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List of generation II Pokémon
The second generation (generation II) of the Pokémon franchise features 100 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series in the 1999 Game Boy Color games Pokémon Gold and Silver, set in the Johto region. Some Pokémon in this generation were introduced in animated adaptations of the franchise before Gold and Silver, such as Ho-Oh in the first episode of the Pokémon anime series in 1998 and 1999, Togepi, which was a recurring character in the anime owned by Misty, Donphan in the Pokémon first movie in 1998, Snubbull in the first Pikachu short movie in 1998, and Marill, which also debuted in that short film and was a recurring character in the anime owned by Tracey Sketchit in 1998 and 1999. Elekid, Bellossom, Ledyba, and Hoothoot debuted in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, and Lugia and Slowking debuted in Pokémon 2000.
The following list details the 100 Pokémon of generation II in order of their National Pokédex number. The first Pokémon, Chikorita, is number 152 and the last, Celebi, is number 251. Alternate forms that result in type changes are included for convenience. Mega evolutions and regional forms are included on the pages for the generation in which they were introduced.
Design and development edit
Two new types were introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver – namely the "Dark" and "Steel" types – which were intended to better balance the gameplay of Pokémon battles. Dark and Steel types fare well against the then dominant Psychic type. The concept of breeding was introduced in the second generation of Pokémon games as well, which allows players to manipulate the skills of their Pokémon to a greater degree.[1] Some of the new Pokémon introduced in Gold and Silver are pre-evolutions of other Pokémon, such as Pichu and Igglybuff. Referred to as "baby Pokémon", they are usually only available by breeding their evolved forms.
Pokémon Gold and Silver were first revealed at Nintendo Space World in 1997. At this point, the game had a massively larger world map than the final game and this prototype featured around 40 Pokémon designs that were removed and replaced when the games were released in 1999.[2]
List of Pokémon edit
| Name[nb 2] | Type(s) | Evolves from | Evolves into | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikorita Chikorita (チコリータ)[4] (0152) | Grass | — | Bayleef (#153) | The leaf on its head has a soothing aroma. A docile species, it waves its leaf around to calm opponents and avoid fighting. It enjoys sunbathing. | |
| Bayleef Bayleef (ベイリーフ)[5] (0153) | Grass | Chikorita (#152) | Meganium (#154) | While Chikorita and Meganium's designs were settled in 1997, Bayleef originally had a significantly different design, resembling a flower blossom.[6] The leaves on its neck hold small tree shoots. As opposed to Chikorita's leaf, their spicy aroma acts as a stimulant, making others more agitated. | |
| Meganium Meganium (メガニウム)[7] (0154) | Grass | Bayleef (#153) | — | Its petals can soothe opponents, and its breath has regenerative properties, allowing it to revive dead plants. | |
| Cyndaquil Hinoarashi (ヒノアラシ)[8] (0155) | Fire | — | Quilava (#156) | It curls up into a ball and shoots fire from its back when startled or angry. It keeps itself hunched over so it can curl more easily. | |
| Quilava Magumarashi (マグマラシ)[9] (0156) | Fire | Cyndaquil (#155) | Typhlosion (#157) | It turns its back to the opponent in battle, and shoots fire from its back. Its fur is not flammable, protecting it from its own fire. While it does that, it can weave around its foe's attacks. | |
| Typhlosion Bakufūn (バクフーン)[10] (0157) | Fire | Quilava (#156) | — | It rubs its fur to light its surroundings on fire as an offensive tool and to hide in the flames, or cause explosions. When angry, it lights everything it touches on fire. It gained a Fire/Ghost-type Hisuian Form in generation VIII. | |
| Totodile Waninoko (ワニノコ)[11] (0158) | Water | — | Croconaw (#159) | A playful but reckless species, it will bite anything it sees without warning, from foes to food to its own Trainer. | |
| Croconaw Arigeitsu (アリゲイツ)[9] (0159) | Water | Totodile (#158) | Feraligatr (#160) | Its teeth are slanted, similarly to a barbed fish hook, making them hard to remove. Croconaw itself will also not let go from something it bites unless it loses its teeth, at which point they grow back quickly. | |
| Feraligatr Ōdairu (オーダイル)[7] (0160) | Water | Croconaw (#159) | — | It shakes its head when it bites its opponents to tear its prey up. Since it cannot properly maintain its weight out of water, it usually walks on all fours, but can still run quickly on its hind legs. | |
| Sentret Otachi (オタチ)[12] (0161) | Normal | — | Furret (#162) | While one Sentret sleeps, another will stand on its tail and scout the area. If it senses danger, it screeches and thumps its tail on the ground to warn the rest of the pack. | |
| Furret Ōtachi (オオタチ)[13] (0162) | Normal | Sentret (#161) | — | Furret is known for slipping through small spaces due to its thin body. It does this to escape from predators or hunt Pokémon like Rattata. It is hard to tell where its body ends and its tail begins. | |
| Hoothoot Hōhō (ホーホー)[13] (0163) | Normal / Flying | — | Noctowl (#164) | Due to an internal organ that senses the world's rotation, it hoots at the exact same time every day, and tilts its head at a consistent rhythm. It only ever stands on one foot, and switches it faster than the human eye can see. | |
| Noctowl Yorunozuku (ヨルノズク)[13] (0164) | Normal / Flying | Hoothoot (#163) | — | It has night vision, and its soft feathers allow it to fly without making a sound. When it needs to think, it turns its head 180º to raise its intellect. | |
| Ledyba Ledyba (レディバ)[13] (0165) | Bug / Flying | — | Ledian (#166) | It communicates with other Ledyba by secreting fluids where its legs meet its body. It changes its scent based on how it is feeling. Ledyba are naturally timid creatures that panic when separated from their swarm. | |
| Ledian Ledian (レディアン)[13] (0166) | Bug / Flying | Ledyba (#165) | — | A nocturnal species, groups of Ledian gather around clear night skies and gather starlight to use as energy. While flying, it scatters a glowing powder thought to bring good luck. To make up for its physical weakness, it tries to overwhelm its opponents by punching with its four arms. | |
| Spinarak Itomaru (イトマル)[13] (0167) | Bug / Poison | — | Ariados (#168) | Its webs are strong enough to withstand rocks being thrown at them, so fishermen use them as nets. It can wait for days for prey like Cutiefly to get caught. Its poison is not strong, but can be used to weaken prey. It can determine what it has caught by feeling the vibrations on its web. | |
| Ariados Ariados (アリアドス)[13] (0168) | Bug / Poison | Spinarak (#167) | — | It prefers to wander around to hunt, instead of setting a web and waiting. While doing so, it constantly spins a thread that leads it back home. It sneaks up on its prey, wraps them in thread, weakens them with poison, and sucks their bodily fluids. It may sometimes release them, but leave a thread on them, which leads it to the their nest or friends. It can spin thread from its abdomen and mouth, making it hard to tell which end is which. | |
| Crobat Crobat (クロバット)[14] (0169) | Poison / Flying | Golbat (#042) | — | Two more wings grew where its hind legs used to be. It can fly with all four wings, or alternate between them. It can fly silently up to its prey and suck its blood. | |
| Chinchou Chonchī (チョンチー)[13] (0170) | Water / Electric | — | Lanturn (#171) | Chinchou and Lanturn are based on the Footballfish.[15] Chinchou combines its positive and negative currents to attack prey. It also communicates to others by flashing its lights at them. | |
| Lanturn Lanturn (ランターン)[13] (0171) | Water / Electric | Chinchou (#170) | — | It lures prey with its light, flashes it to blind them, and swallows them whole. Its light can be seen from a depth of over 3 miles (5 kilometers). It competes with Lumineon to eat Starmie, and Frillish and Sharpedo compete to eat Lanturn. | |
| Pichu Pichu (ピチュー)[16] (0172) | Electric | — | Pikachu (#025) | It is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Junichi Masuda noted that Pichu was intended to become the "next" Pikachu. Pichu has become Masuda's favorite Pokémon because of the "well thought-out" design process that went into creating it.[17][18][19] Despite its size, it can zap adult humans, but since it is not fully capable of storing electricity, it may shock and startle itself in the process. It plays with others by touching tails and setting off sparks as a test of courage. | |
| Cleffa Pī (ピィ)[14] (0173) | Fairy[nb 3] | — | Clefairy (#035) | It lives near mountainous regions and meteor crash sites. During nights with shooting stars, colonies of Cleffa can be seen dancing until the morning, at which point they drink morning dew and disappear. It is fascinated with things shaped like or related to stars, such as Minior. | |
| Igglybuff Pupurin (ププリン)[20] (0174) | Normal / Fairy[nb 3] | — | Jigglypuff (#039) | Its vocal cords are not fully developed yet, so its throat becomes sore after prolonged periods of singing. Despite this, it wants to improve, so it constantly sings. It lives near freshwater streams, and gargles their water to heal its throat. It bounces around to move, though it struggles with stopping. | |
| Togepi Togepi (トゲピー)[21] (0175) | Fairy[nb 3] | — | Togetic (#176) | It can store positive feelings in its shell and release them when needed. It withdraws into its shell to sleep, and can release poison from its spikes. | |
| Togetic Togechikku (トゲチック)[22] (0176) | Fairy[nb 3] / Flying | Togepi (#175) | Togekiss (#468) | It does not need its wings to fly. It seeks kind people and Pokémon, and showers them with a happiness-infused down known as "joy dust". | |
| Natu Neiti (ネイティ)[13] (0177) | Psychic / Flying | — | Xatu (#178) | Its wings are underdeveloped, so it cannot fly. It stares at potential predators, and hops away when they move. It forages for food like cactus fruit and tree shoots. | |
| Xatu Neitio (ネイティオ)[13] (0178) | Psychic / Flying | Natu (#177) | — | It stares at the sun all day. In South America, it is said that its left eye can see the past and its right eye can see the future, and that it does not move out of fear of what it sees. | |
| Mareep Merīpu (メリープ)[23] (0179) | Electric | — | Flaaffy (#180) | Its wool grows continuously and rubs together to build a static charge. It increases in volume the more energy it has stored. The wool is shed during summer, can be used to make clothing, and grows back in a week. | |
| Flaaffy Mokoko (モココ)[13] (0180) | Electric | Mareep (#179) | Ampharos (#181) | Storing too much electricity has caused it to lose most of its wool, but it can store more energy than Mareep's, and it can fire it at opponents. Its rubbery skin protects it from its own energy, and the tip of its tail glows when it has fully charged. | |
| Ampharos Denryū (デンリュウ)[24] (0181) | Electric | Flaaffy (#180) | Mega Evolution | It has lost all of its wool. The orb in the tip of its tail can generate light bright enough to be seen from space, so it usually keeps it off. It has been used as a beacon and to send signals since ancient times. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. | |
| Bellossom Kireihana (キレイハナ)[20] (0182) | Grass | Gloom (#044) | — | Rubbing the petals on its head together releases a sweet aroma and makes relaxing sounds. Groups of Bellossom dance during cloudy or rainy days as a ritual to bring out the sun. | |
| Marill Marill (マリル)[25] (0183) | Water / Fairy[nb 4] | Azurill (#298) | Azumarill (#184) | GameSpot's Frank Provo and Kotaku's Patricia Hernandez have described Marill as "cute".[26][27] Its oil-filled tail acts as a lifesaver so it can catch and eat aquatic plants. Before its English name was revealed, fans referred to it as "Pikablu", and theorized that it was an evolution to Pikachu.[28][better source needed] | |
| Azumarill Mariruri (マリルリ)[14] (0184) | Water / Fairy[nb 4] | Marill (#183) | — | Its hearing is acute, allowing it to listen for potential prey underwater. It makes air bubbles to protect Azurill or help drowning Pokémon. | |
| Sudowoodo Usokkī (ウソッキー)[22] (0185) | Rock | Bonsly (#438) | — | It poses as a tree to avoid being attacked. Since its forelegs remain green all year round, its disguise does not work during winter. It dislikes water, so it will run away during rainy days or when watered. It is a recurring obstacle in the Johto games and in the Hoenn Battle Frontier. | |
| Politoed Nyorotono (ニョロトノ)[13] (0186) | Water | Poliwhirl (#061) | — | It can expand its throat to sing. It acts as a leader to Poliwag and Poliwhirl. Politoed with longer and curlier hair are more respected among their peers. | |
| Hoppip Hanekko (ハネッコ)[22] (0187) | Grass / Flying | — | Skiploom (#188) | It likes to drift through the wind. If it knows a big wind will pass, it will link its leaves with other Hoppip and prepare to not be blown away. In its earliest known design, it resembled a cat.[citation needed] | |
| Skiploom Popokko (ポポッコ)[13] (0188) | Grass / Flying | Hoppip (#187) | Jumpluff (#189) | The flower on top of its head fluctuates with the temperature, blooming over 64 °F, and closing during cold days. It will actively close it and hide away during rainy days. | |
| Jumpluff Watakko (ワタッコ)[13] (0189) | Grass / Flying | Skiploom (#188) | — | It can stand harsher winds than its pre-evolutions. It flies around to spread its spores. Breathing them may cause coughs and itchiness. Once it runs out of spores to spread, it dies. | |
| Aipom Eipam (エイパム)[10] (0190) | Normal | — | Ambipom (#424) | Its tail acts as a hand, letting it anchor to branches or hold itself up. Its hands have become less dexterous from being underused. It eats fruit and preys on Bounsweet. The Field Museum noted the resemblance to the Ahuizotl from Aztec mythology, describing it as "cute and friendly, not a killer."[29] | |
| Sunkern Himanattsu (ヒマナッツ)[13] (0191) | Grass | — | Sunflora (#192) | It consumes morning dew, and moves as little as possible to conserve nutrients. Sunkern formerly had the lowest base stat total of any Pokémon at 180, until Wishiwashi's solo form in generation VII with a base stat total of 175.[30] | |
| Sunflora Kimawari (キマワリ)[31] (0192) | Grass | Sunkern (#191) | — | It photosynthesizes during the day. It is active during the day, but closes its petals and stops moving when the sun sets. | |
| Yanma Yanyanma (ヤンヤンマ)[13] (0193) | Bug / Flying | — | Yanmega (#469) | It can see 360º around it without moving its eyes, and make sudden turns or stops when flying. It can make shock waves strong enough to blow a house away. | |
| Wooper Wooper (ウパー)[20] (0194) | Water / Ground | — | Quagsire (#195)[nb 5] | It lives in cold water, and occasionally leaves it to search for food. On land, it coats itself with a slimy, toxic film. It has a Poison/Ground-type Paldean form. | |
| Quagsire Nuō (ヌオー)[13] (0195) | Water / Ground | Wooper (#194) | — | Due to its low intelligence, it does not feel pain when it is hurt. While swimming, it tends to bump its head on boulders and boats. It leaves its mouth open and waits for unknowing prey to get in. Because it generally stays immobile, it takes some time to get hungry. | |
| Espeon Ēfi (エーフィ)[32] (0196) | Psychic | Eevee (#133) | — | It bathes in sunlight to build its psychic power, so it struggles to fight at night. Its fur is sensitive, allowing it to sense movements in the air to predict the weather and its opponents' moves. | |
| Umbreon Blacky (ブラッキー)[32] (0197) | Dark | Eevee (#133) | — | Constant exposure to moonlight has altered its genetic composition. Its rings glow when it is excited or bathing in moonlight. It hides in the dark while hunting, and jumps at unsuspecting prey's throats. It sprays poisonous sweat from the pores in its body to defend itself. | |
| Murkrow Yamikarasu (ヤミカラス)[13] (0198) | Dark / Flying | — | Honchkrow (#430) | It is interested in shiny things, to the point of fighting with Pokémon like Meowth and Gabite over it. It may give them to trainers it trusts. It leads chasing predators around dark mountains to lose them, and does the same to travelers as a prank. It is seen as an omen of bad luck, with sayings dedicated to keeping it away. Honchkrow have murders of at least 100 Murkrow at their call. | |
| Slowking Yadoking (ヤドキング)[22] (0199) | Water / Psychic | Slowpoke (#079) | — | It has incredible intelligence and intellect. Whatever the situation, it will remain calm and collected. When its head was bitten by Shellder, the toxins entered Slowpoke's head, unlocking an extraordinary power. Every time it yawns, Shellder injects more poison, making it smarter. Slowking researches every day in an effort to solve the mysteries of the world. But as soon as it has an idea, it tends to forget it. It can solve any problem, though no one can understand it. Unfortunately, if the Shellder were to ever come off, it forgets everything it has learned. It now has full control of its psychic power. It has wit battles against Oranguru, though they usually come out as a draw. Being called "the sage of the sea", there is an old saying people still used because it is famed for its intellect: "when in doubt, ask Slowking". It has a Poison/Psychic-type Galarian form. It evolves from Slowpoke after being traded while it holds a King's Rock. | |
| Misdreavus Mūma (ムウマ)[14] (0200) | Ghost | — | Mismagius (#429) | It loves to startle people at night with screams and wails. Apparently, the fear gets absorbed by the red orbs around its neck as food. It will get physical, yanking hair and biting people just to see their reaction. The orbs emit constant shrieking noises. It does not get along with people who do not get frightened. It is thought to be related to the ancient Paradox Pokémon Flutter Mane. | |
| Unown Unown (アンノーン)[33] (0201) | Psychic | No evolution | Unown has 28 different forms: 26 representing each letter in the Latin alphabet, one for a question mark, and one for an exclamation mark. It looks like ancient hieroglyphics in ancient tablets, and it is unknown whether they are related. It has a flat thin body that sticks to surfaces. Its shape appears to have some meaning. It is thought that it resemble the modern alphabet. It is a mystery whether the Unown came first, or the ancient writing. They seem to communicate to each other telepathically. | ||
| Wobbuffet Sōnansu (ソーナンス)[34] (0202) | Psychic | Wynaut (#360) | — | Wobbuffet is a blue Pokémon resembling a punching bag. It lives in dark places to hide its black tail. Since it hates light and shock, it puffs up its body to repel it. It is never the first to attack. If its black tail is attacked though, it will viciously attack back or take its foe with it by using Destiny Bond. When two of them meet, they might try to see which one can go the longest without food. Trainers need to be wary of this habit. It desperately tries to keep its tail hidden. | |
| Girafarig Kirinriki (キリンリキ)[13] (0203) | Normal / Psychic | — | Farigiraf (#981) | It is a giraffe-esque Pokémon. Its rear end has an organ in its head acting as a small brain. It can smell and bite on its own. It does not need to sleep either, so it can stay on guard all night. Girafarig uses its tail to emit psychic power to drive away enemies when it is in danger, and it can even fight while backwards. Its original design was more akin to a Pushmi-pullyu. As of generation IX, it can evolve into Farigiraf when leveling up while knowing Twin Beam. Its and Farigiraf's names are palindromes. | |
| Pineco Kunugidama (クヌギダマ)[13] (0204) | Bug | — | Forretress (#205) | It attaches its head to the branch of a tree. If something like the wind knocks it off while eating, it will explode. It is similar in name and appearance to a pinecone, but is based on a bagworm. | |
| Forretress Foretosu (フォレトス)[13] (0205) | Bug / Steel | Pineco (#204) | — | It conceals itself in its steel-hard shell. To eat its prey, the shell is opened, but it is so quick in doing this that the inside of its shell cannot be seen. It appears as a red creature inside a two-part rock shell, with red cannon like protrusions. | |
| Dunsparce Nokotchi (ノコッチ)[13] (0206) | Normal | — | Dudunsparce (#982) | Design inspired by the mythical Japanese creature Tsuchinoko.[35] While it can fly a little using its tiny wings, it prefers to burrow backwards into the ground using its tail when it gets spotted. It makes maze-like nests where no light can reach and does not move. Dunsparce likes to share its tunnels with Diglett and vice versa. As of generation IX, it can evolve into Dudunsparce when leveling up while knowing Hyper Drill. | |
| Gligar Gligar (グライガー)[32] (0207) | Ground / Flying | — | Gliscor (#472) | Gligar glides through the air, and will latch on the enemy's face with its hind legs and wings to inject them with its poisonous tail. | |
| Steelix Haganēru (ハガネール)[7] (0208) | Steel / Ground | Onix (#095) | Mega Evolution | Under immense pressure underground, an Onix is said to have its rock-like body compressed into diamonds and evolve into Steelix. In a paper published by the University of Leicester, physicists calculated the plausibility of Onix evolving into Steelix through the stated lore. It would require pressures of 4.5–6 gigapascals at a temperature of 900 to 1,300 °C (1,650 to 2,370 °F) over a period of billions of years for this conversion to take place. Assuming these conditions, the resulting Steelix would be substantially smaller than given in the Pokédex entry and is considered implausible.[36] It lives even further down than Onix toward the earth's core. There are records of it reaching over 6/10 of a mile down underground. Steelix evolves after being traded while holding a Metal Coat. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. | |
| Snubbull Burū (ブルー)[13] (0209) | Fairy[nb 3] | — | Granbull (#210) | When it bares its small fangs at smaller Pokémon, they tend to be frightened and run away from Snubbull. It is very popular with older women who find it quite cute. Like Marill, it debuted in the Pikachu's Vacation before the first movie. | |
| Granbull Granbull (グランブル)[13] (0210) | Fairy[nb 3] | Snubbull (#209) | — | It and Snubbull were originally Normal-type, but were made into Fairy-types in generation VI. Because its jaws are heavy, it has to tilt its head back a little to balance itself. It will try not to bite anyone unless it is startled. | |
| Qwilfish Harīsen (ハリーセン)[13] (0211) | Water / Poison | No evolution[nb 6] | In order to fire its poisonous spikes that evolved from scales, it must drink at least 2.6 gallons of water all at once. It can fire those spikes in all directions by pressurizing the water in its body. It finds swimming somewhat challenging. Fishermen try to catch it the moment after it fires its spikes and becomes defenseless. Qwilfish is based on Porcupine fish.[15] It gained a Dark/Poison-type Hisuian Form, which is capable of evolving into Overqwil. | ||
| Scizor Hassamu (ハッサム)[20] (0212) | Bug / Steel | Scyther (#123) | Mega Evolution | It uses its eye-patterned pincers, which are made of steel, to scare foes into making it look like it has 3 heads. Its pincers will crush anything it gets a hold of to bits. It does not use its wings to fly, but to regulate its body temperature so it does not start to melt in battle. It has a body of steel and is not fazed by regular attacks. It tends to beat its foes to scrap with its pincers which account for about a third of its body weight. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. | |
| Shuckle Tsubotsubo (ツボツボ)[13] (0213) | Bug / Rock | No evolution | To avoid attacks, Shuckle quietly hides itself under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its hard shell while eating berries it has stored away. The Berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid. The fluid secreted by its toes carves holes in rocks for nesting and can be mixed with Berries to make a drink. It has the highest Defense and Special Defense stats of all Pokémon besides Eternamax Eternatus. | ||
| Heracross Heracross (ヘラクロス)[9] (0214) | Bug / Fighting | — | Mega Evolution | When it needs to move anything in its way, it uses its large horn to launch the object through the air. Heracross could throw something over 100 times its weight. It has a rivalry with Pinsir and is known to love honey. It is based on the various rhinoceros beetle species. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. It is only found in florida, Central America and South America in Pokémon Go. | |
| Sneasel Nyūra (ニューラ)[13] (0215) | Dark / Ice | — | Weavile (#461) | Its design is inspired by the mythical Japanese creature Kamaitachi.[35] It appears as a black cat-like creature with white claws and red feather-like appendages. It likes to climb trees with its claws to steal bird Pokémon's eggs. They will team up with others to help them steal eggs, but fights will break out on which one will eat them. As of generation IV, It can evolve into Weavile when leveling up at night while holding a Razor Claw. It has a Fighting/Poison-type Hisuian form. | |
| Teddiursa Himeguma (ヒメグマ)[20] (0216) | Normal | — | Ursaring (#217) | When it finds honey, the crescent moon shaped marking on its head glows. It is very cunning, sneaking into hives and stealing the honey made by Combee. It concocts its own honey made by mixing fruits with Beedrill pollen. It likes to lick its honey-soaked paws which is why it always has its hand to its mouth. Every set of paws tastes different. Before winter comes, it tends to gather a lot of food and store it in many different locations. When nervous, it licks its paws to calm itself. | |
| Ursaring Ringuma (リングマ)[9] (0217) | Normal | Teddiursa (#216) | Ursaluna (#901) | Although it is a good climber, it like to snap trees with its forelegs and collect the berries. It can distinguish any aroma, allowing it to find food buried beneath the ground. It eats and sleeps among the tops of trees. In the forests inhabited by Ursaring, it is said that there are many streams and towering trees where they gather food. It walks through the forest gathering food every day. It leaves scratches on trees letting it know where the most delicious berries are. When the cold season arrives in Hisui, it will wander fields and mountains alike in search of its favorite berries. Ursaring's hunger during this time makes it a ferocious Pokémon. It usually wears a hardened expression, but when it is licking up honey, which it loves, the joy it feels will cause it to break into a wide grin. If it comes across a Primeape while searching for berries, a fierce fight will begin. Its name is based on the Ursa constellation, and the typical scientific name for bears. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it can evolve into Ursaluna by giving it a peat block during a full moon. | |
| Slugma Magumaggu (マグマッグ)[13] (0218) | Fire | — | Magcargo (#219) | Lava circulates inside of its body instead of blood. When cooled, Slugma's body will turn brittle and break off, making it smaller. It appears as a slug made out of lava. | |
| Magcargo Magcargo (マグカルゴ)[13] (0219) | Fire / Rock | Slugma (#218) | — | Its body temperature is approximately 18,000 °F (10,000 °C). Its shell is made of cooled magma, though it is brittle enough to break from a touch. It can dip itself in lava to recover. This description would imply Magcargo is hotter than the surface of the sun.[37] | |
| Swinub Urimū (ウリムー)[13] (0220) | Ice / Ground | — | Piloswine (#221) | It digs through the snow to find roots to eat. Its long fur helps shield it from the cold. | |
| Piloswine Inomū (イノムー)[13] (0221) | Ice / Ground | Swinub (#220) | Mamoswine (#473) | Its long hair enables it to endure the cold. It uses its tusks to dig through ice to find food. As of generation IV, it can evolve into Mamoswine when leveling up while knowing Ancient Power. | |
| Corsola Sanīgo (サニーゴ)[13] (0222) | Water / Rock | No evolution[nb 7] | Corsola is a small pink Pokémon resembling coral. Mareanie love to eat Corsola's branches as a snack and it actively chases them down just for their branches. It has a Ghost-type Galarian form. Corsola is exclusive to latitudes 26 to 31 in Pokémon Go. | ||
| Remoraid Teppouo (テッポウオ)[13] (0223) | Water | — | Octillery (#224) | Remoraid based on the remora suckerfish that likes to attach itself to various larger fish.[15] They tend to stick with Mantine to feed off the scraps that are left behind. Remoraid can spit water as an attack. It is designed to resemble a revolver. | |
| Octillery Okutan (オクタン)[13] (0224) | Water | Remoraid (#223) | — | When hunting, it will grab its prey and bash its head in with its very hard skull. If it is too strong for it, it spews ink to get away. It is based on an octopus and an artillery gun. | |
| Delibird Delibird (デリバード)[38] (0225) | Ice / Flying | No evolution | It seems to be a current relative of Iron Bundle. It carries food all day long in its rolled-up tail sack, and shares it with people lost in the mountains and to its chicks. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had. It nests at the edge of sharp cliffs. If attacked, it throws its food at the opponent. There once was a famous explorer who managed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest thanks to one of them sharing its food. Although it naturally prefers colder climates, Delibird in Alola seem able to withstand the heat to a certain extent. Because Delibird is omnivorous, sometimes it gives those people bug Pokémon. Its design is based on Santa Claus. | ||
| Mantine Mantine (マンタイン)[39] (0226) | Water / Flying | Mantyke (#458) | — | Mantine are based on the giant oceanic manta ray.[15] It evolves from Mantyke when a Remoraid is in the party. | |
| Skarmory Eāmudo (エアームド)[10] (0227) | Steel / Flying | No evolution | It is a Steel-type bird-esque Pokémon that is based on the Stymphalian Birds. After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns. In the past, people crafted swords from its discarded feathers. | ||
| Houndour Derubiru (デルビル)[22] (0228) | Dark / Fire | — | Houndoom (#229) | It is based on Doberman and Rottweiler dogs. Houndour have a reputation for being aggressive and relentless in hunts. It cooperates with others very well, and makes for a loyal partner. | |
| Houndoom Herugā (ヘルガー)[9] (0229) | Dark / Fire | Houndour (#228) | Mega Evolution | Because of the toxins incorporated into its flames, burn wounds from a Houndoom will never heal. It travels in packs and howls so eerily that any Pokémon that hears it will shiver and head straight for its nest. In the pack, The one with the most curved horns is the leader, chosen by fighting among each other. Long ago, people used to say that its eerie howls were calls of the Grim Reaper. When hunting, they split their prey up fairly among their pack. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. | |
| Kingdra Kingdra (キングドラ)[13] (0230) | Water / Dragon | Seadra (#117) | — | Seadra evolves by trading while holding a Dragon Scale. Kingdra are based on the common seadragon.[15] It lives in ocean depths. It is believed that Kingdra can create spiraling currents by yawning. | |
| Phanpy Gomazō (ゴマゾウ)[20] (0231) | Ground | — | Donphan (#232) | It digs a vertical nest in the ground, and uses its trunk to mark its territory. Phanpy like to spray water on themselves and others with their trunk. | |
| Donphan Donphan (ドンファン)[34] (0232) | Ground | Phanpy (#231) | — | It uses its armored trunk to roll around and slam into its foes. Donphan is capable lifting objects twice its own weight. It appears as a mix between an elephant and a tire. | |
| Porygon2 Porygon 2 (ポリゴン2)[13] (0233) | Normal | Porygon (#137) | Porygon-Z (#474) | It is an updated version of Porygon, with the ability to freely explore space. However, it lacks the ability to fly there. Its AI has been upgraded, allowing it to learn expressions and actions unintended by its developers, and to develop a language only spoken by other Porygon2. It evolves into Porygon-Z when traded while holding a Dubious Disk. | |
| Stantler Odoshishi (オドシシ)[31] (0234) | Normal | — | Wyrdeer (#899) | Its large antlers create a curved flow of space where reality is distorted. Those who stare at them will feel like they are gradually being unable to stand up. The round balls at the base of its antlers can be grounded up to aid in sleeping medicine. Its antlers were trading for high prices, and so it was hunted close to extinction. Some say that it was stronger in ancient times, where it lived in harsher climates. Stantler is based on various deer species, as well as the shishi-odoshi. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it is capable of evolving into Wyrdeer. | |
| Smeargle Dōburu (ドーブル)[32] (0235) | Normal | No evolution | It is the only Pokémon capable of learning the move Sketch. Due to this quality, Smeargle can learn nearly any move available in the games. It oozes a liquid out of its tail, which is used to paint mark its territory. There are over 5,000 different known marks. | ||
| Tyrogue Barukī (バルキー)[13] (0236) | Fighting | — | Hitmonchan (#106) Hitmonlee (#107) Hitmontop (#237) | It is always bursting with energy. To make itself stronger, it will keep fighting foes, even if it loses. It has a strong and combative spirit. Tyrogue will get stressed if it does not train every day, so its trainer must set up various training methods on a schedule to train it. It is famous for fighting bigger foes and tending to its injuries. It evolves into Hitmonlee with higher Attack, Hitmonchan with higher Defense, or Hitmontop with equal Attack and Defense. | |
| Hitmontop Kapoerā (カポエラー)[22] (0237) | Fighting | Tyrogue (#236) | — | If it launches kicks while spinning, it can drill its way into the ground. It gets around faster while spinning rather than walking, which can be used both for offense and defense. After it does a handstand, it will show off a fancy display of kicks. Like its counterparts, Hitmontop is based on a unique fighting style, capoeira. | |
| Smoochum Muchūru (ムチュール) (0238) | Ice / Psychic | — | Jynx (#124) | It likes to run, yet despite this, it often trips over itself. When it does, it will go to a shiny surface to see and check if its face has gotten smudges on it. Smoochum will use its lips to check the texture of anything that makes it curious. It evolves into Jynx via happiness. | |
| Elekid Elekid (エレキッド)[40] (0239) | Electric | — | Electabuzz (#125) | Elekid twirls its arms around to get itself charged up, and can use outlets as baby bottles. | |
| Magby Bubii (ブビィ)[13] (0240) | Fire | — | Magmar (#126) | Its body temperature is so hot, if it falls into a small enough pond, all of the water in it will evaporate. | |
| Miltank Miltank (ミルタンク)[38] (0241) | Normal | No evolution | Miltank produces over five gallons of milk a day. If it is around infants, the milk it produces is more nutritious than normal. | ||
| Blissey Hapinasu (ハピナス)[7] (0242) | Normal | Chansey (#113) | — | Anyone who eats its eggs will immediately become caring and pleasant to everyone. It is a caring Pokémon, if it finds a sick Pokémon, it will nurse it back to health. It can sense sadness with its fur. It is said that only a Chansey with a strong bond with its Trainer can evolve into a Blissey. | |
| Raikou Raikou (ライコウ)[22] (0243) | Electric | No evolution | Raikou is one of three Pokémon designed by Muneo Saitō.[41] Also known as the "Embodiment of Lightning", it can run across plains at the speed of lightning. Ho-Oh resurrected it after it perished as a helpless unknown animal in a burning tower. It is thought to be related to the ancient Paradox Pokémon Raging Bolt. | ||
| Entei Entei (エンテイ)[33] (0244) | Fire | No evolution | Entei is one of three Pokémon designed by Muneo Saitō.[41] Legends say that every time an Entei barks or roars, a volcano is said to erupt somewhere around the world. Ho-Oh resurrected it after it perished as a helpless unknown animal in a burning tower. It is thought to be related to the ancient Paradox Pokémon Gouging Fire. | ||
| Suicune Suicune (スイクン)[20][22] (0245) | Water | No evolution | Suicune is one of three Pokémon designed by Muneo Saitō.[41] It has the ability to purify water. It tends to run across the land, and it is said that the northern winds will blow as it appears. It is always in search of a pure reservoir. Ho-Oh resurrected it after it perished as a helpless unknown animal in a burning tower. It is the mascot of Pokémon Crystal. As with the rest of the trio, it is thought to be related to the ancient Paradox Pokémon Walking Wake. | ||
| Larvitar Yōgirasu (ヨーギラス)[13] (0246) | Rock / Ground | — | Pupitar (#247) | Born deep underground, it cannot emerge until it has eaten a mountain's worth of soil to get to its parents. Then it falls asleep to evolve. After it emerges, it does not do well with the bright light it finds on the surface. | |
| Pupitar Sanagirasu (サナギラス)[13] (0247) | Rock / Ground | Larvitar (#246) | Tyranitar (#248) | While its shell is as hard as sheet rock, it is surprisingly active. If it thrashes around, it can topple mountains, and by releasing pressurized gas that has built up, it can launch itself like a rocket. | |
| Tyranitar Bangirasu (バンギラス)[7] (0248) | Rock / Dark | Pupitar (#247) | Mega Evolution | It rivals Duraludon for mountain soil to eat. It is thought to have been inspired by Godzilla. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. It is thought to be a distant relative of Iron Thorns. | |
| Lugia Lugia (ルギア)[7] (0249) | Psychic / Flying | No evolution | It lives in the deep sea, and the reason it does this is due to it causing storms by flapping its huge wings. It is the master of the Legendary Bird trio and the mascot for Pokémon Silver version. It debuted in the second movie, where it spoke and was one of the heroes. Lugia was originally conceived by Takeshi Shudo, the head writer of the first Pokémon anime. Lugia had been designed solely for Pokémon The Movie 2000, and Shudo expressed surprise that the creature was later featured in the video games and TV show.[42] Lugia, who possessed a speaking role in the film, was given a masculine voice. However, Shudo intended Lugia as a creature that was simultaneously male and female. This dual nature was intended to embody one of the film's main messages, that people can be different and yet coexist without resorting to conflict. He showed "overwhelming regret that he allowed Lugia to be voiced by a man", considering Lugia, the "creator of all life on Earth", to be a "maternal Pokémon". Stating that "it was too late, we couldn't suddenly change Lugia into a female", the change was so significant to him that it made him start "gulping down alcohol and drugs" and "feel like [he] wanted to die". During the final few years of his life, Shudo became "obsessed" with Lugia, writing numerous blog posts on the subject.[42][unreliable source?] | ||
| Ho-Oh Ho-Oh (ホウオウ)[7] (0250) | Fire / Flying | No evolution | Similar to Moltres, Ho-Oh's design is inspired by the Fenghuang (firebird) of Chinese myth.[35] It is the master of the Legendary Beast trio and the one who resurrected them. It is the mascot for Pokémon Gold Version. | ||
| Celebi Celebi (セレビィ)[43] (0251) | Psychic / Grass | No evolution | Celebi has the power to travel through time. When Celebi leaves, the land flourishes around it, and it also brings back an egg it found from the future. It was only available via special distribution events, and it was one of the heroes in Pokémon 4Ever. It has been regarded as one of the best Pokémon by multiple websites, including The Escapist, IGN, GamesRadar+, and authors Tracey West and Katherine Noll.[44][45][46][47] Variety editor Robert Koehler identified Celebi as a Pokémon that appeals to young girls.[48] | ||
Notes edit
- ^ Details on Pokémon names, National Pokédex numbers, types and evolutions are obtained from The Pokémon Company International's online Pokédex.[3]
- ^ English and Japanese name, as well as National Pokédex number
- ^ a b c d e f Prior to X and Y, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Snubbull and Granbull were pure Normal types, while Togetic was Normal/Flying.
- ^ a b Starting in X and Y, Marill and Azumarill gained the Fairy type.
- ^ Paldean Wooper (introduced in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet) are capable of evolving into Clodsire.
- ^ Only Hisuian Qwilfish (introduced in Pokémon Legends Arceus) are capable of evolving into Overqwil.
- ^ Only Galarian Corsola (introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield) are capable of evolving into Cursola.
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