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Pupitar (Japanese: サナギラス Sanagiras) is a dual-type Rock/Ground Pokémon.
It evolves from Larvitar starting at level 30 and evolves into Tyranitar starting at level 55.
Biology
Pupitar is encased inside a thick shell made of grayish-blue rock. Its red eyes can be seen through two holes in the shell, and two more holes directly above resemble eyebrows. The upper portion of its body it covered by a mask-like plate with four large spikes on either side. Three additional spikes protrude from its forehead. Since its arms and legs are developing inside the shell, Pupitar is capable of venting gas to propel itself around, and can generate enough forces to knock down mountains. Pupitar lives and moves freely around harsh mountain ranges.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ritchie has a Pupitar named Cruise which is seen from The Mystery is History! to A Promise is a Promise.
Rico, a Pokémon Poacher, had a Pupitar that evolved into a Tyranitar in A Poached Ego!.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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EP220
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Pupitar
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Ash's Pokédex
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Pupitar, the Hard Shell Pokémon. Pupitar is encased in a nearly indestructible shell and has enough power to topple a mountain.
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In the manga
Pupitar in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Pupitar first appeared in one of Lance's flashbacks in Popular Pupitar, where he first encountered Silver. He switched out Pupitar to counter the Pursuit from Silver's Murkrow.
In the TCG
- Main article: Pupitar (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Its shell is as hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain.
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Silver
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Even sealed in its shell, it can move freely. Hard and fast, it has outstanding destructive power.
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Crystal
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It will not stay still, even while it's a pupa. It already has arms and legs under its solid shell.
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Stadium 2
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Its shell is as hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Pupitar creates a gas inside its body that it compresses and forcefully ejects to propel itself like a jet. The body is very durable - it avoids damage even if it hits solid steel.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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A Pupitar creates a gas inside its body that it ejects under compression to propel itself like a jet. Its body can withstand a collision with solid steel.
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FireRed
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Even sealed in its shell, it can move freely. Hard and fast, it has outstanding destructive power.
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LeafGreen
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Its shell is as hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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Its shell is as hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain.
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SoulSilver
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Even sealed in its shell, it can move freely. Hard and fast, it has outstanding destructive power.
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Generation V
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Black
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Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
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White
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Black 2
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This pupa flies around wildly by venting with great force the gas pressurized inside its body.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
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Y
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Its shell is as hard as sheet rock, and it is also very strong. Its thrashing can topple a mountain.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
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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84
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80 - 149
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155 - 293
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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51
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50 - 113
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96 - 221
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Total: 410
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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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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 Pupitar
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pupitar
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Japanese sprites
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Gold and Silver back sprites
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Trivia
- Pupitar is only Pokémon that undergoes metamorphosis-like evolution whose Defense base stat is not higher than its Attack. Instead, its Attack base stat is its highest stat.
Origin
Pupitar is based on a pupa, as it is between its evolutionary line's larval stage (Larvitar) and adulthood (Tyranitar).
Name origin
Pupitar is derived from pupa, the stage in some insects between the larval stage and adulthood.
Sanagiras may be a combination of 蛹 sanagi (pupa) and 嫌い kirai (hate). Giras may derive from Gojira, the Japanese name for the character Godzilla, or Angiras, the Japanese name for the character Anguirus. Both are dinosaur-like tokusatsu movie monsters that share some characteristics with Tyranitar, its evolution.
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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サナギラス Sanagiras
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From 蛹 sanagi, 嫌い kirai, Godzilla, and Angiras
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French
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Ymphect
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From nymph and infecte. It may also have been named that way to resemble insecte
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Spanish
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Pupitar
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Same as English name
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German
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Pupitar
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Same as English name
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Italian
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Pupitar
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Same as English name
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Korean
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데기라스 Degiraseu
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From 번데기 beondegi and Angiras.
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Mandarin Chinese
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沙基拉 Shājīlā
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Transliteration of its Japanese name. May also be from 安基拉斯 Ānjīlāsī. Contains 沙 shā
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Cantonese Chinese
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External links
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