In commemoration of Nintendo’s 135ᵗʰ anniversary, September 20 to 30 is NIWA Cross-Wiki Week. Click here for event details and the possibility to win a $20/€20 Nintendo eShop gift card. Please remember to follow the manual of style and code of conduct at all times. Check the Bulbagarden home page for up-to-date Pokémon news and discuss it on the forums or in the Bulbagarden Discord server.
Lombre is a bipedal Pokémon that is mostly aqua-colored with a green pattern extending from the sides of its head down to its feet. It has stubby, round ears, and a red bill-like mouth. There is a large lilypad on its head, which has a notch in it and resembles a sombrero. It has long arms with red fingers and a thumb on each hand. It has green feet with three toes. It is sometimes mistaken for a human child.
Lombre is a mischievous Pokémon that tugs on fishing lines of anglers from underwater and pops out of rivers to startle people during the evening. It is nocturnal and sleeps on a bed of water grass during the day. It lives in rivers and at the edges of bodies of water. It feeds on aquatic moss that grows on rocks in the riverbed.
Lombre is nocturnal - it will get active after dusk. It is also a mischief-maker. When this Pokémon spots anglers, it tugs on their fishing lines from beneath the surface and enjoys their consternation.
Lombre's entire body is covered by a slippery, slimy film. It feels horribly unpleasant to be touched by this Pokémon's hands. Lombre is often mistaken for a human child.
Lombre's appearance is similar to the Japanese mythological creature known as the Kappa. Unlike Golduck, this Pokémon is more like the kappa. A kappa has a dish on its head filled with water that is the source of its power, called a sara, just as this Pokémon has a similar dish and uses Rain Dish to replenish itself. It also has facial features similar to the kappa, such as a turtle-like beak.
Name origin
Lombre may be a combination of lotus and hombre (Spanish for man). It may also derive from sombrero (Spanish for hat), similar to its Japanese name. Alternatively, it may involve sombre (French for dark), referring to it being nocturnal.
Hasubrero is a combination of 蓮 hasu (lotus) and sombrero. Its German name, Lombrero, mirrors this meaning.
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.