Milotic

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Milotic
National Feebas - Milotic (#350) - Castform Hoenn Feebas - Milotic (#141) - Castform Sinnoh Feebas - Milotic (#139) - Tamanta
Japanese name	ミロカロス Mirokarosu
Stage	Stage 1
Evolves from	Feebas
Evolves to	none
Generation	Third
Species	Tender Pokémon
Type	Water
Height	20ft 4in (6.2 m)
Weight	357.1 lb (162 kg)
Ability	Marvel Scale

Milotic (ミロカロス, Mirokarosu ^?) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.

The purpose of Milotic 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.^[1]

Its name appears to be a combination of the Venus de Milo (a statue that, like Milotic, represents beauty) and the word exotic. It could also be a misspelling of Nilotic - an indigenous people of the Nile Valley who were known to be "gracefully slender." The name may also be inspired by the term "melodic," which evokes images of grace and beauty. Or possibly even "milky" which is used to describe something soft and smooth or because it is pale in color. The Japanese name, Mirokarosu, is from Venus de Milo and the Greek word for beautiful, καλoς.

1 Characteristics
2 In the video games
3 In Pokémon anime
4 In other media
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Characteristics

Milotic is a sea serpent not unlike Gyarados (including size) with long, silky red extremities, tanned skin, and a fan-shaped tail covered in blue, textured designs, vaguely resembling a mermaid. That, along with its long red eyelashes, has made it the most beautiful of all Pokémon in the eyes of many humans.

Milotic primarily lives at the bottom of large lakes, suggesting that it has both lungs and gills. Because it is considered the most beautiful of all Pokémon, it has been depicted in paintings and statues.

Milotic has the power to becalm such emotions as anger and hostility to quell bitter feuding. Those that see it are said to forget their combative spirits right away, but in particularly strong cases of anger, Milotic’s body can glow a vivid pink to release a pulsing wave of energy that brings soothing calm to the restless spirits of the people and/or Pokémon involved.

Milotic has several gill slits like the lamprey, an eel-like type of fish. Although this Pokémon can be male, it has a distinctly feminine, elegant appearance, and, because of this, it can be seen as the feminine counterpart of the distinctly masculine-looking, rough Gyarados.

[edit] In the video games

Feebas can be evolved to obtain Milotic. Milotic does not, however, evolve like usual Pokémon. To evolve Feebas, one must feed it blue, light blue, indigo or gold Pokéblocks with a dry taste, which enhance beauty. Once Feebas has a beauty of 171 or more, raise it one experience level, and it will evolve into Milotic.

Milotic is arguably one of the best water types in the Pokémon games. Though Suicune, Lapras, Blastoise, Feraligatr, and Swampert are often used as attacking Pokémon, Milotic is usually used as a defensive one; it has high Special Defense as well as high HP, and its Defense is multiplied by 1.5 when it gets a status effect such as paralysis -- thanks to its Marvel Scale ability. Milotic can take on many attacks, even electric and grass ones which are super-effective, without much damage being done. Seasoned players that use Milotic in a defensive manner are notorious for giving their Milotic the restorative move Recover and maximizing its Defense stat. That way, the Milotic would be able to take plenty of damage and stall the battle by recovering its hit points. Besides all that, it has a relatively better-than-average speed, allowing a flexibility for a trainer to play Milotic for offense or defense.

It is similar to Gyarados in that both evolve from completely useless Pokémon into powerful and much sought-after dragon-like Pokémon. Unlike Gyarados, who has a vicious appearance reflected in its Attack stat, Milotic's theme is the epitome of beauty with a focus on its Special Attack stat.

Milotic is hard to obtain, because of how she evolves as well as the difficulty of obtaining her un-evolved form Feebas.

[edit] In 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^[2]—an in-training Pokémon Master—as he and May (as well as several other companions^[2]) travel around the fictitious world of Pokémon along with their Pokémon partners, Pikachu and Torchic.^[3]

Three notable trainers in the anime own a Milotic. The first is Robert, a coordinator that wins the Pokémon contest in Slateport City. He returned in the Grand Festival episodes, where he again uses Milotic. Another Milotic is owned by Juan, the final Gym Leader in Hoenn, and Pikachu, despite being an electric type, has a hard time battling the experienced Pokémon, but Pikachu prevails. Also, Lucy of the Battle Pike used a Milotic against Ash, beating Donphan and almost Pikachu as well.

[edit] In other media

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.^[4] The game was first published in North America by Wizards of the Coast in 1999, until Nintendo USA started publishing the series in 2003.^[5]

Milotic has appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game 4 times, 3 times as a Stage-1 Water-type Pokémon, and the last one as Milotic δ, Fire type. It first appeared in the EX Hidden Legends set, boasting 100 Hit Points, and the "Healing Shower" Poke-Power, an ability that allows damage counters to be removed from all Pokémon of both players. ^[6] Milotic then appeared again in the EX Emerald set, featuring both as "Milotic" and "Milotic EX".^[6] Following that, it returns in EX Dragon Frontiers as Milotic δ, a Fire type.

[edit] References

Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Books

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 Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5