Machop (Japanese: ワンリキー Wanriky) is a Fighting-type Pokémon.
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. There are three brown ridges on top of its head, and it has large red eyes and relatively flat face. Its chest has three, thin, rib-like stripes on either side. 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. It spends its time and energy practicing all different forms of martial arts and trying to improve its abilities. Machop lives in the mountains.
In the anime
Major appearances
Machop first appeared in The Punchy Pokémon. This Superpower Pokémon was the first opponent for Ash's Primeape in the P1 Grand Prix.
A Machop appeared with a Machoke in Pop Goes The Sneasel. These Pokémon were protecting the flame of Ho-Oh both with Sneasel.
Dewford Gym Leader Brawly used a Machop to battle Ash in Brave the Wave and Just One of the Geysers.
Machop was in Sitting Psyduck. Emily had a Machop, Machoke and Machamp chase after her runaway Psyduck.
Minor appearances
A Machop was seen in a Pokémon Lab in Riddle Me This.
Machop appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure as one of the wild Pokémon who help the Trainers' Pokémon and Elekid save the Exeggcute nests and Togepi in a storm.
Machop also appeared in The Power of One.
A Machop appeared in Pokémon Double Trouble.
Two Hits and a Miss featured a Fighting-type dojo where one of the many Pokémon was a Machop.
A Machop appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow as a fantasized Pokémon.
A Machop was one of the Pokémon seen at Chuck's Gym in Machoke, Machoke Man!.
A Machop appeared in Spontaneous Combusken!, To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, The Journalist from Another Region! and SS028.
A Machop appeared in a flashback/fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
A Machop appeared in a flashback in When Light and Dark Collide!.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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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 the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Machop debuted in a flashback Long Live the Nidoqueen!? under the owner ship of Harry.
Bruno owns several Machop which first appeared in Karate Machop!. These Machop were sent to attack Kanto alongside several other Elite Four Pokémon.
A Machop appeared in Querulous Qwilfish, aiding the construction of the Battle Tower.
Machop was also seen in Pokémon Adventures as one of Brawly's Pokémon, which he sent out against Sapphire's Combusken, but ended up overwhelmed by its speed. Much later, in Volume 20, Brawly is shown to own a Machoke, which seems to be this Pokémon's evolved form.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Yuki in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga owns a Machop.
In the Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon manga
A Machop appeared in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Giovanni's Machop briefly appeared in Get The Last Badge!! along with its evolved form.
In the TCG
- Main article: Machop (TCG)
In the TFG
One Machop figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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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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Gold
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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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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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Diamond
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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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Generation V
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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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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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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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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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Other Pokémon with this total
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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
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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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 VI
- 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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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Machop can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Machop cannot be tutored the move 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 Move Tutor moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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.
- Machop and its evolutions have been in all Japan-centric regional Pokédexes.
Origin
Machop appears to be based on a bodybuilder. It also possesses some reptilian features, including 3 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
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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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References
External links
Notes
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