Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Normal-type Pokémon.
It evolves from Munchlax when leveled up with high friendship.
In the Generation I and II games and their remakes, 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 set to the Poké Flute channel. A sleeping Snorlax makes a return in Pokémon X and Y, in which it is blocking the player's way on Route 7.
Biology
Snorlax is a huge, bipedal, dark blue-green Pokémon with a cream-colored face, belly, and feet. Its body is composed of mostly its belly, where most of its fat reserves accumulate. Its head is large, with small, pointed ears and two pointed teeth protruding from its lower jaw. It has large, hind feet with three claws and a circular brown paw pad, and its arms and five foreclaws are short.
Snorlax is often found in mountains and forests. It wakes up only to eat and seldom for exercises. It is not a picky eater, as its strong stomach allows it to eat even moldy food without feeling any ill effects. When hungry, it is not satisfied until it consumes 900 lbs. (400 kg) of food. Snorlax is docile enough to let children and small Pokémon bounce on its large stomach.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
In Snack Attack!, a Snorlax was eating the grapefruits of the Grapefruit 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.
Other
Snorlax first appeared in Wake Up Snorlax!. This Snorlax was blocking the water flow to a small village.
Snorlax also appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure helping hold on to the nest containing some Exeggcute and Togepi.
A Snorlax also appeared in the Pikachu short Pikachu and Pichu as part of the Pichu Brothers Posse. It also appeared in other episodes of the Pokémon Chronicles and made a cameo appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior along with the Pichu Brothers and their friends.
Multiple alternately colored Snorlax appeared in Snorlax Snowman. These Snorlax were adapted to more frigid climates that were seen in the episode. One in particular was befriended by Pikachu and his friends.
In The Garden of Eatin', another Snorlax was causing trouble for a man named Marcel by eating the bananas in his Slakoth Banana Garden. Marcel's newly evolved Vigoroth defeated the Snorlax, allowing him to capture it. Afterwards, Marcel made an attraction around his new Snorlax: a relaxation room.
A Snorlax appeared in PK13, in which it ate Corphish's bananas that were on sale.
Roman, who appeared in A Full Course Tag Battle!, owns a Snorlax.
A Snorlax belonging to Daniel takes part in the Pokéathlon in A Marathon Rivalry!.
A Snorlax appeared in Awakening the Sleeping Giant!.
Minor appearances
A Snorlax doll is seen in Ash's room in Pokémon - I Choose You!.
A Snorlax appeared in a picture in Pokémon Paparazzi.
A Snorlax was among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.
A Snorlax blocked the path to a cave in A Hot Water Battle
A Snorlax appeared in UnBEARable in Ash's thoughts.
A Snorlax appeared in Nerves of Steelix! in Jessie's flashback.
In Wish Upon a Star Shape, the Pokémon Mystery Club found crop circles created by a Snorlax.
A Snorlax under the ownership of an unknown Trainer battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference in A Claim to Flame!.
Training Daze featured a red Snorlax which Jessie, James, and Meowth, while competing with Butch, Cassidy, and TRRaticate ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]), were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be Viper, the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
In Lights, Camerupt, Action, a Snorlax was a sheriff in a western-themed Pokémon movie.
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.
A Snorlax appeared in Challenging a Towering Figure!.
A Snorlax belonging to a Coordinator appeared in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!. It was used along with a Wooper for the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest.
A Snorlax appeared in a flashback in Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!.
A Snorlax made a brief appearance under the ownership of a Trainer in the Lily of the Valley Conference in An Old Family Blend!.
A Snorlax appeared in PK23, Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, and Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.
A Snorlax appeared in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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| EP041
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, a Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax wakes only to eat.
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| EP041
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Snorlax's weight
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax is the heaviest species of all known Pokémon, with some weighing more than 1,000 pounds.
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| EP041
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Snorlax's diet
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax's hunger isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds of food. Then it goes back to sleep.
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| Original series entries continue below.
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Pokémon
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| EP094
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied unless it eats at least 900 pounds of food per day. Once it is full, it promptly goes to sleep.
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Pokémon
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| AG088
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Snorlax
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May's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied until it's eaten about 900 pounds of food each day, afterwhich it promptly goes to sleep.
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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| DP076
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Snorlax
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon and the evolved form of Munchlax. It can eat 400 pounds of food before feeling full.
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| DP160
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Snorlax
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax becomes much too lazy to lift even a finger when it has a full belly, which then makes it safe to bounce upon.
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Pokémon
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| XY018
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Snorlax
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Serena's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. After eating its fill, Snorlax is too sleepy to move. Small children sometimes play on its belly.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red encountered a Snorlax in File 3: Giovanni by playing the Poké Flute. He was able to catch it and later used it in his Gym battle against Giovanni, where it was quickly defeated by Giovanni's Rhyhorn's Horn Drill.
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash's Snorlax
Ash found Snorlax eating all of the fruit on the Seven Grapefruit Islands. With the help of Ruby and Jigglypuff, Ash managed to defeat and capture the Snorlax.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Snor
Red caught a Snorlax on Route 12 during a bike race sponsored by Miracle Cycle in Wake Up—You’re Snorlax!, which he nicknamed Snor. It has continued to be part of Red's team ever since then.
In Slugging It Out with Slugma, a Snorlax was seen as one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City.
In The Last Battle XIII, a Snorlax was one of the Pokémon sent to help fight against Ho-Oh and Lugia in Ilex Forest.
In Lemme at 'Em, Lapras!, Emerald was given a Snorlax by Noland.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Snorlax took part in a baseball match in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!.
Giovanni sent out a Snorlax to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!.
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Anabel has a Snorlax which was one of the Pokémon that battled Enta in Final Battle: Versus The Salon Maiden.
In the TCG
- Main article: Snorlax (TCG)
Other appearances
When released from a Poké Ball, Snorlax will ascend into the air before descending over a large area of the screen with a Body Slam that sends any opponent underneath flying.
Snorlax does the same maneuver as it did in the previous game, but covers a smaller area.
Snorlax is also a Poké Float. It is lying down asleep and so fighting occurs on its head and belly.
Melee 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.
Snorlax once again performs the same maneuver as the previous games.
Brawl trophy information
"A Sleeping Pokémon. It's the ultimate loafer. Sometimes children like to play on top its big belly. Once in a slumber, not even the hardest rain or the fiercest wind will wake it. Snorlax recovers health and restores its physical state by sleeping, and it proves daunting with its damaging Snore attack. Snorlax is the king of Sleeping Pokémon."
Snorlax in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS.
Snorlax reappears as a Poké Ball summon in these games, behaving the same way as before.
Trophy information
NA: This sleepy, Normal-type Pokémon is huge! It eats more than 900 lb. of food every day. Most of the time not spent eating is spent sleeping. That big, round body comes in handy when it's brought onto a Smash Bros. battlefield—the Body Slam attack will send anyone who gets hit flying into the air!
PAL: Snorlax is often referred to as the Sleeping Pokémon, and there's a good reason for that! This giant loafer spends almost all its time snoozing, getting up for just long enough each day to scoff up a tidy 400kg of food. In this game, it soars into the air and uses its Body Slam attack, smacking into fighters like a giant wrecking ball.
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 Range. Once the rest of the Ranger Browser has been completed, it will wake up and can be captured.
Pokédex entries
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Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
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| Blue
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Will eat anything, even if the food happens to be a little moldy. It never gets an upset stomach.
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| Stadium
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A lazy Pokémon that gets continually fatter by sticking to a cycle of eating and sleeping. Awake only when it eats.
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What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
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| Silver
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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| Crystal
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This Pokémon's stomach is so strong, even eating moldy or rotten food will not affect it.
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| Stadium 2
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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| Ruby
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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.
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| Sapphire
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| Emerald
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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.
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| FireRed
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It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.
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Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
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Its stomach can digest any kind of food, even if it happens to be moldy or rotten.
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| Pearl
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It stops eating only to sleep. It doesn't feel full unless it eats nearly 900 pounds a day.
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| Platinum
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When its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger, so it is safe to bounce on its belly.
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| HeartGold
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What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
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| SoulSilver
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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| Generation V
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When its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger, so it is safe to bounce on its belly.
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| White
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When its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger, so it is safe to bounce on its belly.
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| Generation VI
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It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.
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| Y
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Its stomach can digest any kind of food, even if it happens to be moldy or rotten.
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| Omega Ruby
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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.
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Its stomach is said to be incomparably strong. Even Muk's poison is nothing more than a hint of spice on Snorlax's tongue.
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It eats nearly 900 pounds of food every day. It starts nodding off while eating—and continues to eat even while it's asleep.
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Game locations
In side games
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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160
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220 - 267
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430 - 524
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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Total: 540
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snorlax
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snorlax
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snorlax
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snorlax
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Snorlax in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a dagger (†) can only be bred onto Snorlax if it hatches as a Munchlax, and cannot be obtained otherwise.
- 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 Snorlax in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snorlax
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snorlax
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Snorlax can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Snorlax cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snorlax
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snorlax
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snorlax
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snorlax
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger
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Field move:
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| Loops: 21
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Min. exp.: 110
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Max. exp.: 160
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Browser entry R-000
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| Snorlax is a massive and heavy Pokémon that is always sleeping.
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PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
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| He is kind and powerful. He loves to eat, but he can control himself if there's something he's not supposed to eat.
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- In the Pokémon Stadium series (and later 3D games), Snorlax open their eyes when they faint.
- In Pokémon Snap, Snorlax stands up and dances to the music when the Poké Flute is used.
- Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are the only games in which Snorlax is in the regional Pokédex and is not encountered as an obstacle that is blocking a route.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player interacts with a Snorlax that is walking with them while at Mt. Silver, the message "SNORLAX is feeling very eager" will appear. This is due to Red, who is also at Mt. Silver, owning a Snorlax as well. While the player is on Mt. Silver, unique messages will also appear if the player interacts with a walking Pikachu or Charizard.
- Snorlax has the highest base stat total of all Pokémon that can hatch from an Egg.
- In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Snorlax is programmed to be able to learn Charm through breeding, but no other Pokémon in the Monster Group can legitimately learn it to pass down as an Egg Move in those games. In Generation III on, Snorlax can inherit the move from Bulbasaur by chain breeding.
- Snorlax is the heaviest Normal-type Pokémon.
Origin
Snorlax may be loosely based on hibernating bears or teddy bears. It may also be based on the cave bear. It may also be based on a food coma, as it eats large quantities of food, then takes a nap (symptoms of a food coma). Snorlax also shares traits with sloths, who are often portrayed as lazy and sleepy creatures.
Name origin
Snorlax is a combination of snore and lax or relax.
Kabigon may come from an alternate reading of sleep, 寐 bi, and a corruption of 鼾酔 kansui (snoring) or 憩う ikou (rest). It may also incorporate 黴 kabi (mold), noting the fact that Snorlax will eat anything, even moldy food. Kabigon is also based on the nickname of Game Freak programmer Kōji Nishino, which is the reason his game appearance uses Snorlax as his highest-leveled Pokémon in Black 2 and White 2.
In other languages
| Language
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Title
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 Japanese
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カビゴン Kabigon
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Kabigon may come from an alternate reading of sleep, 寐 bi, and a corruption of 鼾酔 kansui or 憩う ikou.
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 French
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Ronflex
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From ronfler
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 Spanish
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Snorlax
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Same as English name
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 German
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Relaxo
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From relax
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 Italian
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Snorlax
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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잠만보 Jammanbo
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From 잠만 jamman, 잠보 jambo, and 먹보 meokbo
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 Mandarin Chinese
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卡比獸 / 卡比兽 Kǎbǐshòu
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From 卡比 and 獸
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 Cantonese Chinese
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卡比獸 Kábeihsau
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From 卡比 and 獸
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| More languages
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 Greek
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Σνόρλαξ Snórlax
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Transcription of English name
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 Hindi
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स्नोरलॅक्स Snorlax
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Transcription of English name
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 Russian
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Снорлакс Snorlaks
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Transcription of English name
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Related articles
External links
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For other sprites and images, please see Snorlax images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
