Tentacool

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Tentacool
Image:Tentacool.png
National
Victreebel - Tentacool (#72) - Tentacruel
Johto
Qwilfish - Tentacool (#162) - Tentacruel
Hoenn
Crobat - Tentacool (#66) - Tentacruel
Sinnoh
Neoranto - Tentacool (#136) - Tentacruel
Japanese name Menokurage
Stage Basic
Evolves from None
Evolves to Tentacruel
Generation First
Species Jellyfish Pokémon
Type Water / Poison
Height 2 ft 11 in (0.9 m)
Weight 100.3 lb (45.5 kg)
Ability Clear Body/Liquid Ooze

Tentacool (メノクラゲ Menokurage?) is one of 493 species from the Pokémon franchise. Tentacool's name is a variation on the word "tentacle". The "-cool" suffix may refer to its being of the Water-type, and the fact it prefers water of that particular temperature. In addition, "cool" is colloquially used in the English language as a synonym for "debonair", "fashionable" or "stylish". In the English translation, Tentacool was originally going to be called "Jilly". The "kurage" of the Japanese "Menokurage" is the Japanese word for jellyfish (水母 kurage). This Pokémon evolves at level 30.

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[edit] Appearance

Tentacool's appearance is based on the jellyfish. It has a light blue, bell-shaped gelatinous body, with two eyes and a pair of brown tentacles. It has a small red gem-like structure in the place where its forehead would be and two larger such "gems" on its sides.

[edit] Biology

Tentacool is an aquatic Pokémon, drifting aimlessly wherever the ocean waves and currents take it. It usually ends up in shallow waters, where it may be accidentally caught in the fishing lines of anglers. A more unfortunate development for the Tentacool is to end up on the shoreline and get stuck on the beach when low tide comes. Tentacool's body is largely composed of water, so if it is kept out of the sea for too long it will shrivel up and risk death from dehydration unless it is reintroduced to water in time.

Tentacool has two main weapons. The first is its toxic feelers, located at the tips of its tentacles. It uses them to stab anything it touches with stinging acid. Coupled with its excellent camouflage in the water, Tentacool can often remain undetected by swimmers right up to the moment it stings them. The second is its mysterious beams. Tentacool's gelatinous, watery body absorbs sunlight and refracts it within, producing beam energy it shoots from its clear, crystal-like eyes.

[edit] In the video games

Tentacool is available in all Pokémon games so far except for Pokémon Colosseum, unless you cheat. In each of these games it is extremely common in almost every single body of water. Its high frequency of appearance easily rivals that of Rattata's, Magikarp's or Zubat's.

Tentacool has decent speed and special attack and excellent special defense, with the rest of its stats being low. It learns many moves which affect attributes, such as Screech, Barrier or Bubblebeam. Usually its evolved form Tentacruel is used in battle, but Tentacool may also prove effective by poisoning the opponent and trapping it with Wrap. Hopefully, Tentacool's high defenses will enable it to survive until the opponent succumbs to the poison. However, this can be very annoying when you want to leave a battle with a wild one.

[edit] In the animé

Tentacool was featured in episode #19 (Tentacool and Tentacruel). Large groups of Tentacool were plaguing the Porta Vista resort and the resort's owner, the aptly named Nastina, was looking for Tentacool exterminators. Team Rocket was assigned the job, they emptied several barrels of their "super secret stun sauce" into the ocean, but only mananged to send the Tentacool into a rampage. With the intervention of Ash and his friends the conflict was resolved and the Tentacool returned peacefully to sea.

[edit] In other media

Tentacool in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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Tentacool in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Tentacool, strangely, in spite of having been a common sight in the Pokémon video games throughout the history of the franchise, has appeared only sporadically in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, in Fossil, Gym Heroes (twice as Misty’s Tentacool), Aquapolis, EX Hidden Legends, and EX Legend Maker.

[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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