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Wooper Water Fish Pokémon ウパー Upah #194 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Ground Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Damp or Water Absorb Cacophony Cacophony Unaware Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Wooper 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 18.7 lbs. 8.5 kg Wooper 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 52 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 42 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Wooper 1 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wooper (Japanese: ウパー Upah) is a dual-type Water/Ground Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves into Quagsire starting at level 20.

Biology

Wooper is a mostly blue, amphibious Pokémon that resembles an upright, armless axolotl. Wooper's head is large compared to its body, and it has small, round, black eyes. It has purple, branching gills on either side of its head; the males have more branches in its gills than the females. Wooper stands on two small, round feet, and it has a large, thick tail. On its belly are dark blue curved markings.

It is implied in the anime that Wooper is a dull-witted Pokémon oblivious to its surroundings. Wooper lives in cold water most of the time. When sleeping, it partially buries itself in the mud at the bottom. It will occasionally leave the water when the air cools in the evening to search for food along the shore. While walking on land, it coats its body with a slimy, toxic film that keeps its skin from dehydrating and insulates against the cold. The film causes a shooting pain if touched barehanded.

In the anime

In the main series

Wooper in the anime

A Wooper Egg in the anime

Major appearances

Wooper (anime)

A Wooper was close friends with Ash's Goodra when they lived together in the wetlands between Lumiose City and Laverre City. It made semi-regular appearances in Pokémon the Series: XY, particularly in episodes revolving around Goodra.

Other

Wooper debuted in No Big Woop!. Ash, Misty, and Brock volunteered to watch over Olesia's school of Wooper for her.

A gang of Wooper lived in Big Town in Pikachu & Pichu.

A Wooper is one of the best friends of the two Pichu Brothers. It appeared in Pikachu and Pichu, Trouble in Big Town, Of Meowth and Pokémon, Big Meowth, Little Dreams, Pichu Bros. in Party Panic and Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

A Wooper was being babysat by a Poké-Sitter named Matt in Pinch Healing!. While Nurse Joy was ill, Brock took care of Wooper by having his Marshtomp use Water Gun to heal its wounds.

A Wooper was part of a gang of Water-types in Like It Or Lup It!.

In Hot Springing a Leak!, Leona's parents used their Wooper to investigate a pipeline. They noticed their water was being drained, and it helped discover that Team Rocket were responsible.

Other Wooper living at Goodra's marsh appeared in flashbacks in A Slippery Encounter!, One for the Goomy!, An Oasis of Hope!, and Good Friends, Great Training!. In Defending the Homeland! and Beyond the Rainbow!, where it was captured by Florges's Bug-type and Poison-type Army, alongside Pikachu and Dedenne, to bring them to Team Rocket.They reappeared in Master Class is in Session! and Performing a Pathway to the Future!, where they watched Serena's performance with the rest of the wetland Pokémon. They appeared once again in A Diamond in the Rough!, when Ash and his friends returned to the wetlands. Four of them appeared again in Till We Compete Again!, where one of them was fighting with a Lotad, before Goodra settled the argument.

Minor appearances

A Trainer's Wooper aided its Trainer in the Seaking Catching Competition in Hook, Line, and Stinker.

A Wooper appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, under the ownership of a Pokémon Breeder participating in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Wooper appeared in Snorlax Snowman.

A Wooper lived at Temacu's father's lab in The Heartbreak of Brock.

Five Wooper lived at the Pokémon-exclusive oasis in Got Miltank?.

A Trainer's Wooper competed in the Whirl Cup. in Octillery The Outcast as one of the Pokémon.

Two baby Wooper were in the pond near Mr. Shellby's house in Extreme Pokémon!.

A Wooper appeared in Why? Wynaut!.

Two Wooper were at the Pokémon Center in The Legend of Thunder!.

Multiple Wooper appeared in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.

In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lends Wooper to the school's underage students for use in lessons.

A Wooper lived in the Abandoned Ship in Abandon Ship!.

A Wooper appeared in PK13.

A Wooper appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Two Wooper were being looked after by Nanny and Pop-Pop in Sweet Baby James.

A Wooper lived in the lake in On Olden Pond.

A Wooper appeared in Off The Unbeaten Path!.

The Marina Group uses Wooper in their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

A Coordinator's Wooper competed in the Terracotta Contest in Once More With Reeling!.

A Wooper appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.

A Wooper appeared in Drifloon On the Wind!.

Multiple Wooper and a Quagsire appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Wooper appeared in Camping It Up!.

A Wooper lived in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy in Up Close and Personable!.

A Wooper appeared in the boss fantasy of A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.

Three Wooper appeared in Doc Brock!.

A Wooper appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.

Multiple Wooper played with a ball with a group of Quagsire in PK20.

A Wooper appeared in Bagged Then Tagged!.

A Coordinator in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn! used their Wooper with a Snorlax for the Double Performance in the Daybreak Contest.

Multiple Wooper appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Wooper lived on Grand Spectrala Islet in The Island of Illusions!.

Multiple Wooper lived in Pokémon Hills in Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

Multiple Wooper live in the Ambrette Aquarium in Going for the Gold!.

A Trainer attended the Pokémon Summer Camp with their Wooper over Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!.

A Wooper lived in the forest in Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad.

Two Wooper lived in the Ninja Village in The Legend of the Ninja Hero!.

A Wooper appeared as an icon on Rotom in Loading the Dex!.

Seven Wooper appeared in The Power of Us, with five each under the ownership of different Trainers.

A Trainer's Wooper watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko in From Z to Shining Z!.

A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Settling the Scorbunny! and JN009.

A Trainer's Wooper appeared in JN019.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon Generations

Wooper in Pokémon Generations

In The Adventure. Red's Pikachu attempted to attack three wild Wooper in an Ecruteak City river with Thunder Shock from a tree above, but it was ineffective due to their immunity to electricity. The Wooper struck back with Mud Shot, sending Pikachu flying.

In the manga

Wooper in Pokémon Adventures

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

A Wooper appeared in Do Your Best Bulbasaur!!, where it was seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Wooper made a cameo in The Legend, where one was seen by the lake when Green had finished her message to Silver in Johto.

Wooper formally debuts in Murkrow Row, where it was one of the Pokémon in Joey's bag after Gold helped him get it back.

In Who Gives a Hoothoot?, a conman uses a swarm of Wooper as a part of his game stall. However, after Gold and Aibo had revealed his secret to the crowd, they were possibly boxed or released.

In the Goldenrod Game Corner, a Trainer is seen with a Wooper in Gligar Glide. Strangely, this Wooper has arms.

A Wooper appeared in Slugging It Out with Slugma as one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City.

A Wooper appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

A Wooper appeared in the Trick Master's flashback in The Final Battle V, where it was one of the Pokémon calmed down by the homeland soil.

A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Crafty Carnivine.

A Trainer's Wooper appeared in a fantasy in Getting the Drop on Gallade I.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Chris owns a Wooper in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.

A Wooper appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu caught a Wooper, as seen in GDZ47.

A Wooper appeared in GDZ61.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga

A Wooper appeared in I Want to be Human Again!.

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga

A Wooper appeared in The White Scroll: Oichi's Worries.

In the TCG

Main article: Wooper (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Out of all the Pokéfloats, Wooper spends the most time onscreen. It first appears when the scene is on Slowpoke's tail and it then floats past Sudowoodo, Snorlax, Venusaur, and Seel before finally floating away. While its head is small, players can also stand on the gills.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Wooper appears as a Spirit in the game.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM04 TM04 Ice Punch Ice Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM53 TM53 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM61 TM61 Guard Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM81 TM81 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM93 TM93 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM98 TM98 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR10 TR10 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR17 TR17 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR22 TR22 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR30 TR30 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR45 TR45 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 085}}85% 10 TR67 TR67 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR78 TR78 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wooper Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wooper Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Acid Spray Poison Special 40 100% 20 After You Normal Status — —% 15 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30 Power-Up Punch Fighting Physical 40 100% 20 Recover Normal Status — —% 10 Spit Up Normal Special — 100% 10 Stockpile Normal Status — —% 20 Swallow Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Wooper in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Wooper in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wooper Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Wooper Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

TCG-only moves

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 11.9% Friend Area: Peanut Swamp Phrases 51%-100% HP I might be damp, but I have a cheerful character! 26%-50% HP What's going on? My health is halfway down already? 1%-25% HP I'm ready to flop... My body's drying out... Level up Whoopee! Level up for me!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: G
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Water Poké Assist: (present) Water Field move: (present) (Soak ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Water Field move: (past) (Soak ×1) Browser entry R-151/N-126 It attacks by spitting bubbles that make Pokémon Slowed.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ● Speed ●●
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★ Move: Water Gun Attack: ★ Ability 1: Gulp Ability 2: Deep Sleep Ability 3: Water Absorb Defense: ★ Speed: ★ Evolves into Quagsire when its HP is 94 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Chikamasa
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Ground Attack Power: 30 - 85 5 #788 Quirky+ Sometimes erases two extra matching Pokémon elsewhere.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 146 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 66 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Water Gun, Mud Shot Charged Attacks: Mud Bomb, Dig, Body Slam

Evolution

Unevolved Wooper  Water  Ground

Level 20 →

First evolution Quagsire  Water  Ground

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Wooper images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Japanese sprites

Gold and Silver back sprites

Trivia

• Wooper has the lowest base stat total of all Ground-type Pokémon and the lowest base Special Defense stat of all Ground-type Pokémon.
• Wooper is the only Ground-type Pokémon to consist only of a head and legs.
• Wooper was one of the first Pokémon to have its gender differences revealed, along with Scizor.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Wooper

Wooper seems to be based on a larval salamander, which has a flat tail and feathery, external gills. Its Shiny sprite gives it a similar coloration to that of albino, leucistic, and flavistic color mutants, or an axolotl, a species of salamander that keeps its gills and remains in the water for all of its life because it never develops lungs.

Name origin

Wooper and Upah are derived from wooper looper, a marketing term created in Japan that started a pet salamander raising fad. Wooper loopers are the Japanese term for the axolotl, a species of salamander.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウパー Upah From wooper looper French Axoloto From axolotl Spanish Wooper Same as English name German Felino From Fenn and bambino Italian Wooper Same as English name Korean 우파 Woopa Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 烏波 / 乌波 Wūbō Transliteration of its Japanese name. Contains 波 bō Cantonese Chinese 烏波 Wūbō Transliteration of its Japanese name. Contains 波 bō

More languages Hindi वूपर Wooper Transcription of English name Russian Вупер Vuper Transcription of English name Thai อูปา Upah Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Wooper (anime)
• Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)

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