Biology
Bronzong is a large Pokémon resembling a blue-green bell with two arms coming out of its sides. It has a hollow body and a yoke attached at the top. Its face can be best described as being a "Totem Pole" design; Bronzong has two round, red eyes with blue-green irises and a rectangular mouth with one visible row of square teeth. It has several darker, rectangular markings on its body. It can summon rain clouds, which earned it the nickname "bringer of plentiful harvests". The first known Bronzong was dug up at a construction site.
In the animeIn the manga
In the Arceus and the Jewel of Life manga
Marcus's Bronzong appears in the manga adaptation of Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It, along with Heatran, is a loyal servant of Marcus.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Byron uses two Bronzong in tandem. Thinking that Platinum and her friends were villains, he attacked the trio, but both Bronzong were defeated by Platinum's Ponyta.
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Saturn uses his Bronzong against Byron to prevent the Gym Leader from interfering with his capture of Azelf. While it defeated the Gym Leader, it fell to Hareta and his Riolu.
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga
Shin has a Bronzong which was first seen in the beginning chapter of the series.
In the TCGGame data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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One caused a news sensation when it was dug up at a construction site after a 2000-year sleep.
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Pearl
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It can summon rain clouds. People long ago revered it as the bringer of plentiful harvests.
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Platinum
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It brought rains by opening portals to another world. It was revered as a bringer of plentiful harvests.
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HeartGold
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Ancient people believed that petitioning Bronzong for rain was the way to make crops grow.
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SoulSilver
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Generation V
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Black
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It brought rains by opening portals to another world. It was revered as a bringer of plentiful harvests.
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White
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Black 2
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In ages past, this Pokémon was revered as a bringer of rain. It was found buried in the ground.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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In ages past, this Pokémon was revered as a bringer of rain. It was found buried in the ground.
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Y
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Ancient people believed that petitioning Bronzong for rain was the way to make crops grow.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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67
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127 - 174
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244 - 338
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89
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84 - 155
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164 - 304
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116
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108 - 184
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213 - 364
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79
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75 - 144
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146 - 282
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116
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108 - 184
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213 - 364
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33
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34 - 93
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63 - 181
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Total: 500
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bronzong
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bronzong
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bronzong
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bronzong
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Bronzong in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Bronzong in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bronzong
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bronzong
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Bronzong can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Bronzong cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bronzong
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Bronzong
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Trivia
- As both of this Pokémon's Abilities are used at the same time in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series and it wasn't weak to Ghost and Dark-type moves at the time, Bronzong does not have any weaknesses in these games.
- When a Bronzong blinks or falls asleep in Gen V, its "eyes" turn white.
- PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond's PokéPad entry describes a male Bronzong, despite Bronzong being genderless.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
Bronzong is based on a dōtaku, Japanese bells which were believed to have been used to pray for good harvests. They are often decorated with patterns representing nature and were buried, occasionally with bronze mirrors and weapons, in isolated locations. Bronzong and the fact that it evolves from Bronzor also seems to be based on an old Japanese myth present in the book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn. The priests of Mugenyama wanted to forge a bell for their temple, so they asked the local women to donate their bronze mirrors for this purpose. A woman contributed her mirror, but later regretted it. Because of her repentance, the mirror wouldn't melt in the furnace until she killed herself. Before her suicide, she said that whoever would break the bell would be given great wealth by her ghost. A multitude of people tried to break the bell by ringing it furiously, so the tired priests managed to roll it down a hill into a swamp.
Additionally, Bronzong's facial features resemble those of the Mesoamerican rain god Tlaloc, who is often depicted as being predominantly cyan in color. In Mexico City, which is located on the site of the former capital of the Aztec empire, artifacts are often discovered during construction-related excavation, which Bronzong's Pokédex entry in Pokémon Diamond may reference.
Name origin
Bronzong is a combination of bronze and gong (a type of musical percussion instrument) or dong (onomatopoeia for deep bell reverberation).
Dohtakun is a combination of 銅鐸 dōtaku (bronze bell) and どんどん dondon (onomatopoeia for drumming).
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