Jolteon

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Jolteon
Image:Pokemon Jolteon.png
National
Vaporeon - Jolteon (#135) - Flareon
Johto
Vaporeon - Jolteon (#182) - Flareon
Japanese name Thunders
Stage Stage 1
Evolves from Eevee
Evolves to None
Generation First
Species Lightning Pokémon
Type Electric
Height 2 ft 7 in (0.8 m)
Weight 54 lb (24.5 kg)
Ability Volt Absorb

Jolteon (サンダース Sandāsu?, Thunders) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Jolteon in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[2]

Jolteon's name is derived from jolt, a sharp movement most beings experience when being electrically shocked.[3] The -eon element is common to all the official English names of Eevee evolutions known to date. Its Japanese name refers to thunder, the sound that accompanies lightning.

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[edit] Biological characteristics

Jolteon is a quadrupedal mammal that bears traits of dogs and foxes, especially fennec foxes. It is covered with spiky, bright yellow fur, with white spiky fur surrounding its neck. Its fur sparks with electricity, and it is able to use its spiky fur as a weapon. Jolteon is most likely based upon the legendary Japanese animal, the raiju.

Jolteon is able to gather negative ions from the atmosphere, using the resulting electricity to create lightning bolts of up to 10,000 volts. Its individual cells also create small electrical charges on their own, which combined with the static electricity caused by its body can result in powerful Electric-type attacks.

Jolteon is typically a sensitive Pokémon. It is said that it charges whenever its mood changes. Jolteon is a pokémon in which, rather than blood, has electricity running through its veins. This charges up Jolteon, and it can reach incredible speeds when running (it is one of the fastest Pokémon). Its fur, which is normally soft to the touch, turns into sharp needles when it is angered. It can fire these needles at its opponent. Jolteon is considered by many to be the strongest of Eevee's Elemental Stone evolutions.

[edit] In the video games

Jolteon cannot be caught in any of the Pokémon games. It must be evolved from Eevee with the use of a Thunder Stone. Therefore, Jolteon's availability depends directly on the availability of Eevee. Jolteon has incredibly high Speed, making it the fourth fastest Pokemon, tied with Aerodactyl, Mewtwo, and Crobat; which, coupled with its high Special Attack and Special Defense, make it a quick, powerful Pokémon. However, its limited movepool prevent it from being a very effective at defeating opponents quickly, since the only non-electric special type move it can learn (besides Hidden Power) is Bite. It is still one of the most-used Electric types in the game.

Before the release of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Psychic-type Pokémon ruled the comepetive field because they only had two weaknesses: Bug and Ghost types. However, there were only two Bug-types with the Bug-type moves: Beedrill, who was also weak against the Psychics due to its dual Poison-type and Parasect, whose only Bug-type attack was Leech Life. During the period of Pokémon Red and Blue, Ghost-types had no advantage over Psychics. The one Ghost move, Lick, did not affect Psychics at all. Jolteon could naturally learn the Bug-type move Pin Missile making it a good choice for a Psychic slayer, although a Thunderbolt still did more damage. Unfortunately, Jolteon cannot learn Crunch to use against Psychic-types today. However, with the introduction of Hidden Power, Jolteon is still more powerful than it was before, being able to take out Swampert with a Grass-typed Hidden Power or have good attack coverage with an Ice-typed Hidden Power, as Ice complements Electric attacks exceptionally well.

[edit] In the Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime series and films are a meta-series of adventures separate from the canon that most of the Pokémon video games follow (with the exception of Pokémon Yellow, a game based on the anime storyline). The anime follows the quest of the main character, Ash Ketchum—an in-training Pokémon Master—as he, and several other companions[4]) travel around the fictitious world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners.

Jolteon's first appearance in the Pokémon anime was in Episode 40, The Battling Eevee Brothers. In this episode, Ash's party comes upon a family of four brothers who all have Eevee evolutions. The three older brothers have Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon, and they are pressuring their youngest brother Mikey to evolve his Eevee, too. What they fail to notice is that he doesn't want to. When Team Rocket steals all of the Pokémon, however, Mikey proves that his Eevee doesn't need evolving by beating Team Rocket when his brothers' Pokémon couldn't.

In Episode 56, The Ultimate Test!, Ash and his friends participate in the Pokémon League Admission Exam, part of which is battling using random Pokémon. Ash ends up using an Arbok while battling a Jolteon. Arbok's Wrap attack is stopped short by Jolteon's spiky fur, and then the snake Pokémon is knocked out by a Thunder attack.

A Magnemite rancher, who uses the small Pokémon to gather electricity from thunderstorms in Episode 103, Get Along, Little Pokémon!, has a Jolteon that acts as a sheep dog for the Magnemite.

In Episode 185, Trouble's Brewing!, a family of sisters in Ecruteak City, like the Eevee Brothers in Episode 40, are trainers of most of the different Eevee evolutions, including Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Umbreon. These Pokémon help in fighting off Team Rocket. These same Pokémon reappear, with Eevee having since evolved into Espeon, in Episode 228, Espeon Not Included!, when Team Rocket kidnaps all of them. The Pokémon end up being rescued by Ash's party with help from the Espeon and its trainer.

It also has a few other cameos, most noticeably in the second movie.

[edit] In the Pokémon trading card game

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game similar in goal to a Pokémon battle in the video game series; players must use cards (with individual strengths and weaknesses) in an attempt to defeat their opponent by "knocking out" all of his cards.[5] The game was first published in North America by Wizards of the Coast in 1999, until Nintendo USA started publishing the series in 2003.[6]

Jolteon, like all Eevee's evolutions, has a rather strong abundance of cards under its name. It has made all the following appearances:

  • Jungle
  • Team Rocket (as Dark Jolteon)
  • Gym Heroes (as Lt. Surge's Jolteon)
  • Neo Destiny (as Light Jolteon)
  • Skyridge
  • EX Sandstorm
  • EX Unseen Forces
  • EX Delta Species (as a Steel/Lightning dual-type)
  • EX Delta Species (as Jolteon EX)

[edit] See also

  1. Pokémon game mechanics
  2. List of Pokémon items
  3. Pokémon types

[edit] References

Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

[edit] External links

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