Wooper is a mostly blue, amphibiousPokémon that resembles an upright, armless axolotl. Wooper's head is large compared to its body, and it has small, round, black eyes. It has purple, branching gills on either side of its head; the males have more branches in its gills than the females. Wooper stands on two small, round feet, and it has a large, thick tail. On its belly are dark blue curved markings.
It is implied in the anime that Wooper is a dull-witted Pokémon oblivious to its surroundings. Wooper lives in cold water most of the time. When sleeping, it partially buries itself in the mud at the bottom. It will occasionally leave the water when the air cools in the evening to search for food along the shore. While walking on land, it coats its body with a slimy, toxic film that keeps its skin from dehydrating and insulates against the cold. The film causes a shooting pain if touched barehanded. Arbok is a natural predator of Wooper.
Wooper in the Paldea region has a brown coloration, with two pairs of bone-shaped gills branching from its head, as well as an eight-pronged pattern on its stomach. Paldean Wooper once lived in the water during ancient times until they were forced out of their territory. As a result, they gradually adapted to living on land, namely in marshes. Paldean Wooper employs two adaptations to allow it to survive on land: its gills have hardened, and it coats its body with a poisonous film that keeps it from drying out. However, these adaptations resulted in Paldean Wooper having heavy bodies and being only able to move really slowly. To defend itself, Paldean Wooper can use its gills to unleash a powerful poisonous liquid.[1]
In Hot Springing a Leak!, Leona's parents used three Wooper to investigate a pipeline. They noticed their water was being drained, and they helped discover that Team Rocket were responsible.
Wooper, the Water Fish Pokémon. Though they prefer to live in cold water, these appealing Pokémon forage for food on land. They are kept warm by a layer of insulating body fluid. Wooper is the pre-evolved form of Quagsire.
In The Adventure, Red's Pikachu attempted to attack three wild Wooper in an Ecruteak City river with Thunder Shock from a tree above, but it was ineffective due to their immunity to electricity. The Wooper retaliated with Mud Shot, sending Pikachu flying.
In Murkrow Row, a Wooper was in Joey's bag after Gold helped him get it back.
In Who Gives a Hoothoot?, a conman uses a swarm of Wooper as a part of his game stall. However, after Gold and Aibo had revealed his secret to the crowd, they were possibly boxed or released.
Out of all the Pokéfloats, Wooper spends the most time onscreen. It first appears when the scene is on Slowpoke's tail and it then floats past Sudowoodo, Snorlax, Venusaur, and Seel before finally floating away. While its head is small, players can also stand on the gills.
Wooper appears as a Spirit. It gives fighters that use it more power for their Water and Ice Attacks, and is obtainable through the Spirit Board via battle and Vault Shop for 500G.
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This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Wooper is very timid and tends to stick close to Quagsire. Its body is also coated in a poisonous goo. Whatever you do, don’t touch it, or else your hand will really sting!
Wooper seems to be based on a larval salamander, which has a flat tail and feathery, external gills. Its Shiny sprite gives it a similar coloration to that of albino, leucistic, and flavistic color mutants, or an axolotl, a species of salamander that keeps its gills and remains in the water for all of its life because it never develops lungs.
Paldean Wooper appears to be inspired by the highly poisonous skin that many species of salamanders are known for. Its gills are in the shape of a skull and crossbones, a hazard symbol used as a warning for poisonous substances. It may also be inspired by mudskippers, which are fish that are capable of living outside of water.
Name origin
Wooper and Upah are derived from wooper looper (Japanese: ウーパールーパー ūpārūpā), a marketing term created in Japan that started a pet salamander raising fad. Wooper loopers are the Japanese term for the axolotl, a species of salamander.