Kabuto is a small Pokémon with a large brown shell covering its body. There are two small eyes facing upwards on the outside of its shell, which it uses for sight when it hides on the ocean floor. The structure of its body is almost entirely unknown, except its four short, yellow legs and luminescent red eyes found on its underside. Isolated populations of Kabuto have been found to be unchanged for 300 million years. However, most living Kabuto are resurrected from Dome Fossils. In its original time, it was prominently found on beaches, likely aided by its fast and powerful swimming ability. As seen in the anime, Kabuto prefer seclusion and can be very territorial. It protects itself with its stiff shell.
Major appearances
Two Kabuto debuted in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon. They were some of the Fossil Pokémon that attacked Ash and Team Rocket until they were scared off by an Aerodactyl.
Multiple Karubo appeared in Shell Shock!. In the episode, Umberto was saying that an island full of Kabuto Fossils would sink once the moon cast a red glow. His warnings turned out to be correct, because the Fossils came to life and the island collapsed, since the Fossils kept the island together.
A Kabuto appeared in Dealing With Defensive Types! in the Canalave Gym. It caught Team Rocket trying to steal food from the Gym kitchen whilst Ash was having his Gym battle with Byron, and attacked them with Aqua Jet, sending them blasting off.
Minor appearances
A Kabuto appeared in a fantasy in A Ruin with a View.
A Kabuto appeared in a fantasy in Where's Armaldo?.
A Kabuto appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Mirage Kabuto appeared in a flashback in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.
A Kabuto appeared in Wild in the Streets!, where it was seen along with several other Pokémon within the habitat created for the revived Fossil Pokémon.
A Kabuto Fossil was seen in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! as an exhibit in the Nacrene City Museum.
A Kabuto Fossil was seen in Coming Back into the Cold!.
Two Kabuto appeared in The Tiny Caretaker!.
Pokédex entries
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EP046
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Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, and Kabutops
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Ash's Pokédex
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Omanyte and Omastar, Kabuto and Kabutops. It is believed these Pokémon became extinct tens of thousands of years ago. The details of their behavior is shrouded in mystery. Though some have speculated that they may still exist, none of these Pokémon have ever been seen alive.
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Original series entries continue below.
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EP089
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Kabuto
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Ash's Pokédex
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Kabuto, the Ancient Pokémon. Though this Pokémon is now believed to be extinct, it had a hard shell that protected its body and is believed to have been a powerful swimmer.
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