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Height
5'11" Imperial
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1.8 m Metric
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5'11"/1.8 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
7.3 lbs. Imperial
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3.3 kg Metric
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7.3 lbs./3.3 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 1
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 67
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Battle Exp.: 671*
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Dratini (Japanese: ミニリュウ Miniryu) is a Dragon-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Dragonair starting at level 30, which evolves into Dragonite starting at level 55.
Biology
Dratini is a serpentine Pokémon with a blue body and a white belly. It has a white fin on either side of its head and a white bump on its forehead. Above its large, round, white snout are oval, purple eyes. As Dratini is filled with life energy, it is constantly growing, and can thus grow to be over six feet long. As it grows, it sheds its skin. Whenever Dratini undergoes shedding, it hides behind a large waterfall. It has been found in colonies living underwater.
In the animeIn the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Dratini first debuted in Drat That Dratini! in Viridian Forest. It had been attacking Yellow but was calmed by Red.
Dratini was seen in a flashback of Lance's as a Pokémon harmed by human industrialization. This motivated Lance to formulate his plot to destroy humanity many years later.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Dratini appeared in Lance's Dragonite's fantasy in The Final Battle!! when it was telling a false story about how it met Lance.
Dratini appeared in Good-Bye, Pikachu?! where it took a liking to Pikachu. When Giovanni showed up with Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, Pikachu decided to protect the Dratini. Dratini then evolved into a Dragonair when it noticed that Pikachu got injured by Giovanni's Jolteon and Electabuzz. It evolved again into Dragonite when Clefairy pulled its tail.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Satoshi found a Dratini in the Safari Zone which he gave it to a fisherman afterwards.
In the TCGIn the TFG
One Dratini figure has been released:
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Long considered a mythical Pokémon until recently, when a small colony was found living underwater.
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Blue
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Yellow
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The existence of this mythical Pokémon was only recently confirmed by a fisherman who caught one.
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Stadium
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Even the young are known to exceed 6'6". It is rare and long considered to exist only in myth.
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Generation II
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Gold
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It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
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Silver
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This Pokémon is full of life energy. It continually sheds its skin and grows steadily larger.
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Crystal
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It sheds many layers of skin as it grows larger. During this process, it is protected by a rapid waterfall.
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Stadium 2
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It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Dratini continually molts and sloughs off its old skin. It does so because the life energy within its body steadily builds to reach uncontrollable levels.
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Sapphire
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{{{sapphiredex}}}
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Emerald
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A Dratini continually molts and sloughs off its old skin. It does so because the life energy within its body steadily builds to reach uncontrollable levels.
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FireRed
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Even the young can exceed 6.5 feet in length. It grows larger by repeatedly shedding skin.
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LeafGreen
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Long considered a mythical Pokémon until recently, when a small colony was found living underwater.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found.
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Pearl
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{{{pearldex}}}
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Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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HeartGold
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It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
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SoulSilver
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This Pokémon is full of life energy. It continually sheds its skin and grows steadily larger.
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Generation V
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Black
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It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found.
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White
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{{{whitedex}}}
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Black 2
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It is called the "Mirage Pokémon" because so few have seen it. Its shed skin has been found.
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White 2
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{{{white2dex}}}
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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41
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101 - 148
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192 - 286
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64
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62 - 127
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119 - 249
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 300
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- 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.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 50.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dratini
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dratini
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Dratini was originally known as "Dragoon". Although this word can mean a European military unit that is transported on horseback but fights on foot, the name was probably selected as a combination of dragon and lagoon.
- Dratini and its evolutions share the same species name with Horsea and its evolutions, and Salamence. They are all known as the Dragon Pokémon.
- Dratini's sprite in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green featured it with a striped stomach which was removed for Pokémon Yellow and all following games.
- Dratini is the lightest Dragon-type Pokémon.
Origin
It appears to be based upon sea serpents or ryu, traditional Japanese dragons or Chinese dragons who bring good luck. Its constant growth is similar to that of Jörmungandr, a serpent in Norse mythology. Its reclusive nature and the fact that for a long time it was considered a myth is reminiscent of the loch ness monster.
Name origin
Dratini is a combination of dragon and a corruption of tiny; tini-tiny is a phrase to indicate smallness. Ini is also an Italian suffix, applied to a word to imply endearment or smallness. Despite this, it is fairly large for a Pokémon, being nearly six feet (1.8 meters) in length.
Miniryu a combination of miniature and 竜 ryū (dragon).
In other languagesNotes