Biology
Alakazam is characterized by its humanoid structure and large mustache. The female Alakazam has a significantly shorter mustache than the male. Its snout is long and thin, and it has long, ear-like spikes extending from the back of its head. It has brown armor-like sections over its chest, shoulders, forearms and knees, which cover its yellow skeletal body. There are three toes on each foot, each of which has a white claw. It wields a silver spoon in each hand, each of which acts as an amplifier for its psychic abilities. Alakazam is able to lower the accuracy of its opponents by bending the spoons it wields, using its signature move Kinesis.
As Mega Alakazam, this Pokémon gains a large white beard and its mustache becomes larger and white. The armor-like sections become bulkier, with its upper body section becoming slightly shorter to reveal its thin stomach. The head becomes diamond-shaped. It keeps its four ear-like spikes, and gains a large, oval, red organ in the center of its forehead. The organ is said to emit psychic power.[1] Its lower legs become longer and slimmer and its feet become skinnier and resemble talons. It gains three additional spoons, which it levitates in the air.
Alakazam is able to use all forms of psychic abilities. These powers are used to move its body, as opposed to its weak muscles. It also uses its psychic powers to hold up its head, which is too heavy to be supported by its neck, due to its continually growing brain. It is said to have an excellent memory and can remember everything that it has experienced since hatching as an Abra, and has an IQ that exceeds 5,000. It is found in urban areas.
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGGame data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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Its brain can outperform a super-computer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5,000.
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Blue
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Yellow
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A Pokémon that can memorize anything. It never forgets what it learns—that's why this Pokémon is smart.
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Stadium
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A Pokémon that uses psychic power. It is highly intelligent and capable of instantly identifying its foe's weakness.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Closing both its eyes heightens all its other senses. This enables it to use its abilities to their extremes.
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Silver
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Its brain cells multiply continually until it dies. As a result, it remembers everything.
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Crystal
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It has an IQ of 5000. It calculates many things in order to gain the edge in every battle.
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Stadium 2
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Closing both its eyes heightens all its other senses. This enables it to use its abilities to their extremes.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Alakazam's brain continually grows, making its head far too heavy to support with its neck. This Pokémon holds its head up using its psychokinetic power instead.
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Sapphire
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Alakazam's brain continually grows, infinitely multiplying brain cells. This amazing brain gives this Pokémon an astoundingly high IQ of 5,000. It has a thorough memory of everything that has occurred in the world.
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Emerald
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While it has strong psychic abilities and high intelligence, an Alakazam's muscles are very weak. It uses psychic power to move its body.
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FireRed
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It does not like physical attacks very much. Instead, it freely uses extra-sensory powers to defeat foes.
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LeafGreen
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Its brain can outperform a supercomputer. Its IQ (intelligence quotient) is said to be around 5,000.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Its superb memory lets it recall everything it has experienced from birth. Its IQ exceeds 5,000.
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Pearl
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Its highly developed brain is on par with a supercomputer. It can use all forms of psychic abilities.
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Platinum
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The spoons clutched in its hands are said to have been created by its psychic powers.
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HeartGold
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Closing both its eyes heightens all its other senses. This enables it to use its abilities to their extremes.
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SoulSilver
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Its brain cells multiply continually until it dies. As a result, it remembers everything.
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Generation V
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Black
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The spoons clutched in its hands are said to have been created by its psychic powers.
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White
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Black 2
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The spoons clutched in its hands are said to have been created by its psychic powers.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Its brain cells multiply continually until it dies. As a result, it remembers everything.
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Its brain can outperform a super-computer. Its intelligence quotient is said to be 5,000.
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Omega Ruby
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Alakazam's brain continually grows, making its head far too heavy to support with its neck. This Pokémon holds its head up using its psychokinetic power instead.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Alakazam's brain continually grows, infinitely multiplying brain cells. This amazing brain gives this Pokémon an astoundingly high IQ of 5,000. It has a thorough memory of everything that has occurred in the world.
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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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In events
Held items
In-game trades
Stats
Base stats
Generation I-V
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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135
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126 - 205
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247 - 405
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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120
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112 - 189
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220 - 372
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Total: 490
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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 135.
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Generation VI
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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135
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126 - 205
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247 - 405
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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120
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112 - 189
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220 - 372
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Total: 500
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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.
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Mega Alakazam
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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55
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115 - 162
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220 - 314
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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175
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162 - 249
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319 - 493
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95
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90 - 161
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175 - 317
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150
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139 - 222
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274 - 438
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Total: 590
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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.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alakazam
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Alakazam
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alakazam
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Alakazam
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Alakazam in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Alakazam in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alakazam
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Alakazam
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Alakazam can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Alakazam cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alakazam
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Alakazam
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alakazam
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Alakazam
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Alakazam could be seen as a counterpart to Machamp. They are both the last stage of a three-part evolutionary family, they reach their final stage by trading, and they both have a 75% male gender ratio. Also, Alakazam excels at the Special Attack stat, while Machamp excels at Attack. They are both in all regional Pokédexes (excluding the Unova dex). Their evolutionary families are also next to each other in the National Pokédex. Moreover, a girl in Oreburgh City will trade her Abra for a Machop.
- Alakazam has the lowest average Performance of any fully-evolved Pokémon.
- In Red and Blue, an Alakazam sent out by an opponent while the player's Pokémon has low health will have the cry of a Gastly.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Alakazam is the same height as Ethan.
- Mega Alakazam has the highest Special Attack base stat of all non-legendary Pokémon and the highest Speed base stat of all non-legendary Psychic-type Pokémon.
- Alakazam is the only Pokémon whose base stat total does not increase by exactly 100 points upon Mega Evolving, gaining only 90 points overall.
Origin
Alakazam is based on a magician and also a spoon bender. It also shares similarities to goats and foxes, both animals with ties to magic.
Mega Alakazam is based on a sorcerer or wizard, or possibly sadhus with psychic powers.
Name origin
Alakazam is an incantation used in stage magic, similar to Abracadabra.
Foodin can be spelled Houdin and is probably a reference to Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin or Harry Houdini, who were both famous magicians, as the Japanese names of the Abra line are based on famous mystics.
In other languages
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More languages
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Hindi
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अलाकेज़ेम Alakazam
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Transcription of English name
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External linksNotes
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