Glalie is a round Pokémon with what appears to be black skin. It has two large, conical horns on either side of its head and its skin is covered by ice. This ice recedes in certain places, revealing the black skin. Its eyes are an icy blue and it also seems to have teeth much like a blue whale's baleen plates. It also partly resembles a soccer ball.
Gender differences
Glalie has none, but is said to be technically the male evolution of Snorunt, because of the debut of Froslass, Snorunt's other evolution. However, there can still be female Glalie.
Special abilities
Glalie's abilities are similar to those of its pre-evolution, only stronger. In fact, Glalie's icy powers are now strong enough to wield Sheer Cold. Other new moves include Dark Pulse, Earthquake, Gyro Ball and Explosion. Since Glalie is a fully evolved Pokémon, it can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
Behavior
Glalie tends to be mischievous. They can block paths in order to trap travelers that dwell into mountain tops or caves. Despite its physical disposition, Glalie are very loyal Pokémon. They are often misjudged by their unfriendly appearance.
Glalie live in deep cold caves and sometimes high atop mountain caps hidden within dark crooks of mountains. They have also been found to sleep withing large Ice fissures created by moving glaciers.
Glalie, the Face Pokémon and an evolved form of Snorunt. Glalie protects itself by creating ice armor from airborne moisture.
In the manga
Noland is seen picking a Glalie as one of his rental Pokémon in his battle against Emerald. Although it came close to winning by delivering a would-be-fatal Sheer Cold that succeeded in hitting its target, Emerald's Sceptile was in fact not meant to be a rental Pokémon and survived due to its higher level. It eventually lost to Sceptile's Iron Tail, and Noland then yields his Frontier Symbol of Knowledge as a result.
Glalie has a body made of rock, which it hardens with an armor of ice. This Pokémon has the ability to freeze moisture in the atmosphere into any shape it desires.
Glalie has the ability to freely control ice. For example, it can instantly freeze its foe solid. After immobilizing its foe in ice, this Pokémon enjoys eating it in leisurely fashion.
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It is also the only pure Ice-type evolved from another pure Ice-type, as Regice is not part of an evolutionary line, and Glaceon evolves from the Template:Type2Eevee.
Glalie shares the exact same base stats with Phione.
Origin
Similar to Jynx, Glalie is based on human features, most likely on a cold, distant person or facial expression. It also looks somewhat similar to an ice hockey mask. Also due to its horns and teeth, it may be based on a standard Oni or possibly even a ball of frozen rice, as it Japanese name suggests.
Name origin
Glalie's name is likely a combination of glacier and goalie.
Onigohri is a combination of 鬼 oni, demon, and 氷 kōri, ice. The "gohri" portion of the name also bears a strong similarity to the English word "goalie" and the Japanese spelling of it. The full name may be a pun on onigiri, which it slightly resembles.
Chinese (Taiwan): 冰鬼護 Bīng Guǐ Hù - The characters 冰 (ice) and 鬼 (ghost) comes from its Japanese name. 護 (to protect) may refer to its shape as an ice hockey mask.
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Glalie images on Bulbagarden Archives.
