Seel (Pokémon)
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Seel (Japanese: パウワウ Pawou) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
The horn on Seel's head is exceptionally hard, due to it being made of toughened bone. Seel has a tan-colored muzzle with a small black nose, small tusks, round eyes and a tongue that is often seen outside of Seel's mouth. It lives in the frigid waters of the arctic, surviving because of its thick blubber. Its tail resemble a spout of water.
Gender differences
None.
Special Abilities
This hide of fat looks like it's covered with snow-white fur from a distance, but, when magnified, the fur is actually a very light blue that gives it a sea-water tinge whilst swimming. Seel's streamlined, curving body helps it to effortlessly swim through the cold seas, and its flippers propel it with ease. The flippers can also pull its body onto shore, but can only support its weight for a short time.
Special abilities
Seel uses its horn to puncture ice so it can breathe. It becomes healthier when it rains. Its coarse hair can trap water and air to conserve body heat.
Behavior
The horn on the tip of Seel's head is used to chip away ice at the surface of the sea to create breathing holes. The small tusks can chip away at the ice too, and sometimes they engage in territorial fights where these tusks can be applied as weapons.
During the day, Seel can usually be spotted in shallow seas asleep on the sea bed, however it is additionally active during the evening hours, when it hunts and pursues prey effortlessly through the water. The colder the sea, the more active it is. When swimming, its nostrils close tightly when it swims. Seel only comes on land to give birth or socialize with others of its kind - it's exceptionally clumsy on land.
Habitat
Seel loves to live in extremely cold polar seas, which are often 40 degrees below 0. The frigid climate it lives in are full of ice floes. It exceptionally loves iceberg-filled oceans, where herds of Seel converge to play and socialize. It is found in Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Seel hunts for prey.
In the anime
Major appearances
Multiple Seel are owned by Misty and her sisters at the Cerulean Gym. One of them evolved into a Dewgong.
Minor appearances
Misty is hypnotized to act like a Seel in Hypno's Naptime, but no actual Seel is seen in the episode.
A Seel appeared in Misty Meets Her Match, under the ownership of Rudy's sister Mahri.
A Seel is also briefly seen in Once More With Reeling!, in the Terracotta Town contest. It created an ice sculpture of a Glalie using Ice Beam.
A Seel appeared in Up Close and Personable!.
A Seel appeared in Historical Mystery Tour! under the ownership of a Clown.
In the manga
In Pokémon Adventures, Seel is the first Pokémon Lorelei owned. As a child, Lorelei saw her Seel become poisoned due to the effects of nearby industrialization. Agatha, who was passing by, healed the Seel using her Gastly. This encounter with the negative effects that humanity had on Pokémon would be the motivation Lorelei had to join the Elite Four in a plot to destroy all humanity years later.
In the TCG
- Main article: Seel (TCG)
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Seel is a Pokéfloat. After the second half of Venusaur is revealed, the screen moves continually to the right without stopping and so fighting does not stay on Seel for very long.
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: A Seel appears in a bonus stage accessible from the Blue Table. The goal is to hit the Seel that will poke its head out of the water.
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Pinball | Seafoam Islands |
Pokémon Trozei! | Phobos Submarine Endless Level 25 Forever Level 25 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Mt. Freeze (3F-7F) Stormy Sea (9F-14F) Silver Trench (6F-14F) Far-off Sea (6F-14F) Marvelous Sea (B6-B14) Fantasy Strait (B6-B14) |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Brine Cave (B1-B5) |
Pokémon Rumble | Bright Beach |
Held items
Game | Held Item(s) | ||
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Red* | Blue* | Berry (100%) | |
Yellow* | |||
Pokémon XD | Mystic Water (100%) | ||
FireRed | LeafGreen | Aspear Berry (50%) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 65
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125 - 172 | 240 - 334 | |
45
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
55
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54 - 117 | 103 - 229 | |
45
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
70
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67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |
45
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
Total: 325
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Encore | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 5 | |||||
Fake Out | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Horn Drill | Normal | Physical | — | 30% | 5 | |||||
Icicle Spear* | Ice | Physical | 25 | 100% | 30 | |||||
Iron Tail* | Steel | Physical | 100 | 75% | 15 | |||||
Lick | Ghost | Physical | 20 | 100% | 30 | |||||
Perish Song | Normal | Status | — | —% | 5 | |||||
Signal Beam | Bug | Special | 75 | 100% | 15 | |||||
Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75% | 20 | |||||
Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Spit Up | Normal | Special | — | 100% | 10 | |||||
Stockpile | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Swallow | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Special moves
Shadow moves | <span style="color:#{{{2}}};">Level 23+ | Purified moves | ||
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Shadow Mist | File:Box xd 086.png | Helping Hand | Normal | |
Shadow Wave | Surf | Water | ||
— | Safeguard | Normal | ||
— | Ice Beam | Ice | ||
TCG-only moves
Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Evolution
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Level 34 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Seel is one of the three non-Template:Type2s which evolve into an Ice-type, together with Shellder and Eevee.
- Although Seel was introduced in Generation I as a pure Template:Type2, it could not learn any Water-type attacks by level-up until Generation IV.
- Seel is the only non-Ice-type Pokémon to have the Ice Body ability, however, it evolves into an Ice-type Pokémon.
- Seel can be seen as a parallel to Spheal. Both of them are Water/Ice-type Pokémon. Seel is exclusive Pokémon Diamond, while Spheal is exclusive Pokémon Pearl, with both found in the same locations in their respective versions. Additionally, both can only be obtained by breeding their evolved forms in Pokémon Platinum. Both Pokémon also appear to be based on Pinnipeds.
Origin
Seel is based on seal pups, bearing resemblance to a newborn Harp Seal. The horn on the top of Seel's head may also be loosely based on the narwhal.
Name origin
Seel's name is a corruption of the sea creature seal. Its Japanese name may come from the onomatopoeia of a seal bark.
In other languages
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Related articles
External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |