Gholdengo is a bipedal humanoid Pokémon whose body is composed of 1,000 Gimmighoul Coins stacked together, giving it a golden, cylindrical appearance. Its face has oval eyes and a mouth displaying a crooked smile. Its body has skinny arms with large hands, and short, stumpy legs with no toes. It has three fingers on each hand and four tufts of dreadlock-like "hair", all made out of coins. It wears the strap from a Gimmighoul's chest as a belt, using it to fasten the chest to its side. Gholdengo is capable of creating a golden surfboard out of coins as a means of movement. Gholdengo is a sociable Pokémon, able to quickly befriend anybody. It overwhelms opponents by firing coins at them in quick succession.
Gholdengo is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Make It Rain. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Good as Gold as an Ability.
- Despite its Japanese name, Pokédex image, and its ability to create a surfboard while traversing water, Gholdengo is incapable of learning the move Surf.
- Because Gimmighoul is currently unable to be Shiny in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Gholdengo cannot be Shiny either.
- Though it's official National Pokédex number is yet to be released, Gholdengo's theme, as well as its method of evolution, maybe indications of it being the 1000th Pokémon.
Origin
Since Gholdengo is a humanoid golden entity, it may be based on award statuettes, which are often made with gold; or El Dorado, a mythical king who covered his entire body with gold.
It also seems to take cues from surfers, given the golden surfboard it rides on in the overworld as well as its dreadlock-like appendages and friendly nature, befitting of the archetypal "surfer dude." It also bears some physical resemblance to a tube man. The cylindrical shape of its body is similar to a coin wrapper.
Name origin
Gholdengo may be a combination of ghoul, golden, ghost, and possibly go. It may also come from tengo, the Spanish word for "I have", or from denga, an old Russian coin worth one two-hundredth of a ruble; its plural form became the usual Russian word for money.
Surfugo may be a combination of surf, 富豪 fugō (wealthy person), gold, and go.