Azurill (Japanese: ルリリ Ruriri) is a dual-type Normal/Fairy baby Pokémon introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation VI, it was a pure Normal-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Marill when leveled up with high friendship, which evolves into Azumarill starting at level 18.
Azurill, along with Wailmer and Kecleon, was one of the first Generation III Pokémon revealed, in early March 2001.
Biology
Azurill is a round, blue mouse Pokémon. It has circular ears with pink insides. There are two white dots on its cheeks, and it has black eyes. Its thin, black, zigzagging tail has a large blue ball at the end about the same size as its body.
The ball is bouncy and packed with the nutrients it needs to be able to grow. The ball can also be used as a flotation device. It can be seen bouncing and playing on this rubbery tail. The tail can also be spun around like a lasso. When the tail is thrown, the body can go as far as 33 feet (10 meters). Though Azurill is typically docile, it swings the big ball on its tail to smash into opponents bigger than itself when angered. It lives at the water's edge, where they gather to splash around for fun on sunny days.
Prior to Generation VI and in Generation IX, Azurill and its evolved forms are the only known Pokémon that can have Huge Power as an Ability.
Evolution
Azurill evolves into Marill, which evolves into Azumarill.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
In The Scheme Team, Misty was revealed to own an Azurill. She carries it in her arms in the same way as her Togetic when it was a Togepi.
Other
Azurill debuted in Pikachu's PikaBoo as one of the Pokémon that played hide-and-seek with Pikachu.
Azurill made its main series debut in A Ruin with a View, where May was in pursuit of the Polka Dot Pokémon. She ultimately failed to catch it, and her Torchic ended up getting sprayed into submission by some of Azurill's companions, which were also its evolved forms.
An Azurill is one of the best friends of the Pichu Brothers. It appeared in Big Meowth, Little Dreams.
In The Great Eight Fate!, an Azurill was part of Juan's Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket, but they all worked together to escape.
In The Brockster Is In!, an Azurill that Normajean was taking care of got badly poisoned by a Tentacruel, alongside several of her other baby Pokémon. It was then healed when Brock's Chansey used Soft-Boiled on it.
Minor appearances
In A Bite to Remember, an Azurill was under the care of Katrina.
In Abandon Ship!, two Azurill bounced by with a Marill on the Abandoned Ship.
An Azurill appeared in Having a Wailord of a Time, under the ownership of a contestant.
In Win, Lose or Drew!, a Coordinator's Azurill competed in the Slateport Contest.
A Coordinator's Azurill appeared in Cruisin' for a Losin'.
Multiple Azurill appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Clamperl of Wisdom, a little boy's Azurill was living at Maisie Island.
In A Cacturne for the Worse, a Coordinator's Azurill faced off against Harley's Cacturne in the Battle Stage of the Purika Contest.
A Coordinator's Azurill appeared in Mean With Envy.
In Off The Unbeaten Path!, an Azurill was in a field with an Aron, Igglybuff, Smoochum, and Chikorita.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in Curbing the Crimson Tide!.
A Coordinator's Azurill appeared in What I Did for Love!.
An Azurill appeared in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 2).
In the beginning of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, an Azurill and its evolved forms put out a forest fire while under the control of Solana's Capture Styler.
In Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!, Team Rocket hypnotized and kidnapped an Azurill.
An Azurill appeared in Wild in the Streets!.
An Azurill appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.
In Hungry For the Good Life!, an Azurill was being cared for by Mr. Backlot.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in League Unleashed!.
An Azurill appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Two Azurill appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, including one at Professor Sycamore's lab. Sycamore's Azurill reappeared in Mega-Mega Meowth Madness! and Day Three Blockbusters!, and in flashbacks in Mega Evolution Special I and Garchomp's Mega Bond!. It then reappeared with two others in Battling With a Clean Slate!.
An Azurill appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
In A Battle by Any Other Name!, a Trainer's Azurill competed in the Poké Puff Contest.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, an Azurill was living in a forest.
In The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, an Azurill was living at the Ninja Village.
An Azurill appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in Forming a More Perfect Union!.
An Azurill appeared in a flashback in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in A Festival Reunion!.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in Making Battles in the Sand!.
Pokédex entries
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Azurill
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May's Pokédex
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Azurill, the Water Ball Pokémon. Azurill is able to throw its tail like a lasso, using the momentum to move about.
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Pokémon Generations
In The Cavern, a wild Azurill was fleeing from a storm that a Primal Kyogre was creating.
POKÉTOON
An Azurill appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.
In the manga
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl
An Azurill appeared in PDP24.
Pokémon Adventures
Azurill debuted in The Last Battle XIII, where it was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
The Battle Tower rented an Azurill, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.
A Trainer's Azurill appeared in Crafty Carnivine and Deprogramming Porygon-Z.
In the TCG
- Main article: Azurill (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Azurill is one of the residents of Treasure Town. He gets captured by Drowzee, and is forced to get treasure for him, but is rescued by the player's team. Azurill and his older brother, Marill, continue to search for the item Water Float, hearing that there's one at the beach. Soon after, Azurill and Marill find out that it is at Amp Plains, and ask if the player and their partner could get it. Later on, Azurill falls into an unwakeable nightmare, and the player has to get Drowzee's help to look into his dream.
Pokédex entries
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Azurill spins its tail as if it were a lasso, then hurls it far. The momentum of the throw sends its body flying, too. Using this unique action, one of these Pokémon managed to hurl itself a record 33 feet.
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Azurill's tail is large and bouncy. It is packed full of the nutrients this Pokémon needs to grow. Azurill can be seen bouncing and playing on its big, rubbery tail.
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Its tail, which is packed with nutrition, is very bouncy like a rubber ball. On sunny days they gather at the edge of water and splash about for fun.
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It battles by flinging around its tail, which is bigger than its body. The tail is a floatation device in water.
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A Pokémon that lives by water. It moves quickly on land by bouncing on its big tail.
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Its tail is filled with nutrients necessary for growth. It plays by bouncing on its tail.
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Its tail bounces like a rubber ball. It flings that tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself.
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Its tail is packed full of the nutrients it needs to grow.
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B2W2: #030
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Its tail bounces like a rubber ball. It flings that tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself.
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It swings its large, nutrient-filled tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself.
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A Pokémon that lives by water. It moves quickly on land by bouncing on its big tail.
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It swings its large, nutrient-filled tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself.
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Azurill spins its tail as if it were a lasso, then hurls it far. The momentum of the throw sends its body flying, too. Using this unique action, one of these Pokémon managed to hurl itself a record 33 feet.
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Azurill's tail is large and bouncy. It is packed full of the nutrients this Pokémon needs to grow. Azurill can be seen bouncing and playing on its big, rubbery tail.
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Isle of Armor #139
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The ball on Azurill's tail bounces like a rubber ball, and it's full of the nutrients the Pokémon needs to grow.
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Although Azurill are normally docile, an angry one will swing around the big ball on its tail and try to smash its opponents.
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It's a Pokémon that lives by water. It moves quickly on land by bouncing on its big tail.
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Its tail is filled with nutrients necessary for growth. It plays by bouncing on its tail.
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Its tail bounces like a rubber ball. It flings that tail around to fight opponents bigger than itself.
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Its tail is packed full of the nutrients it needs to grow.
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Stats
Base stats
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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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22 - 79
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40 - 152
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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40 - 152
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Total: 190
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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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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Azurill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Azurill
- 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 Azurill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Azurill
- 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 Azurill
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Azurill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Azurill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 1.58 seconds
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Base HP: 48
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Base Defense: 45
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Evolution data
Sprites
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Trivia
- Azurill has the lowest base stat total of all Normal- and Fairy-type Pokémon.
- Azurill is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 190.
- Azurill is tied with Togepi and Marill for the lowest base Attack of all Fairy-type Pokémon.
- In addition, Azurill and Marill both have the lowest base Special Attack of all Fairy-type Pokémon.
- Polka dots are known in Japan as 水玉 mizutama, literally meaning water balls. This might explain why Azurill is known as the Polka Dot Pokémon.
- This name also reflects the way Azurill is indirectly related with Water.
- Prior to Generation VI, because Azurill's gender ratio does not match that of its evolved forms and its evolution is not dependent on gender, being female 75% of the time while Marill and Azumarill are female-only 50% of the time, one out of three female Azurill evolves into a male Marill (depending on its personality value). Azurill is the only Pokémon to do this. From Generation VI on, Azurill retains its gender upon evolving, despite the gender ratios still differing.
- Azurill is the only Pokémon which evolves through friendship whose evolved form evolves by level.
- It is also the only Generation III Pokémon which evolves through friendship.
- Azurill is tied with Shroodle for the shortest Normal-type Pokémon.
Origin
Azurill appears to be a mouse combined with a beach ball or possibly a personal flotation device or lifebuoy. The idea of Azurill storing nutrients in its tail may come from the mouse-like fat-tailed dunnart; this marsupial's carrot-shaped tail stores nutrition in the form of fat for times of scarcity.
Azurill's Normal-type instead of Water-type, like its previously introduced evolved forms, Marill and Azumarill, may be an indication of inability to swim at the early stage of life.
Name origin
Azurill may be a combination of azure (a shade of blue) or azul (Spanish and Portuguese for blue) and rill (a small river or brook). Its name may also be derived from its evolutions, Marill and Azumarill.
Ruriri may be derived from 瑠璃 ruri (lapis lazuli), a mineral that is deep blue in color.
In other languages
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 Japanese
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ルリリ Ruriri
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From 瑠璃 ruri
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Azurill
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Same as English name
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 Spanish
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Azurill
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Same as English name
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Azurill
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Same as English name
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 Italian
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Azurill
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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루리리 Ruriri
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Transcription of Japanese name
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 Mandarin Chinese
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露力麗 / 露力丽 Lùlìlì
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Transcription of Japanese name. Contains 露 lù
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 Cantonese Chinese
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露力麗 Louhlihklaih
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Transcription of Japanese name. Contains 露 louh
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 Hindi
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बबॉल Baball
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From ball
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 Thai
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รูริริ Ruriri
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Related articles
External links
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