Munchlax is most likely based on a baby bear. Its habits may also be based on the fact that bears eat a lot of food before hibernating, which Snorlax seems to do a lot more of. Also the fact that they are found in and around Honey Trees adds up to what they are based on, as most bears (especially black bears) love honey.
Munchlax is a combination of munch (to chew on food) and lax or relax.
Gonbe may be a combination of Kabigon (Snorlax’s Japanese name) and baby. It may also derive from 権兵衛 gonbē, popular Japanese name for peasants in the old days.
No: 446
English Name: Munchlax
Japanese Name: Gonbe
Generation: 4
Type: Normal
Species: Big Eater Pokémon
Abilities: Pickup, Thick Fat, Gluttony (hidden ability)
Evolution: Munchlax > Snorlax
Munchlax is a teal Pokémon with a cream spot on its chest. Its round head is teal in the top half and cream on the bottom half. It has big, round eyes and large pointy ears. It has five-fingered hands and cream feet with three clawed toes. The fur close to the bottom of a Munchlax seems to resemble a dress. Munchlax has two pointy teeth that stick out of its mouth even if closed.
It is a hyperactive Pokémon. It does not mind walking and running from place to place as it looks for food. Munchlax tends to store food in its long fur, although it sometimes forgets about its hidden food. It can also eat many servings of food at a time, and rarely gets full. Munchlax can gulp down food without chewing. Munchlax eats the most food of any Pokémon besides its evolution, Snorlax. It will eat nearly anything.
POKEDEX ENTRIES
Pokemon Diamond: It wolfs down its weight in food once a day, swallowing food whole with almost no chewing.
Pokemon Pearl: It hides food under its long body hair. However, it forgets it has hidden the food.
Pokemon Platinum: In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur.
Pokemon HeartGold: It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing.
Pokemon SoulSilver: It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing.
Pokemon Black: In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur.
Pokemon White: In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur.
Pokemon Black 2: In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur.
pokemon White 2: In its desperation to gulp down food, it forgets about the food it has hidden under its fur.
Pokemon X: It hides food under its long body hair. However, it forgets it has hidden the food.
Pokemon Y: It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing.
Pokemon Omega Ruby: It hides food under its long body hair. However, it forgets it has hidden the food.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: It conceals food under the long fur on its body. It carts around this food stash and swallows it without chewing.
Pokemon SUN: It needs to consume its own weight in food every day. As far as flavor is concerned, it’s indifferent.
Pokemon MOON: When it finds something that looks like it might be edible, it goes right ahead and swallows it whole. That’s why it gets fatter day by day.
