Thick Fat (Ability)

Thick Fat	あついしぼう
	Thick Fat
Flavor text Generation III Heat-and-cold protection. Generation IV Raises resistance to Fire- and Ice-type moves.DPPt Ups resistance to Fire- and Ice-type moves.HGSS Generation V Ups resistance to Fire- and Ice-type moves. Generation VI Boosts resistance to Fire- and Ice-type moves. Generation VII The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves. Generation VIII The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves. Generation IX The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves.

Thick Fat (Japanese: あついしぼう Thick Fat) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

If a Pokémon with Thick Fat is attacked by an Ice- or Fire-type move, the opponent's Attack or Special Attack is reduced by 50% during damage calculation, effectively halving the damage the Pokémon takes.

Outside of battle

Thick Fat has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Thick Fat

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0003		Venusaur Mega Venusaur	Grass	Poison	Thick Fat	None	None
0019		Rattata Alolan Form	Dark	Normal	Gluttony	Hustle	Thick Fat
0020		Raticate Alolan Form	Dark	Normal	Gluttony	Hustle	Thick Fat
0086		Seel	Water		Water	Thick Fat	HydrationGen IV+	Ice Body
0087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	Thick Fat	HydrationGen IV+	Ice Body
0143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	Immunity	Thick Fat	Gluttony
0183		Marill	Water	Fairy	Thick Fat	Huge Power	Sap Sipper
0184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy	Thick Fat	Huge Power	Sap Sipper
0220		Swinub	Ice	Ground	Oblivious	Snow CloakGen IV+	Thick Fat
0221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground	Oblivious	Snow CloakGen IV+	Thick Fat
0241		Miltank	Normal		Normal	Thick Fat	ScrappyGen IV+	Sap Sipper
0296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	Thick Fat	Guts	Sheer Force
0297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	Thick Fat	Guts	Sheer Force
0298		Azurill	Normal	Fairy	Thick Fat	Huge Power	Sap Sipper
0325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	Thick Fat	Own Tempo	Gluttony
0326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic	Thick Fat	Own Tempo	Gluttony
0363		Spheal	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice BodyGen IV+	Oblivious
0364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice BodyGen IV+	Oblivious
0365		Walrein	Ice	Water	Thick Fat	Ice BodyGen IV+	Oblivious
0432		Purugly	Normal		Normal	Thick Fat	Own Tempo	Defiant
0446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal	Pickup	Thick Fat	Gluttony
0473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground	Oblivious	Snow Cloak	Thick Fat
0498		Tepig	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Thick Fat
0499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting	Blaze	None	Thick Fat
0842		Appletun	Grass	Dragon	Ripen	Gluttony	Thick Fat
0915		Lechonk	Normal		Normal	Aroma Veil	Gluttony	Thick Fat
0916		Oinkologne Male	Normal		Normal	Lingering Aroma	Gluttony	Thick Fat
0916		Oinkologne Female	Normal		Normal	Aroma Veil	Gluttony	Thick Fat
0974		Cetoddle	Ice		Ice	Thick Fat	Snow Cloak	Sheer Force
0975		Cetitan	Ice		Ice	Thick Fat	Slush Rush	Sheer Force
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, Thick Fat reduces the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves by 50%.

In Gates to Infinity and Super Mystery Dungeon, Thick Fat reduces the damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves by 30%.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Thick Fat is Mamoswine's Ability. When the user deals damage, its Defense and Special Defense are increased for a short time, up to three times. When this Pokémon uses Ice Shard, Icicle Crash or Ice Fang, its next basic attack becomes a boosted attack. In addition, if any of these moves creates a freezing area of effect inside an ally goal zone, it decreases the goal-scoring speed of opposing Pokémon inside that goal zone.

Description

Games Description MDRB Resistant to Fire- and Ice-type moves. MDTDS Makes the Pokémon resistant to Fire- and Ice-type moves. BSL ほのおタイプや こおりタイプの わざが ききにくい Conq. Raises resistance to Fire-type and Ice-type moves. MDGtI Reduces damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves.* The Pokémon takes less damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves!* SMD The Pokémon takes less damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves! MDRTDX The Pokémon takes less damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Hariyama Mega Venusaur
The Pokémon doesn't get as hurt by Fire- and Ice-type attacks as much as it normally would.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Hariyama barely gets hurt when hit with Fire- or Ice-type attacks.
Tyson's Hariyama	At the End of the Fray		Debut
	Mega Venusaur barely gets hurt when hit with Fire- or Ice-type attacks.
A Trainer's Venusaur	Mega Evolution Special IV		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Munchlax Makuhita Walrein
The Pokémon doesn't get hurt as much as it normally would from Fire- and Ice-type attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Makuhita doesn't get hurt much from Fire- or Ice-type attacks.
Brawly's Makuhita	Mashing Makuhita		Debut
	Walrein doesn't seem to get hurt from Fire- or Ice-type attacks.
Archie's Walrein	Walrein and Camerupt		None
	Munchlax doesn't seem to get hurt from Fire- or Ice-type attacks.
Professor Kukui's Munchlax	The Announcement and the Prize		None

• In volume 40, Diamond's Mamoswine, Moo, was revealed to have Thick Fat as his Ability.
• Emerald's Snorlax is revealed to have Thick Fat as her Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

In the TCG

Thick Fat debuted as an Ability in the Pokémon Trading Card Game with Hariyama from the Furious Fists expansion. The Pokémon with this Ability takes 30 less damage from attacks from the opponent's Fire-type or Water-type Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

The following is a list of Pokémon cards with the Thick Fat Ability.

Pokémon cards with Thick Fat Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	Mark	English Expansion		Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion		Rarity	#
Hariyama			Furious Fists			52/111	Rising Fist			050/096
Mamoswine			BREAKthrough			82/162	Red Flash			039/059
Azumarill			Burning Shadows			35/147	To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow			020/051

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 厚脂肪 Háuh Jīfōng 肥脂 Fèihjī * Mandarin 厚脂肪 Hòu Zhīfáng* 肥脂 Féizhī * Dutch Speklaag Finnish Paksu rasva French Isograisse German Speckschicht Italian Grassospesso Korean 두꺼운 지방 Dukkeoun Jibang Portuguese Brazil Gordura Espessa (UNITE, TCG, manga) Camada de Gordura (anime) Portugal Camada de Gordura Russian Толстый Жир Tolstyy Zhir Spanish Latin America Capa de Grasa Spain Sebo Vietnamese Mỡ dày

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