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Snorlax
カビゴン Kabigon

#143

Artwork from FR/LG

Type

Normal

Category

Sleeping Pokémon

Abilities

Immunity or Thick Fat

Exp. at Lv. 100

1,250,000

Regional Pokédex numbers

Kanto
#143

Johto
#225

Hoenn
#298

Sinnoh
#113

Height

6′11″
Imperial

2.1 m
Metric

Weight

1014.1 lbs.
Imperial

460.0 kg
Metric

Dex color

Black

Catch rate

25 (3.3%)

Body style

Blue-Striped

Footprint

Blue-Striped

Gender ratio

Gender unknown	Unknown
Gender unknown

Breeding

Monster group

1 cycles
(255 minimum steps)

EV yield

HP 0	Atk 0	Def 0	Sp.Atk 0	Sp.Def 0	Speed 0
Base Exp.: 154			Battle Exp.: 1541*

External links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Normal-type Pokémon. In the Generation I and II games, as well as Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, 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.

Snorlax comes with one of two Abilities: Immunity, which protects the Pokémon from being poisoned; or Thick Fat, which cuts damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves in half.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Snorlax spend the majority of their time sleeping, surviving off of their stored up fat. Many Snorlax only awaken once a month, and that is so they can find more food. A hungry Snorlax isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds 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 Psychic Pokémon using Dream Eater find this out the hard way.

Habitat

Snorlax are often in mountains and forests. However, they sometimes wander into towns and streets and sleep there.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food Snorlax will eat anything and everything that is edible, they aren't really very picky. Upon finding something new on its territory, a resident Snorlax will put it in its mouth to see if it's something that can be eaten. Snorlax are fond of large, thorny vines as a snack item.

In the anime

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Ash's Snorlax using Ice Punch

Snorlax first appeared in Wake up Snorlax. This Snorlax was blocking the water flow to a small village.

In Snack Attack!, a Snorlax was eating the grapefuits of the Grapefuit Islands. Ash managed to capture it near the end of the episode. After the adventures in the Orange Islands, Ash's Snorlax spent most of its time at Professor Oak's lab.

In Lights, Camerupt, Action, a Snorlax was a sheriff in a western-themed Pokémon movie.

In The Garden of Eatin', another Snorlax was causing trouble for a man named Marcell by eating the bananas in his Slakoth Banana Garden. Marcell's newly evolved Vigoroth defeated the Snorlax, allowing him to capture it. Afterwards, Marcell made an attraction around his new Snorlax: a relaxation room.

In the movies, Ash's Snorlax is seen in The Power of One. A Snorlax also appeared near the end of Destiny Deoxys, evolving from Munchlax in order to stay afloat during a 'flood' of malfunctioning robots.

In Queen of the Serpentine, a Snorlax made a cameo as one of Lucy's pets.

Training Daze featured a red Snorlax which Jessie, James and Meowth, while competing with Butch, Cassidy and Raticate, were sent to steal in order to become offical Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be Viper, the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant, in disguise.

In the manga

Red caught a Snorlax on Cycling Road.

In the TCG

Snorlax has made a number of TCG appearances, most recently as a rare in the "Diamond and Pearl" set.

Here are other sets featureing a Snorlax:

Jungle (Snorlax)
Team Rocket (Rocket's Snorlax)
PROMO (Snorlax)
ex Firered/Leafgreen (Snorlax)
ex Team Rocket Returns (Rocket's Snorlax EX)
ex Dragon Frontiers (Snorlax)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

When released from a Pokéball, Snorlax will fly up into the air before descending over a large area of the screen with a Body Slam that sends any opponent underneath flying.

Snorlax is also a Pokéfloat. It is in its sleeping form 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.

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

Generation I

Blue
Red	Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
Yellow	Will eat anything, even if the food happens to be a little moldy. It never gets an upset stomach.
Stadium	A lazy Pokémon continually fatter by sticking to a cycle of sleeping and eating. Awake only when it eats.

Generation II

Gold	What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
Silver	Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
Crystal	This Pokémon's stomach is so strong, even eating moldy or rotten food will not affect it.
Stadium 2	Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.

Generation III

Ruby	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.
Sapphire	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.
Emerald	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.
FireRed	It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.
LeafGreen	It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.

Generation IV

Diamond	Its stomach can digest any kind of food, even if it happens to be moldy or rotten.
Pearl	It stops eating only to sleep. It doesn't feel full unless it eats nearly 900 pounds a day.
Platinum	{{{platinumdex}}}
HeartGold	{{{heartgolddex}}}
SoulSilver	{{{soulsilverdex}}}

Generation V

Black	{{{blackdex}}}
White	{{{whitedex}}}
Black 2	{{{black2dex}}}
White 2	{{{white2dex}}}

Generation VI

X	Unknown
Y	Unknown

Game locations

Generation I

Red

Blue

Two	Routes 12, 16

Blue (Japan)

None	Trade

Yellow

Two	Routes 12, 16

Generation II

Gold

Silver

One	Route 11

Crystal

One	Route 11

Generation III

Ruby

Sapphire

None	Trade

Emerald

None	Trade

FireRed

LeafGreen

Two	Routes 12, 16

Colosseum

None	Trade

XD

One	Citadark Isle (Shadow)

Generation IV

Diamond

Pearl

None	Evolve Munchlax

Platinum

None	Trade

HeartGold

SoulSilver

None	Trade

Generation V

None	Trade

Black 2

White 2

None	Trade

Generation VI

X

Y

None	Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Channel	Camp Starlight (Thursday)
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 75 Forever Level 25 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Howling Forest (11F-14F)
Pokémon Ranger	Sekra Mountain Range

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 160		220 - 267	430 - 524
Attack: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Defense: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Atk: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Def: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Speed: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 540	Other Pokémon with this total
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 65.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Flying

1×

Poison

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Bug

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Electric

1×

Psychic

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Immune to:

Ghost

0×

Resistant to:

None

Note: If Snorlax has Thick Fat, the effectiveness of Fire and Ice is 50.

Learnset

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By leveling up

Game	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Start	Headbutt Amnesia Rest	Tackle	Tackle	Tackle
4				Defense Curl
5			Amnesia
8		Amnesia
9			Defense Curl	Amnesia
12				Lick
13			Belly Drum
15		Defense Curl
17			Headbutt	Belly Drum
20				Yawn
21			Yawn
22		Belly Drum
25			Rest	Rest
28				Snore
29		Headbutt	Snore
33			Body Slam	Body Slam
35	Body Slam
36		Snore Rest		Block
37			Sleep Talk
41	Harden		Block	Rollout
43		Body Slam
44				Crunch
45			Covet
48	Double Edge
49			Rollout	Giga Impact
50		Rollout
53			Hyper Beam
56	Hyper Beam
57		Hyper Beam

By TM/HM

Number	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM01	Mega Punch	Dynamicpunch	Focus Punch	Focus Punch
TM02		Headbutt
TM03		Curse	Water Pulse	Water Pulse
TM04		Rollout
TM05	Mega Kick
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM07		Zap Cannon
TM08	Body Slam	Rock Smash
TM09	Take Down	Psych Up
TM10	Double-Edge	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Bubblebeam	Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM12	Water Gun
TM13	Ice Beam	Snore	Ice Beam	Ice Beam
TM14	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM16	Pay Day	Icy Wind
TM17	Submission	Protect	Protect	Protect
TM18	Counter	Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
TM19	Seismic Toss
TM20	Rage	Endure
TM21		Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	Solarbeam	Solarbeam	Solarbeam	Solarbeam
TM24	Thunderbolt		Thunderbolt	Thunderbolt
TM25	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
TM26	Earthquake	Earthquake	Earthquake	Earthquake
TM27	Fissure	Return	Return	Return
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Psychic	Psychic
TM30	Teleport	Shadow Ball	Shadow Ball	Shadow Ball
TM31	Mimic	Mud Slap	Brick Break	Brick Break
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM33	Reflect	Ice Punch
TM34	Bide	Swagger	Shock Wave	Shock Wave
TM35	Metronome	Sleep Talk	Flamethrower	Flamethrower
TM36	Selfdestruct
TM37			Sandstorm	Sandstorm
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire Blast	Fire Blast	Fire Blast
TM39			Rock Tomb	Rock Tomb
TM40	Skull Bash	Defense Curl
TM41		Thunderpunch
TM42			Facade	Facade
TM43			Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45	Thunder Wave	Attract	Attract	Attract
TM46	Psywave
TM48	Rock Slide	Fire Punch
TM50	Substitute
TM52				Focus Blast
TM56				Fling
TM58				Endure
TM67				Recycle
TM68				Giga Impact
TM78				Captivate
TM80				Rock Slide
TM82				Sleep Talk
TM83				Natural Gift
TM87				Swagger
TM90				Substitute
HM03	Surf	Surf	Surf	Surf
HM04	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength
HM06				Rock Smash
HM08				Rock Climb

By breeding

By tutoring

In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:

In Pokémon Emerald only:

Special moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Snorlax knows Shadow End and Shadow Shed as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Refresh after being purified.

Side game data

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Evolution

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Trivia

Until Generation III, Snorlax was the heaviest Pokémon. It was then passed up by both Metagross and Groudon. In Generation IV, both Dialga and Giratina are heavier than it as well, setting it back to its present state of the fifth-heaviest Pokémon known.
It is believed by many that Snorlax and Munchlax, were inspired loosely on the titular character from the anime film My Neighbor Totoro.

Origin

It may be loosely based on hibernating bears.

Name origin

Snorlax's name is a combination of snore and lax. The lax in its name might also come from relax.

In other languages

German: Relaxo - Relax with an "o" at the end.
French: Ronflex - Ronfler means snore.
Korean: 잠만보 Jammanbo
Chinese: 卡比兽

External links

Article on Wikipedia
Unwound, the fanlisting for Snorlax at The Anime Fanlistings Network

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