Cramorant (Japanese: ウッウ Uu) is a dual-type Flying/Water Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Cramorant can change forms with its Gulp Missile Ability.
- When Cramorant uses Surf or Dive when its HP is above 50%, it turns into its Gulping Form, with an Arrokuda in its mouth.
- When Cramorant uses Surf or Dive when its HP is at 50% or below, it turns into its Gorging Form, with a Pikachu in its mouth.
Biology
Cramorant spitting out Arrokuda
Cramorant is a blue avian Pokémon resembling a cormorant. It has bright green, large, circular eyes with small black pupils, and a large, thin yellow beak. It has a ruff of light gray feathers that goes around its torso and sticks out at the back, making it resemble a bib. It has a ruff of feathers on its head, with the largest clump pointing backward and being surrounded by small singular feathers. Its feet are black, webbed, and have three toes. Its wings seem to be perpetually spread outwards on its sides. Its tail feathers appear asymmetrical, with a slit between them on one side.
Cramorant is a gluttonous Pokémon with an instinctive desire to swallow anything whole. It generally hunts for prey along riverbanks. Its preferred prey is Arrokuda, but sometimes it tries to swallow other Pokémon such as Pikachu, attempting to spit them out if it realizes its mistake.[1] As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Cramorant is known to occasionally sleep while still swallowing its prey. The reason for this behavior is unknown to everyone, including the Cramorant itself.
Cramorant is quite strong, to the point where it can knock out some opponents in one hit. However, it is also rather unintelligent, forgetful, and bad at learning, as the energy used by its brain is minimal. It tends to focus more on battling, but sometimes it can't remember what it is battling mid-fight. Despite this forgetfulness, Cramorant never forgets Trainers that it trusts. However, it will try to attack its Trainer if they try to steal its food.[1]
Cramorant is the only known Pokémon that can have Gulp Missile as its Ability.
Forms
Cramorant has two alternate forms: Gulping Form and Gorging Form.
It changes into its Gulping Form when it catches an Arrokuda and changes back when it spits it out. If it accidentally catches a Pikachu, it changes into its Gorging Form, once again reverting back when it spits it out. Cramorant cannot catch another Pokémon while in its Gulping Form or Gorging Form and therefore cannot change directly from one form to the other without first spitting out its catch.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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Generation VIII
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Galar #309
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Galar Isle of Armor #093
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Sinnoh #—
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Hisui #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
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Sword
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It's so strong that it can knock out some opponents in a single hit, but it also may forget what it's battling midfight.
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Shield
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This hungry Pokémon swallows Arrokuda whole. Occasionally, it makes a mistake and tries to swallow a Pokémon other than its preferred prey.
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Gulping Form
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Sword
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Cramorant's gluttony led it to try to swallow an Arrokuda whole, which in turn led to Cramorant getting an Arrokuda stuck in its throat.
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Shield
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The slightest shock is sometimes enough to get this Pokémon to spit out the Arrokuda lodged in its throat.
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Gorging Form
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Sword
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This Cramorant has accidentally gotten a Pikachu lodged in its gullet. Cramorant is choking a little, but it isn't really bothered.
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Shield
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The half-swallowed Pikachu is so startled that it isn't struggling yet, but it's still looking for a chance to strike back.
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Generation IX
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Paldea #—
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Kitakami #185
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Blueberry #—
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Scarlet
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Cramorant instinctively swallow everything whole. They're at their most formidable when they're struggling to swallow overly large prey.
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Violet
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It's an incredibly poor learner because it uses the bare minimum amount of energy for its brain. It focuses on battling instead.
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Gulping Form
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Scarlet
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Cramorant is constantly on the hunt for food along riverbanks. It loves Arrokuda—when it finds them, it swallows them whole without a thought.
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Violet
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Cramorant takes advantage of Arrokuda's frantic thrashing to help spit Arrokuda out at high speed.
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Gorging Form
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Scarlet
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Its throat is clearly not wide enough to swallow a Pikachu, and yet Cramorant makes no move to release its catch.
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Violet
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With a Pikachu stuck in its throat, Cramorant can use Pikachu's prickling electricity to give its opponents a shock.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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Generation VIII
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
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Cross-Generation
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UNITE
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Purchase for 8,000 Aeos Coins/345 Aeos Gems
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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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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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Total: 475
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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.
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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 Cramorant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cramorant
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cramorant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Cramorant
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Cramorant
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Cramorant
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Cramorant
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Side game data
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Pokémon Sleep
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Sleep type: Slumbering
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Pokémon type: Flying
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Points to befriend: 16
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Specialty: Ingredients
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Berry: Pamtre Berry ×1
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Primary ingredient: Pure Oil ×2
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Possible ingredients:
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Pure Oil
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Soft Potato
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Fancy Egg
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Main skill: Tasty Chance S
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Base carry limit: 19
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Raises your Extra Tasty rate by 4%. The effect lasts until you cook an Extra Tasty dish or change sites.
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This Pokémon instinctively swallows everything whole and also has a poor memory. On very rare occasions, it goes to sleep with prey too large to swallow still stuck in its throat, but no one knows why, because even Cramorant itself has forgotten the reason.
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Preening Sleep
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Gobbling Sleep
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Gorging Sleep
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Atop-Belly Sleep
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★★★★★
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★★★★★
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★★★★★
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★★★★★
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Form data
Aside from its standard form, Cramorant has two additional forms: Gulping Form and Gorging Form. It will always be in its standard form outside of battle, while its other two forms are activated in battle by its Ability, Gulp Missile.
Cramorant starts battle in its standard form. If it uses Surf or Dive in this form while it has over 50% of its maximum HP remaining, it will change into Gulping Form, which has an Arrokuda caught in its beak. If Gulping Form Cramorant is hit by a damaging move, then Cramorant will spit the Arrokuda out at the attacker, which deals damage equal to 25% of their maximum HP, lowers their Defense by one stage, and reverts Cramorant back to its standard form.
If Cramorant uses Surf or Dive in its standard form while it is at or below 50% of its maximum HP, it will change into Gorging Form, which has a male Pikachu caught in its beak. If Gorging Form Cramorant is hit by a damaging move, then Cramorant will spit the Pikachu out at the attacker, which deals damage equal to 25% of their maximum HP, paralyzes them, and reverts Cramorant back to its standard form.
These Arrokuda and Pikachu are never Shiny. This is specifically a male Pikachu, as seen by the shape of its tail.
Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Cramorant debuted in all its forms in Secrets of the Jungle, appearing regularly across the movie.
Cramorant made its main series debut in Just a Scone's Throw From Here!, where James pulled one out of the Rocket Prize Master. It used Arrokuda to attack Goh's Pokémon, but was eventually defeated by Grookey.
Minor appearances
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
A Cramorant appeared in The Gathering of Stars, under the ownership of Hop.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Cramorant debuted in Blazing!! Bede's Feelings. It was seen popping out of a swamp with Casey's Arrokuda, nicknamed Kilo, in its mouth. In the next chapter, it was defeated and captured by Hop.
In the TCG
- Main article: Cramorant (TCG)
Other appearances
Cramorant in Pokémon UNITE
- Main article: Cramorant (UNITE)
Cramorant is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a ranged attacker.
Trivia
- Cramorant's Japanese name, ウッウ Uu, is a palindrome.
- Cramorant is tied with Cleffa for the shortest Japanese Pokémon name in trademarked romaji, with only two letters each. However, Cleffa's name is shorter in kana (ピィ).
Origin
Cramorant may be based on two common seabirds present in the British Isles, the cormorant and the fulmar, a bird that uses defensive vomiting to turn away predators; inspiration from the latter may also justify its primary Flying type, as like most petrels, fulmars spend most of their lives on the wing. Its Gulp Missile Ability may also draw inspiration from cormorant fishing, an ancient fishing technique that consists of using trained cormorants to fish and spit the fish up. Cormorants also frequently hold their wings outstretched, as Cramorant does, to dry their feathers after a dive. The plumage on its neck may be inspired by bibs. Its Shiny form's orange coloration may be inspired by multiple news stories from the UK involving seagulls having turned orange due to accidentally falling into curry sauce.[2][3][4]
Name origin
Cramorant may be a combination of cram and cormorant.
Uu may be a combination of ウッ u~ (sound of choking or gasping) and 鵜 u (cormorant).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ウッウ Uu
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From ウッ u~ and 鵜 u
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French
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Nigosier
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From nigaud and gosier
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Spanish
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Cramorant
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Same as English name
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German
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Urgl
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From Gurgel, urks, and Vogel
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Italian
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Cramorant
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Same as English name
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Korean
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윽우지 Euguji
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From 가마우지 gamauji and 우걱우걱 ugeogugeok
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Mandarin Chinese
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古月鳥 / 古月鸟 Gǔyuèniǎo
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From 鶘 / 鹕 hú, may also incorporate 咕 gū and 噦 / 哕 yuě
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Cantonese Chinese
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古月鳥 Gúyuhtníuh
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From 鶘 wùh
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[show]More languages
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Hindi
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लीलकाक Leelkaak
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From लीलना līlnā and जलकाक jalkāk
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Russian
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Краморант Kramorant
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Transcription of English name
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Thai
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อุ๊อุ Uu
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Related articles
References
External links
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