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Golem is a bipedal tortoise-like boulderPokémon with a spherical body covered by a shell of plated, green rocks. Its body is so hard that even dynamite cannot scratch it. Its head protrudes from the center of the shell. The head has a flat snout with two pointed teeth in the lower jaw and red eyes. It has short arms that have three claws and two legs with feet that have four claws in front and one in back. The head and limbs are light brown.
Golem grows bigger by shedding its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens when exposed to air, crumbling away and returning to the soil. Farmers are known to collect Golem's shells. Golem's soil is spread across fields to promote crop growth. However, it stops shedding with age and moss grows over its shell. As shown in the Pocket Monsters Carddass Trading Cards, Golem's shell is hollow.
As shown in The Bridge Bike Gang, Golem can withdraw its head and limbs into its shell and roll at high speeds. It is dangerous when doing this, as it is unable to see and may crash into or run over anything in its path. To prevent it from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves are dug into the sides of the mountains to divert the rolling Golem's course. It is seldom seen in the wild. However, it can be found living in mountainous regions. Golem are known to detonate their own body. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Golem is known to occasionally sleep upside down.[1] It is believed that Golem rocks itself into a deep slumber, similar to a cradle. However, there's a chance a sleeping Golem may roll into anyone nearby it. Hence, its best to stay clear of Golem while it sleeps.
A Golem with its head and limbs withdrawn into its shell
In the Alola region, Golem has shorter forearms with two claws. The feet have only two claws as well. Its face attracts iron sand, creating the appearance of a mustache, eyebrows, and a large black beard. Jutting out of the top of its body are two large, black rocks with a smaller rock in between, forming the shape of a cannon. On the inner edge of the larger rocks are three golden dots.
The cannon prevents them from easily rolling into a ball like its Kantonian variant. Alolan Golem has a grumpy and stubborn personality. Should anyone make Alolan Golem upset, it will roar with a voice similar to thunder, discharging electricity from its body at the same time. Alolan Golem is capable of firing the small rock by using magnetism. The rock will be electrically charged, creating shocks across the whole area of impact. Numbness and fainting can occur with even a glancing blow. If rocks are not available, it will fire nearby Geodude instead. They can also be found in the Canyon Biome of Blueberry Academy's Terarium, where Alola's island life is simulated.
It sheds its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens and crumbles away. (Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) It is capable of blowing itself up. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain. (Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as guideways for diverting this Pokémon's course.
It is said to live in volcanic craters on mountain peaks. Once a year, it sheds its hide and grows larger. The shed hide crumbles and returns to the soil.
Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as guideways for diverting this Pokémon's course.
It uses magnetism to accelerate and fire off rocks tinged with electricity. Even if it doesn't score a direct hit, the jolt of electricity will do the job.
The rocklike shell is shed each year. The cast-off shell then crumbles, reverting to a mass of soil, which can be spread across fields to promote crop growth.
Increases Snorlax's Strength by anywhere from 200 to 800.
Apparently Golem sleeps upside down sometimes, perhaps because it wants to rock itself into a deep sleep as if it's in a cradle. There's a chance it might roll into you, so it seems best to stay clear.
In Can't Beat the Heat!, Gary used a Golem in his battle against Ash. It battled Charizard, who was unable to use Seismic Toss on it due to its weight. However, despite that and Charizard being stunned by its Magnitude, Golem was defeated.
In Sparking Confusion!, an Alolan Golem, alongside a group of Alolan Geodude and Graveler, caused havoc at Wela Volcano Park after their feeding rituals were disrupted by a group of rock hunters. Ash, Kiawe, and Sophocles fought it, until Sophocles's RideMetang proved to be the more dominant one by getting Golem's iron sand to stick to its face. After its defeat, Metang returned the iron sand. In the end, one of the Hikers who frequent Wela Volcano caught the Golem, who had become fond of them.
In an image in Who Gets To Keep Togepi, Ash, Misty, and Brock were discussing which Pokémon they believed would hatch out of the Egg, with Brock mentioning that he wished it would be a Golem.
Golem, Alola Form. The Megaton Pokémon. A Rock and Electric type. It uses electricity to launch rocks and stones, and its eyebrows and moustache are gathered iron filings.
Golem debuted in Drat That Dratini!, where a horde of them tried to attack Red and Yellow, but they escaped using Red's Aerodactyl. They later appeared again in Long Live the Nidoqueen!? when the people of Viridian City were trying to calm them down. In Sea Sea Seadra, several of the wild Golem in Viridian Forest appeared in a flashback of Bill's about how the ecology of the forest hasn't changed in two years.
In Golly, Golem, Giovanni was seen with a Golem as the second Pokémon he sent out against Red. His best attacks involved his body shattering, allowing him to use Rock Throw.
A hint to its existence can be found in the English versions of these games, where a non-player character at the Celadon Department Store receives his friend's Graveler via trade and mentions it evolving. In the Japanese version, the NPC speaks of his new Haunter evolving into a Gengar instead.
Either Electabuzz or Magmar (depending on version being played), Kabutops or Omastar (depending on which fossil the player chose) and Venusaur (if the player started with Charmander in Red and Blue or locked themselves out of Bulbasaur in Yellow) can be other Pokémon that cannot ever be seen, but only Golem is definitely missable.
Golem, as the name suggests, is based on a golem, an earth type elemental creature, more specifically on representations in modern role-playing games, which usually are ogre-like creatures whose bodies are covered in, or made of, stones. It could also have been inspired by the tsuchikorobi, a Japanese yōkai known as the 'tumbling monster', for its habit of rolling over travelers and crushing them, as Golem does.
Alolan Golem, like its predecessors, seems to have structures made of piezoelectric crystals or magnetite, a subset of iron ore known for its black crystalline appearance and magnetic properties. The black structure on its back may be derived from an electroshock weapon or a railgun. This iron ore takes shape of a Golem's beard and eyebrows.
Name origin
Golem is literally golem.
Golonya may be a combination of ゴロンゴロン goron-goron (onomatopoeia of rolling rocks) and montagna (Italian for mountain).
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