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'''Sudowoodo''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: ウソッキー ''Usokkie'') is a {{t|Rock}}-type Pokémon. It is found in the [[Generation II]] games blocking the paths between [[Violet City]], [[Goldenrod City]], and [[Ecruteak City]] until a player sprays water on it from a [[Items|Squirtbottle]]. In [[Pokémon Colosseum]] a shadow Sudowoodo can be found as a snag from Cipher Admin [[Miror B.]] in [[Miror B.'s Hideout]]. It is also available in [[Pokémon Emerald]].

Sudowoodo comes with one of two [[Abilities]]: {{A|Sturdy}}, which prevents {{Cat|One-hit knockout moves|One-Hit KO attacks}} from having any effect; or {{A|Rock Head}}, which eliminates the recoil from certain attacks -- for instance, {{m|Double-Edge}}.

Sudowoodo first appeared in ''[[EP162|Type Casting]]''. Two Pokémon researchers were arguing whether Sudowoodo was a {{t|Grass}}- or {{t|Rock}}-type.

In {{PSV|9}}, a Sudowoodo disguises itself as a tree in the middle of [[Route 37]], hiding from a {{p|Rhydon}}. {{Special|Gold}} convinced Sudowoodo not to run away from its problems, and Sudowoodo went on to defeat Rhydon in hand-to-hand combat. It soon after joined Gold's team.

Sudowoodo is a Poké Float. After {{p|Wooper}} first appears, it will move down the right of the screen while Sudowoodo is on the left. Unlike most of the Poké Floats, players are not required to ever go on Sudowoodo. A trophy of Sudowoodo can be obtained after playing on the Poké Floats stage.

An imitation [[Pokémon]] with an aversion to battle, Sudowoodo always poses as a tree in order to avoid being attacked. Despite their arboreal appearance, these Pokémon are actually Rock-types, and therefore highly vulnerable to water. When it begins to rain, they vanish. Sudowoodo can be found blocking [[Route 36]] in [[Johto]].

It may be based on [[wp:petrified wood|petrified wood]], plants which have become fossilized over time.