Jolteon is a quadruped, canine Pokémon. It is covered in yellow fur with a spiky fringe around its tail, and a white ruff around its neck. In addition to the ability to become sharp like needles, Jolteon's fur also amplifies the electrical charges produced by its cells. It can also store and generate negative ions in its fur, which create a sparking noise. Its ears are large and pointed, and its eyes and small nose are black. It has slender legs and small paws, each with three toes and a pink paw pad. This Pokémon is most often found in cities and towns under the ownership of Trainers.
Jolteon, the Lightning Pokémon. Jolteon becomes enveloped in lightning when angered.
In the manga
A Jolteon in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Red temporarily controlled a Jolteon, which was actually his mutated Eevee switching between its evolved forms. Eventually, it lost the ability to devolve after permanently becoming an Espeon, but Red felt more content now that it'd been freed from the pain that Team Rocket's experiments had dealt.
Jolteon's cells generate a low level of electricity. This power is amplified by the static electricity of its fur, enabling the Pokémon to drop thunderbolts. The bristling fur is made of electrically charged needles.
Its cells generate weak power that is amplified by its fur's static electricity to drop thunderbolts. The bristling fur is made of electrically charged needles.
Jolteon has the highest Speed base stat of the Eeveelutions with a base speed of 130.
Jolteon is the only Eeveelution without an obvious tail. However, in the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, it is shown to have a stubby tail under its spikes. The tail is absent from its Generation V backsprite, however.
Jolteon shares the same species name with Electrike. They are both known as the Lightning Pokémon.
Jolteon and Zapdos's Japanese names are almost exactly the same as each others', with a final s being the only difference.
Origin
Its physical anatomy seems to be primarily based on a Herding dog or possibly a fennec fox, with several traits of coyotes. It is also feline-like; its extremely high speed resembles that of a cheetah's. It may also be inspired by the raiju, a beast from Japanese mythology whose body is made of thunder, and may take the form of a cat.
Name origin
Jolteon is a combination of jolt and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all Eeveeevolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.
Thunders is literally thunders (present tense of the verb to thunder).