A Machop was seen in a Pokémon Lab in ''[[EP58|Riddle Me This]]''.
A Machop was seen in a Pokémon Lab in ''[[EP058|Riddle Me This]]''.
Machop appeared in ''[[PK04|Pikachu's Rescue Adventure]]'' as one of the wild Pokémon who help the Trainers' Pokémon and {{p|Elekid}} save the {{P|Exeggcute}} nests and {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} in a storm.
Machop appeared in ''[[PK04|Pikachu's Rescue Adventure]]'' as one of the wild Pokémon who help the Trainers' Pokémon and {{p|Elekid}} save the {{P|Exeggcute}} nests and {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} in a storm.
Machop is a humanoid, bipedal Pokémon that has gray skin. There are three brown ridges on top of its head, and it has large red eyes and relatively flat face. Its chest has three, thin, rib-like stripes on either side. Its feet appear to have no toes, while its hands have five fingers. It has a short, stubby tail. Machop's entire body is covered with muscles that will never tire or cramp. With these muscles, it can lift many times its own body weight. It spends its time and energy practicing all different forms of martial arts and trying to improve its abilities. Machop lives in the mountains.
Machop, the Superpower Pokémon. Machop have muscles that never tire no matter how much they exercise. Machop have enough strength to throw 100 average sized adults.
Machop was also seen in Pokémon Adventures as one of Brawly's Pokémon, which he sent out against Sapphire's Combusken, but ended up overwhelmed by its speed. Much later, in Volume 20, Brawly is shown to own a Machoke, which seems to be this Pokémon's evolved form.
Machop's muscles are special - they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans.
Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts.
It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders.
Before the release of the English versions of Pokémon Red and Blue, Machop was known as "Kara-Tee". This name is a corruption of karate, a fighting style.
Machop and its evolutions have been in all Japan-centric regionalPokédexes.
Machop may be a combination of macho (Spanish for overly male or chauvinist) and chop. Macho has come to mean tough or masculine in English. Akin to Mr. Mime, the masculine attribute has no reflection on gender assignment, as both species can be male and female; however, Machop's evolutionary line does have a 3:1 male:female ratio, making the species predominantly—but not entirely—male.
Wanriky is a combination of the on'yomi readings of 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength).
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Japanese
ワンリキー Wanriky
A combination of the on'yomi readings of 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength)
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