Lapras (Pokémon)

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Lapras ラプラス Laplace #131
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water Ice Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Transport Pokémon
Abilities Water Absorb or Shell Armor Shell Armor Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #131 Johto #219 Hoenn #286 Sinnoh Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 8'5" Imperial 2.6 m Metric 8'5"/2.6 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 485 lbs. Imperial 220 kg Metric 485 lbs./220 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster and Water 1 groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 219 Battle Exp.: 2191*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Lapras (Japanese: ラプラス Laplace) is a Water/Ice-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Lapras can sing Pokémon and people to sleep and can carry Pokémon and people on their backs. Some Lapras are able to develop Psychic abilities such as telepathy, like the one belonging to Santa Claus or Satoshi's in Pokémon Zensho.

Behavior

Lapras swim through the sea in large pods. They keep track of their fellow pod members through use of high-pitched songs they constantly sing, much like whales.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Lapras first appeared in "Holiday Hi-Jynx". This one helped Ash and co. reunite a Jynx with Santa Claus.

In EP084, Ash and co. saved a baby Lapras from Team Rocket. Ash captured this Lapras and was mostly used as transportation for the majority of the Orange Island episodes. It was returned to it's family in EP113. Ash's Lapras made a return appearance in EP257.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

A Pokémon that has been overhunted almost to extinction. It can ferry people across the water.

Pokémon Yellow

A gentle soul that can read the minds of people. It can ferry people across the sea on its back.

Pokémon FireRed

Its high intelligence enables it to understand human speech. It likes to ferry people on its back.

Pokémon Gold

They have gentle hearts. Because they rarely fight, many have been caught. Their number has dwindled.

Pokémon Silver

It ferries people across the sea on its back. It may sing an enchanting cry if it is in a good mood.

Pokémon Crystal

This gentle Pokémon loves to give people rides and provides a very comfortable way to get around.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

People have driven Lapras almost to the point of extinction. In the evenings, this Pokémon is said to sing plaintively as it seeks what few others of its kind still remain.

Pokémon Emerald

People have driven Lapras almost to the point of extinction. In the evenings, it is said to sing plaintively as it seeks what few others of its kind still remain.

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 130		190 - 237	370 - 464
Attack: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Defense: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Atk: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Sp. Def: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Speed: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Total: 535	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature. This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 95.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric × Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Learnset

By leveling up

Game	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Start	Water Gun Growl	Water Gun Growl Sing	Water Gun Growl Sing	Sing Growl Water Gun
4				Mist
7			Mist	Confuse Ray
8		Mist
10				Ice Pebble
13			Body Slam
14				Water Pulse
15		Body Slam
16	Sing
18				Body Slam
19			Confuse Ray
20	Mist
22		Confuse Ray		Rain Dance
25	Body Slam		Perish Song
27				Perish Song
29		Perish Song
31	Confuse Ray		Ice Beam
32				Ice Beam
36		Ice Beam
37			Rain Dance	Tide
38	Ice Beam
43		Rain Dance	Safeguard	Safeguard
46	Hydro Pump
49			Hydro Pump	Hydro Pump
50		Safeguard
55			Sheer Cold	Sheer Cold
57		Hydro Pump

By TM/HM

Game	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM02		Headbutt
TM03		Curse	Water Pulse	Water Pulse
TM05			Roar	Roar
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM07	Horn Drill	Zap Cannon	Hail	Hail
TM08	Body Slam	Rock Smash
TM09	Take Down
TM10	Double-Edge	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Bubblebeam
TM12	Water Gun
TM13	Ice Beam	Snore	Ice Beam	Ice Beam
TM14	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM16		Icy Wind
TM17		Protect	Protect	Protect
TM18		Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
TM20	Rage	Endure		Safeguard
TM21		Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	Solarbeam
TM23	Dragon Rage	Iron Tail	Iron Tail	Iron Tail
TM24	Thunderbolt	Dragonbreath	Thunderbolt	Thunderbolt
TM25	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
TM27		Return	Return	Return
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Psychic	Psychic
TM31	Mimic
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM33	Reflect
TM34	Bide	Swagger	Shock Wave	Shock Wave
TM35		Sleep Talk
TM40	Skull Bash
TM42			Facade	Facade
TM43			Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45		Attract	Attract	Attract
TM46	Psywave
TM50	Substitute
TM55				Tide
TM58				Endure
TM59				Dragon Pulse
TM68				Giga Attack
TM72				Snow Slide
TM78				Entice
TM80				Rock Slide
TM82				Sleep Talk
TM83				Nature Blessing
TM85			nbsp;
TM87				Swagger
TM90				Substitute
HM03	Surf	Surf	Surf	Surf
HM04	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength
HM06		Whirlpool	Rock Smash	Rock Smash
HM07			Waterfall	Waterfall
HM08			Dive

Special moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Lapras knows Shadow Shed, Shadow Sky and Shadow Storm as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Heal Bell after being purified.

Trivia

Lapras was originally going to be called "Ness," derived from the Loch Ness monster, but it was changed before Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. It also was said that Shellos was going to be its babyform.

Origin

This Pokémon is based on the fabled Loch Ness Monster in Scotland. The creature and this Pokémon are said to resemble the aquatic dinosaur known as the plesiosaurus. However, Lapras does not have the plesiosaurus's long neck, whereas the body is very similar to the creature that is said to be in Loch Ness.

Name origin

Lapras's name seems to be a corruption of its Japanese name, Laplace. The name may be a reference to Pierre-Simon Laplace, a mathematician who wrote several books on the mathematical properties of the sea and tides. Lapras's French name is a corrupted combination of Loch Ness and Laplace. Its name might also be derived from Lapis, a bright blue gem.

In other languages

• German: Lapras
• French: Lokhlass
• Korean: 라프라스 Rapeuraseu

Related articles

• Ash's Lapras

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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