Slowpoke (Pokémon)

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Slowpoke ヤドン Yadon #079
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type Water Psychic Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Dopey Pokémon
Abilities Oblivious or Own Tempo Own Tempo Blue-Striped ----- Regenerator Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #079 Johto #080 Hoenn #255 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-014 Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3'11" Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 79.4 lbs. Imperial 36.0 kg Metric 79.4 lbs./36.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Pink	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Monster and Water 1 groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 99 Battle Exp.: 991*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Slowpoke (Japanese: ヤドン Yadon) is a dual-type Water/Psychic Pokémon.

It evolves into Slowbro starting at level 37 or Slowking when traded holding a King's Rock.

Biology

Slowpoke is a pink creature that resembles a cross between a salamander and a hippopotamus. Its vacant eyes never seem focused, and it has curled ears and a rounded, tan muzzle. It has four legs, each of which ends in a single white claw. Its long, tapering tail has a white tip. This tail drips a sweet, sappy substance that is attractive to many species of fish. Slowpoke uses it as a lure for fishing, and it will grow back if cut off.

Slowpoke has notoriously dim intellect, and often forgets what it was doing. It takes a long time to respond to outside stimuli. For example, it can take up to five seconds to process pain and can take an entire day to notice when its tail has been bitten. Slowpoke is commonly found at the water's edge.

In the anime

Slowpoke in the anime

Major appearances

Slowpoke's first appearance was a brief one in Island of the Giant Pokémon. Ash's Pokémon asked it for help, but it didn't respond. It evolved into a Slowbro at the very end of the episode.

Slowpoke's was seen in The Evolution Solution. Ash and his friends asked for the help of Professor Westwood V to help figure out why Slowpoke only evolved into Slowbro when a Shellder clamped on its tail (a question that was giving Professor Oak a headache). Westwood's Slowpoke evolved when a Shellder that Jessie caught clamped on to the Dopey Pokémon's tail.

A Shadow of a Drought revealed that Azalea Town considers Slowpoke sacred due to legends claiming that Slowpoke's yawning can summon rain.

Enlighten Up! introduced practitioners of a religion similar to Buddhism that see Slowpoke's empty head as a sign of enlightenment and worship by meditating along with Slowpoke and Slowbro.

In A Crowning Achievement, a group of Slowpoke were trying to reach a King's Rock to evolve into Slowking in order to help find a better habitat for the group. In this episode, a Slowpoke evolved into a Slowking when its head was bitten by a Shellder while it was wearing the King's Rock.

Minor appearances

Slowpoke also appeared in Primeape Goes Bananas, the banned episode EP035 and Clefairy Tales.

A Slowpoke appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Multiple Slowpoke were among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.

Multiple Slowpoke also appeared in The Power of One.

Two Slowpoke were part of an exhibition in Flower Power.

A Slowpoke was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Tricks of the Trade.

A Slowpoke was one of the Pokémon living in Len Town in The Psychic Sidekicks!.

A Trainer used a Slowpoke in Hook, Line, and Stinker to aid him in the annual Seaking Catching Competition.

A Slowpoke appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Slowpoke appeared in Dueling Heroes.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening of Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Slowpoke made an appearance in BW141 along with its evolution form, Slowbro.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP066 Slowpoke Ash's Pokédex Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon. No one can tell when a Slowpoke is thinking, if it ever does think. Its specialty is fishing with its tail. Original series entries continue below.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP244 Slowpoke Ash's Pokédex Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon. Slowpoke is always lost in thought though no one knows what it is pondering.

In the manga

Slowpoke in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Ash captures a giant Slowpoke in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu in Ash vs. Gary. He later trades it to Gary Oak for a photo of his sister, May Oak. After this, they found out that Slowpoke had evolved into a Slowbro.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Slowpoke appears under the control of Team Rocket in The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually).

A Swimmer lent his Slowpoke to Yellow to compete in a surfing contest that was interrupted by Lance's attack on Vermilion City.

In Teddiursa's Picnic, a herd of Slowpoke in Azalea Town had their tails cut off by Team Rocket, causing the Slowpoke Well to stop providing water. Gold proceeds to tire one out with his Aipom, prompting it to yawn and therefore cause the well to start flowing again.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Slowpoke is seen with Green during the curry cooking competition that went on in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious?.

Giovanni stole Slowpoke from Kurt prior to Find Slowpoke!! in order to profit from its tail as it is worth a lot of money. Kurt was able to retrieve the Slowpoke from Giovanni before Giovanni was able to get its tail.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shū has a Slowpoke in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Satoshi has a Slowpoke in the Pokémon Zensho manga.

In the TCG

Main article: Slowpoke (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Slowpoke is a Pokéfloat. It initially has its tail curled towards its body but the tail lazily becomes straight and fighting moves there until Wooper appears.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Channel: A Slowpoke is the very slow weatherman.
• Pokémon Pinball: A Slowpoke appears on the Blue Table, once hit with the pinball, it allows for the evolution of one of the captured Pokémon.
• Pokémon Ranger: Slowpoke is Murph's partner Pokémon.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Slowpoke and Slakoth are the members of Team Slacker, the zero-motivation exploration team.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I Red Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack. Blue Yellow Incredibly slow and sluggish. It is quite content to loll about without worrying about the time. Stadium A dopey Pokémon that remains in a daze except when fishing with its tail. Awake or asleep, there is little difference.
Generation II Gold It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day. Silver A sweet sap leaks from its tail's tip. Although not nutritious, the tail is pleasant to chew on. Crystal It is always so absent-minded that it won't react, even if its flavorful tail is bitten. Stadium 2 It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.
Generation III Ruby Slowpoke uses its tail to catch prey by dipping it in water at the side of a river. However, this Pokémon often forgets what it's doing and often spends entire days just loafing at water's edge. Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald It catches prey by dipping its tail in water at the side of a river. But it often forgets what it is doing and spends entire days just loafing at water's edge. FireRed It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail. LeafGreen Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.
Generation IV Diamond Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten. Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum {{{platinumdex}}} HeartGold It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day. SoulSilver A sweet sap leaks from its tail's tip. Although not nutritious, the tail is pleasant to chew on.
Generation V Black Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten. White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten. White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail. Y It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I Red Blue Common Seafoam Islands Route 10, Celadon City, and Safari Zone (Super Rod) Blue (Japan) Unknown Seafoam Islands Route 10, Celadon City, and Safari Zone (Super Rod) Trade for Seel on Cinnabar Island Yellow Common Routes 12 and 13 (surfing) and Seafoam Islands
Generation II Gold Silver Common Slowpoke Well and Tohjo Falls (walking and surfing) Crystal Common Slowpoke Well and Tohjo Falls (walking and surfing)
Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen Common Celadon City (surfing) Routes 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 24, Water Labyrinth, Resort Gorgeous, Memorial Pillar, Green Path, Outcast Island, Tanoby Ruins, Pallet Town, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Cinnabar Island, One Island, Five Island, Trainer Tower (Super Rod) Routes 6, 22, 23, 25, Viridian City, Fuchsia City, Four Island, Cerulean Cave, Safari Zone (surfing and Super Rod) Treasure Beach, Kindle Road, Bond Bridge, Five Isle Meadow, Ruin Valley, Water Path (tall grass and Super Rod) Cape Brink, Berry Forest (tall grass, surfing, and Super Rod) Seafoam Islands, Icefall Cave (walking, surfing, and Super Rod) Canyon Entrance (tall grass) (LeafGreen only) Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Rare Route 205 (Poké Radar) (Pearl only) Platinum Rare Route 205 (Poké Radar) HeartGold SoulSilver Uncommon Slowpoke Well and Tohjo Falls (surfing) Pal Park Pond Pokéwalker Beautiful Beach
Generation V Black White Uncommon (Surf) Common (rippling water) Abundant Shrine Black 2 White 2 Swarm Abundant Shrine Dream World Sparkling Sea
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Snap	River
Pokémon Channel	Upgrade binder
Pokémon Pinball	Rock Mountain Seafoam Islands
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 7 Huge Storage 2 Endless Level 20 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Stormy Sea (11F-19F) Silver Trench (6F-14F) Grand Sea (6F-14F) Far-off Sea (6F-14F) Marvelous Sea (B6-B14) Fantasy Strait (B6-B14)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Lake Afar (B1-B24)
Pokémon Ranger	Kisara Plains
Pokémon Rumble	Rocky Cave
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Lake: Shimmering Lake
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Beach Zone

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
FRLG	Pokémon Trade and Battle Day Slowpoke	English	United States	31	September 25, 2004
RSEFRLG	Gather More Pokémon! Third Campaign Slowpoke	Japanese	Japan	10	January 14 to 29, 2006
	Trade for Evolution! Slowpoke	Japanese	Japan	30	October 10 to November 28, 2010

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Gold	Silver	King's Rock (8%)
Crystal
Diamond	Pearl	Lagging Tail (5%)
Platinum		Lagging Tail (5%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Lagging Tail (5%)
Black	White	Lagging Tail (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Lagging Tail (5%)
Events*		King's Rock (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 90		150 - 197	290 - 384
Attack: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Defense: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Atk: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Sp. Def: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Speed: 15		18 - 73	31 - 141
Total: 315	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 40.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 1/1 ★	Power 2/2 ★★
Skill 2/5 ★★☆☆☆	Stamina 4/5 ★★★★☆
Jump 2/2 ★★	Total 11/15 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

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

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic ½× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic ½× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic ½× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 2× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic ½× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Notes: In Generation I, the effectiveness of  Ghost-type  moves is 0×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  00Start Curse Ghost Status 0000— ——% 10 00Start Yawn Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 00Start Tackle Normal Physical 05050 100100% 35 055 Growl Normal Status 0000— 100100% 40 099 Water Gun Water Special 04040 100100% 25 1414 Confusion Psychic Special 05050 100100% 25 1919 Disable Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 2323 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100100% 15 2828 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100100% 20 3232 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 09090% 15 3636 Slack Off Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 4141 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— ——% 20 4545 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100100% 10 4949 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— ——% 5 5454 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 5858 Heal Pulse Psychic Status 0000— ——% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowpoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Slowpoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM03	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM19	Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120120	085}}85%	5
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	04040	100}}100%	15
	TM55	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	03030	100}}100%	15
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
	HM06	Dive	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowpoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Slowpoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Belly Drum	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
	Future Sight*	Psychic	Special	100	100%	10
	Me First	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—%	15
	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
	Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	100%	20
	Wonder Room	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Slowpoke in Generation V 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 Slowpoke in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowpoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Slowpoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Game				Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
B	W	B2	W2	After You	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
B	W	B2	W2	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	—	—%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Recycle	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
B	W	B2	W2	Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Wonder Room	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
B	W	B2	W2	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Slowpoke can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Slowpoke cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowpoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Slowpoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

Dream World moves

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Event	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sparkling Sea	Block	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
Sparkling Sea	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10
A superscript level indicates that Slowpoke can learn this move normally in Generation V at that level Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowpoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Slowpoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see event moves from other generations

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Bite	Slowpoke (Aquapolis 108)

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 079.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 12% Friend Area: Bountiful Sea Phrases 51%-100% HP ...? ...? 26%-50% HP ...? ...! ...? ...! 1%-25% HP ...! ...! ...! ...! Level up ...! ...! Leveled! Up! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up ...! ...! Leveled! Up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Water  Poké Assist: ( Water ) Field move: (Soak ×1) Loops: 7 Min. exp.: N/A Max. exp.: N/A Browser entry   Slowpoke is incredibly lazy. It dozes vacantly, only yawning occasionally.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: You met Slowpoke at the entrance to the Beach Zone. He's a dedicated player of Gyarados's Aqua Dash.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: Weak: PokéPark Pad entry: He had no idea how fast or slow he was, but when everyone was surprised by his speed, he started to realize his speed is incredible. He is an honest and good kid.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Slowpoke  Water  Psychic	Level 37 →	First Evolution Slowbro  Water  Psychic
	Trade holding King's Rock →	First Evolution Slowking  Water  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
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

For other sprites and images, please see Slowpoke images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Other sprites

Crystal back

Japanese sprites

Silver	Gold and Silver back Shiny

Trivia

Ken Sugimori artwork showing Slowpoke's striped underside.

• In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Slowpoke was originally known as "Slowmo".
• The Japanese and international Pokémon Silver have different sprites for Slowpoke, with the Japanese versions having a fatter and striped belly similar to that which Slowbro and Slowking sport. It is unknown why this was changed. However, its striped underside is still partially visible in all of its Gold and Crystal sprites. This striped belly does not appear to be a true error, as it has been seen in artwork by Ken Sugimori, though it is from Generation I.
• Like Mantyke, Slowpoke evolves when another Pokémon attaches to it, however this was only seen in the anime. Proximity-based evolution such as requiring Mantyke and Remoraid to be in the same party were not introduced until Generation IV. Despite the fact that other Pokémon, such as Feebas, have been given additional evolution methods for evolving into the same Pokémon, Shellder still has no bearing on Slowpoke's evolution.
• Slowpoke is the only Pokémon whose multiple evolutions have different total EV yields: Slowbro has an EV yield of 2, while Slowking has an EV yield of 3.
• Slowpoke is the only Pokémon whose National Pokédex number is the same as its weight in pounds when rounded.
• Despite numerous Pokédex entries stating its lack of response to a bite on its tail, in Pokémon Snap it is shown to quickly react to Shellder's bite. This may be due to Shellder's venom stimulating a quicker response, or simply an error or game mechanic to speed the process along.

Origin

Due to its marine nature, shape and association with shellfish, Slowpoke may be based on various species of otter. It may also be based on a giant salamander or hippopotamus.

Name origin

Slowpoke is literally slowpoke, a term for someone who is slow. It can be also a combination of slow and poke (an abbreviation of Pokémon).

Yadon may be a combination of 宿借り yadokari (hermit crab) and donkan (thickheaded or stolid), whereas 鈍 don means slow, dull, or stupid. Alternatively, it may also derive from 宿主 yadonushi, ([parasitic] host), based on its relationship with Shellder in its evolutions.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヤドン Yadon From 宿借り yadokari or 宿主 yadonushi, plus 鈍 don French Ramoloss Probably from ramolli and molosse Spanish Slowpoke Same as English name German Flegmon From phlegmatisch and Monster Italian Slowpoke Same as English name Korean 야돈 Yadon Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 呆呆獸 / 呆呆兽 Dāidāishòu Means "Slow-witted creature" Cantonese Chinese 小呆獸 Síudāaisau Literally "Little slow-witted creature"

More languages

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Notes

← #078: Rapidash

Pokémon

#080: Slowbro →

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