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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
6'07" Imperial
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2.0 m Metric
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6'07"/2.0 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
15.2 lbs. Imperial
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6.9 kg Metric
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15.2 lbs./6.9 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 1
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 62
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Battle Exp.: 621*
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Ekans (Japanese: アーボ Arbo) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
It evolves into Arbok starting at level 22.
Biology
Physiology
This reptilian Pokémon resembles a snake (its English name even being the word "snake" spelled backward while other languages use an anagram of the word "boa"). It has a rattle at the tip of its tail, and is mostly purple while its underbelly, eyes, rattle, and the "bands" on it are yellow.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Ekans are able to detach their jaws to swallow large prey whole, although this makes their bodies heavy. It can also use its tongue to sense danger, and can move quietly through the grass.
Behavior
Like actual snakes, Ekans will lash out with a bite when frightened by anything it sees as a threat. If one happens to be bitten by a young Ekans, they are lucky. As an Ekans, it doesn't possess the ability to add poison to its bite until after it evolves into an Arbok, though this last bit of information clashes with Ekans's dungeon phrase.
Habitat
Ekans live in grassy savannas and plains.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Ekans' favorite food is eggs from Pidgey and Spearow nests.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ekans was part of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate! Special. Gengar commanded the Poisonous Snake Pokémon to eat all the berries Team Go-Getters collected. At one point, Ekans was incorrectly referred to as Arbok by Gengar. While this was an intentional error that Ekans rebuked in the original version (due to the similarities in the Japanese names), this came across as a general mistake in the dub and was corrected in reairings of the episode.
Jessie had an Ekans, which for most of the original series, was her only Pokémon. It was extremely loyal to her and eventually evolved into an Arbok just to make her happy.
Other
A poacher had captured a bunch of Ekans in AG006.
Ekans made a cameo appearance in DP006.
Major appearances
In the manga
Koga has an Ekans in Pokémon Special.
A twin pair of Ekans are antagonists in Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure.
In the TCG
- Main article: Ekans (TCG)
In the TFG
One Ekans figure has been released.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.
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Blue
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Yellow
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The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.
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Stadium
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Slithers silently through grass, searching for its favorite food--Pidgey and Spearow eggs.
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Generation II
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Gold
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It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.
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Silver
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It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless.
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Crystal
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It flutters the tip of its tongue to seek out the scent of prey, then swallows the prey whole.
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Stadium 2
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It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.
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Sapphire
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Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.
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Emerald
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An Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. This position allows it to quickly respond to an enemy from any direction with a threat from its upraised head.
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FireRed
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A very common sight in grassland, etc. It flicks its tongue in and out to sense danger in its surroundings.
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LeafGreen
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Moving silently and stealthily, it eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
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Pearl
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It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
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Platinum
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It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
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HeartGold
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SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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35
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95 - 142
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180 - 274
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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44
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44 - 105
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83 - 205
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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54
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53 - 116
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101 - 227
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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Total: 288
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 40.
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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Side game data
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Evolution
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Sprites
Trivia
- Ekans was originally going to use its Japanese name as its English name, "Arbo".
- In The Power of One, it is shown that Ekans can swim, though to date it has never been able to learn Surf.
- Stragely, even though Ekans was shown swimming, its evolution was seen with all the other Pokémon that were "stuck on land and unable to do a thing."
- An Ekans was originally going to be featured in Pokémon Snap, shown in an early test shot of an environment that was never featured in the final product. This is also true of its evolution, Arbok.
- Ekans is the only Pokémon that can learn Poison Tail through breeding.
- Ekans is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
- The line in front of Ekans's eyes, which curve to meet the other eye, when seen from above, looks like the pattern of the Spectacled Cobra.
- Ekans is the first pure Poison Pokémon in the National Dex order, though Bulbasaur's and Weedle's evolutionary lines, which are secondarily Poison, come before it.
Origin
It appears to be based upon a boa and rattlesnake.
Name origin
Ekans's name is snake spelled backwards. Arbo is either cobra spelled backwards with the c removed, or a corruption of boa spelled backwards.
In other languages
Related articles
External links
Notes
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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.
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