Stantler is a quadruped, caribou-like Pokémon. It has a tan pelt with a cream-colored belly and a few spots on its back. Its tail is large, short, and round, and each of its legs ends in a black hoof. It has a large, brown nose and a pair of pale cream-colored antlers, each with a black orb in the center. The shape of the antlers and the black orbs causes them to resemble eyes. Stantler can distort reality and create illusions with its antlers by subtly changing the flow of air around them. Staring into them creates an odd sensation, as if one is being sucked through them, and one may become so dizzy that it is impossible to stand.
Its strange antlers are very valuable artifacts to Pokémon hunters. The species was nearly driven to extinction for its beautiful antlers. Additionally, the round balls found on the fallen antlers can be ground into a powder that aids in sleeping. Stantler live in herds in temperate, mountainous forests. As shown in the anime, a baby Stantler that is separated from its herd and frightened will instinctively produce an illusion of a big, stampeding herd to scare away perceived threats.
In the main series
Major appearances
Multiple Stantler debuted in The Little Big Horn, where Brock helped a fawn reunite with its herd. A little while before that, the young Stantler created an illusion of a stampeding herd of Stantler in self-defense, but Brock managed to see through it, allowing him to befriend the Stantler.
In Different Strokes for Different Blokes, Ash got lost in a forest that contained many Stantler with his Turtwig. Some of the Stantler used Hypnosis on the two, giving them various hallucinations. Paul caught one of the Stantler, but released it almost immediately after deciding that it wasn't worthy of his team.
Santa Claus has a group of Stantler to pull his sleigh, as shown in Stantler's Little Helpers, thus officially replacing his Ponyta.
Minor appearances
A Stantler appeared in Tricks of the Trade as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
Two Stantler appeared in Freeze Frame.
Two wild Stantler appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
Multiple Stantler appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
A Stantler appeared in the banned episode EP250 as one of the Pokémon in a forest outside the Ice Path.
A Stantler appeared in Fangs for Nothin' as an inhabitant of the Dragon Holy Land.
A Stantler appeared in Misty's flashback in Gotta Catch Ya Later!.
A pod of three Stantler appeared in A Bite to Remember.
A Stantler appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew as one of the Pokémon living in the Tree of Beginning.
A Stantler appeared in The Green Guardian.
A Stantler appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!. It was among the many Pokémon that were hypnotized and kidnapped by Team Rocket.
A Stantler appeared in Dawn's Early Night!.
Multiple Stantler appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Stantler appeared as part of Lila's famous "Tiger Lily Smile" in Battling the Generation Gap!.
A few Stantler appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
A Coordinator's Stantler was used in the Battle Stage of the Daybreak Contest along with a Magcargo in Playing the Performance Encore!.
A Stantler appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
A Trainer's Stantler appeared in a flashback in The Power of Us. Also, a wild Stantler physically appeared in the same movie.
Pokédex entries
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EP125
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Ash's Pokédex
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Stantler, the Big Horn Pokémon. The eye-like shapes at the base of its horns produce a pleasant odor, that has a bewildering effect on anyone who smells it. It can also create startling, realistic illusions by shaking its horns. Stantler form herds, and live in mountainous terrain.
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DP006
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Stantler
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Ash's Pokédex
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Stantler, the Big Horn Pokémon. Its large curved horns subtly bend the flow of air around them, which creates a mysterious warp in reality.
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In Pokémon Generations
A Stantler appeared in Ecruteak City in The Reawakening, during a flashback about the creation of the legendary beasts.
- Stantler is found on Route 36, which leads to Violet City, the game counterpart of Nara, Japan, a city where many tame deer roam freely.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
Stantler could possibly be based on a number of deer species, such as the sika deer, reindeer, elk, or moose. It may also be based on 鹿威し shishiodoshi or "deer scare", a Japanese device traditionally used to scare deer and birds away from gardens.
Name origin
Stantler may be a combination of stag or stare and antler.
Odoshishi may be derived from 鹿威し shishiodoshi.