Rhyperior has basically the same build as its predecessor, Rhydon, although it is taller and heavier. Rhyperior has a club-like tail and its hide is partially covered by orange, rocky plates. Rhyperior has blade-like protrusions on its elbows and has holes in the palms of its hands. Rhyperior's body is a brownish-gray as opposed to just regular gray. It also appears to have grown rock eyebrows.
Gender differences
The upper horn on a female Rhyperior is smaller than a male's.
Special abilities
Rhyperior can insert rocks and boulders into its arms through holes in its hands and then fire them like bullets. However, it will occasionally insert and fire Geodude by accident. They are monstrously powerful and are massively difficult to take down without a Water or Grass move.
In the FireRed and LeafGreen series of Pokémon Special, Green has a book on Ground-type Pokémon written by Giovanni. It mentions that Rhydon can evolve further through trading. Green asks Silver if he could help figure it out because Pokémon trading is his specialty. Before this can be accomplished, they are turned to stone by Sird's attack meant for Deoxys.
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The arms of this Pokémon bear resemblance to a Beldum's body.
Origin
It appears to draw much of its inspiration from a rhinoceros, aspects of various dinosaurs (such as the triceratops) and a tank. It also may have been inspired by Anguirus, considering the nose horn and the spikes on their back. It may also have connections with an Ankylosaurus, hence the clubbed tail and many defensive plates.
Name origin
Dosydon's name is deceptively complex. The Do part that is at the beginning may be from the word 土 do, which is Japanese for ground/soil, or 怒 do, which means anger, or ど do, the Japanese prefix that makes a noun sound stronger; サイ sai, Japanese for rhinoceros; and don, a Greek word meaning tooth, commonly used in the names of dinosaurs.
Rhyperior comes from the "Rhy" of its pre-evolutions and "superior", because it is much more powerful than its pre-evolutions.
In other languages
German: Rihornior - From Rihorn (Rhyhorn's German name) + Latin ending for comparatives "ior" (more)
French: Rhinastoc - From Rhinocéros (rhinoceros) and Astoc, a word that designs a "critical hit" or a powerful hit with a sword.
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For other sprites and images, please see Rhyperior images on Bulbagarden Archives.
