Terapagos (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Terapagos (disambiguation).

Terapagos Tera Pokémon テラパゴス Terapagos #1024 Normal Form Terastal Form Stellar Form Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Unknown Unknown Unknown Terastal Form Unknown Unknown Stellar Form Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Tera Shift Normal Form Tera Shell Terastal Form Teraform Zero Stellar Form Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Terastal Form Cacophony Stellar Form
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 5 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Normal Form 1'00" 0.3 m Terastal Form 5'07" 1.7 m Stellar Form 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 14.3 lbs. 6.5 kg Normal Form 35.3 lbs. 16.0 kg Terastal Form 169.8 lbs. 77.0 kg Stellar Form 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 90	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 1-4 Normal Form 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Terastal Form 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed Stellar Form 3 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 Other forms may have other shapes.	Footprint Terastal Form
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Terapagos (Japanese: テラパゴス Terapagos) is a Normal-type Legendary Pokémon introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Terapagos has three forms: its Normal Form, its Terastal Form, and a unique Stellar-type Terastallized state referred to as its Stellar Form. When it enters a battle, it changes from its Normal Form into its Terastal Form through its Tera Shift Ability, and transforms from its Terastal Form into its Stellar Form upon Terastallizing.

Terastal Form Terapagos is the game mascot of The Indigo Disk, appearing in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

Terapagos plays an important role in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Biology

Terapagos in its dormant state

In its Normal Form, Terapagos is a small reptilian Pokémon that resembles an indigo tortoise. Its head, legs, and tail stem from a cyan, hexagonal shell with the Terastal symbol on its back: a white hexagon with triangular extensions on each corner that connects it to the edges of its back. Its neck and legs each have a cyan four-pointed star and ring rub on them. Its feet each have three toes, and its tail has a cyan four-pointed star at its tip. It has two light blue eyes with rouge rimming and four-pointed star-shaped pupils. It has a diamond-like pattern on its forehead and two diamonds hanging like earrings on both sides of its head. lastly, it has a "ponytail" made up of three segments of diamond-like shapes. The segments reduce in size as they get farther from the head and gain a purplish tint to them.

Terapagos's protective shield

Normal Form Terapagos is said to have a splendid aura. It is a small and particularly weak Pokémon, for that reason, it can assume a dormant state whenever its life is put in danger or it needs to hybernate, pulling its head, limbs, and tail into its shell and shrinking in size, which makes itself look like an ordinary jewel. It also has the ability to crystallize the energy in its own body to form around itself a green shield when necessary, even in its dormant state. Through this same ability, Terapagos will cause glowing, hard crystals to form around it, even as it slumbers, which gave Area Zero the distinctive appearance it possesses. As depicted in Pokémon Horizons: The Series, in its Normal Form, Terapagos is shown to be unable to move if it's turned upside down, needing outside help to stand back up. it has shown to have an incredibly long lifespan, with one known to have lived for millions of years while slumbering within its shell. Terapagos inhabited the Paldea region in a bygone era. It was thought that this species went extinct, with it said to have been caught up in seismic shifts that occurred about 2,000,000 years ago. However, one of them managed to survive by crystallizing its own body and going into hibernation in the Area Zero Underdepths, where it laid low until the present day. According to Briar, Terapagos is made of Terastal energy. Terapagos stays in its Normal Form while not battling, implying it to be its true form.

Heath is the one who discovered Terapagos and coined its name. Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V did research on this Pokémon while in Area Zero. For a long time, many thought Terapagos was fake and that Heath had made it up, but Briar proved its existence by writing her own book: "The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero", which details the expedition she, Carmine, Kieran, and the player had in Area Zero Underdepths. The Area Zero journals and the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V imply that Terapagos is responsible for the Terastal phenomenon, which is confirmed to be the case in the Pokédex. With the power of its crystals, Terapagos can bombard its foes with countless star-shaped projectiles. Terapagos also has the ability to alter timelines in some capacity, as seen in both games and anime, it is capable of bringing humans, Pokémon, and objects either from other points in the Pokémon world's timeline or from other timelines altogether to the point in time and space it currently is. While using this ability, a pink mist appears around the affected area; once it disappears, whatever was brought is sent back. The true limits of this power are currently unknown, but it affects humans and objects differently, as the player was able to keep the copy of the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V given by the professor after the encounter at Kitakami's Crystal Pool. As revealed in The Plan to Capture Rayquaza, Terapagos has the ability to call out to other Pokémon with a specific energy signal. Due to the Terastal energy its body produces, Terapagos was responsible for allowing advanced technologies, such as Tera Orbs, the professor's AI copy, and the "time machine", to exist in spite of human limitations. It is also implied to be responsible for the growth of Herba Mystica, special herbs with amazing healing properties and even the ability to make Pokémon grow into Titan Pokémon.

Tera Orbs directly exposed to the energy from Terapagos will gain the ability Terastallize Pokémon with no charging drawbacks. Terapagos is also the source and creator of the Stellar type, a unique type that's exclusive to the Terastal phenomenon. It works differently from others, containing the powers of each and every type. The Stellar Tera Type used to occur only in the Area Zero Underdepths as a result of the Terapagos that slumbered there. However, due to the crystals found there, it can now be found in Blueberry Academy's Terarium as well. Unlike other Pokémon, Terapagos will always receive the full benefits of the Stellar Tera Type, even outside of Tera Raid Battles. Through the Stellar type, Terapagos can also change its defensive typing during the battle.

Terapagos is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Tera Starstorm. Its Normal Form is also the only known Pokémon that can have Tera Shift as an Ability. Its Tera Type is fixed as Stellar and cannot be changed at the Treasure Eatery.

Forms

Terapagos has three forms: Normal Form, Terastal Form, and Stellar Form.

Normal Form	Terastal Form	Stellar Form

Terastal Form Terapagos

The type icons morphing on Terastal Form Terapagos's shell

Terastal Form Terapagos while using Water Pulse

Terapagos can absorb the energy around itself in order to crystallize it and clad its body in a larger, sturdier shell. It also causes the rings on its legs to transform into fur, which forms a mane and three tails, thus transforming into its Terastal Form.

Terastal Form Terapagos is a reptilian Pokémon that resembles an indigo sea turtle. It now has two patches of voluminous, shiny fur: one near its head, vaguely forming a mane, and the other where its star-tipped tail used to be, vaguely forming three separate tails. The color of its fur varies between a greenish yellow and sky blue. In dark places like caves, this fur glows bright blueish-white. Its hind legs have been fully covered by the fur, while only the toes of its front legs are visible, barely poking out of the mane. The eyes remain unchanged from the Normal Form's ones, but they are seen gleaming with the same hue as the fur. The diamond-shaped earrings and ponytail seem to have merged with Terapagos's head.

Terapagos's shell is composed of eighteen irregular pentagons on its surface, each decorated with symbols of varying shapes and colors in a way to resemble the eighteen types icons. The symbols morph back and forth to abstract shapes. On the center of its shell is a cyan, hexagonal gem adorned with the Terastal symbol, much like the small crystal shell of Normal Form Terapagos. The sides of its shell also have three obtuse pentagons each on the rim of the shell that are a solid light blue color. Due to its lack of legs, Terapagos needs to float to move around in this form.

Normal Form Terapagos enters its Terastal Form when it is either in danger or about to battle. Its shell is composed of crystallized Terastal energy and holds the power of every type, allowing it to distort type matchups and render all damage-dealing moves as ineffective. The shell then absorbs the move's energy and transfers it back to Terapagos. When using specific beam-like attacks, Terapagos withdraws its hands and head into its shell, shapes its mane in a way it resembles its three tails, and flies up, shooting the attack from the cyan, hexagonal gem in the center of its shell. As seen in HZ064, in this form, Terapagos is capable of destroying Laquium, undoing its effects on other Pokémon as a result. For this reason, Spinel comes to the conclusion that Terapagos and Laquium are opposites. Kieran assumes Terapagos's Terastal Form is its true form; this, however, is currently unproven. In this form, it is known as "the indigo disk", due to its indigo coloration and disk-shaped shell.

Terastal Form Terapagos is the only known Pokémon that can have Tera Shell as an Ability.

Stellar Form Terapagos

Stellar Form Terapagos while using Meteor Beam

When exposed to a Tera Orb, Terapagos will be Terastallized and turn Stellar-type, thus transforming into its Stellar Form.

Stellar Form Terapagos glows with power and is fully coated by a rainbow-colored aura. All the icons on its shell became cyan, but the rest of its true body is identical to Terastal Form Terapagos and is seen floating above a large, crystal, indigo dome covered in layers of overlapping hexagons. Under the dome, there're four crystals positioned like the legs of a turtle. The gem on the center of Terastal Form's shell has expanded outward into the shape of a crown bejeweled with rhombuses of varying colors. Atop of the crown-like structure lays a miniature version of Normal Form Terapagos and, above it, the Terastal symbol. Eighteen hexagonal gems orbit around Stellar Form Terapagos's dome, each bearing the icons and colors of one of the eighteen types. Terapagos needs to float to move around in this form as well.

Terapagos has taken this form at least three times throughout history: in ancient times, during the Area Zero expedition 200 years ago, and in the present time. This form is said to resemble the world as the ancients saw it, supposedly due to the dome beneath it. Meanwhile, in the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V, Heath describes it as an entity, unsure if it is a Pokémon, or even alive to begin with, however, he claims that viewed as a whole, it resembles a mysterious, brilliant disk, and even looks like a planet floating in space. Its Terastal energy becomes so abnormally amplified that it actually appears to lose control and lash out due to its energy output. Due to having so much power, Stellar Form Terapagos may cause cracks around it during its transformation and even risks wreaking havoc to Paldea's ecosystem. While in this form, it was shown to resist going back into even the most powerful of Poké Balls, the Master Ball, destroying it in the process.

Stellar Form Terapagos is capable of absorbing Terastal energy from other Terastallized Pokémon, causing their Terastallized state to be undone earlier than intended. With it, it can create multiple Tera Shields and even change its type amidst battle, though this seems to be limited to only three times per battle. The hidden powers within Stellar Form Terapagos are capable of reducing to zero all effects of weather and terrain. It has shown to be capable of shooting huge beams of pure Terastal energy at its foes. When using specific beam-like attacks, Stellar Form Terapagos will use all of its hexagonal gems in a certain formation to shoot the beam from it. In this form, it is also known as "the hidden treasure of Area Zero" due to its status as the secret treasure that was sought by the Paldean empire.

Stellar Form Terapagos is the only known Pokémon that can have Teraform Zero as an Ability.

Game data

Terapagos in The Indigo Disk

NPC appearances

Main article: Terapagos (game)

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Indigo Disk: Terapagos is a major character and boss in the DLC.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.

Generation IX Paldea #— Kitakami #— Blueberry #240 Normal Form Scarlet Terapagos protects itself using its power to transform energy into hard crystals. This Pokémon is the source of the Terastal phenomenon. Violet It’s thought that this Pokémon lived in ancient Paldea until it got caught in seismic shifts and went extinct. Terastal Form Scarlet Upon sensing danger, it prepares itself for battle by creating a sturdy shell of crystallized Terastal energy. Violet The shell is made of crystallized Terastal energy. When struck by a move, this shell absorbs the move’s energy and transfers it to Terapagos. Stellar Form Scarlet In this form, Terapagos resembles the world as the ancients saw it, and its Terastal energy is abnormally amplified. Violet An old expedition journal describes the sight of this Pokémon buried in the depths of the earth as resembling a planet floating in space.

Terapagos in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Violet TradeVersion 3.0.0+ The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Area Zero Underdepths (only one)

Stats

Base stats

Normal Form

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 90		150 - 197	290 - 384
Attack: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Defense: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Sp. Atk: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Def: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Speed: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Total: 450	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Terastal Form

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 95		155 - 202	300 - 394
Attack: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Defense: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp. Atk: 105		99 - 172	193 - 339
Sp. Def: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Speed: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Total: 600	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Stellar Form

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 160		220 - 267	430 - 524
Attack: 105		99 - 172	193 - 339
Defense: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp. Atk: 130		121 - 200	238 - 394
Sp. Def: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Speed: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Total: 700	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Ghost-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

Terapagos is available in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Withdraw Water Status 0000— 00——% 40 011 Tri Attack Normal Special 08080 100100% 10 011 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 05050 100100% 40 1010 Ancient Power Rock Special 06060 100100% 5 2020 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100100% 15 3030 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00——% 10 4040 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100100% 10 5050 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100100% 10 6060 Tera Starstorm Normal Special 120120 100100% 5 7070 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100100% 15 8080 Rock Polish Rock Status 0000— 00——% 20 9090 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100100% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Terapagos Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Terapagos

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM112 TM112 Aura Sphere Fighting Special 08080 00—}}—% 20 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM123 TM123 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM124 TM124 Ice Spinner Ice Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM165 TM165 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM189 TM189 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM210 TM210 Supercell Slam Electric Physical 100100 095}}95% 15 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Terapagos Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Terapagos

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Terapagos Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Terapagos Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Terapagos

Side game data

Normal Form

Pokémon GO File:GO1024.png Base HP: 207 Base Attack: 126 Base Defense: 165 Egg Distance: N/A km Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Terastal Form

Pokémon GO File:GO1024T.png Base HP: 216 Base Attack: 212 Base Defense: 224 Egg Distance: N/A km Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Stellar Form

Pokémon GO File:GO1024S.png Base HP: 330 Base Attack: 259 Base Defense: 224 Egg Distance: N/A km Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Form data

Outside of battle, Terapagos is always in its Normal Form. When it enters a battle for the first time, it changes from its Normal Form into its Terastal Form through its signature Ability Tera Shift and will never change back to Normal Form until the battle ends, even if it faints. As a result, its Normal Form cannot legitimately be used in a battle. Terastal Form Terapagos also has Tera Shift replaced by its other signature Ability Tera Shell. If Terapagos Terastallizes during a battle, it transforms into its Stellar Form, where Tera Shell is replaced by its third signature Ability, Teraform Zero. Its signature move Tera Starstorm also changes from Normal- to Stellar-type and targets both opponents in a Double Battle.

Since the other two forms have higher base HP stat, Terapagos's maximum HP will increase and its current HP will be revised to its new maximum HP minus the amount of HP it had lost before changing form.

Terapagos cannot have its Tera Type changed from Stellar at the Treasure Eatery.

Default form Normal Form Terapagos  Normal

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Activates Tera Shift Terastal Form Terapagos  Normal

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Terastallization Stellar Form Terapagos  Normal

Evolution data

Unevolved Terapagos  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Main series

Normal Form Terapagos in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Terastal Form Terapagos in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Major appearances

Terapagos (anime)

Terapagos in its dormant state debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), being used by Liko as a pendant before being properly revealed in its Normal Form in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two) right before returning to its dormant state. In Fiery Galarian Moltres, it awakened permanently and is currently traveling with the Rising Volt Tacklers. It was revealed to be over 100 years old and that it once travelled alongside the ancient adventurer, Lucius and his Six Heroes. Terapagos in its Terastal Form briefly appeared in Reunion at the Ancient Castle! as a sketch in Lucius's diary before properly appearing in Roar of the Black Rayquaza so it could face Lucius's Black Rayquaza and save its friends.

Minor appearances

In HZ071, a Terapagos was shown in a flashback narrated by Briar, where she recounted her ancestor Heath's first encounter with the Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry HZ024 Terapagos Roy's Pokédex No data.

In the manga

Normal Form Terapagos in Anime Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Adventure

Terastal Form Terapagos in Pocket Monsters

Pocket Monsters

Main article: Terapagos (anime)

Terapagos debuted in HZM02, playing the same role it does in the anime.

Pocket Monster: Liko's treasure

Main article: Terapagos (anime)

Normal Form Terapagos appeared in PMLT02, playing the same role as it does in the anime.

Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~

Main article: Terapagos (anime)

Terapagos appeared in both chapters of Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~, playing the same role as it does in the anime.

Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Main article: Terapagos (anime)

Terapagos appeared in DVT05, alongside Liko.

In the TCG

Main article: Terapagos (TCG)

Music

This is a list of music associated with Terapagos in the Pokémon games.

Games	Location	Song name	Composition	Arrangement
S  V	When Terapagos awakens from its gem	Terapagos Comes Back to Life	Toby Fox, Rei Murayama, and Go Ichinose	Hiromitsu Maeba
	When battling Kieran's Terapagos in the Underdepths	Battle! (Terapagos)	Rei Murayama and Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When Briar prompts Kieran to Terastallize Terapagos	Conditions of the Hidden Treasure	Toby Fox	Hiromitsu Maeba
	When Kieran attempts to recall Terapagos to its Poké Ball	Terapagos Goes Rampage	Toby Fox, Rei Murayama, and Go Ichinose	Hiromitsu Maeba
	When battling Stellar Form Terapagos	Battle! (Terapagos - The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero)	Rei Murayama, Toby Fox, and Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
	When capturing the Terapagos	Caught the Terapagos!	Toby Fox	Hiromitsu Maeba

Trivia

Stellar Form Terapagos Sketch in the Scarlet/Violet Books

• Before the official reveal of Terapagos, a sketch of its Stellar Form appeared in the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V, drawn by Heath in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
• Terapagos has several similarities to Eternatus. Both are Legendary Pokémon that are responsible for the special type of transformation (Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastallization) found within their respective regions of origin (Galar and Paldea) after entering a state of dormancy sometime in the distant past. They also both have transformations exclusive to them related to these phenomena increasing their stats (Eternatus's Eternamax form and Terapagos's Stellar Form, though the former is unobtainable) and can absorb the energy needed to use these transformations from other Pokémon, thereby rendering them unavailable. They also each have a form that cannot be used by the player in battle with programmed stats (Eternatus's Eternamax form and Terapagos's Normal form, the latter of which can be brought into battle but not used due to its unsurpressable ability). Both of them were also introduced in a game which would receive DLC and whose game mascots comprise a Legendary duo.
• In the closed captions of the initial TV Tokyo broadcast of HZ023, Terapagos was mistakenly referred to as コダイカメ Kodaikame (from 古代亀 kodaikame, literally "ancient turtle").
  • This mirrors its internal name from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, where Terapagos is also referred to as "kodaikame".
• Terapagos is the only Pokémon with an EV yield total of more than three, with its Terastal Form having a total of four.
  • Terapagos is also the only Pokémon with a different EV yield total between each of its forms, with Normal having one, Terastal having four, and Stellar having three.
• While Terapagos as a species has a 50-50 gender ratio, the only Terapagos encounter is set to always be male. Because of this, a female Terapagos cannot currently be legitimately obtained.
• Terapagos cannot have its Tera Type be changed under normal circumstances in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. If the game is modified to force Terapagos to have a different Tera Type, the game will lag significantly while Terastallizing; however, unlike with Ogerpon, the game will not softlock. Illusion will also not work if either Terapagos or the Pokémon with said Ability Terastallize.
• Terapagos is the only Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that is able to learn moves through TMs, but cannot learn Tera Blast (despite the move using Terastal energy, which Terapagos is responsible for creating).
• Terapagos's cry is almost identical to the sound that is made when a Pokémon Terastallizes.
  • The cry also incorporates the leitmotif commonly associated in-game with Area Zero, Terapagos's habitat. It is more easily distinguished when the cry is played at slower speed.
• Normal Form Terapagos is tied with Azurill and Shroodle for being the shortest Normal-type Pokémon.
• Terapagos is the only Pokémon to have three signature Abilities, the most out of any Pokémon.
• One of Stellar Form Terapagos's attack animations has it use the 18 hexagonal gems orbiting its dome to form a symbol and shoot the attack from it. This symbol is the very same one featured in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero expansion's logo.
• While in game, Terapagos is categorized as the Tera Pokémon, in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's official website, it is categorized as the Terastal Pokémon.
• If Terapagos uses auto-battle to defeat a Pokémon, it'll transform into its Terastal Form before defeating the wild Pokémon, and then switch back to its Normal Form.
• Despite being the source of the Terastal phenomenon, which contains the power of every type, Terapagos cannot learn any Ghost- or Flying-type moves.

Origin

Terapagos may be based on a sea turtle, specifically the Galápagos green turtle, a population of green sea turtles found around the Galápagos Islands. It, especially in its Normal Form, may also be based on the Galápagos tortoise; in particular, it may be inspired by Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island Tortoise (a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise), as Terapagos is said to be extinct aside from a lone male survivor.

Terapagos may be inspired by the rainbow-shelled turtle from the Japanese folktale about a fisherman named Urashima Tarō. In the story, this turtle carries Tarō to the Dragon Palace beneath the sea, a detail that may be reflected by the concept of the mostly underwater Blueberry Academy (the main setting of The Indigo Disk, in which Terapagos was introduced). Additionally, the story ends with the fisherman aging rapidly into an old man with long white hair, similar to how Terapagos changes form when it enters battle.

The Terastal Form's hairy appearance may be a reference to Japanese legends of the minogame, a turtle which lived for 10,000 years and grew a tail made of seaweed. Terapagos, especially in its Stellar Form, may also reference the World Turtle, a mythical turtle found in various mythologies that was said to carry the world upon its back. This connection is furthered by the Stellar Form's Pokédex entries, which state that it resembles "the world as the ancients saw it" and "a planet floating in space". By extension, Terapagos's Stellar Form may be a reference to the expression "turtles all the way down", as it has a crystal in the shape of its Normal Form above its shell, and it floats on top of a larger dome shaped like a tortoise shell. The expression "turtles all the way down" refers to the idea that the World Turtle rests on the back of a larger turtle, and that turtle rests on the back of an even larger turtle, and so on.

The tessellation on Terapagos's shell contains type icons and could be based on the unique pattern on the back of the diamondback terrapin. Terapagos's crystalline composition may also take inspiration from chitons, marine mollusks with flat disk-shaped bodies and eye-like peripherals composed of rock.

Name origin

Terapagos may be a combination of Terastal, terrapin, and galápagos (a Spanish word for turtles, most recognizable because of the Galápagos Islands).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese テラパゴス Terapagos From Terastal, terrapin, and galápagos or Galápagos Islands French Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name German Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Italian Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Korean 테라파고스 Terapagoseu Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 太樂巴戈斯 / 太乐巴戈斯 Tàilèbāgēsī Transcription of the Japanese name and 太晶化 Tàijīnghuà Cantonese Chinese 太樂巴戈斯 Taailohkbāgwōsī Transcription of the Japanese name and 太晶化 Taaijīngfa

More languages

Normal Form

Language Title Japanese ノーマルフォルム Normal Forme Chinese Cantonese 普通形態 Póutūng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 普通形態 / 普通形态 Pǔtōng Xíngtài French Forme Normale German Normalform Italian Forma Normale Korean 노말폼 Normal Forme Spanish Forma Normal

Terastal Form

Language Title Japanese テラスタルフォルム Terastal Forme Chinese Cantonese 太晶形態 Taaijīng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 太晶形態 / 太晶形态 Tàijīng Xíngtài French Forme Téracristal German Terakristall-Form Italian Forma Teracristal Korean 테라스탈폼 Terastal Forme Spanish Forma Teracristal

Stellar Form

Language Title Japanese ステラフォルム Stella Forme Chinese Cantonese 星晶形態 Sīngjīng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 星晶形態 / 星晶形态 Xīngjīng Xíngtài French Forme Stellaire German Stellarform Italian Forma Astrale Korean 스텔라폼 Stella Forme Spanish Forma Astral

Related articles

• Terapagos (game)
• The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero
• The Indigo Disk
• Legendary Pokémon
• Terastal phenomenon
• Terastal energy
• List of Pokémon with form differences
• Area Zero
• Scarlet Book
• Violet Book
• Area Zero journals
• Terapagos (anime)
• Stellar (type)
• Time travel
• Paradox Pokémon
• Population of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon

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