Cetitan is a large cetacean Pokémon. It has a white piscine body with large forelimbs and legs, and pink accents around its eyes, forepaws and tail. The tail has two pairs of fins protruding from either side. Cetitan also has a gray underside with circular white accents, as well as gray accents on its armpits, and two large gray claws on each foot. It has five horns: two on the top of its head, and three around its large, wavy mouth. The singular horn on its upper jaw allows it to gather ice energy and freeze its surroundings.[1] When Cetitan opens its mouth, rows of long, teeth-like plates can be seen lining its jaws.
Cetitan has tough muscles, which allow it to support its weight and attack with immense physical power. It also has a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, which helps it migrate around snowy areas.[1] It lives in pods and shares habitats with Avalugg.
Cetitan and its pre-evolved form, Cetoddle, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Ice Spinner by leveling up.
- Cetitan is the tallest Ice-type Pokémon.
- Cetitan has the highest base HP stat of all Ice-type Pokémon.
- Cetitan's HP stat rivals to that of Wailord, another Pokémon based on baleen whales.
- Cetitan has the longest cry of any Pokémon, being 4.007 seconds long.
- Cetitan and its pre-evolution were designed by Yusuke Kozaki.[2]
Origin
Cetitan appears to be based on various several species of cetaceans especially right whales. Right whales and Cetitan shares anatomical similarities including highly arched mouths, round body without dorsal fin, and torsos without ventral grooves. Cetitan's horns that are on lower jaw and nostril and above eyes also correspond with that of callosities of right whales. Descriptions of Cetoddle to be naturally friendly and drop Cetoddle Grease on occasions and Cetitan to possess thick fats also resemble the history of right whales; right whales were named because they were "right whales to hunt" for their blubber because of their inquisitiveness and calmness. Iberian Peninsula, the inspiration source of Paldea, is known for its history of whaling of North Atlantic right whales; the species is called Balea Vasca in Spanish, meaning "whales of Basque", and became virtually extinct in European and African waters due to centuries of commercial exploitations. North Atlantic right whale's scientific name (Eubalaena glacialis) means true whales of ice, corresponding to the type of Cetitan.
Arctic cetaceans may also have inspired the Pokémon. Its general appearance and shape may be based on the bowhead whale (also known as the polar whale or the icewhale), its white coloration and large head may be inspired by the beluga, and its horns may draw inspiration from the narwhal. Cetitan's horns may also be inspired by the bumps on the head of the humpback whale, which is not native to the Arctic but is related to the bowhead, on account of them both being baleen whales.
Cetitan may also draw inspiration from the ニンゲン ningen, which are bipedal, whale-like cryptids of modern Japanese folklore.
Name origin
Cetitan may be a combination of cetacean or Cetus (a sea monster in Greek mythology whose name became the etymology for the word cetacean) and titan.
Hulkujira may be a combination of hulk, 歩く aruku (to walk), and 鯨 kujira (whale). It may be a pun on 歯鯨 hakujira (toothed whale).