Rare Candy

in the original pokemon series this was could be used on a pokemon to let it gain one level, but as the name suggests it was very rare. in pokemon tower defense though team rocket tries to steal it, and in many levels you will have to defend this. you will have to defend piles of varying sizes, usually between 3 and 20. in the pewter city gym level's cutscene brock uses it to power up his onix.