Rhyhorn is a small rhinocerous-like creature with a body of gray, rocky plates. Rhyhorn has four short legs and and triangle-shaped head with a single, short horn.
Gender differences
A female has a shorter horn.
Special abilities
Rhyhorn most well known method of attack is to charge straight into things. A charging Rhyhorn can knock a trailer flying. Rhyhorn can also use various Rock and Ground attacks. Rhyhorn can learn elemental attacks, but these types of attacks aren't very strong when used by Rhyhorn (save for the Elemental Fangs). Rhyhorn is one of the few Pokémon capable of learning Megahorn.
Behavior
One can say that Rhyhorn has rocks for brains because it can only remember one thing at a time. A perfect example of this is whenever a Rhyhorn starts charging, it'll forget why it did so in the first place.
Rhyhorn first debuted in The Flame Pokémon-athon, entering a race with its trainer. Rhyhorn jumped onto a stone but they sank, and Rhyhorn and his trainer were eliminated from the race.
Rhyhorn appeared in the banned episode The Legend of Dratini. Ash attempted to capture it but it got away.
A Rhyhorn owned by Corey was one of the Pokémon that was captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back. The Rhyhorn clone was seen again in Mewtwo Returns, having by this point bred a baby Rhyhorn.
Rhyhorn. Spikes Pokémon. With hard shell protection, its tackle is very powerful.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Rhyhorn debuts in the Red, Green & Blue chapter in Raging Rhydon as Koga's Pokémon. After getting defeated by Red's Pikachu, Pika, it's forced to evolve with a mysterious injection.
Rhyhorn runs in a straight line, smashing everything in its path. It is not bothered even if it rushes headlong into a block of steel. This Pokémon may feel some pain from the collision the next day, however.
Rhyhorn's brain is very small. It is so dense, while on a run it forgets why it started running in the first place. It apparently remembers sometimes if it demolishes something.
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Since they are included in the Sinnoh Dex in Platinum, Rhyhorn and Rhydon appeared in every Regional Pokédex.
Rhyhorn can learn Aqua Tail and Iron Tail even though it has no visible tail.
A Rhyhorn was the only Shiny Pokémon found by The Speed Gamers during their 2008 Christmas Marathon.
Rhyhorn's Platinum sprite resembles its Sugimori artwork.
Origin
Its design appears to be inspired by a rhinoceros.
Name origin
Rhyhorn's name may be a combination of rhinoceros and horn It may also be based on a mineral called rhyolite, which explains its types. Its Japanese name is a combination of 犀 sai (rhinoceros) and horn.
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