Tyranitar is a large, bipedal, dinosaurian Pokémon with a green, armor-like hide covering its body. It has two pairs of pointed teeth: one in the upper jaw and one in the lower. Several spikes of varying sizes protrude from the back of its head, neck, and shoulders. Both sides of its chest, the center of its back, and its knees have two triangular holes. There is a gray, diamond-shaped patch of scales covering its belly and a smaller one on its back. It has three claws on its feet and hands. A ring of spikes surrounds the tip of its tail.
Tyranitar is a powerful Pokémon with an insolent nature, uncaring of others. It is extremely strong, and its thick, rocky hide gives it good resistance to all forms of attack. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Tyranitar sleeps with no fear thanks to this overwhelming power and strong body.[3] As it is not worried about surroundings even in its sleep, Tyranitar can be seen sleeping in an amazing sleeping position with its limbs open wide. As a result, Tyranitar is always looking for a battle and will not flinch at anything, though it ignores opponents that it thinks are not worth its time. Tyranitar's power is so devastating that it can forcefully crush anything using one of its hands. If enraged, Tyranitar sets off outstanding earthquakes that can completely change the entire landscape, destroying houses and mountains, and often forcing cartographers to draw up new maps. It lives in nests made from demolished mountains. In the Galarregion, it has a fierce rivalry with Duraludon, which it shares its habitat with, often battling each other in the mountains.[4]Iron Thorns is believed to be a relative of Tyranitar from one billion years in the future.
Mega Tyranitar has more gaps in its armor than its normal form, with four new triangular holes along the sides of its neck and one on its throat. The four holes on its chest are now larger with the top two containing red ovals. While the spikes along the back of its neck grow shorter, the ones on its head elongate to form prominent ridges along its brows. The center spike on its head becomes a long, upright horn. Its chest plate expands, curving over its shoulders and along its back to form three long, irregular spikes on each side of its body. The scales on Mega Tyranitar's belly have now become red instead of blue and seethe with energy, enabling it to emanate more power.[5] It gains two sharp spikes on its knees, as well as more prominent leg joints. Its tail lengthens, with the three spikes surrounding its tip growing upward and outward. Its back had split open because of the overwhelming power from Mega Evolution. As a Mega Tyranitar, its instincts have only become more destructive, to the point where it may not even be able to hear its Trainer's orders.
Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. This Pokémon wanders about in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.
Tyranitar is so overwhelmingly powerful, it can bring down a whole mountain to make its nest. This Pokémon wanders about in mountains seeking new opponents to fight.
Ever since Conkeldurr scolded him for his reckless behavior, he respects Conkeldurr like a father. He does this even though he sometimes rebels against him.
Tyranitar has such a sturdy body, it can even doze off in the middle of a sandstorm. We saw it waiting in thedesert, hoping for a suitably strong opponent to come along.
Tyranitar made its main series debut in Address Unown, where Ash and his friends, who were in Larvitar's mind, saw her in Larvitar's memory of being separated from its Tyranitar mother. Larvitar returned to its mother in the following episode.
In A Poached Ego!, Rico's Pupitar evolved into a Tyranitar and immediately attacked Team Rocket while trying to steal Arbok, Weezing, and the horde of Ekans and Koffing that Rico had been seeking. However, Team Rocket fought back, giving Arbok, Weezing, and the Ekans and Koffing enough time to escape. Tyranitar was eventually taken care of by Officer Jenny's Growlithe.
In A Faux Oak Finish!, a Trainer's Tyranitar was agitated by a splinter in its foot. However, Professor Oak was able to connect with it and pull the splinter out.
Prior to the events of Volume 8, Silver received a Pupitar from Lance. He evolved into Tyranitar prior to Silver's showdown with Gold in Tyranitar War. Silver remarked that Tyranitar's level was so high that "even I can't control it", likely referencing the tendency for traded Pokémon to disobey. Silver eventually returned Tyranitar to Lance, deeming himself still unsuitable to own him.
A Tyranitar appeared in A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, where it was one of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's fantasy when he explains that Trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.
In Farewell To Pikachu?!, Black unsealed the Black Tyranitar, a Pokémon that once wreaked havoc in the Johtoregion many years ago. However, upon being freed, it resumed its rampage. In the end, Gold managed to seal it back with the help of Eusine and Black.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
A Tyranitar appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a thief.
The Tyranitar from Team A.C.T. appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team. He, along with his teammates, is a role model of Mudkip and tries to rescue him when he mistakenly believes that Ginji is a threat to Mudkip's safety.
Tyranitar is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee all-rounder that starts as Larvitar and evolves into Pupitar at level 5, which evolves into Tyranitar at level 9.
Trivia
Monster design by Ken Sugimori, published in April 1997[6]
Tyranitar shares its category name with Donphan. They are both known as the Armor Pokémon.
Mega Tyranitar is tied with Mega Diancie for the highest base stat total of all Rock-typePokémon and it also has the highest base stat total of all Dark-type Pokémon.
Mega Tyranitar has the highest base Attack and Defense stats of all Dark-type Pokémon.
Tyranitar's design heavily resembles a monster design illustrated by Ken Sugimori for Volume 14 of MicroDesign Publishing's Bimonthly Game Review (Japanese: 隔月刊ゲーム批評) magazine, published on April 1997. According to Sugimori, the monster design was meant to be an original creation unrelated to Pokémon.[6]
Origin
Tyranitar's design may have drawn inspiration from the kaiju genre; its upright posture may allude to how most kaiju are humanoid in shape, due to the need to fit a person inside the suit. Mega Tyranitar's back splitting open could be based on an insect emerging from its cocoon.
Another influence it may have is with the Armadillo girdled lizard, a desert-dwelling lizard mainly distinguished by its especially firm scales, or certain theropod dinosaurs.
Name origin
Tyranitar may be derived from tyrant or Tyrannosaurus (derived from the same root) and Tarasque.
Bangiras may be a combination of 野蛮 yaban (savage) or 蛮 ban (barbarian), 嫌い kirai (hated), and ソーラス -saurus (Greek-derived suffix for dinosaur names).
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