Poliwrath

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Poliwrath
Image:Poliwrath.png
National Pokédex
Poliwhirl - Poliwrath (#62) - Abra
Johto Pokédex
Poliwhirl - Poliwrath (#74) - Politoed
Japanese name Nyorobon
Evolves from Poliwhirl
Evolves into None
Generation First
Species Tadpole Pokémon
Type Water / Fighting
Height 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m)
Weight 119.0 lb (54.0 kg)
Ability Damp/Water Absorb

Poliwrath (ニョロボン? Nyorobon in original Japanese language versions) is one of 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. Poliwrath's name is composed of poli, which is derived from polliwog, and wrath, meaning "anger" due to its Fighting-type and ferocious attitude. The Japanese version of the name is probably onomatopoeic: "Nyoro nyoro" describes "wiggling" or "squirming" or "slithering", which is how a tadpole or a "Poliwag", its most basic form, would move.

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[edit] Characteristics

Poliwrath is a moderately large creature with relatively rudimentary legs compared to imposing arms, the lack of a mouth, and a spiral pattern on its stomach. In this respect it resembles its pre-evolution Poliwhirl closely, save for a pair of white eyes, thicker arms and a slightly differently-shaped “head area”. Though it is classified as a Tadpole Pokémon strictly because of the anatomy of its earliest evolutionary form Poliwag, Poliwrath resembles anything but, instead giving more of the impression that it is like a boxer. Poliwrath is only humbled in its pack by Politoed, the leader of Poli packs.

Poliwrath is a master swimmer in every respect thanks to its highly developed body and arm muscles that never fatigue however much it exercises. It is adept at the swimming practices of the front crawl, butterfly, breaststroke, and more. Thanks to its incredible stamina, Poliwrath is said to be physically able to swim the entire diameter of Earth’s Pacific Ocean without obvious effort, and its swimming efficiency allows it to easily overtake the best human swimmers in any controlled competition.

[edit] In the Pokémon video games

Poliwrath is not found in the wild in any version of the Pokémon games, so it must be evolved from Poliwhirl with a Water Stone item. A Shadow Poliwrath can also be snagged from Cipher Admin Gorigan in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, at Citadark Isle. When evolving a Poliwhirl into Poliwrath, the player chooses it over an alternate evolutionary form, Politoed.

Poliwrath’s base stats are good all around, with HP, Defense, and Special Defense being the best. It can learn a rather wide array of offensive moves, and Poliwraths two possible abilities both have their own merits: Water Absorb renders Poliwrath invulnerable to Water-type attacks, actually restoring its HP instead of receiving damage, and Damp prevents the usage of the moves Selfdestruct and Explosion.

[edit] In other media

Poliwrath in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Poliwrath in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Firstly, a trainer used one in a battle against Ash Ketchum's Charizard (Episode 107, "Charizard Chills!"), one was used in a Fishing Contest to capture a Seaking (Episode 170, "Hook, Line & Stinker!"). As mentioned above, Chuck uses a Poliwrath in his Gym Match against Ash. Lastly, a trainer that Misty challenged had one. All of the other roles Poliwrath plays are cameos.

Poliwrath appears often as a Stage 2 Water-type, but also appears occasionally as a Stage 2 Fighting-type. It has appeared in the following sets:

  • Base Set
  • Gym Heroes (as "Misty's Poliwrath")
  • Neo Discovery (Fighting-type)
  • Expedition
  • Skyridge (Fighting-type)
  • EX Firered and Leafgreen
  • EX Unseen Forces (Fighting-type)

[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 Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version 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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