Snorlax is a huge, bipedal, dark blue-green Pokémon with a cream-colored face, belly, and feet. Its body is composed of mostly its belly, where most of its fat reserves accumulate. Its head is large, with small, pointed ears and two sharp teeth protruding from its lower jaw. It has large, hind feet with three claws and a circular brown paw pad, and its arms and five foreclaws are short.
Snorlax is often found in mountains and forests. It wakes up only to eat and seldom for exercises. It is not a picky eater, as its strong stomach allows it to eat even moldy food without feeling any ill effects. When hungry, it is not satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds of food. Snorlax is docile enough to let children and small Pokémon bounce on its large stomach.
Major appearances
In Snack Attack!, a Snorlax was eating the grapefruits of the Grapefruit Islands. Ash managed to capture it near the end of the episode. After the adventures in the Orange Islands, Ash's Snorlax spent most of its time at Professor Oak's lab.
Other
Snorlax first appeared in Wake Up Snorlax!. This Snorlax was blocking the water flow to a small village.
Snorlax also appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure helping hold on to the nest containing some Exeggcute and Togepi.
A Snorlax also appeared in the Pikachu short Pikachu and Pichu as part of the Pichu Brothers Posse. It also appeared in other episodes of the Pokémon Chronicles and made a cameo appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior along with the Pichu Brothers and their friends.
Multiple alternately colored Snorlax appeared in Snorlax Snowman. These Snorlax were adapted to more frigid climates that were seen in the episode. One in particular was befriended by Pikachu and his friends.
In The Garden of Eatin', another Snorlax was causing trouble for a man named Marcel by eating the bananas in his Slakoth Banana Garden. Marcel's newly evolved Vigoroth defeated the Snorlax, allowing him to capture it. Afterwards, Marcel made an attraction around his new Snorlax: a relaxation room.
A Snorlax appeared in PK13, in which it ate Corphish's bananas that were on sale.
Roman, who appeared in A Full Course Tag Battle!, owns a Snorlax.
A Snorlax belonging to Daniel takes part in the Pokéathlon in A Marathon Rivalry!.
A Snorlax is set to appear in XY018.
Minor appearances
A Snorlax doll is seen in Ash's room in Pokémon - I Choose You!.
A Snorlax appeared in a picture in Pokémon Paparazzi.
A Snorlax was among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.
A Snorlax blocked the path to a cave in A Hot Water Battle
A Snorlax appeared in UnBEARable in Ash's thoughts.
A Snorlax appeared in Nerves of Steelix! in Jessie's flashback.
In Wish Upon a Star Shape, the Pokémon Mystery Club found crop circles created by a Snorlax.
A Snorlax under the ownership of an unknown Trainer battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference in A Claim to Flame!.
Training Daze featured a red Snorlax which Jessie, James, and Meowth, while competing with Butch, Cassidy, and TRRaticate ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]), were sent to steal in order to become official Team Rocket field agents. The Snorlax turned out to be Viper, the Team Rocket Academy Drill Sergeant in disguise.
In Lights, Camerupt, Action, a Snorlax was a sheriff in a western-themed Pokémon movie.
A Snorlax also appeared near the end of Destiny Deoxys, evolving from Munchlax in order to stay afloat during a 'flood' of malfunctioning robots.
In Queen of the Serpentine, a Snorlax made a cameo as one of Lucy's pets.
A Snorlax appeared in Challenging a Towering Figure!.
A Snorlax belonging to a Coordinator appeared in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!. It was used along with a Wooper for the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest.
A Snorlax appeared in a flashback in Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!.
A Snorlax made a brief appearance under the ownership of a Trainer in the Lily of the Valley Conference in An Old Family Blend!.
A Snorlax appeared in PK23.
A Snorlax appeared in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.
Pokédex entries
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EP041
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, a Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax wakes only to eat.
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EP041
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Snorlax's weight
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax is the heaviest species of all known Pokémon, with some weighing more than 1,000 pounds.
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EP041
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Snorlax's diet
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax's hunger isn't satisfied until it consumes 900 pounds of food. Then it goes back to sleep.
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Original series entries continue below.
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EP094
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Snorlax
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Ash's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied unless it eats at least 900 pounds of food per day. Once it is full, it promptly goes to sleep.
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Pokémon
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AG088
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Snorlax
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May's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax isn't satisfied until it's eaten about 900 pounds of food each day, afterwhich it promptly goes to sleep.
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Pokémon
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DP076
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Snorlax
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon and the evolved form of Munchlax. It can eat 400 pounds of food before feeling full.
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DP160
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Snorlax
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Snorlax, the Sleeping Pokémon. Snorlax becomes much too lazy to lift even a finger when it has a full belly, which then makes it safe to bounce upon.
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When released from a Poké Ball, Snorlax will ascend into the air before descending over a large area of the screen with a Body Slam that sends any opponent underneath flying.
Snorlax does the same maneuver as it did in the previous game, but covers a smaller area.
Snorlax is also a Poké Float. It is lying down asleep and so fighting occurs on its head and belly.
Melee trophy information
Snorlax love to sleep and love to eat: these portly Pokémon get grumpy if they don't get 888 pounds of food per day. After snacking out, they always nap. They have cast-iron stomachs and can eat moldy and even rotten food with no digestion problems. They are the heaviest Pokémon on record, weighing in at over 1,000 pounds.
Snorlax once again performs the same maneuver as the previous games.
Brawl trophy information
"A Sleeping Pokémon. It's the ultimate loafer. Sometimes children like to play on top its big belly. Once in a slumber, not even the hardest rain or the fiercest wind will wake it. Snorlax recovers health and restores its physical state by sleeping, and it proves daunting with its damaging Snore attack. Snorlax is the king of Sleeping Pokémon."
- In the Pokémon Stadium series (and later 3D games), Snorlax open their eyes when they faint.
- In Pokémon Snap, Snorlax stands up and dances to the music when the Poké Flute is used.
- Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are the only games in which Snorlax is in the regional Pokédex and is not encountered as an obstacle that is blocking a route.
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player interacts with a Snorlax that is walking with them while at Mt. Silver, the message "SNORLAX is feeling very eager" will appear. This is due to Red, who is also at Mt. Silver, owning a Snorlax as well. While on Mt. Silver, unique messages will also appear if the player's walking Pokémon is a Pikachu or Charizard.
- Until Munchlax was introduced in Generation IV, Snorlax had the highest base stat total of any non-evolving Pokémon with 540.
- It remains the most powerful non-legendary Pokémon that can legitimately hatch from an Egg in terms of base stat total.
- Generation V is the only generation in which a Snorlax isn't sleeping in the overworld.
Origin
Snorlax may be loosely based on hibernating bears or teddy bears. It may also be based on the cave bear. It may also be based on a food coma, as it eats large quantities of food, then takes a nap (symptoms of a food coma). Snorlax also shares traits with sloths, who are often portrayed as lazy and sleepy creatures.
Name origin
Snorlax is a combination of snore and lax or relax.
Kabigon may come from an alternate reading of sleep, 寐 bi, and a corruption of 鼾酔 kansui (snoring) or 憩う ikou (rest). It may also incorporate 黴 kabi (mold), noting the fact that Snorlax will eat anything, even moldy food. Kabigon is also based on the nickname of Game Freak programmer Kōji Nishino, which is the reason his game appearance uses Snorlax as his highest-leveled Pokémon in Black 2 and White 2.