Dondozo (Pokémon)

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Dondozo Big Catfish Pokémon ヘイラッシャ Heyrusher #0977 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Unaware or Oblivious Cacophony Cacophony Water Veil Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 25 (7.7%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 2 Hatch time 40 cycles
Height 39'04" 12.0 m Dondozo 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 485.0 lbs. 220.0 kg Dondozo 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 265	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Dondozo 3 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Dondozo (Japanese: ヘイラッシャ Heyrusher) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Dondozo interacts with Tatsugiri in Double Battles via its signature move, Order Up, and Tatsugiri's signature Ability, Commander.

Biology

Dondozo's tongue, with three Tatsugiri on top

Dondozo is a giant piscine Pokémon. Its body has three colors: light blue at the top; dark blue in the middle; and white on its belly, upper lip, and fins. It has a pair of pectoral fins and its rear half is flanked on either side by elongated anal fins, ending at a large, fan-like tail fin. On top of its head is a ring of six frills arranged in a circle: the two rightmost frills are much longer and end in flat tips, while the other four are shorter and rounded. It has three gills on either side of its body. Its face has a short protrusion resembling a nose, along with dark blue lips, a blue tongue, a pair of long barbels above its upper lip, and five barbels on its lower jaw, with one of them being longer and curled, located just below its lower lip. Dondozo's tongue is long and rectangular with two blocky protrusions below it, altogether resembling a sushi geta (wooden serving tray for sushi).

Dondozo is one of the biggest Pokémon ever discovered, and is a heavy eater. Although powerful, Dondozo is dull and not very good at hunting, so it teams up with Tatsugiri to catch prey. The Tatsugiri would bait their prey by playing dead, and then commands Dondozo to attack. Dondozo is loyal to Tatsugiri and acts as its subordinate, protecting it inside its mouth from enemies. Basculin is among the species Dondozo preys upon.

Dondozo is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Order Up.

A giant Dondozo, together with a giant Tatsugiri, are both known as the False Dragon Titan, one of the Titan Pokémon found in the Paldea region.

In the TCG

Main article: Dondozo (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Paldea #374 Scarlet This Pokémon is a glutton, but it’s bad at getting food. It teams up with a Tatsugiri to catch prey. Violet It treats Tatsugiri like its boss and follows it loyally. Though powerful, Dondozo is apparently not very smart.

File:Pokedex Image Dondozo SV.png

Dondozo in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Violet North Province: Casseroya Lake Tera Raid Battles (5★, 6★)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 150		210 - 257	410 - 504
Attack: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Defense: 115		108 - 183	211 - 361
Sp. Atk: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Def: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 35		36 - 95	67 - 185
Total: 530	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 011 Supersonic Normal Status 0000— 05555% 20 011 Water Gun Water Special 04040 100100% 25 055 Tickle Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 1010 Flail Normal Physical 0000— 100100% 15 1515 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00——% 5 1515 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00——% 10 2020 Dive Water Physical 08080 100100% 10 2525 Noble Roar Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 3030 Soak Water Status 0000— 100100% 20 3535 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100100% 15 4040 Aqua Tail Water Physical 09090 09090% 10 4545 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00——% 5 5050 Order Up Dragon Physical 08080 100100% 10 5555 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100100% 10 6060 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100100% 15 6565 Wave Crash Water Physical 120120 100100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Dondozo

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM010 TM010 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM046 TM046 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM077 TM077 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM110 TM110 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM123 TM123 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM142 TM142 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Dondozo

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  * Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Fissure Ground Physical — 30% 5 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10 * Yawn Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Dondozo Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Dondozo

Evolution

Unevolved Dondozo  Water

Trivia

• Dondozo is the tallest Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
• Dondozo and its Shiny coloration were designed by James Turner.

Origin

Dondozo seems to be based on the wels catfish, a large species of catfish that is native to Europe and was introduced to Spain. Its Shiny coloration resembles an albino wels catfish. The presence of bird Pokémon in Dondozo's diet may be inspired by the wels catfish's hunting behavior, as some individuals have been known to successfully hunt terrestrial birds by beaching themselves. Dondozo may also be based on a sushi chef, considering its relationship with Tatsugiri, the frills on its head which resemble a bandana or headband commonly worn as part of a sushi chef's uniform, and its tongue which resembles a sushi geta. Its face also somewhat resembles that of a smooth-head blobfish.

Dondozo keeping Tatsugiri inside its mouth may be a reference to mouthbrooding, a parenting style performed by many species of fish–including some catfish species–where the parent fish will keep their offspring safe by holding them inside their mouth. Dondozo's low smarts and larger size compared to Tatsugiri, combined with their synergy together, seem to reference the common "Brains and Brawn" team-up trope in media. Tatsugiri acting as the boss supports this, as the "Brains" is most often the leader in these team-ups.

Name origin

Dondozo may be a combination of don (Spanish for lord) and どうぞ dōzo (Japanese for "please (help yourself)"; typically said when offering something). Don also refers to a crime boss, which may allude to Dondozo's relationship with Tatsugiri, who acts as its consigliere. It may also derive from bozo, in reference to Dondozo's dimwitted nature.

Heyrusher may be a combination of へいらっしゃい heirasshai ("Hey, come on in"; typically said by sushi restaurant chefs when greeting customers) and the agentive suffix ～者 -sha or -er. It may also refer to Rusher Itamae, a Japanese comedian. 板前 Itamae is a Japanese word referring to a chef of traditional Japanese cuisine, and can refer to a sushi chef.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヘイラッシャ Heyrusher From へいらっしゃい heirasshai, the agentive suffix ～者 -sha or -er, and possibly Rusher Itamae French Oyacata From 親方 oyakata and poissons-chat Spanish Dondozo Same as English name German Heerashai From Herr and its Japanese name Italian Dondozo Same as English name Korean 어써러셔 Eosseoreosyeo From 어서 오세요 eoseo oseyo and 러셔 rosyeo, a transcription of rusher from its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 吃吼霸 Chīhǒubà From 吃 chī, 吼 hǒu, 霸 bà, and 食予飽 tsia̍h-hōo-pá Cantonese Chinese 吃吼霸 Hekháuba From 吃 hek, 吼 háu, 霸 ba, and 食予飽 tsia̍h-hōo-pá

More languages Thai เฮรัชเชอร์ Heratchachoe Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Tatsugiri
• Titan Pokémon

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