Corsola is a small, pink, roundish Pokémon with branch-like growths on its back, which are similar to coral. There is a smaller, blunt horn on its forehead, and it has black, oval eyes. It has a white underside, which speckles towards the sides. Its four legs and two arms are blunt and stubby.
Found in the warm shallow waters of southern seas, Corsola requires clean water to live. If its habitat is dirty, the growths on its back become discolored and degenerate. However, when it is healthy, its growths regularly shed and grow back. It is able to regrow them over the course of a single night. It forms large social groups. Occasionally, these groups get so large that people may live atop them, as is the case in Pacifidlog Town. Corsola's horn is a prized material, commonly used for jewelry and carving, as seen in the anime. Smaller Pokémon like Horsea and Luvdisc are sometimes sheltered by Corsola's branches, and even offer it protection from foes.
Galarian Corsola were wiped out by sudden changes in ocean temperature, turning them into Ghost-types. Its body is a bleached white with half-closed pink eyes and a perpetual frown, and its arms and branches have a distinctly semitransparent appearance to them; the branches can be used to take root inside and drain the life force of others.
Their branches cannot cause injuries or pain, but they immobilize the victim until Galarian Corsola lets them go. They are commonly found in the remains of prehistoric seas, and while they can be mistaken for ordinary rocks, they will curse anybody who kicks them by accident.[1]
In the Alola region, Mareanie and Toxapex are natural predators of Corsola. However, they do not fulfill those roles in the Galar region, having not realized the branches of Corsola are delicious.
In the main series
Major appearances
Misty has a Corsola that she caught in the Whirl Islands in A Corsola Caper!. It wandered into a group of Corsola raised by Andrea and her family living in Yellow Rock Isle. It caused trouble for them as it was very energetic and tackled all the Corsola, scaring them away. Things were solved when Misty battled and caught the Coral Pokémon in a Lure Ball.
Other
Corsola made its main series debut in Around the Whirlpool, under the ownership of Professor Elm. It has a fondness for pools. The sight of Corsola inspired by Misty to catch her own.
In A Corsola Caper!, multiple Corsola belonging to Andrea and her family were scared off by a Corsola that would later become Misty's, necessitating the group to try and recover all of them. They each had a unique nickname: Annie, Danny, Connie, Bonnie, Johnny, Donnie, Ronnie, and Lonnie.
In The Great Eight Fate!, a Corsola was part of Juan's Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket, but they all worked together to escape.
Minor appearances
Corsola debuted in Pikachu's PikaBoo.
In Fly Me to the Moon, Misty spotted four Corsola.
In Takin' It on the Chinchou, a Corsola was on a wave barrier.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Corsola to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
In The Evolutionary War, Midori sent a Corsola to the Nurse Joy of the A-B-C Islands so she could check if it caught a bad cold.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, multiple Corsola were present during the final showdown with The Phantom and his crew.
In Up Close and Personable!, a Corsola was on the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.
In Dressed for Jess Success!, a Coordinator's Corsola competed in the Battle Stage of the Lilypad Contest.
In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, a Coordinator's Corsola competed in a Double Performance alongside a Hitmontop during the Daybreak Contest.
In Going for the Gold!, Serena tried and failed to catch a Corsola.
Three Corsola appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the third being wild.
A Corsola residing in Professor Kukui's lab appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!, A Shocking Grocery Run!, That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!, and Night of a Thousand Poses!.
Three Corsola appeared in Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, with two being wild and the third appearing in a fantasy. One of the wild Corsola was walking along an island where Ash, his classmates, and Professor Kukui were taking a break from fishing.
Five Corsola appeared in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!. Ash attempted to catch one, only for them to swim off as a group of Mareanie arrive.
Six Corsola appeared in Partner Promises!.
In A Shivering Shovel Search!, Pikachu and Popplio were searching for Palossand's lost shovel when they encountered a Corsola underwater.
Three Corsola appeared in The Island Whisperer!.
A wild Corsola appeared in Alola, Kanto!.
Four Corsola appeared in Dewpider Ascending!.
In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Corsola competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference. It was defeated by Sandy and Shaymin.
In The Cuteness Quotient!, Rito's Corsola competed in the Water-type Pokémon Friendship Contest. Another Corsola was featured on the poster for the competition.
Pokédex entries
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EP210
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Corsola
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Ash's Pokédex
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Corsola, the Coral Pokémon. A combination of both Water and Rock types. It sheds and regrows the horns on its head numerous times.
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In Pokémon Generations
In The Cavern, a wild Corsola was in the waters that surrounded the Seafloor Cavern.
In Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Early-Evening Waves, two Corsola were living in a lake where Nessa was doing a photoshoot.