[[File:1019 Hydrapple Dream.png|thumb|200px|left|Five of Hydrapple's syrpents emerge as heads, while the rest emerge as tails.]]
[[File:1019 Hydrapple Dream.png|thumb|200px|left|Five of Hydrapple's syrpents emerge as heads, while the rest emerge as tails.]]
Hydrapple is a Pokémon composed of seven symbiotic creatures known as "'''syrpents'''" living within an apple-shaped structure completely made of red syrup.<ref name=SVsite>[https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/pokemon/hydrapple/ Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Hydrapple]</ref> Each syrpent has green, leaf-shaped eyestalks with yellow eyes; a long green body with a pale yellow underbelly; and a tail tipped with leafy green ornaments.
Hydrapple is a Pokémon composed of seven symbiotic creatures known as "syrpents" living within an apple-shaped structure completely made of red syrup.<ref name=SVsite>[https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/pokemon/hydrapple/ Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Hydrapple]</ref> Each syrpent has green, leaf-shaped eyestalks with yellow eyes; a long green body with a pale yellow underbelly; and a tail tipped with leafy green ornaments.
Three of the seven syrpents are always visible outside of the syrup apple: the central syrpent, which is the dominant entity in the system, rises from the center of the apple;<ref name=SVsite/> and two of the syrpents' tails emerge from its rear. The central syrpent has the longest body and is further distinguished by its two horns. The left horn has an apple impaled on it, which appears to be the same apple that the Pokémon inhabited when it was an {{p|Applin}}. The four other syrpents composing Hydrapple are usually hidden within the syrup, with only the tops of their closed eyestalks visible from without. Sometimes, the four hidden syrpents emerge from the syrup so that five of Hydrapple's heads are visible. To move, Hydrapple's two tail syrpents work together to push its entire body across the ground.
Three of the seven syrpents are always visible outside of the syrup apple: the central syrpent, which is the dominant entity in the system, rises from the center of the apple;<ref name=SVsite/> and two of the syrpents' tails emerge from its rear. The central syrpent has the longest body and is further distinguished by its two horns. The left horn has an apple impaled on it, which appears to be the same apple that the Pokémon inhabited when it was an {{p|Applin}}. The four other syrpents composing Hydrapple are usually hidden within the syrup, with only the tops of their closed eyestalks visible from without. Sometimes, the four hidden syrpents emerge from the syrup so that five of Hydrapple's heads are visible. To move, Hydrapple's two tail syrpents work together to push its entire body across the ground.
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The seven syrpents that form Hydrapple have inconstant and fickle temperaments, and rarely work together as a team. On the rare occasion that the syrpents' moods align, Hydrapple unleashes its full power.<ref name=SVsite/>
The seven syrpents that form Hydrapple have inconstant and fickle temperaments, and rarely work together as a team. On the rare occasion that the syrpents' moods align, Hydrapple unleashes its full power.<ref name=SVsite/>
Hydrapple and its pre-evolution {{p|Dipplin}}, are the [[Signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Syrup Bomb}} and the [[Signature Ability|only known Pokémon]] that can have {{a|Supersweet Syrup}} as an [[Ability]]. Hydrapple is also the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move {{m|Fickle Beam}}.
Hydrapple and its pre-Evolution {{p|Dipplin}}, are the [[Signature move|only known Pokémon]] capable of learning the move {{m|Syrup Bomb}} and the [[Signature Ability|only known Pokémon]] that can have {{a|Supersweet Syrup}} as an [[Ability]]. Hydrapple is also the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move {{m|Fickle Beam}}.
Five of Hydrapple's syrpents emerge as heads, while the rest emerge as tails.
Hydrapple is a Pokémon composed of seven symbiotic creatures known as "syrpents" living within an apple-shaped structure completely made of red syrup.[1] Each syrpent has green, leaf-shaped eyestalks with yellow eyes; a long green body with a pale yellow underbelly; and a tail tipped with leafy green ornaments.
Three of the seven syrpents are always visible outside of the syrup apple: the central syrpent, which is the dominant entity in the system, rises from the center of the apple;[1] and two of the syrpents' tails emerge from its rear. The central syrpent has the longest body and is further distinguished by its two horns. The left horn has an apple impaled on it, which appears to be the same apple that the Pokémon inhabited when it was an Applin. The four other syrpents composing Hydrapple are usually hidden within the syrup, with only the tops of their closed eyestalks visible from without. Sometimes, the four hidden syrpents emerge from the syrup so that five of Hydrapple's heads are visible. To move, Hydrapple's two tail syrpents work together to push its entire body across the ground.
The seven syrpents that form Hydrapple have inconstant and fickle temperaments, and rarely work together as a team. On the rare occasion that the syrpents' moods align, Hydrapple unleashes its full power.[1]
Hydrapple is the only one of Applin's evolutionary relatives to be a third-stage evolution.
Hydrapple appears in the Blueberry Pokédex, despite none of its evolutionary relatives appearing in it, which also makes it the only member of Applin's evolutionary relatives with this distinction.
Dipplin and Hydrapple are the only:
Evolutionary relatives introduced within a single generation that are not next to each other in National Pokédex order, with Dipplin being number 1011 and Hydrapple being number 1019.
The connection between the syrpents and the apple present in Hydrapple's design could draw inspiration from the Christian myth of the original sin, in which a serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, commonly represented as an apple in Western Christianity from a Latin-based pun on mālum (apple) and malum (evil). Along these lines, Hydrapple's seven syrpents could reference the number of cardinal sins or the seven-headed beast from the Book of Revelation. Alternatively, these may reference the number of archons (including the creator god) in Gnosticism, commonly associated with the seven luminaries, as well as the Gnostic depiction of Leviathan as the world serpent. The physical world is considered intrinsically flawed and chaotic in Gnosticism. This may explain Hydrapple's signature move Fickle Beam, which is doubled in power when the seven syrpents are aligned at random.
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