Type: Near Human (Animorph Cocoon)
Element: Bug
Frequency: Common
Diet: Herbivore, though they enjoy sugar treats
Role: punching bag
Libido: Low
Strong Vs: Dark, Fighting, Ground, Plant, Psychic
Weak Vs: Fire, Flying, Rock
Attacks: Quick Attack, String Shot, Quickturn, Cry Wolf, Harden
Enhancements: Enhanced Durability (x10), Lightweight
Evolves: Buttitsfree (normal)
Evolves From: Cutipie (normal)
Titapods are the normal evolution for Cutipies, requiring very little effort to attain. It usually only requires a handful of battles. Titapods gain a few inches in height and lose the delicate antennae on her head. Her exoskeleton is much more noticeable and expands to cover her entire body when using Harden.
A Titapod's exoskeleton is much stronger then her unevolved form, and she is able to take an incredible amount of punishment for such a small Pokégirl. She only gains one new attack, Harden, but she makes very good use of it. By using String Shot to slow an opponent down, a Titapod can rapidly use Harden multiple times until her exoskeleton becomes near invincible to physical blows. During the war, groups of Titapods were known to sneak up on enemies and immobilize them with string shots, their exoskeletons easily handling most infantry weapons. They would then leave as larger Pokégirls would move in to finish the job. With her small size making it that much harder for an opponent to hit her, a fully hardened Titapod can easily wear down many Pokégirl types simply by waiting for them to exhaust themselves trying to hurt her.
Fighting-types both love and hate Titapods. They hate trying to fight one, since all their attacks tend to do (when they actually manage to hit her) is send the little Pokégirl flying, which is usually ended by using String Shot to attach herself to any available object, sometimes the attacking Pokégirl. This has lead to cases where a Titapod has managed to knock a Pokégirl out using the energy of their own attack, as she bounces back like a yo-yo. When in the same Harem however, Titapods tend to get along well with Fighting-types. The Pokégirl is often used as a training device for the fighting girls. Titapods will often string themselves up from a tree and hang there, letting themselves be used as a punching bag.
Titapods are very easy to take care of, requiring little food or attention. They tend to be lethargic and only move when they need to. Their mood, and libido, can be raised however with doses of sugar, which they greatly enjoy.
Taming a Titapod, just like with a Cutipie, is a bit tricky, since their small size means non but the least endowed tamers would be able to fit. It tends to be a job best done with special toys or the Tamer's
fingers instead. Titapods tend to approach Taming like they do everything else; with as little effort on their part as they can get away with.
Feral Titapods are a challenge to find, as they tend to only move around at night, spending the day in hiding. However if found during the daylight hours, they tend to be one of the easiest Pokégirls to capture. Due to their ability to withstand damage, they have little fear of anything and rarely even try to run away. It is rarely required to weaken a Titapod before capturing her, since her standard response to any perceived threat, such as a Pokéball, is to just wait it out.
Threshold girls occasionally turn straight to Titapods. Unless she was already laid back before hand, most people tend to find the girl's new personality depressing by comparison.