Sealeo

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Sealeo
Image:Sealeo.png
National
Spheal - Sealeo (#364) - Walrein
Hoenn
Spheal - Sealeo (#174) - Walrein
Japanese name トドグラー (Todoggler)
Stage Stage 1
Evolves from Spheal
Evolves to Walrein
Generation Third
Species Ball Roll Pokémon
Type Ice / Water
Height 3 ft 61 in (1.10 m)
Weight 193.1 lb (87.6 kg)
Ability Thick Fat/Ice Body(the latter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl onwards)

Sealeo (トドグラー Todoggler in Japanese, Seejong in German and Phogleur in French) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is based on a seal.

Its name is a combination of sea (or seal) and leo, Latin for lion, as it bears a close resemblance to a sea lion.

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[edit] Biology

Sealeo is a moderately large, blubbery animal much like the Sea Lion, but with a bold blue body with a cream-colored chest, small tooth-like tusks, and a particularly prominent array of thick white whiskers. Its flippers and tail fin are larger than those of its younger form Spheal.

Sealeo lives in herds among the ice floes of arctic regions, and these herds consist of both itself and its other evolutionary forms Spheal and Walrein. Its flippers are quite powerful, strong enough to shatter ice with well-placed flaps. Five times a day, Sealeo dives into the sea to hunt prey.

Sealeo’s behavior revolves mostly around its sensitive nose. Much like how the flittering tongue of a snake is used to check the animal’s surroundings, Sealeo uses its nose to investigate new things. Here it demonstrates the chronic habit of literally lifting an object into the air and balancing it onto its nose and then rolling it, much like how sea lions in circus shows are trained to balance balls on their noses. While rolling an object on its nose, Sealeo checks the object’s aroma and texture in order to learn about it. This is what it does to differentiate food from anything else, making it a vital ability for survival. However, Sealeo also takes a liking to balancing and spinning a younger Spheal on its nose for entertainment.

[edit] In the Pokémon video games

Sealeo is never found in the wild. It is only obtained by evolving Spheal at level 32, and Spheal in turn is commonly found in the Shoal cave in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald at level 30, as well as Hexagon Brother Blusix in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness at the Cipher Lab.

Sealeo’s statistics gain solid increments after evolving from Spheal, making it easier to train while awaiting evolution into the stronger Walrein at level 44, where all of its statistics will again be incremented. Its movepool is identical to Spheal’s, save for a new compatibility with the Technical Machine move Roar.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Wallace uses a level 40 male Sealeo, and Glacia of the Elite Four uses 2 female Sealeos, one level 50 and one level 52. Her level 52 Sealeo knows Attract.

Sealeo is one of the middle staged Pokémon that are just about usable competitvely. People use Sealeo over Dewgong in some cases (it obviously is not bad because an Elite 4 member has 2 of them)

[edit] Anime Appearances

Sealeo's first appearance was in the episode "The Spheal of Approval" that belonged to the owner of the Slateport Museum that he uses to battle Team Magma.

Sealeo appeared with Walrein in the opening to Destiny Deoxys. When a meteorite containing Deoxys crashed into the Arctic, they started a stampede to get away. Tory, a boy that Ash and friends meet later in the movie, was caught in the middle of it and has been afraid of Pokémon ever since.

A Sealeo is also owned by Juan, the eighth Hoenn Gym Leader, which he uses in his battle against Ash.

In the Trainer's Choice for the episode Take this House and Shuppet, Sealeo is wrongfully referred to as Nuzleaf.

[edit] In other media

A Sealeo appears in chapters 223 and 244 of Pokémon Adventures, which is owned by Wallace.

Sealeo has appeared on a few cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, all as Basic Water-type cards: EX Team Magma vs. Team Aqua (twice as Team Aqua’s Sealeo), EX Hidden Legends, and EX Legend Maker.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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