Brock is seen with no less than eight Geodude on the jacket of Template:PSV. The Geodude octet is later seen in Template:PSV, attempting to halt the Magnet Train with a combined Magnitude.
Geodude is the final Pokéfloat to appear. As the Unown float around the top half of the screen, Geodude floats across the bottom with its arms outstretched, providing a solid base for fighting. After it leaves the screen, there will be no Pokéfloats on the screen for a few seconds, before Squirtle pops up and restarts the cycle.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
The longer a Geodude lives, the more its edges are chipped and worn away, making it more rounded in appearance. However, this Pokémon's heart will remain hard, craggy, and rough always.
When Geodude sleeps deeply, it buries itself halfway into the ground. It will not awaken even if hikers step on it unwittingly. In the morning, this Pokémon rolls downhill in search of food.
It climbs mountain paths using only the power of its arms. Because they look just like boulders lining paths, hikers may step on them without noticing.
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Geodude are sometimes shown as being able to float as there is a circular shadow underneath them starting in Generation III and onwards. It was also shown floating in the Stadium games and in the Pikachu Short, Pikachu & Pichu. Despite all of these factors it cannot have the Levitate ability or learn Magnet Rise.
Geodude's mouth is seen open in Pokémon Gold, Diamond and Pearl frontal sprites.
Geodude's Template:Shiny2 sprite in Generation II was light brown. It was changed to gold in Generation III onwards.
Geodude's color has changed a lot between generations. It was purplish grey in Generation I, dark grey in Generation II, a little bit greenish grey in Generation III, and regular grey in Generation IV, just like in its official art. It shares this trait with its evolution, Graveler.
Origin
Geodude may be intended to be nothing more than a living boulder.
Name origin
Geodude's name may be a combination of the prefix geo, earth, and dude, a nickname for a male. It may also be from geode, a usually hollow volcanic rock with crystal inside. Isitsubute is a combination of 石 ishi, stone, and 礫 tsubute, throwing stones.
In other languages
German: Kleinstein - From klein (small) and stein (stone), may be based on physicist Albert Einstein.
French: Racaillou - From racaille (rabble or scum) and caillou (stone).
Korean: 꼬마돌 Kkomadol - This name means baby rock or rock kid.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Geodude images on Bulbagarden Archives.
