Rhydon (Pokémon)
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Rhydon (Japanese: サイドン Sidon) is a dual-type Ground/Rock Pokémon.
It evolves from Rhyhorn starting at level 42, and evolves into Rhyperior via trade with Protector.
Biology
Physiology
Rhydon is a large, gray dinosaur-like Pokémon. It has a long tail with skinny, black stripes. Rhydon has a cream-colored stomach and a ridged back. Rhydon has two horns on its head, with the one on the nose being a metal drill.
Gender differences
The female's drill-horn is smaller than the male's.
Special abilities
Rhydon's drill-horn is capable of crushing uncut diamonds and it can knock down a building with one strike of its tail. Rhydon's rocky hide is strong enough to withstand direct cannonball fire.
Behavior
Rhydon is apparently much smarter than its Template:P2, evidenced by its ability to stand on its hind-legs.
Habitat
Rhydon are mainly found in cavernous areas.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
A mechanical Rhydon appeared in Island of the Giant Pokémon as a part of Pokémon Land.
Rhydon's true debut episode was Showdown at Dark City, under the ownership of one of the trainers at Kas Gym.
Rhydon's first major role was in Riddle Me This, being one of Blaine's Pokémon. Blaine used a Rhydon against Ash during the first battle for Ash's Volcano Badge. While normally tough against electric attacks, Rhydon was defeated when Ash's Pikachu struck Rhydon's horn, which acted like a lightning rod.
Giovanni owns a Rhydon that he loaned to Jessie and James in The Battle of the Badge.
A trainer named Assunta used one to battle Ritchie in Friends to the End
A Rhydon belonging to Rudy made a cameo appearance in Misty Meets Her Match.
Giant Rhydon were seen on Fairchild Island in Bound For Trouble.
Right on, Rhydon featured a Rhydon that knew Surf.
Rhydon also made a cameo appearance in Numero Uno Articuno as one of Noland's Pokémon.
Brock's dad, Flint, has a Rhydon, but was just mentioned. Flint mostly used his Rhydon for helping him decorate the Pewter Gym's battlefield with rocks from mountaintops.
Nurse Joy had a Rhydon to help look for Kabuto fossils.
Ash's Pikachu and Paul's Chimchar battled against a Rhydon and a Magmar in the Hearthome City's Tag Battle Tournament in Tag! We're It...!.
In Bibarel Gnaws Best!, the Head Engineer owned a Rhydon.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Rhydon debuts in the Red, Green & Blue chapter in its own round, Raging Rhydon, as a Koga's Pokémon that is forced to evolve by its trainer with a mysterious injection, being the first evolution showed in the manga.
Rhydon is later seen as one of Giovanni's Pokémon.
In Template:PSV, Green captures a Rhydon outside the Viridian Gym. He uses it to defeat Chuck in Template:PSV, as well as Orm in Template:PSV. Near the end of the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, Green remarks on a footnote Giovanni included in his handbook: Rhydon possibly possessed a stronger form. This is a reference to Rhydon's new evolution, Rhyperior.
Earlier in the same volume, Gold encounters a wild Rhydon during his race with Whitney. The Rhydon in question was hunting down a Sudowoodo hiding from it, and kidnapped Whitney when she interfered with her Miltank. Gold tells Sudowoodo to stand up for itself and, with assistance from his billiard cue, helps Sudowoodo defeat the Rhydon.
In the TCG
- Main article: Rhydon (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
Evolve from Rhyhorn |
Pokémon Trozei! | Endless Level 15 Forever Level 64 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Evolve from Rhyhorn |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Sky Stairway (1F-49F) |
Pokémon Ranger | Jungle Relic |
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia |
Volcano Cave Haruba Desert Altru Tower |
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 105
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165 - 212 | 320 - 414 | |
130
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121 - 200 | 238 - 394 | |
120
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112 - 189 | 220 - 372 | |
45
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
45
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
Total: 485
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Template:Evolved learnset intro
By leveling up
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Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Ash's Pikachu fought Blaine's Rhydon in the anime and defeated it, despite it being a Template:Type2 immune to Electric attacks. Rhydon's horn also serves as a lightning rod which negates electric attacks as of the rules for the Pokémon effect. Since then, that battle has been brought up frequently in comparisons between the games and anime and has spawned the popular Pokémon internet meme, "Pikachu! Aim for the horn!".
- Because of Rhydon's index number in Generation I, it can also "evolve" from any non-hybrid Glitch Pokémon.
- Its Generation I sprites show it having a full length of spines along its back. This was changed to only having three spikes in Generation II.
- Rhydon and Rhyperior share the same species name with Nidoqueen and Nidoking. They are all known as Drill Pokémon.
- While Rhydon's Gold and Silver shiny sprite is lighter than the normal sprite, its Crystal normal sprite appears lighter than its shiny sprite.
Origin
It appears to draw much of its inspiration from a rhinoceros and some aspects of various dinosaurs, such as the triceratops.It also may have been inspired by Anguirus, considering the nose horn and the spikes on their back.
Name origin
Rhydon's name may be a reference to rhinoceros. The don may have been intended to mean "lord." However, it is also used as a suffix in various dinosaur names, so it could be an reference to those prehistoric creatures as well. Its Japanese name is a combination of 犀 sai, rhinoceros, and the aforementioned don.
In other languages
- German: Rizeros
- French: Rhinoferos - From rhinocéros (rhinoceros) and féroce (ferocious).
- Korean: 코뿌리 Koppuri - Literally nose horn.
- Chinese: 鐵甲暴龍
External links
Notes
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