We can all agree that Small Pokémon are among the most adorable in the franchise, and just because they're shorter (a lot shorter) than the likes of Charizard, it doesn't make them any less valuable. Well, sometimes it does, but our point is that the smaller 'mon are adorable, and we're here to give love to them in buckets. After all, don't the best things come in small packages?
If you're looking for more info, our Pokédex is a great place to start, but if you're looking for specifics, check out our guides on fairy Pokémon weakness, dark Pokémon weakness, or bug Pokémon weakness. Now onto our tiny friends.
Here's our list of our favorite small Pokémon.
10. Gimmighoul (Roaming Form)
Taking weight and width into account, the smallest Pokémon appears to be a tie between the Roaming form of Gimmighoul and Flabébé. He's just a lil ghost Pokémon. The Chest Form obviously weighs more, but the dude inside is a teeny tiny Pokémon weighing a fraction of a pound and measures only a few centimeters tall. We also have to give extra props to this lil 'mon for what it evolves into. Look, we're not going to say that we like Gholdengo, but that steel-type is one of the strongest Pokémon.
9. Flabébé
Arguably one of the most satisfying names to say in the entire Pokédex, Flabébé is an adorable little 'mon sitting atop a flower, and is so small, that you wouldn't believe the amount of times we've nearly trampled one out in the wild playing Scarlet and Violet, because they're just that teeny. We try not to step on them, though, because look how pretty they are. Like Gimmighoul, Flabébé stands around 10cm in height and weighs barely anything - which is fair enough, seeing as it's mostly a flower.
8. Azurill
We've got to get a Baby Pokémon in here, don't we? Coming in at 0.2m, or eight inches for you Americans, this Normal/Fairy-type Pokémon couldn't be cuter with its distressed face and blobby body. Azurill is a mouse, but it's also water-balloon inspired. It's usually female, though it used to be the only Pokemon that was able to change sex when evolved, having a one in three chance to turn into a male Marill. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen in later generations, but we still think Azurill is cool. Trans rights!
7. Cutiefly
Cutiefly is a cutie patootie 'bee fly' hybrid Pokémon (which, admittedly, sounds entirely fictional but they are, in fact, a real thing and not just created for the fantastical world of Pokémon). They're absolutely tiny, and we somehow doubt that it does weigh its alleged 0.2kg, but maybe it has an incredibly dense body mass. All that cuteness has to go somewhere, after all.
6. Comfey
Unsurprisingly, Comfey finds a spot on our list of the best small Pokémon considering the fact it weighs less than 0.3kg and is… mostly made of flowers. There is a teeny tiny body holding the whole thing together somewhere in there, too. Comfey's official height is a staggeringh 0.1m tall, though we imagine this is when the ring of flowers is in its unfurled state, not in a ring. But we say Comfey should hold onto its centimeters, it earned them!
5. Joltik
The teeny tiny spidery critter Joltik is absurdly small, fuzzy, and cute. It weighs a little more than those sharing its height of 10cm, at 0.6kg, but it still fits nicely in our list - and in our pockets. Even its evolution Galvantula isn't as big as you'd think at only a few inches tall! Don't write them off completely, though, because they may be small but they sure are mighty. In our eyes and hearts, at least.
4. Shroodle
Shroodle comes in at a 0.2m height, with a weight of 0.7kg, making it a tiny entry on this list. Even though Shroodle is a toxic mouse, it's undeniably one of the cutest Pokémon in the whole franchise. I mean, just look at its little tongue! Incredible content. While its base stats aren't much to write home about, Shroodle's evolution Grafaiai can hit hard, if that's the kind of thing you look for in your 'mon. We'll be over here giggling over Shroodle, though.
3. Mesprit
Mesprit is one of my personal faves in this category, weighing 0.3kg and coming in at a height of 0.3m. Is it one of the bigger ones on this list? Yes, perhaps. But it's also one of the cutest and most aesthetically pleasing. Its Pokémon TCG Pocket card designs? Showstopping, actually. Aside from this, this lake guardian created by Arceus has plenty of punches in it, with surprisingly good base stats.
2. Applin
If a Pokémon fits nicely in the palm of your hand, it more than qualifies as a small Pokémon, and Applin serves as a good example of this, coming in at 0.2m tall and weighing o.5kg. The actual 'mon is just a little worm that calls an apple home, which is adorable, if you ask us. This fruity li'l guy does evolve, and we have an Applin evolution guide to help you out.
1. Cosmoem
You might think that Cosmoem's incredible weight of 999.99kg disqualifies it from our small Pokémon list, but that couldn't be further from the truth. For while it's undeniably heavy, it's also a small guy, and just look at that face. Who would think a weird but wonderful outer-space creature could look so cute?