The intricate mechanisms from which the Klinklang are built and fight, with four interlocking gears shifting and grinding in combination to defeat their foes, has inspired many an inventor in their efforts to develop all manner of objects. The principles which allow Klinklang to compete in pokemon battles work equally well when a gear is being turned to build a machine or light up a room instead of to slam into other pokemon at high speeds. But the Klinklang have never realized this potential – or if they have, their spikes and structure got in the way, so they were never quite able to use it.
Klinklang resemble an advanced piece of machinery, but no one has yet managed to use these pokemon in an industrial manner, except in limited fields like demolition which do not significantly deviate from their natural behavior. But Klinklang are good at what they are, and there are few pokemon or weapons which enjoy being caught in this mechanical pokemon's speedy grinding gears, or can shrug off being beaned by a large, metal gear flying faster than a baseball pitch. The reason they are not considered unbeatable is that Klinklang require a large amount of time to spin in order to maximize said power; time which other pokemon are often able to use to penetrate their defenses (relatively weak by steel-type standards) and knock them out.
Yet even when unconscious, a Klinklang does not stop rotating. Some have compared this process to human blood flow or respiration; an unconscious process needed for the maintenance of this pokemon's life. Others have claimed rotation accomplishes nothing, but it continues obeying its rotation program until death because it responds not to our logic, but that of its ancient code.