Great Tusk (Pokémon)
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Great Tusk (Japanese: イダイナキバ Idainakiba) is a dual-type Ground/Fighting Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it appears to be an ancient relative of Donphan. Its futuristic counterpart is Iron Treads.
Biology
Great Tusk is a large gray proboscidean Pokémon. Its trunk, topside, and tail are covered in dark purple plates, with three rows of pinkish-red spikes on top. Similar pinkish-red accents form around its slanted yellow eyes, as well as on its body as spots. It also has tufts of pinkish-red fur around its legs. Its face has a jagged mouth and two large tusks that curl inward. Its dark purple ears are long, thin, and serrated, with red on the inside.
Great Tusk has a savage nature. The Scarlet Book, which named the creature, describes how it attacked an expedition team with its large body and tusks, fatally injuring one of the explorers in the process.[1] An article from a September issue of Occulture magazine describes Great Tusk as a mysterious life-form resembling Donphan, albeit one with gigantic tusks, tough scales, and an aggressive disposition. Unlike its present-day and future relatives, Great Tusk is never seen curling up into a ball, perhaps prevented by its enormous tusks. There is an unproven theory that the Great Tusk is a living relic of the dinosaur era.
According to AI Sada, Great Tusks are ancient Pokémon and apparent relatives of both Donphan and Iron Treads that were brought to the present in the depths of Area Zero through the Time Machine created by the real Professor Sada 10 years ago. At some point, one of them escaped Area Zero and consumed some Herba Mystica, which caused it to become the Quaking Earth Titan, one of the Titan Pokémon found in the Paldea region.
In the anime
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In the TCG
- Main article: Great Tusk (TCG)
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Great Tusk in the Paldea Pokédex |
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Poké Portal News
Games | Event | Tera Type | Level | Distribution period |
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S | Great Tusk and Iron Treads Spotlight | Steel Random |
75 | May 19, 00:00 to 02:00, 2023 June 16 to 19, 2023 |
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Scarlet | Violet | Booster Energy (5%) |
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HP: 115
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175 - 222 | 340 - 434 | |
131
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122 - 201 | 240 - 397 | |
131
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122 - 201 | 240 - 397 | |
53
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52 - 115 | 99 - 225 | |
53
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52 - 115 | 99 - 225 | |
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82 - 152 | 161 - 300 | |
Total: 570
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- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Great Tusk.
- Great Tusk and Iron Treads can be considered counterparts of one another.
- Both are the only Paradox Pokémon introduced prior to the 1.2.0 update not to be used by the AI Professors in their battles against the player.
- Both are encountered as the version exclusive Quaking Earth Titan.
- Both are the first non-Legendary Paradox Pokémon to be officially revealed and encountered.
- Both are the only Paradox Pokémon that can be caught outside of Area Zero.
- Both have a drawing and photo pictures in Scarlet BookS/Violet BookV.
- Great Tusk has the highest base Defense and the lowest base Special Defense stats of all Paradox Pokémon.
- Great Tusk is the only purple Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
Origin
Great Tusk is based on Donphan. Its design may also be based on mammoths or mastodons, extinct relatives of elephants. Its spikes and tail are reminiscent of dinosaurs.
Name origin
Great Tusk is literally great tusk.
Idainakiba can be taken literally as 偉大な牙 idai na kiba (great tusk).
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References
- ↑ (November 8, 2022). "The Scarlet Book and the Violet Book." Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Official Website
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