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Ludicolo is a bipedal Pokémon that appears to be a mixture of a pineapple and a duck. There is a green sombrero-like growth on its head that is similar to lily pad. Growing out of the top of its head is short brown stem with a yellow spiky upper portion. It has black eyes surrounded by a patch of green and an orange bill. Its body is yellow with several, zigzagging brown stripes. The female has thinner stripes than the male. It has large, green hand with two black lines on its palms. It has thick green legs with a black circle on the underside of its feet.
Ludicolo becomes more powerful when if hears festive music. As it becomes more energetic and active, it will break into a dance. It appears near laughing children on hiking outings. Ludicolo lives near the water's edge.
Ludicolo, the Carefree Pokémon. Ludicolo becomes extremely active whenever it hears a cheery rhythm. This can also lead it to exert extreme power in battle.
Ludicolo later made a cameo appearance during Emerald arc. It was one of the Pokémon Emerald rented during his Battle Factory challenge, but it was quickly traded for a different Pokémon.
Ludicolo begins dancing as soon as it hears cheerful, festive music. This Pokémon is said to appear when it hears the singing of children on hiking outings.
Upon hearing an upbeat and cheerful rhythm, the cells in Ludicolo's body become very energetic and active. Even in battle, this Pokémon will exhibit an amazing amount of power.
When it hears festive music, all the cells in its body become stimulated, and it begins moving in rhythm. It does not quail even when it faces a tough opponent.
Ludicolo's evolutionary line are very similar with Shiftry's family. Both of them are part Grass-type, they first evolve at level 14, a respective evolutionary stone is used to reach the final stage, and both of them are also version-exclusive between Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. They both also gain a very small movepool by evolving to their final evolutions.
Origin
Ludicolo is probably based on a duck, platypus, or kappa, a Mexican dancer, and a giant colocynth or pineapple.
Name origin
Ludicolo may be a combination of ludic (playful in an aimless way) or ludicrous (laughable or absurd) and colocynth (a plant that bears a round, yellow and green fruit). Colo may be an anagram of loco, slang for "crazy."
Runpappa may be a combination of ルンルン runrun (happy or bouncy) and pappa (the possible sound of a rapid drumbeat). It may also be a combination of rumba and kappa.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.