Porygon-Z (Pokémon)

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Porygon-Z Virtual Pokémon ポリゴンZ Porygon-Z #474 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Adaptability or Download Cacophony Cacophony Analytic Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Genderless	Catch rate 30 (8.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Mineral Hatch time 5140 - 5396 steps
Height 2'11" 0.9 m Porygon-Z 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 75.0 lbs. 34.0 kg Porygon-Z 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 185 Gen. IV Unknown IV 241 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 3 Porygon-Z 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape {{{form2}}}	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Porygon-Z (Japanese: ポリゴンZ Porygon-Z) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from Porygon2 when traded holding a Dubious Disc. It is the final form of Porygon.

Contents

Biology

Although technically a virtual, manmade Pokémon, Porygon-Z does have a physical body. Its head is fuchsia and ovoid in shape with a short, blunt antenna protruding upwards and a blue bill similar to that of a duck. Its eyes are yellow and have black rings, similar to a bulls-eye. The head is completely detached from the body and floats slightly above it. Its smooth, ovoid body is fuchsia with a blue ring connecting its arms. Two arms are loosely connected to its upper body and other than their blue color, have no features. The tail is also blue and featureless, but slightly resembles a paddle.

Porygon-Z was given additional software in order to increase its abilities. The initial idea was to give it the ability to travel through alien dimensions, though it did not work as planned. Instead, the Pokémon begin showing highly erratic, unstable behavior and twitchy movements, making it difficult to work with for research. As a result it is believe the experiment to creating Porygon-Z was failure. This has been attributed to the incompetence of the engineer who faultily updated its programming. Some academics debate whether Porygon-Z is really an evolution or not from Porygon2.

Porygon-Z and its pre-evolved forms are the only known Pokémon that can learn Conversion and Conversion 2.

In the anime

Porygon-Z in the "World of Pokémon" opening of Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice

Porygon-Z's only appearance in the anime was a cameo in the "World of Pokémon" opening of Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, in which every Pokémon from the first five generations (apart from Genesect) appeared.

It is currently believed that Porygon-Z will not properly appear and will not be mentioned in the anime as a result of the EP038 incident, and it is the only Generation IV Pokémon not to appear. Along with its pre-evolved form, it is also the only Pokémon prior to Generation VIII that is neither Legendary nor Mythical to not appear in the anime.

In the manga

Porygon-Z in Pokémon 7

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Io has a Porygon-Z, which is her main battler and only known Pokémon. She first used it to attack the Galactic Number 2 in Into The Hands Of Evil?!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Deprogramming Porygon-Z, a Trainer's Porygon-Z battled Platinum's Empoleon at the Battle Castle.

In the TCG

Main article: Porygon-Z (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Porygon-Z appears as a trophy.

Trophy information

NA: Porygon is an artificial Pokémon created by humans. Given an Up-Grade, it becomes Porygon2. Then another mod turns it into Porygon-Z. You'd think two upgrades would make Porygon-Z the perfect Pokémon, but actually, the Dubious Disc used to make Porygon2 evolve seems to have introduced some bugs. Maybe a patch is in the works?

PAL: Porygon is an artificial Pokémon created by humans. Given an Up-Grade, it becomes Porygon2. Then another mod turns it into Porygon-Z. You'd think two upgrades would make Porygon-Z the perfect Pokémon, but actually, the Dubious Disc used to make Porygon2 evolve makes it a bit glitchy. Maybe there's a patch in the works...

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Sinnoh Pt: #194 Johto #— Diamond Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however. Pearl Platinum Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned. HeartGold Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error... SoulSilver
Generation V Unova #— Black Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned. White Black 2 Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned. White 2
Generation VI Kalos #— Hoenn #— X Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however. Y Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error... Omega Ruby Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however. Alpha Sapphire Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error...
Generation VII Alola SM: #219 Alola USUM: #283 Kanto #— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎. Sun In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly. Moon Its program was modified to facilitate extra-dimensional activities, but that led to noticeably strange behavior. Ultra Sun Its behavior is noticeably unstable, which is apparently due to the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming. Ultra Moon A faulty update was added to its programming. Its behavior is noticeably strange, so the experiment may have been a failure.
Generation VIII Galar Isle of Armor #210 Sword Porygon-Z had a program installed to allow it to move between dimensions, but the program also caused instability in Porygon-Z's behavior. Shield Some say an additional program made this Pokémon evolve, but even academics can't agree on whether Porygon-Z is really an evolution.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Evolve Porygon2 Platinum Evolve Porygon2 HeartGold SoulSilver Evolve Porygon2
Generation V Black Trade White Evolve Porygon2 Black 2 White 2 Trade
Generation VI X Y Trade Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Evolve Porygon2
Generation VII Sun Moon Evolve Porygon2 Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Evolve Porygon2 Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee Unobtainable
Generation VIII Sword Shield Evolve Porygon2 Expansion Pass Evolve Porygon2

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV MD Time MD Darkness Evolve Porygon2 MD Sky Evolve Porygon2 Ranger: SoA Oil Field Hideout Rumble Eternal Tower MD Stormy MD Light Evolve Porygon2* PokéPark Wii Granite Zone Ranger: GS Sky Fortress, Thunder Temple
Generation V Rumble Blast Factory: Sunny Seashore Rumble U Conductor Room: Rumbling Magnetic Motors
Generation VI Battle Trozei Mysterious Fountain: Stage 6 Shuffle Expert Stage: Stage EX35 Event: Porygon-Z Appears Rumble World Gold Plateau: Tricky Factory (Back Boss)

Stats

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85		145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Defense: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Atk: 135		126 - 205	247 - 405
Sp. Def: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Total: 535	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 4/4 ★★★★	Power 4/5 ★★★★☆
Skill 2/5 ★★☆☆☆	Stamina 1/1 ★
Jump 4/4 ★★★★	Total 15/19 ★★★

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Ghost-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— ——% 5 011 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— ——% 20 011 Defense Curl Normal Status 0000— ——% 40 011 Tackle Normal Physical 04040 100100% 35 011 Conversion Normal Status 0000— ——% 30 011 Recycle Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 011 Magnet Rise Electric Status 0000— ——% 10 1515 Thunder Shock Electric Special 04040 100100% 30 2020 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100100% 20 2525 Conversion 2 Normal Status 0000— ——% 30 3030 Agility Psychic Status 0000— ——% 30 3535 Recover Normal Status 0000— ——% 10 4040 Discharge Electric Special 08080 100100% 15 4545 Tri Attack Normal Special 08080 100100% 10 5050 Magic Coat Psychic Status 0000— ——% 15 5555 Lock-On Normal Status 0000— ——% 5 6060 Zap Cannon Electric Special 120120 05050% 5 6565 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 09090% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon-Z Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM60 TM60 Power Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM61 TM61 Guard Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM62 TM62 Speed Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM70 TM70 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM71 TM71 Wonder Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM82 TM82 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM93 TM93 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR09 TR09 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR19 TR19 Tri Attack Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR68 TR68 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR83 TR83 Ally Switch Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon-Z Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Porygon-Z in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Porygon-Z in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon-Z Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon-Z Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: E
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Normal Poké Assist: Normal Field move: (Crush ×3) Browser entry R-262 It protects itself with a strange barrier. It attacks by discharging electric bolts.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Normal Poké Assist: (present) Normal Field move: (present) (Crush ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Normal Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-119/N-182 It lets loose shock waves to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Porygon-Z gave you a Secret Word in the Granite Zone. He's a star at Rotom's Spooky Shoot-'em-Up.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Normal Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Normal Attack Power: 70 - 130 15 #400 Shock Attack Leaves the foe paralyzed for a longer period of time. Skill Swapper: Hitting Streak+
Pokémon GO Base Stamina: 198 Base Attack: 264 Base Defense: 150 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Hidden Power, Charge Beam, Lock-On* Charged Attacks: Solar Beam, Hyper Beam, Zap Cannon, Blizzard*, Frustration‡, Return‡, Tri Attack†

Evolution

Unevolved Porygon  Normal

+ Trade holding Upgrade →

First evolution Porygon2  Normal

+ Trade holding Dubious Disc →

Second evolution Porygon-Z  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Porygon-Z images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon whose Japanese name is spelled with a character from a foreign alphabet.
• Porygon-Z weighs exactly as much as Dawn. It shares this similarity with Weavile and Alolan Marowak.
• The Dubious Disc's name implies that Porygon-Z, unlike its pre-evolution, was not authorized by Silph Co.
• In PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure, Porygon-Z is referred to as a "he", even though the Porygon line is genderless.
  • In addition, despite never having appeared in the anime outside of a brief cameo, it did receive an anime voice in the aforementioned game, like every other Pokémon in it.
• Porygon-Z's pre-evolutions have their own signature Conversion move, but no new Conversion-style move was made for Porygon-Z.
• Since no leveling up is required to evolve either Porygon or Porygon2, Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon to be evolved twice that can still be level 1.
• Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon that evolves from a Pokémon that evolves via trading while holding an item.
• Porygon-Z is tied with Drampa and Mega Pidgeot for the highest base Special Attack stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
• Porygon-Z and its pre-evolutions are the only Pokémon where all three members of the evolutionary line can learn both Hyper Beam and Giga Impact, this due to the fact that all three were fully evolved Pokémon at the time of their debut.

Origin

Like Porygon and Porygon2, it is based on a bird made with 3D computer graphics software. Its appearance with respect to Porygon2, as well as its un-programmed behaviors, suggest that it may be based on the concept of a computer virus having infected Porygon2, or maybe a reference to copyrighted software usually being patched by users to use all the features, but often causing bugs in the program.

Name origin

Porygon-Z is a combination of polygon and Z, with Porygon being a corruption on polygon. Z may refer to the Z axis in 3D coordination systems or that Porygon-Z is the last of its evolutionary line (since the letter Z is last in the Latin alphabet). Alternatively, Z may be a corruption of 2 (as in Porygon2).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ポリゴンＺ Porygon-Z From polygon and Z French Porygon-Z Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Porygon-Z Same as English/Japanese name German Porygon-Z Same as English/Japanese name Italian Porygon-Z Same as English/Japanese name Korean 폴리곤Ｚ PorygonZ Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 立方獸Z Laahpfōngsau Z Literally "Cube monster Z" Mandarin Chinese 3D龍Z / 3D龙Z 3D Lóng Z Literally "3D Dragon Z"

More languages Hindi परीगोन-Z Porygon-Z Transliteration of English name Thai โพรีกอน-แซด Porygon-Z Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

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• Artificial Pokémon

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