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Magikarp (Japanese: コイキング Koiking) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
It evolves into Gyarados starting at level 20.
Biology
Physiology
Magikarp is a reddish-orange, medium-sized fish. Its notable characteristics include large, heavy scales. Its fins are primarily white, but it has two stiff, three-peaked fins on its back and stomach which are both yellow. It also has long barbels.
Gender differences
A female has white barbels and a male has tan ones. The male also has a slightly bigger light band on its forehead compared to the female, suggesting it is slightly larger.
Special abilities
Long-lived Magikarp are able to utilize their immense splashing power to leap high enough to jump mountains. Magikarp also have a strong enough immune system to survive in the most polluted of waters.
Behavior
Although this Pokémon is capable of surviving in even the most polluted ponds, it is usually overlooked by trainers because it is pathetically weak: even in the heat of battle it will do nothing but flop around. It is not a strong swimmer, and currents in the water will sweep it downstream. They are normally seen using Splash, which is unusual, as it makes them easy targets to predators. Before the species multiplied, it is believed that the ancestors of Magikarp were actually much stronger than the Magikarp seen today, and this belief has led scientists to research this species.
Habitat
Magikarp is found in many bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, and ponds. However, due to its weak swimming ability it usually lives downstream of the water's flow. Magikarp are extremely plentiful, living in almost any region. No one really knows how this Pokémon survived, however.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Several episodes, the first one being in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, involve a particular salesman trying to sell certain Pokémon to someone. The person he is usually trying to con is James and he usually sells Magikarp, claiming that they're very valuable.
In The Joy of Pokémon, a Nurse Joy from the Orange Islands befriended a giant Magikarp that saved her as a child. It evolved into an equally large Gyarados, but it remained friendly.
In The Wacky Watcher, Ash, Misty and Tracey help a Pokémon Watcher named Quincy T. Quackenpoker observe the migration and evolution of a school of Magikarp.
Another, in Ya See We Want an Evolution, was nicknamed the strongest. This male Magikarp was unique in that it was in fact able to battle surprisingly well, even giving Pikachu a hard time.
Minor appearances
Magikarp are very often seen in any underwater scene. This is most likely a reference to their extreme abundance in the games.
Team Rocket used a Magikarp-shaped submarine during the Orange Islands.
Several Magikarp appeared in Poké Ball Peril swimming along with Team Rocket's Magikarp-shaped submarine.
Totodile juggled three Magikarp with its Water Gun in Love, Totodile Style
In Judgement Day, a Template:Shiny2 Magikarp appeared in a flashback under the ownership of Jimmy and was later traded.
A Magikarp appeared in Arriving in Style!.
In One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team, Jessie used a different Magikarp which was comfirmed to be male in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.
It was also seen as part of Lila's famous "Tiger Lily Smile" background in Battling the Generation Gap!.
Another Magikarp also appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.
A group of Magikarp appeared in The Needs of the Three!.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Magikarp was seen at the Lake of Rage, being forcibly evolved into Gyarados.
In the TCG
- Main article: Magikarp (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Snap | Beach, Tunnel Volcano, River Cave, Valley |
Pokémon Channel | Secret Cove |
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
Ocean (Ruby Field) |
Pokémon Trozei! | SOL Laboratory 3 Secret Storage 5 Secret Storage 19 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Waterfall Pond (7F-11F) |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Lake Afar (B1-B24) |
Pokémon Ranger | Safra Sea Sekra Mountain Range |
Pokémon Rumble | Bright Beach |
Magikarp will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
- X ? ? S ? ? X ? 4 6 8 ?
- ♀ + ? ? 9 7 5 6 S Y ? ?
- Objective: Rescue Magikarp on floor 12 of Stormy Sea.
Held items
Game | Held Item(s) | ||
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Red* | Blue* | Berry (100%) | |
Yellow* | |||
Pokéwalker | Wacan Berry (100%) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 20
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80 - 127 | 150 - 244 | |
10
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13 - 68 | 22 - 130 | |
55
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54 - 117 | 103 - 229 | |
15
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18 - 73 | 31 - 141 | |
20
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22 - 79 | 40 - 152 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
Total: 200
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
None.
By breeding
None.
By tutoring
Template:Tutor Template:Mtentry4
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| colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an Evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available.
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger
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Evolution
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Level 20 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- As of Pokémon Platinum, Magikarp is tied at the lowest (with Regigigas), and ironically, the highest level non-glitch Pokémon available for capture at level 1 and 100, beating out even the level 80 Arceus for highest. It is only available in a pond in the Resort Area with a Super Rod in Platinum, where only Magikarp can be caught and range in levels anywhere from level 1 to 100.
- Magikarp, as well as Gyarados, has been in all four regional Pokédexes.
- Even though Magikarp is said to be the weakest Pokémon in existence, there are seven Pokémon weaker than it and one equal to it in terms of base stat average.
- Magikarp is one of three Template:Type2s that cannot learn Surf (the others being Surskit and Wingull), as well as the only Water-type that cannot learn any Ice-type or Water-type moves.
- Magikarp is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
- Magikarp shares the same species name with Feebas. They are both known as the Fish Pokémon.
- Even though it's listed as a freshwater Pokémon, Magikarp's abundant in oceans as well.
- Magikarp takes the shortest time to hatch out of all Pokémon.
- Every one of Magikarp's Pokédex entries talks about either its lack of strength, its tendency to Splash, or both.
- Magikarp's FireRed Pokédex entry remarks on its lack of power and speed. While the power part is true, Magikarp in fact sports a base 80 speed stat, making it quite fast.
- Magikarp's sprite in Pokémon Platinum is the only one in which its mouth is closed.
- The Pokédex entries for Magikarp in Gold and HeartGold versions and Platinum version contradict each other; Gold and HeartGold versions says that Magikarp never jumps more than seven feet, whereas Platinum version states that it may jump over a mountain. However, the Platinum entry specifies using Splash, while HeartGold is referring to it jumping without aid.
- Magikarp is the only Pokémon that can learn attacking moves but can't get STAB on any of them.
- Together with Pichu and Seedot, Magikarp is the easiest Pokémon to catch in Pokémon Ranger, with only one loop necessary.
Origin
Magikarp is 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. This may have inspired an element in Pokémon Snap, where after certain steps are taken, a Magikarp will splash it way into a waterfall where it evolves.
Magikarp may also be based on Asian carps, which are easily frightened by disturbances in water and can jump 8-10 feet in the air.
Name origin
Magikarp's name is a combination of magic and carp (this may be mocking the Magikarp as a species, as someone with 'magic' powers is generally thought to be quite powerful, which Magikarp is not). It may also the combination of Magi, the three kings from the story of the Nativity, and carp. Its Japanese name is a combination of 鯉 koi, carp, and the English word king, giving its name an ironic slant similar to its English name.
In other languages
- German: Karpador - From Karpfen (carp).
- French: Magicarpe
- Korean: 잉어킹 Ingeoking
- Brazilian Portuguese (anime only): Magicarpa
Related articles
External links
Notes
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