Tentacool (Pokémon)
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Tentacool (Japanese: メノクラゲ Menokurage) is a Water/Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Tentacool resembles a box jellyfish. It has a light blue, Template:A2 with two large red spots on each side of its body, and one small one in the middle. It has two tentacles laced with stinging cells. This invertebrate can also Template:A2 if threatened.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Behavior
Tentacool often spend their time drifting at sea.
Habitat
Tentacool can be found throughout the ocean, usually congregating in places where warm currents and cold currents come together, and where minerals are plentiful.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Tentacool's first appearance was in Tentacool and Tentacruel.
It also appeared in Friends to the End during Ritchie and Asunta's battle. However, it is unknown who it belonged to.
In the manga
Pokémon Special
Tentacool's first appearance is a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory.
One of the members of the Pokémon Fan Club in Vermilion City apparently bathes with her Tentacool on a regular basis. She is seen again with her Tentacool in Template:PSV during the Chairman's call out to all Trainers to send their Pokémon to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
In the TCG
- Main article: Tentacool (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Ocean (Sapphire Field) |
Pokémon Trozei | Secret Storage 1 Secret Storage 13 Endless Level 8 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Stormy Sea (1F-8F) Silver Trench (1F-9F) Far-off Sea (1F-9F) Marvelous Sea (B1-B9) Fantasy Strait (B1-B9) |
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 40
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100 - 147 | 190 - 284 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
35
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36 - 95 | 67 - 185 | |
50
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
100
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94 - 167 | 184 - 328 | |
70
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67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |
Total: 335
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Type effectiveness
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 200.
Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
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By breeding
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl only:
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Tentacool's prototype English name was "Jilly".
- Tentacool and Tentacruel are in all the regional Pokédexes.
Origin
Tentacool is based on a jellyfish.
Name origin
Tentacool's name is a combination of tentacle and the adjective cool. Its Japanese name may be a combination of 目の敵 menokataki, enemy, and 水母 kurage, jellyfish.
In other languages
- German: Tentacha
- French: Tentacool
- Korean: 왕눈해 Wangnunhae
- Chinese (Taiwan): 瑪瑙水母
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 大眼水母
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. |