Poliwag (Pokémon)
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Poliwag (Japanese: ニョロモ Nyoromo) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
It evolves into Poliwhirl starting at level 25, whom evolves into Poliwrath by Template:Stone, or into Politoed by trade with King's Rock.
Biology
Physiology
Poliwag resembles a blue, spherical tadpole. It has large eyes, a pink mouth, and a long, mostly transparent tail. It has newly developed legs that still are not used to walking. Poliwag's most famous feature is the black and white swirl on its abdomen, which is actually its innards showing through its semitransparent skin. This skin is also very elastic so that it won't break if the Pokémon is bitten.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Along with the standard Water-related abilities, it is capable of making its opponent drowsy with Hypnosis. It is also much more at home in the water, as it can be healed by water using Water Absorb. Its skin is also quite Damp.
Behavior
They are most likely found swimming then on dry land.
Habitat
Poliwag can be found in small freshwater ponds and lakes that have an abundance of lily pads, as well as along the banks of tropical rivers.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime, Poliwag feed on salveyo weed, which can only be found on clear lake bottoms.
In the anime
Misty had a Poliwag that eventually evolved into a Poliwhirl and then a Politoed.
One of the Pokémon used at the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School was a Poliwag. Max used it in a battle but lost to a Magby. However, it did help defeat Team Rocket.
A Poliwag appeared in DP089.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Poliwag makes a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory and in Danger: High Voltorb in a Red's flashback remembering his journey with his Poliwhirl.
Gold has a Poliwag as of Template:PSV. It was lost when Team Rocket stole Gold's backpack and its Poké Ball fell into the water. Gold eventually retrieved Poliwag at the Famous Fishing Zone. It evolved into Poliwhirl in Template:PSV.
In the TCG
- Main article: Poliwag (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Snap | River |
Pokémon Channel | Secret Cove |
Pokémon Trozei! | Phobos Submarine Endless Level 22 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue) |
Silent Chasm (5F-9F) Northwind Field (1F-4F) Waterfall Pond (1F-5F) |
Pokémon Ranger | Krokka Tunnel |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) |
Waterfall Cave (B1-B8) Serenity River (B1-B7) |
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 40
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100 - 147 | 190 - 284 | |
50
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
90
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85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |
Total: 300
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Type effectiveness
Template:DP type effectiveness
Learnset
Template:Learnset introMoves in Italics aren't STAB for Poliwag, but are for some/all evolutions.
By leveling up
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Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an Evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available.
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TCG-only Moves
Side game data
Evolution
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Poliwag and Ditto have extremely similar cries.
- Curiously, the swirl on Poliwag's stomach is in the opposite direction to Poliwhirl's and Poliwrath's, but in the same direction of the light green swirl on the stomach of Politoed.
- In Generation I s sprites, the swirl on Poliwag's stomach is in a counter-clockwise direction, starting from the outside. In later Generations, the direction was reversed.
- In its FireRed Pokédex entry, it is stated Poliwag has black skin. The Ruby and Sapphire Pokédex entry for Poliwhirl states that Poliwhirl's skin is covered in oily fluid - if the same applies to Poliwag, it might be a case similar to common bilberry: the berry itself is black but covered in a wax-like coating that makes it look blue.
- Despite having a visible tail, it cannot learn any moves that require a tail.
- Poliwag's eyes, nose and the swirl on its stomach are visible in Generation I and IV's backsprites, but the tail is not. The opposite is true for the Generation II and III backsprites.
- In Pokémon Gold and Silver its sprite has very big eyes but in other games its eyes are normally small.
- In The Official Pokémon Handbook, published by Scholastic Corporation, the back cover says "Did you know that the swirls on Poliwhirl's stomach changes direction when it evolves into Poliwag?" This should be reversed.
Origin
Poliwag has the appearance of a tadpole. The spiral pattern on its belly is supposed to represent how the intestines of tadpoles are sometimes seen through their transparent skin.
Name origin
Poliwag appears to be a misspelling of polliwog, outdated English for tadpole. The wag may refer to its tail, although it is worth noting that polliwog literally means head-wiggle. Its Japanese name may come in part from ニョロニョロ nyoronyoro, the sound of slithering, and 子供 kodomo, child.
In other languages
- German: Quapsel - from (Kaul)Quappe (tadpole).
- French: Ptitard - P'tit is a contraction of petit meaning small, têtard means tadpole.
- Korean: 발챙이 Balchaengi
- Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 蚊香蝌蚪 - 蚊香 is a kind of mosquito repellent used in China that is shaped like a spiral (like poliwag's belly). Literally 'mosquito repellent tadpole'
Related articles
Notes
External links
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