Poliwrath (Japanese: ニョロボン Nyorobon) is a dual-type Water/Fighting Pokémon.
It evolves from Poliwhirl when exposed to a Water Stone. It is one of Poliwag's final forms, the other being Politoed.
Biology
Poliwrath is a blue, bipedal Pokémon with muscular arms. It has bulbous eyes that protrude from the top of its head. Its belly is covered by a white and black swirl. There appear to be white gloves on its hands, and it has rounded, digit-less feet. It has powerful muscles in its arms and legs that never tire. When it swims, it uses all the muscles in its body, and is able to swim vast distances with minimal breathing. It is even capable of briefly running on the water's surface. Poliwrath, despite being an excellent swimmer, usually lives on dry land near the water's edge.
In the anime
Major appearances
Poliwrath's first non-cameo appearance was in Charizard Chills. An expert Trainer named Tad had one and it defeated Ash's Charizard easily when Ash challenged him. Charizard managed to defeat the Poliwrath in a rematch.
In Hook, Line, and Stinker, Andreas in a Seaking Catching contest owned a Poliwrath.
Chuck used a Poliwrath against Ash in his Gym battle in Machoke, Machoke Man. It quickly defeated Ash's Pikachu but lost to his Bayleef.
In Outrageous Fortunes, Misty challenged another Trainer named Delaney whose main Pokémon was Poliwrath. After seeing it in action, Team Rocket tricked Delaney into giving his Poliwrath to them.
Minor appearances
Poliwrath first appeared in The Punchy Pokémon where it competed in the P1 Grand Prix.
A Poliwrath appeared in The Battling Eevee Brothers! and The Breeding Center Secret.
A Poliwrath appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
A Poliwrath appeared in Marina's fantasy in Bye Bye Psyduck.
Multiple Poliwrath also appeared in The Power of One.
A Poliwrath was seen in a dojo in Wired for Battle!.
Two Poliwrath were among the Pokémon competing in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix in The Fire-ing Squad!.
A Poliwrath was one of the Pokémon competing in the Pokémon Sumo Wrestling in Ring Masters.
A Poliwrath was one of the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
In Pop Goes The Sneasel, a fainted Poliwrath appeared with its Trainer. It was knocked up off-screen after training near the place where the Sacred Fire of Ho-Oh was kept.
A Poliwrath was used by a competitor in the Tour de Alto Mare, a water chariot race, in Pokémon Heroes.
A Poliwrath was one of the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Journey to the Starting Line.
A Poliwrath is used by a student of Pokémon Summer Academy in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.
A Poliwrath appeared in a flashback/fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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EP105
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Poliwrath
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Ash's Pokédex
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Poliwrath, the Tadpole Pokémon. Poliwrath is an excellent swimmer and its powerful muscles make its attacks extremely effective.
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In the manga
Poliwrath in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Poli
Poliwrath debuts in Buzz Off, Electabuzz! when Red's Poli evolves into one to save its Trainer from drowning. Its evolution wasn't explained until the Yellow arc where it was revealed there were four evolutionary stones that could be used without any limit.
A Poliwrath appeared in Gold's fantasy after seeing Polibo evolved into Politoed in Ampharos Amore.
Much later, Chuck, Blue's own master, owns a Poliwrath, seen in Scrappy Skarmory training with him and his Primeape. Together with Primeape, it used DynamicPunch to reveal Suicune's presence in the ocean off the Cianwood coast, but the Gym Leader was defeated in the end, even after being joined by a friend.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Green's Poliwrath debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
One of Giovanni's Poliwhirl appeared in The Thrill of a Perfect Score, Big Rampage at the Amusement Park! where it evolved into a Poliwrath in order to get rid of Red, Clefairy, and Pikachu when they went to the Amusement Park that he built.
In the TCG
- Main article: Poliwrath (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breast stroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake champion swimmers.
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Stadium
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A strong swimmer, it is faster than a human champ in an individual medley. It can go far and fast with minimal breathing.
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Generation II
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Gold
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This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
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Silver
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Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, it lives on dry land.
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Crystal
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It can use its well-developed arms and legs to run on the surface of the water for a split second.
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Stadium 2
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This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Poliwrath's highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this Pokémon can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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Its highly developed muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. This Pokémon can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
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FireRed
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An adept swimmer, it knows the front crawl, butterfly, and more. It is faster than the best human swimmers.
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LeafGreen
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A swimmer adept at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
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SoulSilver
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Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, it lives on dry land.
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Generation V
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Black
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With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
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White
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Black 2
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With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
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Y
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A swimmer adept at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
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Game locations
In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Generation I-V
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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90
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150 - 197
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290 - 384
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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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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 500
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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.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 70.
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Generation VI
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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90
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150 - 197
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290 - 384
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 510
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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 Poliwrath
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Poliwrath
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Poliwrath
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Poliwrath
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Poliwrath in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Poliwrath in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Poliwrath
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Poliwrath
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Poliwrath can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Poliwrath cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Poliwrath
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Poliwrath
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Poliwrath's early design, Nyosuka
- In Generation II and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, a man in Celadon City has a Poliwrath in hope that it will evolve into a frog Pokémon one day. Although the Pokémon he was thinking of is most likely Politoed, it is too late, as it is Poliwhirl that evolves into Politoed when holding a King's Rock, not Poliwrath.
- An early design of Poliwrath revealed on Game Freak's official Japanese website circa 1997 depicts it wearing a crown, similar to the King's Rock which is necessary to evolve Poliwhirl into Politoed.
- Poliwrath shares its species name with Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Tympole. They are all known as the Tadpole Pokémon.
Origin
Poliwrath is based on a glass frog. The spiral pattern on its belly is supposed to represent how the organs of these frogs and other tadpoles can sometimes be seen through their transparent skin. It may also be based on amphibian neoteny, as it stays in tadpole form and does not metamorphose into a frog.
Name origin
Poliwrath is a combination of polliwog and wrath (anger).
Nyorobon is a combination of ニョロニョロ nyoronyoro (the sound of slithering) and an alternate reading of 洪 kō (deluge or flood) is hon (relative to bon).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ニョロボン Nyorobon
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From ニョロニョロ nyoronyoro and 洪 kō which can also be read as hon or bon
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French
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Tartard
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From tartarin and têtard
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Spanish
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Poliwrath
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Same as English name
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German
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Quappo
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From Kaulquappe
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Italian
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Poliwrath
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Same as English name
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Korean
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강챙이 Gangchaeng'i
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From 강 gang and 올챙이 olchaeng'i
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Mandarin Chinese
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快泳蛙 Kuàiyǒngwā
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Literally "Fast swimming frog"
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Cantonese Chinese
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大力蛙 Daaihlihkwā
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Means "Great strength frog" or "Energetic frog"
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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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