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===Type effectiveness=== | ===Type effectiveness=== | ||
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type1=Dragon| | type1=Dragon| | ||
Normal= 100 | | Normal= 100 | | ||
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Ghost= 100 | | Ghost= 100 | | ||
Steel= 100 | | Steel= 100 | | ||
Fire= 50 | | Fire= 50 | | ||
Grass= 50 | | Grass= 50 | | ||
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Ice= 200 | | Ice= 200 | | ||
Dragon= 200 | | Dragon= 200 | | ||
Dark= 100 }} | Dark= 100 | | ||
Fairy=200}} | |||
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It appears to be based on {{wp|sea serpent}}s or ''ryu'', traditional {{wp|Japanese dragon}}s or {{wp|Chinese dragon}}s who bring good luck. It also appears to look like a snake. In fact, its tail makes it resemble a {{wp|rattlesnake}}. Its wing-like ears on its head resembles the wings on Greek god Hermes' shoes, and its long, snakelike body may be a reference to the snakes on his scepter. It's also very likely that it was based on the {{wp|imugi}} (also spelt imoogi), which is a proto-dragon that resembles a snake and lives in water or caves much like Dragonair. After | It appears to be based on {{wp|sea serpent}}s or ''ryu'', traditional {{wp|Japanese dragon}}s or {{wp|Chinese dragon}}s who bring good luck. It also appears to look like a snake. In fact, its tail makes it resemble a {{wp|rattlesnake}}. Its wing-like ears on its head resembles the wings on Greek god Hermes' shoes, and its long, snakelike body may be a reference to the snakes on his scepter. It's also very likely that it was based on the {{wp|imugi}} (also spelt imoogi), which is a proto-dragon that resembles a snake and lives in water or caves much like Dragonair. After an imugi lives a thousand years a jewel (called a Yeouiju) will fall from the sky and if the imugi catches it, it will become a full fledged dragon, which may be where Dragonair acquires its jewels from. | ||
The jewel on Dragonair's neck might also be a reference to the Japanese folktale, {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}, in which the moon princess Kaguya-hime asks some princess to bring her back some items, one of which includes a colored jewel from a dragon's neck. | The jewel on Dragonair's neck might also be a reference to the Japanese folktale, {{wp|The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter}}, in which the moon princess Kaguya-hime asks some princess to bring her back some items, one of which includes a colored jewel from a dragon's neck. | ||