A Kadabra is characterized by its human-like body structure and its somewhat fox-like appearance. It has two large ears of the top of either side of its head, a red star-shaped symbol of its forehead (derived from Zener cards), and two somewhat sinister-looking eyes in the middles of its face. Its eyes lead down to its nose and mouth and its relatively large mustache that grows out on the narrower section of its face. On both of its arms, there are brown sections that are located on the shoulder region of its body. Its arms are fairly thin and consist of Kadabra's regular yellow-hued skin. Its hands each have three fingers, of which all each have a large white claw attached. Its torso consists of a brown section of body similar to a fauld and an insect-like abdomen below it, which has three red wavy lines (also derived from the Zener cards). Attached to this abdomen is a huge, thick tail, which is mostly yellow with a band of brown circling it. Its legs are very thin and also yellow. Its feet each have three toes: two in the front on each side, and one in the back near the ankle. Each of these toes has a large white claw attached to it. Kadabra wields one spoon which is used to amplify its telekinetic powers.
Gender differences
A female has a shorter mustache.
Special abilities
Kadabra emits alpha waves when using its psychic powers that induce headaches to those near it. These waves strangely cause clocks to run backwards and machines to malfunction. The amplitude of the waves are doubled when Kadabra is holding its spoon and increased even further when Kadabra closes its eyes.
Kadabra, like Abra, sleep for around 18 hours a day. However, they are less peaceful and are more devoted to fighting than their pre-evolution. However, if they are outnumbered, they will still use Teleport to escape.
Kadabra emits a peculiar alpha wave if it develops a headache. Only those people with a particularly strong psyche can hope to become a Trainer of this Pokémon.
Kadabra holds a silver spoon in its hand. The spoon is used to amplify the alpha waves in its brain. Without the spoon, the Pokémon is said to be limited to half the usual amount of its telekinetic powers.
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Kadabra is one of the few Pokémon that loses weight after it evolves. Others include Porygon to Porygon2, Gloom to Bellossom, and Gligar to Gliscor. Of the few, Kadabra and Alakazam are the only ones introduced in the same Generation.
In Kadabra's Red, Green, and Blue sprites, the red five-pointed star is missing from its forehead.
It is currently impossible to search for Kadabra on the GTS website.
In Kadabra's Red, Green, and Blue sprites, it has its spoon in its right hand, but in Pokémon Yellow it has its spoon in its left hand. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Kadabra holds the spoon with its right hand in Gold and Crystal and in its left in Silver. Beginning with Generation III, all of Kadabra's sprites have shown it holding its spoon in its right hand.
Kadabra has never been printed in the TCG since the Skyridge set. This may be due to the Uri Geller case.
In its Pokémon Emerald and FireRedPokédex entries, it states that a boy woke up one morning as a Kadabra. That raises the question of how Abra and Alakazam came to be.
Origin
Kadabra is based on a magician or someone who purports to bend spoons psychically, such as Uri Geller. It also has similarities to foxes.
Name origin
Kadabra's name is part of an incantation used in stage magic, Abracadabra. Its Japanese name is a reference to the magician Uri Geller, replacing the ri character with the visually similar n character. Uri Geller claimed to have the ability to bend spoons with his mind, which is probably why Kadabra carries a spoon. Geller attempted to make a case against Nintendo of America for using his likeness in a character and lost.
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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For other sprites and images, please see Kadabra images on Bulbagarden Archives.
