Slowbro (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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'''Slowbro''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''ヤドラン''' ''Yadoran'') is a dual-type {{2t|Water|Psychic}} Pokémon.

==Biology==

Slowbro has lost the capability to feel pain due to Shellder's poison. However, it apparently becomes inspired when Shellder bites down. While it is capable of unleashing powerful psychic attacks, it is peaceful and prefers not to fight. Because it can no longer fish using its tail, it swims to catch its prey and allows Shellder to feed on its scraps. Slowbro tends to live near {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Water's-edge Pokémon|ponds, lakes, and seashores.}}

==In the anime==

===Major appearances===

[[Professor Westwood V]] had a Slowbro that evolved from a Slowpoke in ''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]''.

[[Lorelei|Prima]] used a Slowbro to help {{Ash}} get his {{AP|Charizard}} under control in ''[[EP099|The Mandarin Island Miss Match]]''.

A Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro in ''[[EP244|Enlighten Up!]]''.

Several Slowpoke evolved to Slowbro against their will in ''[[EP260|A Crowning Achievement]]''.

===Minor appearances===

A Slowpoke that {{Ash}}'s missing Pokémon asked for help evolved at the end of ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]''.

Multiple Slowbro made a minor appearance ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''.

===Pokédex entries===

Slowbro's first real appearance was under the ownership of [[Lorelei]] in ''[[PS069|Playing Horsea]]'' in [[Pokémon Adventures]] where multiple were used for her {{type|Ice}} army. With the {{p|Shellder}} clamped onto its tail, Lorelei explains that her Slowbro has sharpened senses and is capable of looking in all directions, thanks to the extra pair of eyes, allowing it to discover {{adv|Green}}'s ploy using {{p|Horsea}}.

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===

==Game data==

===Pokédex entries===

===Game locations===

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====In side games====

===Held items===

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====Pokéathlon stats====

===Learnset===

====By [[Level|leveling up]]====

{{learnlist/levelf/6|Slowbro|Water|Psychic|1}}

====By [[TM]]/[[HM]]====

{{learnlist/tmf/6|Slowbro|Water|Psychic|1}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====

{{learnlist/breedf/6|Slowbro|Water|Psychic|2}}

====By [[Move Tutor|tutoring]]====

====By a prior [[evolution]]====

===Side game data===

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==Trivia==

* Despite it being a commonly known and accepted fact that {{p|Shellder}} triggers the evolution, mentioned in most of its Pokédex entries, Slowbro's evolution from Slowpoke has nothing to do with Shellder in the games, unlike how the evolution of {{p|Mantyke}} requires a {{p|Remoraid}}.

* Slowbro's Pokédex entries state that if the Shellder is removed, it will revert to its Slowpoke form.

** This is the only mentioning of a Pokémon possibly [[devolution|devolving]] anywhere in the Pokémon games, aside from [[Devolution Spray (Base Set 72)|a card]] in the {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game|game}} [[Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!|versions]] of the {{Trading Card Game}}.

Slowbro's shell and lifestyle are somewhat similar to {{wp|hermit crab}}s, though it is physically similar to {{wp|giant otter}}s, {{wp|giant salamander}}s, and {{wp|hippopotamus}}es. Slowbro's appearance may also be a reference to the mythical {{wp|sazae-oni}}, a magical sea demon of Japanese folklore distinguished by its spiny "sazae" or "turban shaped" snail shell.

====Name origin====

Yadoran may be taken to mean 宿らん (to not lodge/dwell). It may also reference 宿借り ''yadokari'' ({{wp|hermit crab}}) or 宿主 ''yadonushi'' ([parasitic] host).

|de=Lahmus|demeaning=From ''{{tt|lahm|slow}}'' and ''{{tt|Muschel|shell or clam}}''

|it=Slowbro|itmeaning=Same as English name

|zh_yue=大呆獸 ''Daaihdāaisau''|zh_yuemeaning=Literally "Big slow-witted creature"

|zh_cmn=呆河馬 / 呆河马 ''Dāihémǎ''|zh_cmnmeaning=Means "Slow-witted hippopotamus"

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==External links==

==Notes==

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