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Slowking first appeared in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''. This {{pkmn2|talking}} {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Slowking}} gave {{Ash}} advice on where to find the orbs. This same Slowking made another appearance in a special episode called ''[[Slowking's Day]]'' that showed what he does on a daily basis. | Slowking first appeared in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''. This {{pkmn2|talking}} {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Slowking}} gave {{Ash}} advice on where to find the orbs. This same Slowking made another appearance in a special episode called ''[[Slowking's Day]]'' that showed what he does on a daily basis. | ||
Slowking made its first anime appearance in | Slowking made its first anime appearance in ''[[EP260|A Crowning Achievement]]'', where a colony of Slowpoke are attempting to reach the King's Rock in order to evolve into one so that they could help save the colony from a drought. The Slowpoke were faced with many problems since the King's Rock was also surrounded by {{p|Shellder}} and when ever they fail to reach it they evolve into a {{p|Slowbro}} instead. One Slowpoke named Arthur, which was owned by [[Alice Telesu|Alice]], tries and eventually succeeds. In the end, he leaves Alice in order to be the leader for the colony. It reappeared in {{AP|Larvitar}} and {{p|Unown}}'s vision in the episode ''[[EP263|Address Unown]]''. | ||
A Slowking belonging to [[Conway]] appeared in ''[[DP050|Tag! We're It...!]]''. It reappeared in ''[[DP089|Up Close and Personable!]]''. | A Slowking belonging to [[Conway]] appeared in ''[[DP050|Tag! We're It...!]]''. It reappeared in ''[[DP089|Up Close and Personable!]]''. | ||
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{{Animedexheader|Sinnoh}} | {{Animedexheader|Sinnoh}} | ||
{{Animedexbody|DP050|Slowking|Dawn's Pokédex|Slowking, the Royal Pokémon. It has tremendous intelligence and intuition. | {{Animedexbody|DP050|Slowking|Dawn's Pokédex|Slowking, the Royal Pokémon. It has tremendous intelligence and intuition. No matter what the situation, {{a|Own Tempo|it stays calm and collected}}.}} | ||
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Slowking appeared once more under the ownership of Lorelei herself in {{PAV|23}}, and was used to escape the [[Icefall Cave]] when [[Carr]] detonated his {{p|Forretress}}, as well as to battle [[Sird]]. | Slowking appeared once more under the ownership of Lorelei herself in {{PAV|23}}, and was used to escape the [[Icefall Cave]] when [[Carr]] detonated his {{p|Forretress}}, as well as to battle [[Sird]]. | ||
In the {{chap|Platinum}}, [[Charon]] was seen in possession of a Slowking. This Slowking was used to provoke {{p|Giratina}} into attacking {{adv|Pearl}}, and later was used to attack Pearl again when Diamond was "killed." It was later abandoned toward the end of the arc. | |||
==In the TCG== | ==In the TCG== | ||
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* In the TCG, Slowking's {{TCG|Southern Islands}} card is the only card depicting a Pokémon introduced after [[Generation I]] to have a square evolution box, in Japan only. In English, the Southern Islands collection used the Neo-era designs, which, like all later card layouts, feature a circular evolution box. | * In the TCG, Slowking's {{TCG|Southern Islands}} card is the only card depicting a Pokémon introduced after [[Generation I]] to have a square evolution box, in Japan only. In English, the Southern Islands collection used the Neo-era designs, which, like all later card layouts, feature a circular evolution box. | ||
* The {{p|Shellder}} of {{p|Slowbro}}'s {{Shiny}} form is gold, like a Shiny Shellder. This is not so for Shiny Slowking. | * The {{p|Shellder}} of {{p|Slowbro}}'s {{Shiny}} form is gold, like a Shiny Shellder. This is not so for Shiny Slowking. | ||
* Despite being Slow'''king''', Slowking can be female. | * Despite being Slow'''king''', Slowking can be female. This also occurs with Slowpoke's other evolution, Slowbro, with ''bro'' being short for ''brother''. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||