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Politoed is very different physically from the rest of its evolutionary family as it now resembles a frog much more than previous forms. It is now green with yellow hands, belly, throat, and toes. Its legs have become well developed for jumping and it now sports pink cheek spots similar to those of Pikachu. Its head is now separate from the rest of its body and its mouth is visible again. It also has a long curled hair on top of its head, which is used as a status symbol among its kind. For all these differences, there's one feature that Politoed still possesses: the swirl that the rest of its family has, though now in green and yellow.
Gender differences
The pink spots on a female's cheeks are smaller.
Special abilities
Politoed has the standard Template:Type2 abilities, but it has also gained impressive vocal abilities which it can use in battle in the form of Perish Song and Hyper Voice. It has also gained hopping abilities.
Behavior
Politoed lure other members of its evolution family near to it by croaking.
Tammy, a young girl who used Pokémon for cheerleading mistook Misty's Politoed for her own in I Politoed Ya So. She asked Misty to lend it to her for a while since she and her Politoed were angry at each other; later, they make amends and Tammy gives Misty's Politoed back to her.
In the 9th volume of Pokémon Special, Silver "borrowed" Gold's Poliwhirl in exchange for his own Seadra. Due to the effects of the King's Rock Poliwhirl was holding, plus the effects of both Gold and Silver's communication devices, Poliwhirl evolved into Politoed, and Seadra evolved into a Kingdra.
The curled hair on Politoed's head is proof of its status as a king. It is said that the longer and more curled the hair, the more respect this Pokémon earns from its peers.
The curled hair on Politoed's head is proof of its status as a king. It is said that the longer and more curled the hair, the more respect this Pokémon earns from its peers.
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Politoed is a combination of the word polliwog and a misspelling of the word toad. Its Japanese name may be a combination of ニョロニョロ nyoronyoro, the sound of slithering, and トノサマガエル tonosamagaeru, dark-spotted frog.
In other languages
German: Quaxo - Probably from Kaulquappe (tadpole).
French: Tarpaud – From tétard (tadpole) and crapaud (toad).
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.