Frillish are jellyfish-like Pokémon, the males seeming to resemble a young prince, while the females a young princess. The males are blue, while the females are pink. Each have round heads with a crown-like tuft, the males having theirs surrounded by a triangular pattern and the females with a round pattern. Each also have five tentacle-like appendages, the male's being smooth while the female's are wavy. Each have oval eyes, the male's eyes having a blue sclera and red iris, with a higher, strait eyelash on each, and the female's eyes having a red sclera and blue iris, with a lower, curled eyelash on each; both have white pupils. Both male and female Frillish have a collar around their necks, the males having a wavy collar and the females having a more fluffy collar.
Gender differences
Female Frillish have wavier pads on their tentacles, a more crownlike tuft on their heads, and are pink in color, while males are blue. Males also have a frowning face whereas females have a smiling face. Males have red eyes with blue sclera while females have blue eyes with red sclera.
Special abilities
It makes its victim numb with the use of its poison and takes it to its deep den.
Behavior
Frillish are known to gently float around in the waves until they are prepared to strike their prey.
Habitat
Frillish are hadalpelagic creatures and live in dens some 5 miles (8 kilometers) under the sea surface. Therefore Frillish must be able to cope with extremely dark and highly pressurized sea conditions.
Jessie also owns a female Frillish, which first appeared in BW109.
Minor appearances
A female Frillish appeared in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!. She took a liking to Ash after he fell into the canal. She was later hooked by Bianca during the fishing competition, and when she saw Team Rocket attempting to kidnap the prize Pokémon, she released them all back into the wild.
Frillish, the Floating Pokémon. Frillish can constrict its foes using its veil-like tentacles and numb them with poison. It is said to live in dens some five miles below sea level.
Although female Dream World artwork exists, any Frillish or Jellicent uploaded to the Global Link will use the male artwork, regardless of their gender.
No other Pokémon have the same type combination as Frillish and its evolution.
They are also the only Pokémon, besides Nidoran, whose gender differences are visible in a PC Box, or when viewing the party.
Despite the fact that the species of Frillish and its evolution is Floating Pokémon, and that Frillish has been seen floating in the anime, they don't have the Ability Levitate. Levitate and the pair's species have the same Japanese name.
Origin
Frillish and its evolution were most likely inspired by the Nurarihyon, a jellyfishyoukai that is either shown as a demonized jellyfish or as a jellyfish-like man who wears refined, sometimes regal, clothing. It is also possible that they was inspired by the Kurage no Hinotama, a type of jellyfish-like will-o'-the-wisp. Its design is inspired by the jellyfish and Victorian-style monarch attire: the male form's appearance based on a king's while the female's is based on a queen's. The moon jellyfish has inspired Frillish in being a ghost type. The two larger arms Frillish possesses are more similar to those of squids than the tentacles of real jellyfish. Frillish and its evolution also have traits in common with sea monsters like the Kraken, most notably their rumored penchant for destroying ships and feeding on the crew.
Name origin
Frillish may be a combination of frill and jellyfish.
Pururill may be a combination of プルプル purupuru (soft) and rill or frill.
