Machamp (Pokémon)
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Machamp (Japanese: カイリキー Kairiky) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Machoke when traded. It is the final form of Machop.
Machamp has a Gigantamax form.
Biology
Machamp is a large, humanoid Pokémon with four well-muscled arms. It has bluish-gray skin, red eyes, and pale yellow lips. On its head, there are three brown ridges right above its eyes. It has two arms on each side of its body: a pair located in the normal position, and another pair directly above that attaches on the top of the shoulders. It has black markings that resemble briefs and wears a golden power-save belt that resembles a championship belt. Its legs have considerable muscle tone, and its feet have two toes each.
Machamp are said to know every martial arts style in the world. It punches extremely quickly, throwing five hundred punches a second. With only one hand, it can move a mountain. Because of its four arms, it can hit from a multitude of angles and pin all of its foe's limbs down at once. Its arms also allow it to attack and defend simultaneously. The four arms react much faster than Machamp can think. However, it has poor dexterity, and cannot handle delicate work without its arms becoming tangled. The belt it wears restrict its muscle activity, but it can cause consequences if removed.
Being the result of an evolution via trading, Machamp is rarely found in the wild, though they can be found in the mountains. In the past, Low Kick, Vital Throw, and Strength were its signature moves.
As Gigantamax Machamp, it swells to enormous proportions and acquires immeasurable strength. Due to Gigantamaxing, its arms are filled with power, the punches it makes can hit as hard as bomb blasts. Its bluish-gray skin becomes darker. The middle ridge located on its head becomes longer compared to the other two. All three ridges are also darker now. The sclera of the brown eyes become bright yellow. The neck extends with black markings. The four fists are now colored dark orange with yellow lines connecting to two orange spots on each arm. The golden belt extends with several more notches. The black markings now extend down the legs and stop above the ankles.
Gigantamax Machamp is the only known Pokémon capable of using the exclusive G-Max Move G-Max Chi Strike.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
In The Battle of the Badge, Giovanni loaned a Machamp to Jessie, James, and Meowth after he put them in charge of the Viridian Gym. It was subsequently used in their battle against Ash, where it defeated Squirtle.
In From Brags to Riches, Gavin owns a Machamp. Morrison battled it with his Gligar during the Ever Grande Conference, and Gligar managed to defeat Machamp.
In Sitting Psyduck, Emily's Machamp chased after her runaway Psyduck.
In Bibarel Gnaws Best!, the expert stonecutter owns multiple Machamp. They served as construction workers under the supervision of Isis.
In The Forest Champion!, a Machamp was the rival of Hawlucha and the previous champion of the forest where they lived. Machamp was tricked by a ruffian pair of Ursaring and Conkeldurr into having a rematch with Hawlucha, but when the two troublemakers interfered with their duel, Machamp took them out with a single move and called off the fight. Machamp was later seen watching Hawlucha agree to join Ash, promising to look after the forest in the Wrestling Pokémon's stead.
In The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!, Jessie pulled a Machamp from the Rocket Prize Master and used it during their scheme to steal the Pokémon participating in the Pokémon Iceberg Race.
Minor appearances
In The Punchy Pokémon, two Machamp competed in the P1 Grand Prix. One lost to Ash's Primeape, while the other lost to Anthony's Hitmonchan.
In the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, Raymond used a Machamp to battle Ash and his Squirtle, but it was defeated by Squirtle's Bubble Beam.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in The Mandarin Island Miss-Match.
In The Power of One, a Machamp sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A Machamp appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Machamp appeared in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Machamp participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.
In Ring Masters, a Machamp competed in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference. It went up against Ash's Snorlax in the semifinals and lost.
In Machoke, Machoke Man!, a Machamp was at the Cianwood Gym.
A Machamp appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, under the ownership of a participant in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in The Ties That Bind.
A Machamp appeared in Playing with Fire!.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in a fantasy in Like a Meowth to a Flame.
In Saved by the Beldum, a Trainer's Machamp attended the Ever Grande Conference. It reappeared in a flashback in Shocks and Bonds.
In Numero Uno Articuno, Noland's Machamp lived at the Battle Factory.
In The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, the Mirage Master used a Mirage Machamp as part of his army.
In Harley Rides Again, a Coordinator's Machamp competed in the Wisteria Town Pokémon Contest.
A Machamp appeared in Shapes of Things to Come!, under the ownership of a miner.
A Machamp appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, under the ownership of one of the participants of Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.
In a flashback in League Unleashed!, a Trainer's Machamp was revealed to have been defeated by Tobias's Darkrai during the Lily of the Valley Conference.
A Machamp appeared in a flashback in When Light and Dark Collide!.
A Machamp appeared in Battling With a Clean Slate!.
Two Trainers' Machamp appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.
In To Top a Totem!, four Police Machamp helped lift some logs. In A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, another three Machamp were trying to deal with a Buzzwole. In the banned episode SM064, another four Machamp were defeated by a few Passimian from Akala Island.
Two Trainers' Machamp appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins...
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in Faba's Revenge!.
In Pushing the Fiery Envelope!, a Trainer's Machamp took part in a Battle Royal. It ended up being defeated by the Masked Royal's Incineroar. In A Young Royal Flame Ignites!, Machamp took part in another Battle Royal.
In Smashing with Sketch!, a Trainer's Machamp competed in the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
In The Power of Us, a Machamp was following Harriet around.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!.
A Trainer's Machamp appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.
Two Machamp appeared in This Magik Moment!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other filming a quiz show by holding one camera in each of its arms.
In a flashback in The Dealer of Destruction!, a Trainer's Machamp was battling another Trainer's Alolan Ninetales on Mount Lanakila.
In JN026, Kasuking owns two Machamp. Three additional Machamp helped out at the Magikarp High Jump Tournament.
A Machamp appeared in a fantasy in JN034, under the ownership of Bea.
A Trainer's Machamp will appear in M23.
In Pokémon Generations
In The Chase, an International Police SWAT team used a Machamp during the raid on the Viridian Gym. It smashed one of its walls open.
In The Challenger, Bruno used a Machamp against Blue's Pidgeot, but it lost to its super effective Wing Attack.
In Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Letter, Bea owns a Machamp. It battled and lost to Leon's Charizard in a Pokémon League tournament. In Training, Machamp was training alongside Bea and her other Pokémon in the Wild Area. In Buddy, Machamp was seen on television.
In the manga
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
- Main article: Machamp (MPJ)
Machamp is a Pokémon owned in Magical Pokémon Journey.
In the movie adaptations
A Machamp appeared in ICYR2, under the ownership of Borosue.
In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
A Machamp appeared in PMDP16.
In the Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon manga
A competitor's Machamp appeared in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon.
In the Pocket Monsters HGSS manga
A Machamp appeared in PMHGSS18.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Blue's Machamp
Machamp first appeared in Tauros the Tyrant, where a Team Rocket Grunt used it in an attempt to catch Green.
Blue has a Machamp that debuted as a Machoke in A Tale of Ninetales. He was accidentally traded with Red, along with Blue's other Pokémon, when Red and Blue's Poké Balls got mixed up. Under Red's ownership, Machoke evolved into Machamp before being returned to Blue.
A Machamp appeared in Can You Diglett? as a silhouette when Agatha and Lorelei explained to Red about how Pokémon and people can't coexist with each other.
In Make Way for Magikarp, Bruno used a Machamp that, unlike all other Machoke who evolve from trade in this manga, had kept on its power-absorbing belt to be used later. With this power, it defeated Red's Poli before it was defeated by Vee as a Jolteon. It briefly returned in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc to participate in a Pokéathlon match against Gold.
Machamp was one of the Pokémon used by Chuck against Blue's Rhydon in Entranced by Entei.
Multiple Machamp were used by Galactic Grunts in Tackling Tangrowth and Mixing It Up with Machamp.
Three Machamp appeared in a flashback in Pinsir Glares.
A Ride Machamp appeared in Thieving and Boss Crabominable, where it was used by Sun to protect him from a group of wild Crabrawler. It reappeared in The Truth and Island Kahuna Hapu and Battle in Vast Poni Canyon.
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Enta battled a Machamp in Aim for the Top! in order to reach the top of the Battle Pyramid.
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
In Return to Hareta's Home Forest!, the reporter that Hareta encountered used a Machamp in battle.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
A Machamp appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal!.
A Machamp appeared in a flashback in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
In The Challenge at Celadon University!, Shu battled a Machamp at Celadon University's campus hospital to prevent it from destroying the entire building.
A Machamp appeared in GDZ45, under the ownership of Hinako.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Red and Green each own a Machamp, as seen in Catch That Pokémon Thief!! and Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!!, respectively.
Giovanni sent out a Machamp in order to get rid of Red, Clefairy and Pikachu when they went to the amusement park that he built in The Thrill of a Perfect Score, Big Rampage at the Amusement Park!. It reappeared in Get The Last Badge!!, Good-Bye, Pikachu?!, and Pokémon Hair Salon Opens!!.
A Machamp is one of Bruno's Pokémon in the Pokémon League, as seen in Clefairy's Under Training!!.
A Machamp appeared in Panic on the Luxury Liner?!.
A Machamp appeared in Squirtle, the Crybaby Pokémon, under the ownership of Giovanni.
A Machamp appeared in Team Rocket's Downfall!!.
A Machamp appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
A Machamp appeared in Clefairy's Pikachu Robot.
A Machamp appeared in I Want to Become Popular!!, under the ownership of a boy.
A Machamp appeared in Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!.
A Machamp appeared in Pokémon Snowball Fight.
A Machamp appeared in The Food Battle.
A Machamp appeared in Legend Of The Strongest Pokémon!!.
In the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga
A Machamp appeared in Serious Bicycle Match!, under the ownership of Rydel's rival.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Giovanni used a Machamp against Satoshi in PZ05.
In the TCG
- Main article: Machamp (TCG)
Other appearances
Pokkén Tournament
- Main article: Machamp (Pokkén Tournament)
Machamp is a Power-type playable character in Pokkén. Specializing in close range combat, Machamp deals incredible damage in exchange for a slow walk speed and lack of projectiles. Moves it can use include Wake-Up Slap, Karate Chop, Bulk Up, Cross Chop, Submission, and Close Combat. In Burst form, it can use the Burst Attack Dynamic Fury.
Detective Pikachu
Two Machamp appeared in Detective Pikachu. One of them was seen directing traffic.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Machamp appears as a Spirit.
Game data
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Gigantamax Machamp
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RS | Pokémon Center New York Campaign 6 Machamp | English | United States | 30 | August 21 to 27, 2004 |
XYORAS | Pokémon EXPO Gym Machamp | Japanese region | Online | 39 | November 19, 2015 to May 31, 2016 |
ORAS | Mark McQuillan's Machamp | All | Europe and the United States | 50 | May 14 to July 3, 2016 |
SM | Saori Yoshida's Machamp | Japanese region | Nintendo Zone | 34 | February 8 to 28, 2017 |
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Trivia
- In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Machamp was originally known as "Ju-Doh". This name is a corruption of judo, a fighting style.
- Machamp could be seen as a counterpart to Alakazam. They are both the last stage of a three-part evolutionary family, they reach their final stage by trading, level up at a Medium Slow rate, and they both have a 75% male gender ratio. Also, Machamp excels at the Attack stat, while Alakazam excels at the Special Attack stat. Their evolutionary families are also next to each other in the National Pokédex. Moreover, a girl in Oreburgh City will trade her Abra for a Machop. Additionally, their base friendship is the same at 70, and all Pokémon in both of their respective evolutionary lines are in the Human-Like egg group. Finally, while Machamp has a Gigantamax form, Alakazam has a Mega Evolution.
- Machamp also can be seen as a counterpart to the Conkeldurr evolutionary line. Both of them are Fighting-type Pokémon whose Attack is their highest stat. They both have below average speed. They share the same base stat total. They both have same gender ratio, they both have three-evolutionary stages, and they both reach their respective final-evolutionary stage through trading.
- Besides Alakazam and Conkeldurr, Machamp can also be seen as a counterpart to Gengar. All four Pokémon can be obtained through evolution induced by trade. Gengar and Machamp are also capable of Gigantamaxing starting in Generation VIII and belong to two Gym Leaders in the Galar region, depending on which game is played; Machamp belongs to Bea in Pokémon Sword, while Gengar belongs to Allister in Pokémon Shield.
Origin
Machamp appears to be based on a bodybuilder or wrestler. Seeing as it has more than two arms and blue skin, Machamp might also be based on a Hindu god, perhaps Shiva or Vishnu.
Name origin
Machamp may be a combination of macho (Spanish for overly masculine or chauvinist) and champion. Macho has come to mean tough or masculine in English. Akin to Mr. Mime, the masculine attribute has no reflection on gender assignment, as both species can be male and female; however, Machop's evolutionary line does have a 3:1 male:female ratio, making the species predominantly—but not entirely—male. The name may also incorporate the term Mach, referring to the high speeds at which Machamp can dole out its powerful punches.
Kairiky is a corruption of 怪力 kairiki (superhuman strength). It is worth noting that kairiki is the Japanese name of Strength.
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