A [[Giant Pokémon|giant]] Tentacruel attacks the city of [[Porta Vista]] in ''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]''.
A [[Giant Pokémon|giant]] Tentacruel attacks the city of [[Porta Vista]] in ''[[EP019|Tentacool and Tentacruel]]''.
A Tentacruel was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by {{an|Mewtwo}} in ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.
In ''[[Mewtwo Strikes Back]]', a Tentacruel owned by [[Fergus]] was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by {{an|Mewtwo}}. The Tentacruel clone is seen again in ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]''.
{{Oi|Marina}} owns a Tentacruel in ''[[EP091|Bye Bye Psyduck]]''.
{{Oi|Marina}} owns a Tentacruel in ''[[EP091|Bye Bye Psyduck]]''.
Tentacruel are large blue jellyfish with two big red crystal spheres which refract sunlight, and can use to store energy. It can extend up to 80 tentacles out of its body, most of which are hidden, leaving up to 14 exposed.
It has two beak-like appendages, used mostly to leech caught prey.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Tentacruel wraps its prey in its long tentacles and stings it. Its stings are known to cause excruciating pain.
Tentacruel can be found throughout the ocean, usually congregating in places where warm currents and cold currents come together, and where minerals are plentiful.
Tentacruel, a Jellyfish Pokémon. An evolved form of the Tentacool. Its numerous tentacles serve as a powerful weapon. It is known as the "Gangster of the Sea."
Tentacruel has large red orbs on its head. The orbs glow before lashing the vicinity with a harsh ultrasonic blast. This Pokémon's outburst causes rough waves around it.
Tentacruel has tentacles that can be freely elongated and shortened at will. It ensnares prey with its tentacles and weakens the prey by dosing it with a harsh toxin. It can catch up to 80 prey at the same time.
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Tentacruel's original English name was "Man O War".
Although it is stated to have 80 tentacles, only a little more than 10 can often be seen.
Despite what the Generation III and beyond Pokédex entry states, Tentacruel cannot learn Flash.
The anime's Pokedex entry labeling Tentacruel as the "Gangster of the sea" could be a reference to it's pose in Pokemon Red and Blue, which resembles the way of how a mob leader would cross his arms.
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 Tentacruel images on Bulbagarden Archives.
