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| * As of Generation IV, Gyarados is used by three of the five Pokémon League Champions, being used by Blue, Lance and Wallace, making it the most popular Pokémon among Pokémon League Champions thus far (although Blue does not always have a Gyarados, depending on the player's starter Pokémon). | | * As of Generation IV, Gyarados is used by three of the five Pokémon League Champions, being used by Blue, Lance and Wallace, making it the most popular Pokémon among Pokémon League Champions thus far (although Blue does not always have a Gyarados, depending on the player's starter Pokémon). |
| * Starting at [[level]] 20 (when it evolves from Magikarp), Gyarados learns new moves every 5 levels in Generation II and II games, and every 3 levels (20,23,26...) in the Generation IV games. | | * Starting at [[level]] 20 (when it evolves from Magikarp), Gyarados learns new moves every 5 levels in Generation II and II games, and every 3 levels (20,23,26...) in the Generation IV games. |
| *In the episode ''[[EP180|Houndoom's Special Delivery]]'' Ash, Brock, and Misty ran into a Gyarados. Brock said that the Gyaradose looked small and suggested that its parents may be swimming neer by. This suggests that Gyarados take care of their young or at the very least meet up with their offspring later in life.
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| It appears to be based on a sea dragon or {{wp|sea serpent}}. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados). | | It appears to be based on a sea dragon or {{wp|sea serpent}}. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados). |
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Height
21'04" Imperial
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6.5 m Metric
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21'04"/6.5 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
518.1 lbs. Imperial
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235.0 kg Metric
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518.1 lbs./235.0 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 2
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 214
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Battle Exp.: 2141*
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Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドス Gyarados) is a dual-type Water/Flying Pokémon.
It evolves from Magikarp starting at level 20.
Biology
Physiology
Gyarados is a large dragon Pokémon, resembling dragons seen in Chinese mythology. Its serpentine body is mostly blue, but its underbelly is yellow, as well as the spots along its body. It has a three-pointed, dark blue crest on its head and four white fins down its back. Its mouth is very large and gaping, bearing four canine teeth, but bears some resemblance to that of its pre-evolution Magikarp. Like Magikarp, it has once barbel on both sides of its face. Its pectoral and dorsal fins also resemble Magikarp's. Gyarados is rarely shown with its mouth closed.
Gender differences
A female has white barbels.
Special abilities
Gyarados, like most dragon-like Pokémon, has a high Attack stat, causing it to rely more on physical attacks than special ones. It is one of the few Template:Type2s able to wield both Template:Type2 and Template:Type2 attacks. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel.
Behavior
This Pokémon bears little resemblance to its docile pre-evolution. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies. Once it has worked itself into a frenzy, it will not calm until everything around it is destroyed—this tendency is attributed to the dramatic structural changes its brain undergoes during evolution. It seems attracted to violence, although this Pokémon is very rarely seen in the wild. During times of human conflict Gyarados are said to appear, burning entire cities down to the ground.
Habitat
Gyarados usually live in large bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds or even seas and oceans. The Lake of Rage is the best known nesting area for Gyarados, and most famously, the red Gyarados, however, they are still quite rare even in the Lake Of Rage, as they are seldom found in the wild.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Misty obtained a Gyarados after passing the PIA test in Cerulean Blues. Prior to the test, Misty was terrified of Gyarados, but in order to pass the test, she had to overcome her fear of it. In the end, she calmed and kept the Gyarados.
Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence focused on a red Gyarados. It was on a destructive rampage until Lance captured it. This Gyarados appeared again in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends to stop the feuding of Groudon and Kyogre.
Other
Gyarados had a cameo appearance in Pokémon - I Choose You! It was then seen in Pokémon Shipwreck. James was frustrated with his Magikarp and kicked it into the water. That Magikarp evolved into a Gyarados.
Groups of Gyarados were seen from within a submarine disguised as or styled after a Gyarados by Jessie, James, and Meowth in The Pi-Kahuna shortly before the onset of a massive, annual tidal wave celebrated by local surfers who were apparently not aware of the annual migration. According to James, the Gyarados gathered each year in this location to lay their eggs.
Another Gyarados was used in A Crasher Course in Power!, under the ownership of Crasher Wake.
Minor appearances
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Gyarados owned by Fergus was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. Fergus attacked Mewtwo with Gyarados' Hyper Beam but Mewtwo turned the attack back on itself, knocking the Gyarados out. The Gyarados clone is seen again in Mewtwo Returns.
A Gyarados appeared in Poké Ball Peril.
Nurse Joy had befriended a giant Magikarp that later evolved into Gyarados in The Joy of Pokémon. Despite Magikarp being giant, it was regular-sized as a Gyarados.
The Magikarp that Dr. Quackenpoker had been observing evolved into Gyarados in The Wacky Watcher!.
Trinity used a Gyarados in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in The Perfect Match!.
A Gyarados appeared in Sandshrew's Locker!.
A Gyarados is used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
A Gyarados blasted Team Rocket away in Strategy Begins at Home!.
Pokédex entries
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EP016
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Gyarados
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gyarados. This Pokémon has a vicious temperament, so use extreme caution. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel.
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Gyarados debuts in the Red, Green & Blue arc in its own round, Gyarados Splashes In!. Here, an enraged one attacks its own trainer, Misty, but is recaught by Red, who supposedly returns it to her. The drastic change in attitude of the Pokémon was the result of a Team Rocket experiment as is shown in Raging Rhydon.
Later on, Misty traded this Gyarados to Red in exchange for Red's Krabby.
Gyarados is later seen with Lance, using its BubbleBeam to shield him from the lava of Mt. Cerise.
A Red Gyarados was seen in the Lake of Rage three years later, but it was caught by Silver. It had the ability to control the other Gyarados in the lake.
When Red borrows Blue's Charizard to travel to Mt. Silver, he temporarily trades his Gyarados to Blue. It later appears as one of Blue's Pokémon in Volume 13, used against Entei, and later part of his revealed team during the Gym Leader faceoff. Prior to the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, Blue returns Gyarados to Red.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Adventures
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PS006
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The evolved form of Magikarp. Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. Can fire a Hyper Beam from its mouth.
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In the TCG
- Main article: Gyarados (TCG)
Red Gyarados have appeared three times in the TCG, once in Neo Revelation as Shining Gyarados, once in EX Holon Phantoms as Gyarados δ, and in HeartGold & SoulSilver as Gyarados. The most recent appearance in HeartGold & SoulSilver most likely commemorates Red Gyarados's initial appearance as a significant part of the storyline in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Game data
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, a red Gyarados is featured on the TV on a program called "Search for the Red Gyarados." It is this that inspires Lucas or Dawn and their rival to go to Lake Verity, to see if there is a rare Pokémon dwelling in it.
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Brutally vicious and enormously destructive. Known for totally destroying cities in ancient times.
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Stadium
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Extremely vicious and horribly brutal. Has enough destructive power to totally annihilate even a major city.
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Generation II
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Gold
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They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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Silver
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Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it.
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Crystal
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It appears whenever there is world conflict, burning down any place it travels through.
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Stadium 2
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They say that during the past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon's wildly violent nature.
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Sapphire
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Once Gyarados goes on a rampage, its ferociously violent blood doesn't calm until it has burned everything down. There are records of this Pokémon's rampages lasting a whole month.
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Emerald
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It is an extremely vicious and violent Pokémon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames.
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FireRed
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It has an extremely aggressive nature. The Hyper Beam it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets.
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LeafGreen
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Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Once it appears, its rage never settles until it has razed the fields and mountains around it.
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Pearl
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In ancient literature, there is a record of a Gyarados that razed a village when violence flared.
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Platinum
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Once it begins to rampage, a Gyarados will burn everything down, even in a harsh storm.
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HeartGold
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They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake.
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SoulSilver
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Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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95
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155 - 202
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300 - 394
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125
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117 - 194
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229 - 383
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79
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75 - 144
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146 - 282
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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81
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77 - 146
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150 - 287
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Total: 540
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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 100.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gyarados
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gyarados
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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By breeding
None.
TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- According to some Nintendo of America artwork, Gyarados was originally slated to have the English name Skullkraken, a combination of the words "skull" and "kraken" (a mythological sea monster). This name would be impossible due to a 10-character limit on English Pokémon names.
- Although, they could have just deducted an "l", as they did with Victreebel and Feraligatr, to make the name Skulkraken.
- Despite being part Template:Type2, the only Flying-type move it can learn is Bounce, which is only possible via move tutor in Pokémon Platinum. However, it has been seen flying in the anime.
- In Generation II and Generation IV, Gyarados is the only 100%-certain Shiny encounter and the first of only two shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was Celebi in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness).
- In the Pokémon anime, Gyarados's eyes are violet instead of the red that appears in its sprites and official artwork.
- In the anime episode Sandshrew's Locker!, Gyarados has the same cry as Dialga.
- In many ways, Gyarados is the Kanto counterpart of Hoenn's Milotic. Both are the evolved forms of incredibly weak fish Pokémon, and both appear in times of conflict, Gyarados to destroy, Milotic to becalm. Both have base stat totals of 540 with numbers matching down to the digits, but a different distribution in their stats: Gyarados is more Physical-Attack/Special Defense based while Milotic is more of an Special-Defense/Special Attack based. They both have the same HP, Defense, and Speed.
- Gyarados has the greatest increase of its base stat total of any Pokémon compared to its prevolution, an increase of 340 points. It shares this distinction with Milotic.
- As of Generation IV, Gyarados is used by three of the five Pokémon League Champions, being used by Blue, Lance and Wallace, making it the most popular Pokémon among Pokémon League Champions thus far (although Blue does not always have a Gyarados, depending on the player's starter Pokémon).
- Starting at level 20 (when it evolves from Magikarp), Gyarados learns new moves every 5 levels in Generation II and II games, and every 3 levels (20,23,26...) in the Generation IV games.
Origin
It appears to be based on a sea dragon or sea serpent. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados).
Name origin
Gyarados's name may be derived from a combination of 虐殺 gyakusatsu massacre/slaughter, and 逆境 gyakkyō, hardship/adversity. Both words relate to the creature's violent nature and the hardship it experienced before evolving. The end of Gyarados' name, ドス dosu, is a Japanese onomatopoeic word representing the piercing of flesh, once again owing to Gyarados' violent nature. Alternatively, the dos may just indicate that it's the second in its evolutionary line.
In other languages
Related articles
External links
Notes
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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