Octillery

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Octillery
Image:Octillery.png
National Pokédex
Remoraid - Octillery (#224) - Delibird
Johto Pokédex
Remoraid - Octillery (#173) - Chinchou
Sinnoh Pokédex
Remoraid - Octillery (#133) - Keikouo
Japanese name Okutank
Evolves from Remoraid
Evolves into None
Generation Second
Species Jet Pokémon
Type Water
Height 2 ft 11 in (0.9 m)
Weight 62.8 lb (28.5 kg)
Ability Suction Cups/Snipe(the latter from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl onwards)

Octillery (オクタン Okutan?, Okutank in original Japanese language versions) 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 Octillery 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.

Octillery was introduced in the second generation. Its name is a combination of octopus, which it resembles, and artillery, which it acts like in battles, especially its signature attack, Octazooka, coming from the root word bazooka.

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[edit] Appearance and biology

Octillery resembles a combination of an octopus and a tank. This is reflected in its abilities, including squirting ink as a means of self-defence. Also, like octopuses, Octillery can move about by squirting pressurized water from its mouth.

Octillery is a carnivore; they catch fish with their tentacles, and kill (and afterwards eat) it by smashing the rocky protrusions on its head into its opponent's skull.

Octillery is a nesting creature, in that it sleeps in burrows it prepares; however, its nests are temporary structures only, and it rarely uses the same nest two nights in a row.

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Male Octillery are revealed to have larger 'knobs' on their head and tentacles than Females.

[edit] In the video games

Octillery can be found in the wild by fishing in some games: Pokémon Emerald in the Safari Zone Expansion, as well as various parts of Diamond and Pearl. Most commonly though it is acquired by evolving Remoraid. Octillery is most frequently obtained because it can be trained by a broad range of TMs, giving it access to a broad range of attack types and a number of element weaknesses to exploit.

Octillery can have one of two abilities: Suction Cups, which prevents forced switches (moves such as Roar) and Snipe, which increases the base power of an attack during a critical hit. The latter is only available from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl onwards.

Its Attack and Special Attack scores are in the top 10% of all Pokémon, and it is the only Pokémon that can naturally learn Octozooka. (Horsea and Remoraid can learn it through breeding.)

Octillery returns along with Remoraid in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. A level 47 Octillery is used by the Nagisa City gym leader, Denji.

Octillery also plays a minor role in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon as the leader of a rescue team called Team Constrictor. As her team name suggests, her rescue force includes Pokémon that make use of tentacles and similar appendages in attacks, such as Cradily and Tentacruel. She formed an emergency rescue team with Blastoise and Golem to rescue Alakazam from the Magma Cavern, but failed rather quickly.

[edit] In anime

Octillery has made only two appearances to date in anime: in Episodes 217 (Octillery The Outcast) and 297 (Which Wurmple Is Which?). Now, May's rival Harley has one and it has appeared so far in Episodes 434(Munchlax's Battle Debut! Harley and Taking The Game Seriously!) and Episode 455 (May vs. Harley! Double Battle on Stage!). Harley's Octillery knows Fire Blast, which is an unusual move for a water pokemon to learn, however Remoraid and Octillery can learn it via a TM in the game. His Octillery also knows Rest, Sludge bomb and it's signature move Octazooka.

[edit] In the trading card game

Octillery, as a Stage-1 Water-type Pokémon, has appeared on several cards:

  • Neo Revelation
  • Neo Destiny (as Dark Octillery)
  • Aquapolis
  • EX Team Rocket Returns (as Dark Octillery, as a Dark/Water dual-type)
  • EX Unseen Forces

The Octillery in Unseen Forces has the highest damage booster in the card game. For one energy, Octillery can boost it's damage from 30 to 120.

[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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