Tentacool (Pokémon)
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Tentacool (Japanese: メノクラゲ Menokurage) is a Water/Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Behavior
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 Vermillion City apparently bathes with her Tentacool on a regular basis. She is seen again with her Tentacool in Volume 14 during the Chairman's call out to all Trainers to send their Pokémon to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
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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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Type effectiveness
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 200.
Learnset
By leveling up
Game | Generation I | Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV |
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Start | Acid | Poison Sting | Poison Sting | Poison Sting |
5 | Supersonic | |||
6 | Supersonic | Supersonic | ||
7 | Supersonic | |||
8 | Constrict | |||
12 | Constrict | Constrict | Acid | |
13 | Wrap | |||
15 | Toxic Spikes | |||
19 | Acid | Acid | BubbleBeam | |
22 | Water Gun | Wrap | ||
25 | Bubblebeam | Bubblebeam | ||
26 | Barrier | |||
27 | Constrict | |||
29 | Water Pulse | |||
30 | Screech | Wrap | Wrap | |
33 | Barrier | Poison Jab | ||
36 | Barrier | Barrier | Screech | |
40 | Hydro Pump | |||
43 | Screech | Screech | Wring Out | |
48 | Hydro Pump | |||
49 | Hydro Pump | Hydro Pump |
By TM/HM
Game | Generation I | Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV |
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TM03 | Swords Dance | Curse | Water Pulse | Water Pulse |
TM06 | Toxic | Toxic | Toxic | Toxic |
TM07 | Hail | Hail | ||
TM09 | Take Down | |||
TM10 | Double-Edge | Hidden Power | Hidden Power | Hidden Power |
TM11 | Bubblebeam | |||
TM12 | Water Gun | |||
TM13 | Ice Beam | Snore | Ice Beam | Ice Beam |
TM14 | Blizzard | Blizzard | Blizzard | Blizzard |
TM16 | Icy Wind | |||
TM17 | Protect | Protect | Protect | |
TM18 | Rain Dance | Rain Dance | Rain Dance | |
TM19 | Giga Drain | Giga Drain | Giga Drain | |
TM20 | Rage | Endure | ||
TM21 | Mega Drain | Frustration | Frustration | Frustration |
TM27 | Return | Return | Return | |
TM31 | Mimic | |||
TM32 | Double Team | Double Team | Double Team | Double Team |
TM33 | Reflect | |||
TM34 | Bide | Swagger | ||
TM35 | Sleep Talk | |||
TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Sludge Bomb | Sludge Bomb | |
TM40 | Skull Bash | |||
TM42 | Facade | Facade | ||
TM43 | Secret Power | Secret Power | ||
TM44 | Rest | Rest | Rest | Rest |
TM45 | Attract | Attract | Attract | |
TM46 | Thief | Thief | Thief | |
TM50 | Substitute | |||
TM55 | Brine | |||
TM58 | Endure | |||
TM66 | Payback | |||
TM75 | Swords Dance | |||
TM78 | Captivate | |||
TM82 | Sleep Talk | |||
TM83 | Natural Gift | |||
TM84 | Poison Jab | |||
TM87 | Swagger | |||
TM90 | Substitute | |||
HM01 | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut |
HM03 | Surf | Surf | Surf | Surf |
HM06 | Whirlpool | |||
HM07 | Waterfall | Waterfall | Waterfall | |
HM08 | Dive |
Side game data
Evolution
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
External links
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