Qwilfish

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Qwilfish
Image:Quilfish.png
National Pokédex
Granbull - Qwilfish (#211) - Scizor
Johto Pokédex
Xatu - Qwilfish (#161) - Tentacool
Japanese name Harysen
Evolves from None
Evolves into None
Generation Second
Species Balloon Pokémon
Type Water / Poison
Height 1 ft 8 in (0.5 m)
Weight 9.0 lb (3.9 kg)
Ability Poison Point / Swift Swim

Qwilfish (ハリーセン Harīsen?, Harysen 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.

This Pokémon's name comes from a respelling of quill, in reference to to its spikes, and fish, because it resembles a porcupinefish. Its Japanese name is a shortening of 竜針千本 harisenbon (porcupinefish). It is ironic that the Pokédex classifies Qwilfish as a Balloon as its multitude of spikes certainly does not encourage playing with it.

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[edit] Biological characteristics

In appearance, Qwilfish resembles the real world's porcupinefish, which is also related to the pufferfish. It is a fish with a spherical blue-and-yellow body. Instead of scales, it is covered in many sharp spikes. It has a teardrop-shaped tail.

Qwilfish has a round body with many spiky protrusions, which gives it trouble swimming. However, Qwilfish gains in return excellent defensive measures against its predators.

To begin with, Qwilfish can swallow large quantities of water (as much as 2.6 gallons or ten litres) in very short notice, causing itself to inflate to a much larger size. In this way it tries to intimidate opponents much larger than itself.

If the opponent isn't scared away by that ploy, Qwilfish employs the sharp spikes it is covered with. It uses the pressure of the water it swallowed to shoot its spines in all directions at high speed, like a volley of arrows. The spikes contain a potent toxin that weakens foes and can even cause them to faint.

Qwilfish's unwieldy round shape and poisonous spikes also make it hard for it to be bitten by a predator. Even if Qwilfish is eaten, its poisonous nature is one last line of defense, probably causing a very troublesome digestion on its foe.

[edit] In the video games

In Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, Qwilfish is found by fishing in Routes 12, 13 and 32. In Pokémon FireRed, fishing spots for Qwilfish exist in the waters of Five Island, Six Island and Seven Island. In Pokémon Colosseum, Qwilfish is a Shadow Pokémon that can be snagged in Pyrite Town.

Qwilfish has very good Attack and Speed and decent Defense, while the rest of its stats are mediocre. It learns a handful of useful attacks. One good way to go with Qwilfish is to aim to poison the opponent, forcing them to switch Pokémon which will then get damaged thanks to its Spikes attack.

There are one of two ways you could successfully train Qwilfish. One of them is to take advantage of its high Attack and Speed to make it a Pokemon that can easily take down the opponent's first Pokémon, or maybe even his or her second one. The other way to train Qwilfish is to have it use Toxic to severely poison the enemy. Then, of course, use Spikes to inflict damage on the opponent's Pokémon when they are forced to switch. However, since there are many Pokémon that can use this Poison strategy efficiently, many prefer to make Qwilfish an offensive force.

[edit] In the anime

Qwilfish has had a number of appearances, all of which are cameos.

  • A Qwilfish was caught prior to episode 258, "Just Add Water"[1]
  • Qwilfish was one of the main Pokémon in episode 259 "Lapras of Luxury"[2]
  • In Pokemon Chronicles episode 4 "Snorlax Snowman".

In an episode of the Orange Islands saga, Ash battles a trainer who uses a Qwilfish. Ironically, the trainer's name is Harrison (Qwilfish's Japanese name).

[edit] In the trading card game

Qwilfish is a minor figure in card format because it has only appeared three times. It is in these following expansion sets that it has had Basic Water-type cards:

  • Neo Revelation
  • Expedition
  • EX Team Rocket Returns

[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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