Wooper bears a resemblance to a real-life animal known as an Axolotl. Wooper stands upright, and has a large tail. Wooper also has gills coming out of the side of its head, and what look like gills on its torso.
Gender differences
Female Wooper have smaller gills on the sides of their heads.
Special abilities
Behavior
Wooper tend to be dull-witted Pokémon as implied in Trouble in Big Town. They tend to be oblivious to their surroundings. They also share this trait with their evolution Quagsire.
Wooper, the Water Fish Pokémon. Though they perfer to live in cold water, these appealing Pokémon forage for food on land. They are kept warm by a layer of insulating body fluid. Wooper is the pre-evolved form of Quagsire.
In the manga
Pokémon Special
In Template:PSV, a conman uses a swarm of Wooper as a part of his game stall.
Out of all the Pokéfloats, Wooper spends the most time on-screen. It first appears when play is on Slowpoke's tail and it then floats past Sudowoodo, Snorlax, Venusaur, and Seel before finally floating away from play. While its head is small, players can also stand on the gills.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Wooper is one of the first Pokémon to have its gender difference revealed in Generation IV, along with Scizor.
Wooper is one of the Pokémon in the anime that does not have a dubbed voice, as Wooper's name is similar to its Japanese name. In other language dubs, Wooper does receive a dubbed voice.
Origin
Wooper seems to be based on a larval axolotl, which have flat tails and feathery, external gills.
Name origin
Wooper's English name appears to be based directly on its Japanese name, Upah/"Wooper". Upa is drived from "Wooper Looper", a marketing term created in Japan that started a pet salamander raising fad in Japan. Wooper Loopers (or "Upa") are the Japanese term for the larval stages of the axolotl, a species of salamander.
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