Forretress (Pokémon)
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Forretress (Japanese: フォレトス Foretos) is a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon.
Biology
Forretress normally live rooted to a tree and they eat anything foolish enough to come near them. They eat by opening their entire shell and swallowing their prey whole. This is done so fast that no one has ever seen the inside of a Forretress. In cases where they are a trainers pokémon, Forretress are not rooted and can move about. They can spin and close the shell around them and in some case retract their spikes/horns to protect themselves. They move when not rooted to a tree by bouncing around or spinning.
Physiology
Forretress are quite big and have a shell covering their body from pysical attacks. They have 4 red spikes or horns coming out of the side of their body. Both the top and the bottom of their shell is shaped with small grooves and their eyes sit at the front of their body between to of the red horns/spikes. Their body is very hard and can stand most pysical attacks.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Forretress have a large rock hard shell covering their entire body. They can shoot spikes from their mouth to hurt or drive away other pokemon.
Behavior
Habitat
Forretress spend most of their time hanging from trees in large forests.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Brock's Pineco evolved into Forretress in Entei at Your Own Risk in order to save a bunch of Pokémon at a hot spring from Team Rocket. Brock's Forrestress was the only Steel-type Pokémon owned by a main character from its evolution until Battle Frontier, when Brock's Onix evolved into Steelix. When Brock went to Hoenn, the only Pokémon he brought with him was his Forretress.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Forretress first appeared in Template:PSV, where Red had to fight two to pass his aptitude test to be Viridian City's Gym Leader.
Another Forretress was seen in Template:PSV, under the ownership of Janine. She used its Spikes attack to lay traps for unsuspecting victims.
In the TCG
- Main article: Forretress (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
Game | Location |
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Pokémon Trozei! | Endless Level 59 Endless Level 69 Forever Level 9 Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Evolve from Pineco |
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 75
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135 - 182 | 260 - 354 | |
90
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85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |
140
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130 - 211 | 256 - 416 | |
60
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58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |
60
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58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
Total: 465
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Template:Evolved learnset intro
By leveling up
Level | Generation II | Generation III | Generation IV | |
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RSE | Fr Lg | |||
31 | Zap Cannon | Mirror Shot | ||
33 | Explosion | |||
38 | Iron Defense | |||
39 | Explosion | Explosion | ||
45 | Gyro Ball | |||
50 | Double-Edge | |||
49 | Spikes | Spikes | ||
57 | Magnet Rise | |||
59 | Double-Edge | Double-Edge | ||
62 | Zap Cannon |
By TM/HM
By breeding
By tutoring
Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
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
Origin
Forretress is based on a bagworm.
Name origin
Forretress's name is a combination of forest and fortress. It may also contain turret referring to the nozzles on its body that it uses to launch Spikes.
In other languages
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 species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms. |