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Remoraid is a small, light-blue fish-like Pokémon. It has saucer-like eyes, two darker-blue markings on its back and a purple mouth with four pointed teeth. Remoraid has a single pelvic fin positioned like a revolver's trigger, two caudal fins (the bottom one resembling the butt of a gun and the top one being the hammer), two small pectoral fins and a dorsal fin near its mouth, as if a gun's front sight. Remoraid may be a distant cousin of Magikarp and Feebas due to the fact all three are fish-like Pokémon that evolve into completely different sea-creatures (even though Remoraid's evolved form is an octopus while Magikarp and Feebas evolve into sea-serpents).
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Remoraid has the typical abilities of a Water type, but also learns various beam-based moves (Remoraid is one of the few Pokémon that aren't fully evolved to learn Hyper Beam), as well as Bullet Seed, Lock-On, Octazooka and Rock Blast to coincide with its gun-like appearance. Unlike most Water-type Pokémon, Remoraid is capable of using Fire-type attacks. The presence of a Remoraid has been known to make Mantyke evolve.
Behavior
Remoraid are well-known for their ability to shoot jets of water from the surface with incredible accuracy - often this is used to shoot bugs out of the air. They tend to travel with Mantine by attaching to its fins. When evolution draws near, Remoraid travels downstream from rivers.
Remoraid are known to shoot down flying insect prey with precision blasts of water. In addition, they often cling to the fins of Mantine and devour leftover bits of food the larger Pokémon leave behind.
Remoraid, the Jet Pokémon. Often found in large groups, Remoraid can fire water and hit targets up to 100 meters away.
In the manga
Gold's Remoraid, which come attached to his Mantine, Tibo
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Volume 11, Crystal captures a swarm of Remoraid during her ocean trip with Yellow and Fisherman Wilton. In the next volume, Wilton gives them to Gold, who uses them to power his Mantine for aerial transport.
Remoraid sucks in water, then expels it at high velocity using its abdominal muscles to shoot down flying prey. When evolution draws near, this Pokémon travels downstream from rivers.
A Remoraid uses its abdominal muscles to forcefully expel swallowed water, then shoot down flying prey. When evolution approaches, it travels down rivers.
The Gunfish enemy that appears underwater in Stage 6 of Pulseman bears a resemblance to Remoraid, as they are both combinations of fish and revolver pistols. This may be on purpose due to the fact that Ken Sugimori designed the characters in this game and also designs Pokémon.
Remoraid is the only Pokémon so far that is needed to evolve another Pokémon in the same party. Without Remoraid's presence, Mantyke cannot evolve into Mantine. In the anime and Pokédex entries however, it is shown that Shellder is needed to evolve Slowpoke.
Despite its symbiotic relationship with Mantine in previous generations, it no longer appears in Mantine's sprites from Generation IV onwards.
This is the same generation as Remoraid is needed to obtain a Mantine by evolution from Mantyke. However, since Remoraid doesn't disappear from party after Mantyke's evolution, it is only logical that Remoraid is missing on Mantine's sprite.
Despite that Remoraid is considered a dweller of deep seas (hence its relationship with Mantine) it is most often caught in small ponds or lakes in the video games. Furthermore, these spots do not actually contain Mantine.
Even though Remoraid is classified as the Jet Pokémon, it cannot learn Aqua Jet by any means.
Remoraid can be seen as a parallel to Qwilfish. Both of them are Water-typeGeneration II Pokémon. Remoraid is exclusive to LeafGreen, while Qwilfish is exclusive to FireRed, with both Pokémon found in the same locations in their respective versions.
When most Pokémon evolve, they retain or resemble their pre-evolution. Remoraid, however, changes drastically, changing from a fish to an octopus.
Remoraid is the only Pokémon to learn Lock-On by leveling up which can't learn Zap Cannon.
Origin
Remoraid's talent for shooting attacks is similar to an archerfish's. Considering its relationship to Mantyke and Mantine it appears to also be based on a remora. Its shooting abilities, general shape, and appearance make it similar to firearms, more specifically, revolvers.
Name origin
Remoraid may be a combination of remora and raid (a rapid attack). Alternatively, it could be a combination of remora and aid, denoting the health benefits of some fish which clean others.
Teppouo may be a combination of 鉄砲 teppō (gun, as in water gun) and 魚 uo (fish). 鉄砲魚 teppōuo is also the Japanese name for the archerfish.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
テッポウオ Teppouo
From 鉄砲 teppō and 魚 uo. Also refers to the archerfish.
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