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| [[File:Bart Castform.png|thumb|left|200px|A Normal Castform in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | | [[File:Totem Ally Castform.png|thumb|left|250px|A Normal Castform in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] |
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| A Castform from the [[Weather Institute]] changed into various forms in ''[[AG083|Unfair Weather Friends]]''. | | A Castform from the [[Weather Institute]] changed into various forms in ''[[AG083|Unfair Weather Friends]]''. |
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| Sunny Castform.png|A Sunny Form Castform in the anime | | Totem Ally Castform Sunny Form.png|A Sunny Form Castform in the anime |
| Rainy Castform.png|A Rainy Form Castform in the anime | | Rainy Castform.png|A Rainy Form Castform in the anime |
| Snowy Castform.png|A Snowy Form Castform in the anime | | Snowy Castform.png|A Snowy Form Castform in the anime |
Revision as of 13:36, 27 July 2017
Castform (Japanese: ポワルン Powalen) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it has the ability to change forms depending on the current weather.
Biology
Castform is an artificial Pokémon that changes appearance and attitude based on the weather. Its body is made of cells exactly like those of water molecules, causing its cellular structure to be altered by temperature and humidity. It uses this ability to protect its tiny body. In its Normal Form, it resembles a plain, gray cloud with a single wisp extending from the top of its head. When in its Sunny Form, its lower half becomes pure white, while the head turns orange has develops small orange spheres around it. This gives it the overall appearance of the sun above a small cloud. While in its Rain Form, it will have a dark gray lower half resembling a storm cloud. The head will be blue and resemble a raindrop. In its Snowy Form, its head turns purplish-blue. The rest of the body changes into the shape of a mint green, cumulonimbus cloud. Regardless of the form it takes, it will always have a large, spherical head and a lighter colored mask-like marking over its eyes. Aside from its various forms, Castform is able to utilize weather powers in the form of its previously signature move, Weather Ball. Despite its manmade origins, it can be found in grassland areas.
In the anime
In the main series
A Normal Castform in the
animeMajor appearances
A Castform from the Weather Institute changed into various forms in Unfair Weather Friends.
An Ally Castform appeared in SM035 where it battled Ash but was defeated by Litten.
Minor appearances
A Castform appeared in the opening of Destiny Deoxys.
A Castform made an appearance in Clamperl of Wisdom as one of the random Pokémon Spoink used to replace its lost pearl.
A Castform was among the Pokémon seeing during the Ever Grande Conference in Saved by the Beldum.
A Coordinator's Castform appeared in its Sunny Form in Spontaneous Combusken! participating in the Performance Stage of the Chrysanthemum Contest.
A Sunny Form Castform in the anime
A Rainy Form Castform in the anime
A Snowy Form Castform in the anime
Pokédex entries
In Pokémon Generations
A Castform appeared in The Scoop, where it was shown working at TV Mauville. It appeared to help with weather forecasting, as an allusion to its weather-based abilities.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Fofo
A Castform, nicknamed Fofo, belongs to Ruby and first appeared in Lombre Larceny. Previously, she belonged to Mr. Stone, who was injured in an attack by Team Aqua. Fofo was then given to Gabby and Ty to be cared for while he was being healed. She later decided to travel with Ruby when he began traveling with the reporters because she was lonely. Until he was reunited with Rara, Fofo was Ruby's Smart Contest Pokémon.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Castform makes an appearance in Descent Of The Weather God!! of Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire. In that chapter, it showed the ability of transforming into many forms depending on the current weather.
Pokédex entries
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This Pokémon changes its form according to the weather. It has learned to protect its small body using the powers of the nature.*
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In the TCG
- Main article: Castform (TCG)
Other appearances
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Castform was featured as one of the Pokémon released from a Poké Ball in the demo of Super Smash Bros. Brawl that appeared at Jump Festa.
Game data
Pokédex entries
Normal Castform
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| Ruby
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Castform's appearance changes with the weather. This Pokémon gained the ability to use the vast power of nature to protect its tiny body.
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Castform borrows the power of nature to transform itself into guises of the sun, rain clouds, and snow clouds. This Pokémon's feelings change with the weather.
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It alters its form depending on the weather. Changes in the climate such as the temperature and humidity appear to affect its cellular structure.
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It has the ability to change its form into the sun, the rain, or a snow cloud, depending on the weather.
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Its appearance changes with the weather. Recently, its molecules were found to be just like water.
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This Pokémon can change its cells, taking different forms based on the temperature and humidity.
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Its appearance changes with the weather. Recently, its molecules were found to be just like water.
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Temperature and weather affect its cellular structure, so this Pokémon changes form according to the weather.
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This Pokémon can change its cells, taking different forms based on the temperature and humidity.
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It has the ability to change its form into the sun, the rain, or a snow cloud, depending on the weather.
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Castform's appearance changes with the weather. This Pokémon gained the ability to use the vast power of nature to protect its tiny body.
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Castform borrows the power of nature to transform itself into the guises of the sun, rain, and snow-clouds. This Pokémon's feelings change with the weather.
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It changes its form depending on the weather. Changes in the temperature or humidity appear to affect its cellular structure.
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Its form changes on its own, due to its cells' sensitive reactions to temperature and humidity.
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Sunny Form
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This is the form Castform takes on the brightest of days. Its skin is unexpectedly hot to the touch, so approach with care.
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This is Castform's form when basking in fair weather. Its body is warm and toasty.
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Rainy Form
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This is the form Castform takes when soaked with rain. When its body is compressed, water will seep out as if from a sponge.
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This is Castform's form during a downpour of rain. Its body retains moisture and gets slippery.
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Snowy Form
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This is the form Castform takes when covered in snow. Its body becomes an ice-like material, with a temperature near 23 degrees Fahrenheit.
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This is Castform's form when caught in a hailstorm. Its cold skin is as smooth as ice.
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Stats
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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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Normal
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Castform
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Castform
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Castform
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Castform
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Castform in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Castform in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Castform
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Castform
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Castform can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Castform cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Castform
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Castform
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
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Trivia
- Castform is the only Pokémon in both the Fairy and Amorphous Egg Groups.
- Castform's Weather Ball will always receive STAB in any of its forms unless in a sandstorm, under Shadow Sky, or if it loses Forecast.
- Castform is the only Pokémon to receive this benefit from Weather Ball.
- In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Castform has a body size of 4, despite it being a body size 1 in the first Mystery Dungeon games and having the same in-game sprite in the second Mystery Dungeon games. This may have been changed to balance gameplay.
- Castform's weather-based transformations cannot be viewed in the forms section of the Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Pokédex, nor do they appear on the field in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- All of Castform's forms will appear in the forms section of the HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokédex upon obtaining one, even if it never transformed.
- Castform is the lightest Normal-type Pokémon.
- Unlike most Pokémon with form differences, Castform's alternate forms have no Shiny variations of their own, so only the Normal form of a Shiny Castform will look different.
- Before Generation VII, Castform's Normal form was classified by Pokédex color sorting as white.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
Castform resembles a living cloud and acts like weather in general, but it may also be based on a weather balloon. It is similar in both concept and design to a teru teru bōzu, a Japanese charm doll used to wish for good weather. Its forms and their types may have originated from the English saying "rain, hail, or shine." As Castform is said to be composed of molecules similar to water, its shape of a large sphere with two smaller orbs resembles an H2O molecule.
Name origin
Castform may be a combination of forecast (the prediction of weather) and transform or form (referring to its ability to change form depending on the weather). The German and French names reflect this.
Powalen may be a combination of ポワン powan (onomatopoeia of a sudden transformation, similar to "poof" in English) and 変わる kawaru (to change or transform).
In other languages
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ポワルン Powalen
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From ポワン powan and 変わる kawaru
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Morphéo
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From morph and météo
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Castform
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Formeo
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From Form and Meteorologie
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Castform
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Same as English name
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캐스퐁 Castpong
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飄浮泡泡 / 飘浮泡泡 Piāofúpàopào*
漂浮泡泡 Piāofúpàopào*
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From 飄浮 piāofú and 泡泡 pàopào
From 漂浮 piāofú and 泡泡 pàopào
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飄浮泡泡 Pīufàuhpóuhpóuh*
漂浮泡泡 Pīufàuhpóuhpóuh*
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From 飄浮 pīufàuh and 泡泡 póuhpóuh
From 漂浮 pīufàuh and 泡泡 póuhpóuh
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कास्टफर्म Castform
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Powalen
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Related articles
External links
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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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Mystic Water (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Castform images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
