Seadra

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Seadra
Image:Seadra.png
National
Horsea - Seadra (#117) - Goldeen
Johto
Horsea - Seadra (#187) - Kingdra
Hoenn
Horsea - Seadra (#185) - Kingdra
Japanese name Seadra
Stage Stage 1
Evolves from Horsea
Evolves to Kingdra (from Pokémon Gold and Silver onwards)
Generation First
Species Dragon Pokémon
Type Water
Height 3 ft 11 in (1.2 m)
Weight 55.0 lb (25.0 kg)
Ability Poison Point/Snipe(the latter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl onwards)

Seadra (シードラ Shīdora?) 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 Seadra 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] Its name is simply a shortening of "Sea Dragon", although there is a speculation it may have derived from Hydra, a mythic creature.

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[edit] Appearance/Biology

Seadra bears an exaggerated resemblance to the real life Sea Horse, but with a bold blue body, a yellow belly, and spiky fins large enough to be considered more like wings. In ancient Japanese legends, Sea horses were believed to be baby dragons by some groups of people, hence the name influence of 'Sea Dragon' and its species type.

Seadra is capable of swimming backwards by rapidly flapping its wing-like pectoral fins and stout tail. Touching its back fin causes numbness. Its fin-tips leak poison, but its fins and bone are highly valued as ingredients in herbal medicine.

A Seadra will hook its tail to coral to stay in place while sleeping. Those trying to harvest coral are occasionally stung by the poison barbs if they fail to notice it. This can cause fainting.

The male of the species raises the young. If approached, it will use toxic spikes to fend off the intruder.

A examination of its cells revealed the presence of a gene not found in Horsea. This became a hot topic among Pokémon Professors.

[edit] In the video games

Seadra is present in every version of Pokémon, within all three current generations, and in most cases can even be found wild. Otherwise, it is always available for evolution from Horsea at level 32. After this, it no longer evolves naturally (read: by level up), but by giving Seadra a Dragon Scale and trading it, its final evolution Kingdra will appear in Seadra’s place.

Though Seadra has high numbers in its Defense, Special Attack, and Speed stats, it is almost never used in competitive play because of its extremely low Special Defense and low HP stats. Even in RBY, before Seadra was capable of evolving into Kingdra, Seadra was rarely used due to its limited movepool and balanced but mediocre stats. Despite this, Seadra is still considered competitive. This may possibly be because it is the counterpart of Seaking so they see the need to make it competitive too (see Scyther and Pinsir).

[edit] Anime appearances

Seadra has had a number of anime appearances, though most were only cameos.

One was used against Ash's Krabby in the first round of the Indigo League. Another was owned by Cissy, a Gym Leader in the Orange Islands.

[edit] In other properties

In chapter 43 of Pokémon Adventures, Yellow captures a Seadra. Another Seadra is owned by Silver who promptly trades it with Gold to get a Kingdra.

Seadra has appeared on eight trading cards, usually as an uncommon water Pokémon. These are in Fossil, Neo Genesis, Legendary, Aquapolis, EX Dragon (twice), and EX Team Rocket Returns. Additionally, in the Gym Heroes set, Misty's Seadra is a Rare Holographic card.

[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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