Machop (Japanese: ワンリキー Wanriky) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Machoke starting at level 28, which evolves into Machamp when traded.
Biology
Machop is a humanoid, bipedal Pokémon that has gray skin. It has three brown ridges on top of its head, large red eyes, and a relatively flat face. On either side of its chest are three, thin, rib-like stripes. 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. Machop is capable of hurling up to 100 adults. It trains by lifting Graveler every day and becomes more dedicated the more its muscles grow. Machop's muscles can never get sores no matter what training it does. It spends its time and energy practicing all different forms of martial arts and trying to improve its abilities. Once it feels confident, it challenges Makuhita to a battle. Machop lives in the mountains. In the past, it claimed Low Kick and Vital Throw as signature moves.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
In Pop Goes The Sneasel, a Machop was protecting the flame of Ho-Oh at a shrine.
In Brave the Wave, Brawly used a Machop during his Gym battle against Ash. It defeated Taillow before being defeated by Treecko. In Just One of the Geysers, Machop was used during Ash's rematch. During that battle, Machop was defeated by Ash's newly-caught Corphish. It reappeared in a flashback in Which Wurmple's Which?.
In Sitting Psyduck, Emily's Machop chased after her runaway Psyduck.
Minor appearances
In The Punchy Pokémon, a Trainer's Machop was the first opponent for Ash and his Primeape during the P1 Grand Prix.
In Riddle Me This, a Machop was in an exercise Gym. It was later targeted by Team Rocket.
In The Power of One, a Machop sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
Two wild Machop appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure. One helped the Trainers' Pokémon and Elekid save the Exeggcute nests and Togepi during a storm.
A Machop appeared in Pokémon Double Trouble.
In Two Hits and a Miss, a Trainer's Machop was at a Fighting-type dojo.
In A Better Pill to Swallow, Brock's fantasy featured a Machop.
In Machoke, Machoke Man!, a Machop was at the Cianwood Gym.
In A Double Dilemma, a Machop lived at North Petalburg.
In Weekend Warrior, a Coordinator's Machop competed in the Silver Town Pokémon Contest.
In Spontaneous Combusken!, a Machop was at the Chrysanthemum Island beach.
A Machop appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True! and BWS02.
In The Journalist from Another Region!, a Machop was entered into the Pokémon Sumo Tournament on Harvest Island.
A Machop appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
A Machop appeared in a flashback in When Light and Dark Collide!.
In A Festival of Decisions!, a Machop helped arrest the rogue ninjas that attacked the Ninja Village.
Three Trainers' Machop appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
Three Trainers' Machop appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
In Racing to a Big Event!, two Trainers' Machop competed in the Pokémon Pancake Race.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Machop were training up on Clawmark Hill.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in They Might Not Be Giants!.
Three Trainers' Machop appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.
Three Trainers' Machop appeared in A Glaring Rivalry!.
In I Choose You!, a Trainer's Machop had a battle with Pikachu.
Two Trainers' Machop appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Alola, Kanto!.
In Smashing with Sketch!, a Trainer's Machop competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Twirling with a Bang!.
Two Trainers' Machop appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
Six Trainers' Machop appeared in The Power of Us.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in The Shape of Love to Come!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in The Road to The Semifinals!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
A Trainer's Machop appeared in Exhibition Unmasked!.
Two Trainers' Machop appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!.
In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, an image featured a Worker and multiple Machop. They were helping construct a new Gym in Vermilion City.
Pokédex entries
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| AG020
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Machop
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May's Pokédex
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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.
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In Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Training, Bea owns a Machop. It was training alongside her other Pokémon in the Wild Area.
In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon manga
A Machop appeared in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Machop debuted in a flashback Long Live the Nidoqueen!?, under the ownership of Harry.
Bruno owns several Machop, which first appeared in Karate Machop!. They were sent to attack Kanto alongside several other Elite Four Pokémon.
A Machop appeared in Querulous Qwilfish, where it was aiding the construction of the Battle Tower.
A Machop was seen in Mashing Makuhita as one of Brawly's Pokémon, which he sent out against Sapphire's Combusken, but it ended up overwhelmed by its speed. Much later, in Volume 20, Brawly was shown to own a Machoke, which appeared to have evolved from the same Machop.
A Machop appeared in The Final Battle IV, where it was one of the Pokémon that helped Emerald with his disabilities.
A Machop appeared in Perturbed by Pachirisu.
A Machop appears with its Trainer at the Mini-game Corner in the X & Y arc.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
A Machop appeared in Let's Fight! The Mini Pokémon Tournament.
A Machop appeared in a flashback in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
A Machop appeared in Pokémon Cooking Contest!, under the ownership of Yuki.
A Machop appeared in GDZ51.
In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
A Machop appeared in The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei.
A Machop appeared in The Black Scroll: Nobunaga's Ambition.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Giovanni's Machop briefly appeared in Get The Last Badge!! along with its evolved forms.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
A Machop appeared in PZ05.
In the TCG
- Main article: Machop (TCG)
In the TFG
One Machop figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Kanto
#066
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Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
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| Stadium
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Its whole body is covered with muscles, so it can raise bulges anywhere. It can throw a hundred adults.
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| Generation II
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Johto
#140
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Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
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| Silver
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It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
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| Crystal
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It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a Graveler with ease.
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| Stadium 2
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Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
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| Generation III
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Hoenn
#073
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Kanto
#066
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| Ruby
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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.
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| Sapphire
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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.
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| Emerald
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It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders.
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| FireRed
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Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
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| LeafGreen
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Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
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| Generation IV
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Sinnoh
#040
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Johto
#142
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It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
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| Pearl
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Its muscles never cramp however much it trains. It lives in the mountains away from humans.
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| Platinum
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Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
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| HeartGold
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Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
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| SoulSilver
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It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
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Unova
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| Black
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Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
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| White
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| Black 2
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Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
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| White 2
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| Generation VI
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Kalos
Coastal #057
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Hoenn
#075
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| X
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It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
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| Y
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Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
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| Omega Ruby
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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.
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| Alpha Sapphire
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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.
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| Generation VII
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Alola
SM: #095
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Alola
USUM: #117
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Kanto
#066
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| Sun
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It loves working out. As it gazes at its muscles, which continue to swell day by day, it becomes more and more dedicated to its training.
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| Moon
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With its superhuman strength, it's able to throw a hundred people all at the same time. Its strength comes from lifting Graveler every day.
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| Ultra Sun
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Once this Pokémon has gained enough confidence and muscle from training with its friends, it challenges Makuhita to a battle.
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| Ultra Moon
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It likes food that's highly nutritious because its instincts drive it to build muscle efficiently.
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Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
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Galar
#138
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Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
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| Shield
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Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
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Game locations
In side games
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| Generation VII
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| This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VII 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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70
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130 - 177
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250 - 344
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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Total: 305
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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 35.
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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 Machop
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Machop
- 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 Machop
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Machop
- 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 Machop in Generation VIII
- 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 Machop in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Machop
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Machop
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Machop
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Machop
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger
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(Crush ×1)
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Min. exp.: 25
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Max. exp.: 35
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Browser entry R-080
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| Machop packs a lot of power in its small body. It can easily shatter small Rocks.
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- 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.
Origin
Machop appears to be based on a bodybuilder. It also possesses some reptilian features, including three plate-like crests on its head and a dull-gray coloration.
Name origin
Machop may be a combination of macho (Spanish and Portuguese 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. The name may also be somewhat-related to the synapsid moschops, which has a vaguely similar-looking face.
Wanriky is a combination of the on'yomi readings of 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength).
In other languages
| Language
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Title
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Meaning
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 Japanese
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ワンリキー Wanriky
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A combination of the on'yomi readings of 腕 wan (arm) and 力 riki (strength)
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 French
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Machoc
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From Macho and choc
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 Spanish
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Machop
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Same as English name
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 German
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Machollo
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From Macho and Proll
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 Italian
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Machop
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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알통몬 Altongmon
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From 알통 altong and monster
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 Mandarin Chinese
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腕力 Wànlì
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Literally "Wrist strength"
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 Cantonese Chinese
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鐵腕 Titwún
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Literally and figuratively means "Iron wrist"
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| More languages
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 Hindi
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माचोप Machop
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Transcription of English name
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 Russian
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Мачоп Machop
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Transcription of English name
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 Thai
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วันริกี Wanriky
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Transcription of trademarked Japanese name
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External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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Focus Band (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Machop images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
