Pancham

Pancham is a contestant of Plush Survivor and the host of Team Pancham

Physiology
Pancham is a little panda Pokémon. It has black and white fur, a chubby body, and has a green leaf sticking out of its mouth. It resembles Cubchoo and Teddiursa in that all three are bears in appearance.

Behavior
Pancham is always seen with its signature leaf in its mouth. To Pancham, the leaf may be able to show others that it can also be intimidating; as most intimidating people unusually chew on some kind of leaf. It seems to always glare intensely at the opponents, but since it's young, this act isn't persuasive at all and rarely succeeds, thus it always gets easily disappointed. However, when it gets stroked on the head, it will suddenly show a face full of joy and kindness.

Evolution
Pancham can be evolved into a Pangoro at level 32 while a Dark-type Pokémon is in the player's party.

Trivia

 * Pancham, along with Mantyke, is the only Pokémon to require a certain type of Pokémon to be in the party in order to evolve (Pancham needs a Dark-type Pokémon in the party in order to evolve).
 * Pancham is one of the 16 Pokémon to be made into a puppet in Japan.

Origin
Pancham is based on a panda cub. Its shiny coloration resembles the Qinling panda, a subspecies of the giant panda that has brown coloration instead of black.

Etymology
Pancham comes from panda, punch, and champion.

Its Japanese name, Yanchamu, likely comes from やんちゃ (yancha, naughty) and champion.