Gligar (Pokémon)
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Gligar (Japanese: グライガー Gliger) is a dual-type Ground/Flying Pokémon.
It evolves into Gliscor when leveled up holding a Razor Fang during the night.
Biology
Physiology
Gligar is a small, purple, bat-like Pokémon. It has blue wings, which are similar in function to a flying squirrel's, and have pointed claws at the edges of the membranes. Gligar has pincers on its forelegs, and a segmented, insectoid tail with a stinger on the end. Gligar has short hind legs, and feet that appear segmented with a large, single claw each. Additionally, Gligar has long, pointed ears and triangle-shaped eyes, fangs and a large tongue which is often seen out of its mouth. Gligar could be considered a cousin of Skorupi due to its scorpion-like traits; however, it shares some bat-like traits as well, making it similar to Zubat. There is confusion whether the claws on a Gligar's wings and feet are white or purple, since the artwork has differed this way between and even during generations. However, the official artwork from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver depicts Gligar with purple claws, the same purple as its body.
Gender differences
A female Gligar has a smaller stinger.
Special abilities
Gligar knows a small handful of poisonous attacks, such as Poison Sting and the rarely known Cross Poison. Gligar can also use a few Bug-type moves, like Fury Cutter and U-turn. While Gligar can learn Ground and Rock-type moves typical to a Ground-type Pokémon, its abilities as a Flying-type are limited. Most notable is the fact that Gligar cannot learn Fly.
Also, Gligar and its evolved form Gliscor are two out of three Pokémon that are both Flying and Ground, which gives them an immunity to both Electric-type and Ground moves. This trait is shared only with Vibrava, Flygon, Baltoy, and Claydol due to the Levitate Ability, and Landorus, who has the same type combination.
As shown in Riding the Winds of Change!, Gligar, along with its evolved form Gliscor, can emit sound waves to detect obstacles and fly around them.
Behavior
Flying straight at the foe’s face, it startles them by clamping on with its clawed hind legs and the pincers on its forelegs, before jabbing with its poison stinger. Gligar also tend to ambush prey as it passes by below. When it is done gliding, it hops along the ground back to its nest.
Habitat
Gligar live in mountainous regions, making their nests along cliff sides. It also prefers hot arid environments, but doesn't mind forests either.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Gligar are carnivorous. They also eat fruits, as seen in Riding the Winds of Change!.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ash's Gligar
A group of Gligar, along with a Gliscor, was featured in Riding the Winds of Change!. One of the Gligar was captured by Ash, while the Gliscor was captured by Paul. Ash's Gligar later evolved in Fighting Fear With Fear!.
Other
Gligar debuted in The Superhero Secret. It was owned by a superhero named Gligarman, and later by his daughter when he retired from crime-fighting.
Minor appearances
A Gligar was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Tricks of the Trade.
Several Gligar appeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! where they protected the Tin Tower after Team Rocket stole the crystal bells on the top floor.
A Gligar was seen at a Pokémon Center in The Legend of Thunder!.
Morrison's Gligar first appeared in Saved by the Beldum.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Gligar appeared in Volume 9 that stole Gold's Togepi Egg. With its Poison Sting, it felled both Aibo and Polibo, then a Poliwag, before being caught by Sudobo, Gold's Sudowoodo, and then attacked by Exbo, and Gold's Sunkern, Sunbo, as it tried to escape. It was then beaten by Togebo, the newly hatched Togepi it tried to eat, waking Gold in the process.
In the TCG
- Main article: Gligar (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! | Secret Storage 11 Endless Level 26 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team |
Mt. Thunder (7F-10F) Mt. Thunder Peak (1F-2F) Wish Cave (31F-35F) Desert Region (15F-20F) Southern Cavern (15F-25F) Joyous Tower (31F-35F) |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness |
Spacial Rift (B6-B15) Deep Spacial Rift (B1-B9) |
Pokémon Ranger | Olive Jungle Sekra Range |
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia |
Peril Cliffs |
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs |
Wireless Tower Light Temple |
Pokémon Rumble Blast | Cave: Everspring Valley Canyon: Sunny Seashore |
In events
Games | Event | Language | Location | Level | Distribution period |
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List of Japanese Nintendo event Pokémon in 2006#Gligar | Gotta Catch 'Em All #6 | Japan | 2006 | 10 | Never |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 65
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125 - 172 | 240 - 334 | |
75
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72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
105
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99 - 172 | 193 - 339 | |
35
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36 - 95 | 67 - 185 | |
65
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
85
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81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
Total: 430
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Agility | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 30 | |||||
Baton Pass | Normal | Status | — | —% | 40 | |||||
Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Cross Poison | Poison | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 15 | |||||
Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 | 95% | 35 | |||||
Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 | |||||
Poison Tail | Poison | Physical | 50 | 100% | 25 | |||||
Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Razor Wind | Normal | Special | 80 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Rock Climb | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 | |||||
Sand Tomb | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85% | 15 | |||||
Wing Attack | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100% | 35 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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B | W | B2 | W2 | Aqua Tail | Water | Physical | 90 | 90% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Iron Tail | Steel | Physical | 100 | 75% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Roost | Flying | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — | —% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Tailwind | Flying | Status | — | —% | 30 | ||||
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Dream World moves
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Event | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Windswept Sky | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100% | 10 | ||||
Windswept Sky | Tailwind | Flying | Status | — | —% | 30 | ||||
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Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger
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Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
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Evolution
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Level up holding Razor Fang (Night time) → |
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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
- Although Gligar was unable to learn Earthquake by TM in Generation II, a Gligar that knew Earthquake was a reward in Pokémon Stadium 2 for beating the rival in Round 2.
- Gligar's colors vary between games and the anime. It is light blue-violet in most sprite artwork and game artwork, dark pink in Pokémon Gold and Silver, blue-purple in Platinum, regular purple in the high-grade console games such as Pokémon Battle Revolution, and powder-pink in the anime and in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Gligar is heavier than its evolution at 142.9 lbs (64.8 kg) to Gliscor's 93.7 lbs (42.5 kg).
- Gligar is one of fourteen non-Bug, Flying-type Pokémon that cannot learn Fly.
- Gligar is one of four Pokémon immune to one of its own types without the aid of an Ability. It shares this trait with Gliscor, Stunfisk and Landorus.
- They are all part Ground-type.
- Gligar can be seen as a parallel to Sneasel. Both of them are dual-types, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon that were introduced in Generation IV, and do so by leveling up at night while holding items both containing the word razor.
- Gligar is one of only two Pokémon with gender differences that evolves into a Pokémon with no differences between genders. The other is Murkrow.
- Gligar and Gliscor can learn six moves with a high critical-hit ratio, more than any Pokémon.
Origin
Gligar shares physical traits with bats, gargoyles, and scorpions. It may be based on the scorpionfly.
Name origin
Gligar and Gliger are a combination of glide and gargoyle.
In other languages
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External links
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