Swalot (Pokémon)
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Swalot (Japanese: マルノーム Marunoom) is a Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Swalot is a tall, purple, blob-like Pokémon. It has a single row of black rhombuses running across what would be its mid-section. Swalot's hands have three fingers instead of two. Swalot has red, beady eyes and yellow whiskers.
Gender differences
A female Swalot has shorter whiskers than a male.
Special abilities
Swalot's large, cavernous mouth can easily gulp down something as large as a car tire. Its stomach acid can dissolve virtually anything, except for the lining of its stomach.
Swalot's pores secretes an incredibly toxic fluid.
Behavior
Swalot portrays behavior similar to Gulpin. It is known to eat in large quantities, most likely because its powerful stomach can handle anything.
Habitat
Like Gulpin, Swalot live in grassy plains. However, Swalot are a bit harder to find.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Swalot, with its ability to digest anything, could theoretically eat anything. However, it seems to be carnivorous in the wild, swallowing prey whole after dousing it with poison from its pores.
In the anime
Major appearances
Swalot first appeared in Deceit and Assist. The Poison Bag Pokémon belong to a Coordinator named Anthony, who used it to compete in the Grand Festival.
In From Brags to Riches, a Trainer named Dominick used a Swalot and Tropius to battle Ash's Corphish and Torkoal. Corphish managed to defeat Dominick's Swalot.
Minor appearances
A Swalot that was painted to look like a Grimer was shown at the "Pokémon Cosplay Convention" in All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go.
Paul's brother, Reggie, also owns a Swalot which appeared in Lost Leader Strategy!
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Unlike its pre-evolution, Swalot has only made one key appearance in the Pokémon Adventures manga, being one of the Factory Pokémon fighting Pike Queen Lucy and Palace Maven Spenser. Although it seemingly won using a Hyper Beam after putting the former's Seviper to sleep, the serpent awoke using its Shed Skin ability and counterattacked with a Dig maneuver, defeating it.
In the TCG
- Main article: Swalot (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire |
Evolve from Gulpin |
Pokémon Trozei! | Secret Storage 16 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Evolve from Gulpin |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Marine Resort (B1-B19) |
Pokémon Ranger | Fiore Temple |
Pokémon Rumble Blast | Cave: Misty Edgewater (Post-ending) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 100
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160 - 207 | 310 - 404 | |
73
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70 - 137 | 135 - 269 | |
83
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79 - 148 | 153 - 291 | |
73
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70 - 137 | 135 - 269 | |
83
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79 - 148 | 153 - 291 | |
55
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54 - 117 | 103 - 229 | |
Total: 467
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Acid Armor | Poison | Status | — | —% | 40 | |||||
Curse | Ghost | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | —% | 5 | |||||
Gunk Shot | Poison | Physical | 120 | 70% | 5 | |||||
Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Pain Split | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Smog | Poison | Special | 20 | 70% | 20 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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B | W | B2 | W2 | Block | Normal | Status | — | —% | 5 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Fire Punch | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — | 100% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Gunk Shot | Poison | Physical | 120 | 70% | 5 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Pain Split | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Snatch | Dark | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | ThunderPunch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | ||||
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By a prior evolution
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Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger
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Evolution
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Level 26 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Swalot is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 467.
Origin
Swalot's appearance may be based on a single, giant poison gland. It has been compared to a blobfish by many fans, but the popular blobfish photograph is copyright 2003, which is shortly after Generation III games was released, and shows a front view of a heavily damaged specimen. Healthy blobfish bear no resemblance to Gulpin or Swalot. Swalot might be based upon a generic organism that uses pseudopodia.
Name origin
Swalot may be a play on the phrase, "swallow a lot," as in consuming a large amount of food or drink.
Marunoom a combination of 丸呑み marunomi (swallowing whole) and nomu (swallow or gulp).
In other languages
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External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |