deerling will take a liking towards anyone who feeds it. It will playfully headbutt anyone it likes, even if headbutts are a little painful. It dwells in sparsely populated areas, away from humans. It is herbivorous. Despite their innocent and adorable appearance, Deerling are considered pests by farmers, as they tend to eat all of their plant shoots. Because of this, and because Lycanroc is a natural enemy of Deerling, farmers often use Lycanroc to guard their fields from Deerling.

Forms

Deerling has four forms: Spring Form, Summer Form, Autumn Form, and Winter Form.

Aside from differing in coloration, Deerling also has different scents depending on the season. During spring, its scent is delicate, sweet, and calming. During summer, it has a distinct grassy scent. During autumn, it has a softly sweet scent. During winter, Deerling has no scent.

Evolution

Deerling evolves into Sawsbuck.

Spring Form

Summer Form

Autumn Form

Winter Form

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

Side game data

Spring Form

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Summer Form

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Autumn Form

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Winter Form

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Form data

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Needs more Gen 9 details (Terarium, how exactly the form changes, breeding, etc.)

Deerling has four different forms based on the four seasons. These forms are interchangeable in Generation V and Generation IX but not in other games. They are purely cosmetic.

In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, Deerling will change its form to match the current seasons if it is in the party when the season changes. All wild, bred, and NPC Trainer-owned Deerling will match the current season, with the exception of those owned by NPC Trainers in the Battle Subway and the Pokémon World Tournament, which are all Spring Form.

• When the month is January, May, or September, the season is spring, and it becomes Spring Form.
• When the month is February, June, or October, the season is summer, and it becomes Summer Form.
• When the month is March, July, or November, the season is autumn, and it becomes Autumn Form.
• When the month is April, August, or December, the season is winter, and it becomes Winter Form.

From Generation VI to VIII, with the abandonment of seasons as a mechanic, Deerling is unable to change forms. All wild and NPC Trainer-owned Deerling are Spring Form, while bred Deerling are in the same form as their mother, or the same form as the Deerling or Sawsbuck parent if bred with Ditto. The Summer, Autumn, and Winter forms are only obtainable via transfer from a Generation V game or from Pokémon GO.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Deerling is once again able to change forms, but the form it will become is now based on the location that the game was loaded in rather than the season. Wild Deerling vary in form based on location. In Paldea, Spring Form corresponds to South Province, Summer Form to East Province, Autumn Form to West Province, and Winter Form to North Province.

In general, Spring Form Deerling can be found in South Province (Areas One, Two, Three, Four, and Five) and in 1★ Tera Raid Battles, Summer Form in East Province (Areas One and Two), Autumn Form in West Province (Areas Two and Three), and Winter Form in North Province (Dalizapa Passage and Glaseado Mountain).

Evolution data

Spring Form

Summer Form

Autumn Form

Winter Form

Sprites

In the anime

Major appearances

Multiple Spring Form Deerling appeared in Enter Iris and Axew!. Ash attempted to catch one, but as he had not weakened it, it was able to deflect the Poké Ball and fled with the rest of the herd.

In Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!, Daniela used a Spring Form Deerling to battle Ash and Pikachu.

In Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, a Sewaddle accidentally latched onto a wild Spring Form Deerling with String Shot, startling it. This caused it to buck and thrash around wildly through the forest in an effort to get Sewaddle off, but this put Sewaddle in serious danger.

At the beginning of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, Ash saved two Spring Form Deerling from falling off a cliff with Victini's help.

Multiple Summer Form Deerling made their main series debut in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!. Ash and Robert followed one in order to find Sawsbuck.

In Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, Katharine first offered to trade a Summer Form Deerling to Ash in exchange for his Scraggy. Deerling was later used to help calm down a wild Garbodor with Aromatherapy.

Minor appearances

Multiple Spring Form Deerling debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!.

In A Sandile Gusher of Change!, multiple Deerling, Patrat, and Pidove needed help from Ash and his friends.

A Deerling appeared in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!.

In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, multiple Trainers' Deerling were at a Poké Mart near Castelia City.

In a flashback in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, a Deerling was one of Iris's Pokémon friends when she was little in the Village of Dragons.

Three Deerling appeared in Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!.

In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, Dino used a Spring Form Deerling against Omega's Patrat during the first round of the Club Battle tournament. It ultimately won, allowing Dino to advance to the second round.

Autumn Form Deerling debuted in the opening sequences of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, while multiple Summer Form Deerling debuted in both movies proper.

A Deerling appeared in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!.

A Deerling appeared in Crisis from the Underground Up!.

In Lost at the Stamp Rally!, a Spring Form Deerling was seen performing in a Pokémon Musical show. Multiple other Deerling also appeared in the same episode.

Multiple Deerling appeared in Ash Versus the Champion!.

Multiple Deerling appeared in a flashback in A Maractus Musical!.

Multiple Deerling appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1.

A Deerling briefly appeared in Search for the Clubultimate!.

In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, Burgundy, disguised as Fauxgundy, reviewed a Deerling as a possible Pokémon for Marigold.

A Deerling appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1.

Multiple Deerling appeared in All for the Love of Meloetta!.

A Deerling appeared in a flashback in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.

Multiple Summer Form Deerling physically appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice. The Swords of Justice legend also featured their Spring, Summer, and Autumn Forms.

A Trainer's Summer Form Deerling appeared in Jostling for the Junior Cup!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!.

In A Village Homecoming!, the elder's flashback featured a Spring Form Deerling.

In Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, Iris's flashback featured a Spring Form Deerling.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

Two Deerling appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, both under the ownership of a Trainer.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in Strong Strategy Steals the Show!.

Five Deerling appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, two being wild, and the other two appearing in a flashback.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Saving Braviary!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!.

In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at N's hideout.

In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, a Trainer's Deerling was on the cruise ship.

In The Island of Illusions!, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at Grand Spectrala Islet.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in a flashback in The Path That Leads to Goodbye!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.

In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at Pokémon Hills. Two of the Deerling later helped put a fire out there.

A Spring Form Deerling appeared in a fantasy or a flashback in The Journalist from Another Region!.

In Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, a Summer Form Deerling was living at an unnamed island in the Decolore Islands.

In a flashback in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Summer Form Deerling was living at the Nebel Plateau.

Two Summer Form Deerling appeared in HZ051.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Movie adaptations

A Deerling appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom.

Pokémon Adventures

In Welcome to Striaton City!!, a Spring Form Deerling was seen under the ownership of a female shopkeeper in Striaton City.

A Spring Form Deerling appeared in Special Delivery as one of the Pokémon competing in Nimbasa's Pokémon Musical.

Darlene, a female Deerling, was captured by White during her preparation for the Battle Subway trial in Growing Pains. She was seen in her Summer, Autumn, and Winter Forms.

Two Deerling appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.

Pokémon RéBURST

Deerling appeared in RB01 and RB76.

In the TCG

Trivia

• Deerling's Winter Form is its only form that has not appeared in the anime yet.

Origin

Deerling may be based on a sika deer fawn with a yellow flower on top of its head.

The colors of its four different seasonal forms may be visual references to the colors of trees and bushes during the four seasons: with pink representing blossoms in the spring, green representing fully grown leaves in the summer, orange representing the changing leaves in the autumn, and brown representing the bare, leafless tree and bush branches in the winter. Deerling's design was worked backwards from Sawsbuck's design.[1]

Name origin

Deerling may be a combination of deer and darling or yearling (young animal between the age of one to two years old), with -ling being a common suffix to denote something that is small or immature; it may also reference the 1938 novel The Yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn.

Shikijika may be a combination of 四季 shiki (four seasons) and 鹿 shika (deer).

In other languages

More languages Hindi हिरितु Hiritu From हिरन hiran / हिरण hiraṇ and रितु ritu / ऋतु ŕtu Russian Дирлинг Dirling Transcription of English name Thai ชิคิจิกะ Chikhichika Transcription of Japanese name

Spring Form

Summer Form

Autumn Form

Winter Form

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