A Snorlax doll is seen in Ash's room in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''.
A Snorlax doll is seen in Ash's room in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]''.
A Snorlax also appeared in the Pikachu short ''[[PK07|Pikachu and Pichu]]''.
A Snorlax blocked the path to a [[cave]] in ''[[EP167|A Hot Water Battle]]''
''[[SS012|Training Daze]]'' featured a {{pkmn2|shiny|red}} Snorlax which [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, while competing with [[Butch]], [[Cassidy]], and {{TR|Raticate}}, were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be [[Viper]], the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
''[[SS012|Training Daze]]'' featured a {{pkmn2|shiny|red}} Snorlax which [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}, while competing with [[Butch]], [[Cassidy]], and {{TR|Raticate}}, were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be [[Viper]], the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
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[[Roman]], who appeared in ''[[DP076|A Full Course Tag Battle!]]'', owns a Snorlax.
[[Roman]], who appeared in ''[[DP076|A Full Course Tag Battle!]]'', owns a Snorlax.
A Snorlax also appeared in the Pikachu short ''[[PK07|Pikachu and Pichu]]''.
A Snorlax appeared in ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''.
A Snorlax appeared in ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]''.
A Snorlax blocked the path to a [[cave]] in ''[[EP167|A Hot Water Battle]]''
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Snorlax was the focus of [[Professor Oak's lecture]] and [[Pokémon senryū]] in [[EP073]].
:''{{tt|たべてねて またたべてねて ああカビゴン|Eat and sleep, and eat and sleep yet more, oh Kabigon.}}''
In the Generation I and II games and their remakes, wild Snorlax can be found sleeping in inconvenient locations throughout Kanto. In order to catch one, a Trainer must first awaken it with music from either a Poké Flute or Pokégear set to the Poké Flute channel.
Snorlax's body is composed of mostly its belly, where most of its fat reserves accumulate. It wakes up only to eat and seldom exercises. Its head is also large, and it has two pointed teeth protruding from its mouth. Its feet, with three claws and a circular brown paw pad, are extremely large compared to most Pokémon, assisting its balance when it chooses to stand. Its arms and foreclaws are short, but are long enough for Snorlax to grab its food and eat it, and strong enough to deliver powerful blows. It is usually dark blue or green in color.
Gender differences
None
Special abilities
When trained and exercised properly, Snorlax can gain supreme strength and ability. They can throw incredibly powerful punches and cause immense earthquakes. Snorlax have a strong digestion system, allowing them to eat anything (even moldy food) without getting an upset stomach.
Behavior
Snorlax spend the majority of their time sleeping, surviving on their stored fat. Many Snorlax only awaken once a month, spending their waking time finding more food. A hungry Snorlax isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds (400 kilograms) of food, and then it goes back to sleep. If one ever sees a sleeping Snorlax, he or she should not wake it up, because these Pokémon become very grumpy if their peaceful dreams become interrupted. Several Template:Type2 Pokémon using Dream Eater find this out the hard way. Aside from this, they are very docile and even allow children to bounce on their big bellies.
Snorlax are often in mountains and forests. However, they sometimes wander into towns and streets and sleep there. They have been documented in Kanto, and evidence suggests that they could be found in Sinnoh.
Snorlax are not picky, and will eat anything and everything that is edible. They are fond of large, thorny vines or their diet may compose of bananas found in grasslands. Snorlax only wake up to eat. They need to eat about 900lbs (90% of their bodyweight) to be satisfied before falling back to sleep. Some Snorlax sleep for a month at a time, so 900lbs of food is enough to sustain them for at least one month whilst asleep.
Snorlax first appeared in Wake Up Snorlax!. This Snorlax was blocking the water flow to a small village.
In The Garden of Eatin', another Snorlax was causing trouble for a man named Marcel by eating the bananas in his Slakoth Banana Garden. Marcel's newly evolved Vigoroth defeated the Snorlax, allowing him to capture it. Afterwards, Marcel made an attraction around his new Snorlax: a relaxation room.
Training Daze featured a red Snorlax which Jessie, James, and Meowth, while competing with Butch, Cassidy, and TRRaticate ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]), were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be Viper, the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax becomes much too lazy to lift even a finger when it has a full belly, which then makes it safe to bounce upon.
In the manga
Red caught a Snorlax on Cycling Road, awakening it by exploiting its gluttonous nature with the Beedrill honey left on Saur's head. Afterwards, it became one of Red's favorite fighters, allowing him to stop Green after she stole his money (only to discover later that she then seized his badges during the ensuing fight), and overcome dozens of challenges along his journey with few defeats, being able to force Blue to recall his Machamp, and even stop a full-speed train in its tracks much later on in the Gold, Silver, & Crystal arc. In addition, to date, it is his highest-level party Pokémon at level 89.
When released from a Poké Ball, Snorlax will ascend into the air before descending over a large area of the screen with a Body Slam that sends any opponent underneath flying.
Snorlax does the same maneuver as it did in the previous game, but covers a smaller area.
Snorlax is also a Poké Float. It is lying down asleep and so fighting occurs on its head and belly.
Trophy information
Snorlax love to sleep and love to eat: these portly Pokémon get grumpy if they don't get 888 pounds of food per day. After snacking out, they always nap. They have cast-iron stomachs and can eat moldy and even rotten food with no digestion problems. They are the heaviest Pokémon on record, weighing in at over 1,000 pounds.
Snorlax once again performs the same maneuver as the previous games.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokémon Ranger: Snorlax will be seen sleeping throughout the game, effectively cutting off certain areas until later on. It will eventually remain in a cave in the Sekra Mountain Range. Once the rest of the Ranger Browser has been completed, it will wake up and can be captured.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Snorlax's typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is such a docile Pokémon that there are children who use its expansive belly as a place to play.
Snorlax's typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is such a docile Pokémon that there are children who use its big belly as a place to play.
Until Generation III, Snorlax was the heaviest Pokémon. It was later out-massed by both Metagross and Groudon. In Generation IV, Dialga and both forms of Giratina are heavier than it as well, setting it back to its present state of the sixth-heaviest Pokémon known.
It is, however, the heaviest Pokémon that has a gender.
Snorlax could learn or know the move Headbutt from Generation I to Generation III, but cannot naturally learn it as of Generation IV. However, it can learn it as a move tutor move in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Similarly, Snorlax is able to learn Harden in Generation I games, but is unable in further generations.
Unusually, in the Pokémon Stadium series (and later 3D games), Snorlax open their eyes when they faint.
In GenerationsI to III, Snorlax could learn Hyper Beam by leveling up. However, in Generation IV, possibly due to the Physical/Special split, Snorlax can no longer learn it by leveling up and instead can learn Giga Impact, Hyper Beam's physical variant, possibly referencing its large body mass.
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are the only games in which Snorlax is in the regional Pokédex and is not encountered as an obstacle that is blocking a route.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player is at Mt. Silver while the Walking Pokémon is Snorlax, and interacts with it, a unique message will come up saying "SNORLAX is feeling very eager", based on the fact that Red, who is also at Mt. Silver, owns a Snorlax as well. While on Mt. Silver, unique messages will also apply if the player's walking Pokémon is a Pikachu or Charizard.
Snorlax is the first and only Generation I Pokémon to be characterized as having a Black Pokédex color.
Origin
Snorlax may be loosely based on hibernatingbears or teddy bears. It may also be based on the large, cave dwelling bears, Ursus spelaeus. It may also be based on a food coma, as it eats and eats and eats, then gets tired and sleeps (symptoms of a food coma)
Name origin
Snorlax's name is a combination of snore and lax. The lax in its name might also come from relax. Its Japanese name may come from an alternate reading of sleep, 寐 bi, and a corruption of 鼾酔 kansui, snoring, or 憩う ikou, rest. It may also incorporate mold, 黴 kabi, noting the fact that Snorlax will eat anything, even moldy food.
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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For other sprites and images, please see Snorlax images on Bulbagarden Archives.
