These Pokémon appear to be rather easygoing and almost dopey, Hence having Own Tempo and Obvilious as abilities. They also like to lick things they come across. But they get put-off by sour-tasting things.
These Pokémon appear to be rather easygoing and almost dopey, Hence having Own Tempo and Oblivious as abilities. They also like to lick things they come across. But they get put-off by sour-tasting things.
===Habitat===
===Habitat===
[[Image:Grassland.gif|left|frame|[[List of Pokémon by habitat#Grassland Pokémon|Grassland Pokémon]]]]
[[Image:Grassland.gif|left|frame|[[List of Pokémon by habitat#Grassland Pokémon|Grassland Pokémon]]]]
The most famous feature Lickitung possesses is a long prehensile tongue, which it uses to manipulate objects and possibly to consume them, aside from being very receptive to all sorts of tastes, it is also very dexterous.
It also has pink skin with yellow markings on its belly and a thick tail.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Licks from its 6' 6" long tongue can paralyze foes. Its saliva is gooey and sticks to everything.
Behavior
These Pokémon appear to be rather easygoing and almost dopey, Hence having Own Tempo and Oblivious as abilities. They also like to lick things they come across. But they get put-off by sour-tasting things.
Whenever Lickitung comes across something new, it will unfailingly give it a lick. It does so because it memorizes things by texture and by taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things.
Whenever Lickitung comes across something new, it will unfailingly give it a lick. It does so because it memorizes things by texture and by taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things.
Whenever it sees something unfamiliar, it always licks the object because it memorizes things by texture and taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things.
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Lickitung's shiny sprites in Generation II show it being yellow and pink, with it's tongue being partially yellow also. This was corrected in Generation III.
Lickitung was originally to be called Tonguetyd but this changed before the release of the English versions of Pokémon Red and Blue.
Even though it was repeatedly stated to attack using licks, it was not able to learn Lick until Generation II.
Lickitung is the only Pokémon that evolves by learning Rollout; all other Pokémon which evolve after learning a move, besides Aipom, share that specific method of evolution with at least one other Pokémon.
The only sprite that shows Lickitung without its tongue out is in Pokémon Emerald, and even then, its tongue is only in its mouth in the second frame of animation.
Its Red/Blue and FireRed Pokédex data compares Lickitung's extensible tongue to that of a chameleon, a real-world lizard. Neither Charmeleon nor Kecleon, Pokémon based on the chameleon, have particularly long tongues.
Origin
It may have been based on any number of lizards with extending tongues, commonly the blue-tongued lizard. It also shares traits with anteaters.
Name origin
Lickitung's name is a combination and corruption of lick and tongue. The bero in Beroringa may be derived from ベロ bero, tongue, べろべろ, berobero, an onomatopoeia for a licking sound, or べろべろ嘗める beroberonameru, to lick up with one's tongue. Ringer is most likely derived from English ring, referring to the patterns on its body. It is also possible that ringa is a corruption of the English word lingua, which refers to a tongue or an organ resembling a tongue [1].
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Lickitung images on Bulbagarden Archives.
