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Height
6'11" Imperial
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2.1 m Metric
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6'11"/2.1 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
1014.1 lbs. Imperial
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460.0 kg Metric
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1014.1 lbs./460.0 kg Red-Striped
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HP 2
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Atk 0
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Base Exp.: 154
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Battle Exp.: 1541*
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Snorlax (Japanese: カビゴン Kabigon) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
It evolves from Munchlax via Happiness.
In the Generation I and II games and their remakes, wild Snorlax can be found sleeping in inconvenient locations throughout Kanto. In order to catch one, a Trainer must first awaken it with music from either a Poké Flute or PokéGear.
Biology
Physiology
Snorlax's body is composed of mostly its belly, where most of its fat reserves accumulate. It wakes up only to eat and seldom exercises. Its head is also large, and it has two pointed teeth sticking out. Its feet, with three claws and a circular brown paw pad, are extremely large compared to most Pokémon, assisting its balance when it chooses to stand. Its arms and foreclaws are short, but are long enough for Snorlax to grab its food and eat it, and strong enough to deliver powerful blows. It is usually dark blue or green in color.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
When trained and exercised properly, Snorlax can gain supreme strength and ability. They can throw incredibly powerful punches and cause immense earthquakes.
Behavior
Snorlax spend the majority of their time sleeping, surviving on their stored fat. Many Snorlax only awaken once a month, spending their waking time finding more food. A hungry Snorlax isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds of food, and then it goes back to sleep. If one ever sees a sleeping Snorlax, he or she should not wake it up, because these Pokémon become very grumpy if their peaceful dreams become interrupted. Several Template:Type2 Pokémon using Dream Eater find this out the hard way.
Habitat
Snorlax are often in mountains and forests. However, they sometimes wander into towns and streets and sleep there.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Snorlax is not very picky, and will eat anything and everything that is edible. They are fond of large, thorny vines or their diet may compose of bananas found in grasslands. Snorlax only wake up to eat. They need to eat about 900lbs (90% of their bodyweight) to be satisfied before falling back to sleep. Some Snorlax sleep for a month at a time, so 900lbs of food is enough to sustain them for one month whilst asleep.
In the anime
Major appearances
In Snack Attack!, a Snorlax was eating the grapefuits of the Grapefruit Islands. Ash managed to capture it near the end of the episode. After the adventures in the Orange Islands, Ash's Snorlax spent most of its time at Professor Oak's lab.
Other
Snorlax first appeared in Wake Up Snorlax!. This Snorlax was blocking the water flow to a small village.
In The Garden of Eatin', another Snorlax was causing trouble for a man named Marcel by eating the bananas in his Slakoth Banana Garden. Marcel's newly evolved Vigoroth defeated the Snorlax, allowing him to capture it. Afterwards, Marcel made an attraction around his new Snorlax: a relaxation room.
A Snorlax takes part in the Pokéathlon in DP160.
Minor appearances
Training Daze featured a red Snorlax which Jessie, James, and Meowth, while competing with Butch, Cassidy, and TRRaticate ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]), were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be Viper, the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
In Lights, Camerupt, Action, a Snorlax was a sheriff in a western-themed Pokémon movie.
A Snorlax also appeared near the end of Destiny Deoxys, evolving from Munchlax in order to stay afloat during a 'flood' of malfunctioning robots.
In Queen of the Serpentine, a Snorlax made a cameo as one of Lucy's pets.
Roman, who appeared in A Full Course Tag Battle!, owns a Snorlax.
A Snorlax also appeared in the Pikachu short Pikachu and Pichu.
A Snorlax appeared in Challenging a Towering Figure!.
Pokédex entries
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EP041
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, a Sleepy Pokémon. Snorlax wakes only to eat.
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EP041
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Snorlax's weight
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax is the heaviest species of all known Pokémon, with some weighing more than 1,000 pounds.
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EP041
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Snorlax's diet
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax's hunger isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds of food. Then it goes back to sleep.
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Pokémon
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Entry
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EP094
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied unless it eats at least 900 pounds of food per day. Once it is full, it probably goes to sleep.
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Pokémon
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AG088
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied until it's eaten about 900 pounds of food each day, afterwhich it promptly goes to sleep.
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DP076
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Snorlax
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon and the evolved form of Munchlax. It can eat 400 pounds of food before feeling full.
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In the manga
Red caught a Snorlax on Cycling Road.
In the TCG
- Main article: Snorlax (TCG)
Other appearances
When released from a Poké Ball, Snorlax will ascend into the air before descending over a large area of the screen with a Body Slam that sends any opponent underneath flying.
Snorlax does the same maneuver as it did in the previous game, but covers a smaller area.
Snorlax is also a Poké Float. It is lying down asleep and so fighting occurs on its head and belly.
Trophy information
Snorlax love to sleep and love to eat: these portly Pokémon get grumpy if they don't get 888 pounds of food per day. After snacking out, they always nap. They have cast-iron stomachs and can eat moldy and even rotten food with no digestion problems. They are the heaviest Pokémon on record, weighing in at over 1,000 pounds.
Snorlax once again performs the same maneuver as the previous games.
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Ranger: Snorlax will be seen sleeping throughout the game, effectively cutting off certain areas until later on. It will eventually remain in a cave in the Sekra Mountain Range. Once the rest of the Ranger Browser has been completed, it will wake up and can be captured.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Will eat anything, even if the food happens to be a little moldy. It never gets an upset stomach.
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Stadium
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A lazy Pokémon continually fatter by sticking to a cycle of sleeping and eating. Awake only when it eats.
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Generation II
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Gold
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What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
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Silver
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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Crystal
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This Pokémon's stomach is so strong, even eating moldy or rotten food will not affect it.
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Stadium 2
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Snorlax's typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is such a docile Pokémon that there are children who use its expansive belly as a place to play.
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Sapphire
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Snorlax's typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is such a docile Pokémon that there are children who use its expansive belly as a place to play.
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Emerald
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Snorlax's typical day consists of nothing more than eating and sleeping. It is such a docile Pokémon that there are children who use its big belly as a place to play.
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FireRed
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It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.
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LeafGreen
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It is not satisfied unless it eats over 880 pounds of food every day. When it is done eating, it goes promptly to sleep.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Its stomach can digest any kind of food, even if it happens to be moldy or rotten.
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Pearl
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It stops eating only to sleep. It doesn't feel full unless it eats nearly 900 pounds a day.
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Platinum
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When its belly is full, it becomes too lethargic to even lift a finger, so it is safe to bounce on its belly.
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HeartGold
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What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
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SoulSilver
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Its stomach's digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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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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160
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220 - 267
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430 - 524
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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Total: 540
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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 65.
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Special moves
Side game data
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Until Generation III, Snorlax was the heaviest Pokémon. It was later out-massed by both Metagross and Groudon. In Generation IV, Dialga and both forms of Giratina are heavier than it as well, setting it back to its present state of the sixth-heaviest Pokémon known.
- Snorlax has the fifth highest base HP of all Pokémon, after Blissey, Chansey, Wobbuffet, and Wailord, in that order.
- Snorlax could learn or know the move Headbutt from Generation I to Generation III, but can't naturally learn it as of Generation IV.
- Unusually, in Pokémon Stadium (and later 3D games), Snorlax open their eyes when they faint. Also, when they use special attacks, they stand up.
- In Pokémon Snap, when using the Pokéflute it stands up and dances to the music.
- At 110, Snorlax and Dodrio have the highest base Attack stat of all Generation I Normal-types.
- In Generations I to III, Snorlax could learn Hyper Beam by leveling up. However, in Generation IV, possibly due to the Physical/Special split, Snorlax can no longer learn it by leveling up and instead can learn Giga Impact, Hyper Beam's physical variant, possibly referencing its large body mass.
- Though Snorlax appears to be dark blue or green in color, it belongs to the black color group.
- Snorlax is the heaviest Pokémon that can legally hatch from an egg.
- Snorlax's Red (Japanese) and Green Sprite is symmetrical. Shellder in these games is also symmetrical.
- Snorlax is the only Pokémon to have a new sprite for Emerald.
Origin
It may be loosely based on hibernating bears or teddy bears.
Name origin
Snorlax's name is a combination of snore and lax. The lax in its name might also come from relax. Its Japanese name may come from an alternate reading of sleep, 寐 bi, and a corruption of 鼾酔 kansui, snoring, or 憩う ikou, rest. It may also incorporate mold, 黴 kabi, noting the fact that Snorlax will eat anything, even moldy food. 잠만보 is derived from "Sleepy-head".
In other languages
Related articles
External links
Notes
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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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