Corsola is a small, pink, roundish Anthozoan Pokémon with branch-like growths on its back, which are similar to coral. There is a smaller, blunt horn on its forehead, and it has black, oval eyes. It has a light-blue underside, which speckles towards the sides. Its four legs and two arms are blunt and stubby.
Smaller Pokémon like Horsea and Luvdisc are sometimes sheltered by Corsola's branches, and even offer it protection from foes. Corsola's horn is a prized material, commonly used for jewelry and carving, as seen in the anime. Some people keep Corsola branches as charms to promote safe childbirth. Corsola's branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, this Pokémon grows it back in just one night.
Found in the warm shallow waters of southern seas, Corsola requires clean water to live. If its habitat is dirty, the growths on its back become discolored and degenerate. However, when it is healthy, its growths regularly shed and grow back; it is able to regrow them over the course of a single night. It forms large social groups. Occasionally, these groups get so large that people may live atop them, as is the case in Pacifidlog Town.
In the Alola region, Mareanie and Toxapex are natural predators of Corsola, preying on its branches. If pursued by them, Corsola will sometimes snap its own branches off as a diversion. Conversely, Mareanie and Toxapex do not prey on Corsola in the Galar region, having not developed a taste for its branches.
Forms
Galarian Corsola without its branches
Corsola has a regional form: Galarian Corsola.
Galarian Corsola were wiped out by sudden changes in the climate and ocean temperature, turning them into Ghost-types. Its body is a bleached white with half-closed pink eyes and a perpetual frown, and its arms and branches have a distinctly semitransparent appearance to them. These branches are incorporeal and can disappear at will. They cannot cause injuries or pain, but they can be used to take root inside and drain the life force of others, and will immobilize the victim until Galarian Corsola lets them go.[1]
Galarian Corsola are commonly found in the remains of prehistoric seas, and while they can be mistaken for ordinary rocks, they will curse anybody who kicks them by accident. Galarian Corsola consumes spirit energy from the life force its absorbs. This diet eventually causes Corsola's shell to break, its body to become incorporeal and its spirit energy to pour out, thus completing its evolution into Cursola.[2]
Evolution
Galarian Corsola
In Galar, Corsola has a regional form that evolves into Cursola.
Main series
Galarian Corsola in the anime
Major appearances
Misty has a Corsola that she caught in the Whirl Islands in A Corsola Caper!. It wandered into a group of Corsola raised by Andrea and her family living in Yellow Rock Isle. It caused trouble for them as it was very energetic and tackled all the Corsola, scaring them away. Things were solved when Misty battled and caught the Coral Pokémon in a Lure Ball.
Other
Corsola made its main series debut in Around the Whirlpool, under the ownership of Professor Elm. It has a fondness for pools. The sight of Corsola inspired Misty to catch her own.
Multiple Corsola appeared in A Corsola Caper! alongside Misty's; they were all under the ownership of Andrea and her family. They were scared off by Misty's Corsola and the group spent the episode trying to recover all of them. They each had a unique nickname: Annie, Danny, Connie, Bonnie, Johnny, Donnie, Ronnie, and Lonnie.
In The Great Eight Fate!, a Corsola was part of Juan's Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket, but they all worked together to escape.
Galarian Corsola made its debut in The Winding Path to Greatness!. A group of them appeared, and one was caught by Goh.
Minor appearances
Corsola debuted in Pikachu's PikaBoo.
Four Corsola appeared in Fly Me to the Moon, where they were spotted by Misty.
A Corsola appeared in Takin' It on the Chinchou, where it was standing on a wave barrier.
A Corsola appeared in Gonna Rule The School!, under the ownership of the Pokémon Trainers' School. It was temporarily loaned to one of the school's underage students for use.
In The Evolutionary War, Midori sent a Corsola to the Nurse Joy of the A-B-C Islands so she could check if it caught a bad cold.
Multiple Corsola appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. They were among the Pokémon present during the final showdown with The Phantom and his crew.
In Up Close and Personable!, a Corsola was on the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.
A Coordinator's Corsola appeared in Dressed for Jess Success!, where it was seen participating in the Battle Stage of the Lilypad Contest.
A Coordinator's Corsola appeared in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, where it was seen participating in a Double Performance along with a Hitmontop during the Daybreak Contest.
In Going for the Gold!, Serena tried and failed to catch a Corsola.
Three Corsola appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the third being wild.
A Corsola residing in Professor Kukui's lab appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!, A Shocking Grocery Run!, That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!, and Night of a Thousand Poses!.
Three Corsola appeared in Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, with two being wild and the third appearing in a fantasy. One of the wild Corsola was walking along an island where Ash, his classmates, and Professor Kukui were taking a break from fishing.
Five Corsola appeared in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!. Ash attempted to catch one, only for them to swim off as a group of Mareanie arrive.
Six Corsola appeared in Partner Promises!.
In A Shivering Shovel Search!, Pikachu and Popplio were searching for Palossand's lost shovel when they encountered a Corsola underwater.
Three Corsola appeared in The Island Whisperer!.
A wild Corsola appeared in Alola, Kanto!.
Four Corsola appeared in Dewpider Ascending!.
A Trainer's Corsola appeared in Battle Royal 151!, where it competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but was defeated by Sandy and Shaymin.
In The Cuteness Quotient!, a Corsola appeared under the ownership of Tito. It competed in the Friendship Festival. Another Corsola was featured on the poster for the competition. Tito's Corsola reappeared in On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, where it competed in the Kids Marine Athletic Race.
In On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, a Trainer's Corsola competed in the Marine Athletic Race.
A Corsola appeared in Looking Out for Number Two!.
Pokédex entries
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| EP210
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Corsola
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Ash's Pokédex
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Corsola, the Coral Pokémon. A combination of both Water and Rock types. It sheds and regrows the horns on its head numerous times.
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| JN092
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Corsola
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Goh's Rotom Phone
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Corsola, Galarian form. The Coral Pokémon. A Ghost type. This ancient form of Corsola disappeared as a result of sudden climate change. If someone kicks it, mistaking it for a stone, it will attack.
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Pokémon Generations
In The Cavern, a wild Corsola was in the waters that surrounded the Seafloor Cavern.
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Early-Evening Waves, two Corsola were living in a lake where Nessa was doing a photo shoot.
Pokémon Evolutions
In The Show, a Corsola briefly appeared in the seas around the Whirl Islands.
Red Shard (5%)
Hard Stone (5%)
Luminous Moss (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Corsola images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
