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Bronzong is a large Pokémon resembling a blue-green bell with two arms coming out of its sides. It has a hollow body and a yoke attached at the top. Its face can be best described as being a "Totem Pole" design; Bronzong has two round, red eyes with blue-green irises and a rectangular mouth with one visible row of square teeth. It also has several darker, rectangular markings on its body.
When angered, Bronzong lets out a warning cry that rings out like the tolling of a bell. It can summon rain clouds, which earned it the nickname "bringer of plentiful harvests" and led to some referring to it as a deity since ancient times. Bronzong's cry is also believed to have the power to open a hole leading to other worlds. Many scientists believe the Bronzong found in Galar originated from a different region after researching the pattern on its body. Some Bronzong can sleep up to 2,000 years, which led to quite the media story when one was discovered in a construction site. Bronzong typically lives in ruins and mountain ranges.
Byron uses two Bronzong in tandem in Brash Bronzong I. Thinking that Platinum and her friends were villains, he attacked the trio, but both Bronzong were defeated by Platinum's Ponyta.
Shielbert's Bronzong appeared in the PASS22. It broke into Professor Magnolia's mobile home in order to retrieve a device its Trainer wanted.
Also, in Generation IV and V, Bronzor and Bronzong were the only Pokémon to have different weaknesses depending on their ability, with Heatproof negating their weakness to Fire moves and Levitate making them immune to Ground moves.
Bronzor and Bronzong with Heatproof are the only Steel types not weak to either Fighting or Fire.
When a Bronzong blinks or falls asleep in Gen V, its "eyes" turn white.
Bronzong is tied with Drifblim as the most common Pokémon found amongst Elite Fours members, being used by four of them.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond's PokéPad entry describes a male Bronzong, despite Bronzong being gender unknown.
Prior to Generation VIII, Bronzong was the only Pokémon able to learn Rain Dance by leveling up that could not learn any moves nor have any Abilities that benefit from rain. This may be related to its Pokédex entries, several of which mention Bronzong's natural power to summon rain clouds.
Bronzong is based on a dōtaku, Japanese bells which were believed to have been used to pray for good harvests. They are often decorated with patterns representing nature and were buried, occasionally with bronze mirrors and weapons, in isolated locations.
Bronzong and the fact that it evolves from Bronzor also seems to be based on an old Japanese myth present in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. The priests of Mugenyama wanted to forge a bell for their temple, so they asked the local women to donate their bronze mirrors for this purpose. A woman contributed her mirror but later regretted it. Because of her repentance, the mirror wouldn't melt in the furnace until she killed herself. Before her suicide, she said that whoever would break the bell would be given great wealth by her ghost. A multitude of people tried to break the bell by ringing it furiously, so the tired priests rolled it down a hill into a swamp in frustration.
Additionally, Bronzong's facial features resemble those of the Mesoamerican rain god Tlāloc, who is often depicted as being predominantly cyan in color. In Mexico City, which is located on the site of the former capital of the Aztec Empire, artifacts are often discovered during construction-related excavation, which Bronzong's Pokédex entry in Pokémon Diamond may reference.
Name origin
Bronzong may be a combination of bronze and gong (a type of musical percussion instrument), dong (onomatopoeia for deep bell reverberation), or bianzhong (an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of bells).
Dohtakun may be derived from 銅鐸 dōtaku (a type of bronze bell) and possibly the honorific 君 -kun (mister).
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