Scraggy is a bipedal lizard-like Pokémon. Its oval-shaped eyes are set to the sides of its head, and its teeth are like those of Croagunk. It sports a small red scale on its yellow head. Below the yellow portion of its head, its body is cream-colored, with thin arms and a red, scaled belly. It carries its yellow, molted skin around its legs, resembling trousers, although some of the skin seems to trail off to form or cover a tail.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Scraggy has a rubbery pelt that reduces the damage Scraggy takes from attacks, as well as a very thick cranium.
Behavior
Scraggy raises its pelt to its neck for defense. Scraggy will attack any foe that so much as meets its gaze with a Headbutt.
Scraggy, the Shedding Pokémon. The lower half of Scraggy's body is covered by a tough rubbery skin and when someone makes eye contact it responds with Headbutt.
In the manga
Scraggy in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Scraggy and a Scrafty stole an accordion that was going to be used in a BW Agency commercial. They were later found by Black and defeated.
Scraggy appears to be based on a sort of lizard. In addition, with its moulted skin "pants", Scraggy seem to encapsulate stereotypes of youth subcultures of the past several decades, namely hip hop or punk.
Name origin
Scraggy literally means "thin or scrawny" in the English language. It could also be a combination of scrappy (referring to its tendency to fight) and baggy (in reference to its "pants"), or be a reference to scraggly meaning scruffy or unkempt, or possibly craggy. Zuruggu, its Japanese name, comes from "zuru", which means crafty. It may also refer to zuruzuru, meaning loose, or the act or sound of dragging.
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