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Machoke (Japanese: ゴーリキー Goriky) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Machop starting at level 28 and evolves into Machamp when traded.

Biology

Machoke is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon covered in gray skin. It has a vaguely reptilian face with a short snout, narrow red eyes, and four pointed teeth visible inside its mouth. Two of these teeth are in the upper jaw, while two are in the lower jaw. On top of its head are three brown ridges. Its arms are muscular with dark red, vertical stripes on them. The lower part of its body has black markings that resemble briefs. It is always seen wearing a black and gold power-save belt resembling a championship belt. It possesses large pectoral muscles that protrude slightly over its belt.

Machoke is a Pokémon of immense strength. Its muscles are as hard as steel, and it is capable of lifting extremely heavy objects with only one finger. Machoke's body is powerful enough to never get tired. Machoke is a popular Pokémon used as a motif for sculptures. In spite of this, it is modest and often helps people with manual labor. The belt it wears regulates its strength, but Machoke removes it when facing a truly powerful opponent. It can be found in the mountains, where it trains daily. In the past, it claimed Low Kick and Vital Throw as signature moves.

In the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

In Chikorita's Big Upset, a Machoke was a member of a group of wild Fighting-type Pokémon that roamed the streets of a city as a gang. It befriended Chikorita after she defeated its leader, a Primeape, and became the new gang leader.

In Wobbu-Palooza!, a festival crasher used a Machoke to disrupt the Wobbuffet Festival. However, it wound up being repelled by Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket.

In Turning Over A New Bayleef, Haruno's Machoke helped her with her gardening and was responsible for finding Bayleef when she was washed away in some rapids.

In Machoke, Machoke Man, Chuck used a Machoke in his Gym battle against Ash. It was defeated by Bayleef after almost defeating her with Submission.

In Pop Goes The Sneasel, a Machoke was protecting the flame of Ho-Oh at a shrine.

In Hoenn Alone!, a captain used a Machoke to help passengers on his boat with any problems they have.

In Sitting Psyduck, Emily's Machoke chased after her runaway Psyduck.

In Bibarel Gnaws Best!, the expert stonecutter owns multiple Machoke. They served as construction workers under the supervision of Isis.

In a flashback in Lost Leader Strategy!, Maylene used a Machoke in her Gym battle with Paul, but it was defeated by Honchkrow. In A Triple Fighting Chance!, Maylene used Machoke during her Gym battle against Ash. It battled Staravia and was defeated.

In Old Rivals, New Tricks!, Kenny used a Machoke in the Performance Stage of the Sandalstraw Contest. It helped its Trainer move on to the next stage.

In Showdown at the Shalour Gym!, Korrina used a Machoke in her Gym battle against Ash. It battled Fletchinder, but it was defeated.

Minor appearances

In The Punchy Pokémon, a Machoke fought Ash's Primeape during the P1 Grand Prix.

A Machoke appeared in a flashback in Ditto's Mysterious Mansion.

A Machoke appeared in Showdown at Dark City, under the ownership of one of the Trainers at Yas Gym.

A Machoke appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad.

In Princess vs. Princess, a Machoke competed in the Queen of the Princess Festival.

In Riddle Me This, a Machoke was in an exercise Gym. It was later targeted by Team Rocket.

In It's Mr. Mime Time, Stella used a Machoke for her circus.

In Shell Shock!, an expedition crew led by Nurse Joy owns two Machoke. They rescued Ash, his friends, and the crew from a runaway boulder heading for them.

In Stage Fight!, a Machoke was part of a showboat stage show.

In Navel Maneuvers, Danny's Machoke helped him carve a sled that he used during his second challenge against Ash. It reappeared in a flashback in Hello, Pummelo!.

In The Power of One, a Machoke sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

In Wired for Battle!, a Machoke was in Muramasa's dojo.

In Tricks of the Trade, a Machoke was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.

In Love, Totodile Style, Trixie uses a Machoke for her circus.

In Hassle in the Castle, Dr. Anna uses a Machoke in her health clinic for massages.

In Two Hits and a Miss, a Machoke was under the ownership of Kenzo.

In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Machoke participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

In A Better Pill to Swallow, Brock's fantasy featured a Machoke.

In Doin' What Comes Natu-rally, a Machoke participated in a street festival.

In a flashback in Throwing in the Noctowl, Wings Alexander's then-Hoothoot defeated a Machoke.

In You're a Star, Larvitar!, a Machoke trained alongside its Trainer, a Hiker.

In A Claim to Flame!, a Trainer's Machoke battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference.

A Machoke appeared in Playing with Fire!.

A Machoke appeared in We're No Angels!.

In Taming of the Shroomish, two Machoke worked on the Green Lodge demolition site.

In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, a Machoke starred in the Western movie Brock saw with his siblings in a flashback.

A Machoke appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In Celebi and Joy! a demolition crew employed a Machoke. In the new timeline, the Machoke was still employed by what had become a construction crew.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in A Judgment Brawl. It reappeared in a flashback in the next episode.

A Machoke appeared in Shapes of Things to Come!, under the ownership of a miner.

In A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!, a Machoke starred on a fitness program.

A Machoke appeared in A Marathon Rivalry!, under the ownership of a competitor in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.

In The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, a Machoke was used in the Ninja Village.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

A student's Machoke appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. It reappeared in the banned episode SM064.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!.

In Racing to a Big Event!, a Trainer's Machoke competed in the Pokémon Pancake Race.

In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Machoke were training up on Clawmark Hill.

Two Trainers' Machoke appeared in One Journey Ends, Another Begins....

Three Trainers' Machoke appeared in Getting the Band Back Together!.

In The Dex Can't Help It!, a deliveryman's Machoke helped deliver a washing machine to Professor Kukui's house by mistake and then to the Pokémon Center.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in Sours for the Sweet!.

Five Trainers' Machoke appeared in The Power of Us.

A Machoke appeared in Filling the Light with Darkness!, during a fantasy of a story from the past. It reappeared in a similar fashion during The Prism Between Light and Darkness!.

In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Machoke joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.

A Trainer's Machoke appeared in a video hologram in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!.

In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Machoke was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.

A Machoke appeared in a fantasy in JN034, under the ownership of Bea.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP068 Machoke Dawn's Pokédex Machoke, the Superpower Pokémon. With enough strength to lift a giant truck with one hand, Machoke are often used for extremely heavy work.

In Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Training, Bea owns a Machoke. It was training alongside her other Pokémon in the Wild Area.



In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Similar to her anime counterpart, Anna owns a Machoke. It appeared in Treasure Hunting?! Try The Maze!.

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

A Machoke appeared in Behold The Phantom Thief Of Justice.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga

A Machoke appeared in PMDP11.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Machoke debuted in Bulbasaur, Come Home!, where it protected the Viridian Gym from intruders. It attacked Red and Professor Oak, but Bulbasaur defeated it with a Solar Beam.

Blue has a Machoke that evolved into Machamp under Red's care, but it was traded back afterwards in A Tale of Ninetales.

A Machoke appeared in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon III as one of Brawly's Pokémon; it is unconfirmed if this Machoke evolved from the Machop he had in Volume 16. Machoke attempted to fight Blaise's fiery illusions at the Lilycove Museum in Volume 20, but failed miserably and ended up getting burned. His Hariyama succeeded in doing so, however.

A Machoke appeared in The Final Battle IV, where it was one of the Pokémon that helped Emerald with his disabilities.

The Battle Tower rented a Machoke, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.

A Machoke appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of a Black Belt.

Chaz's Machoke appeared in Omega Alpha Adventure 3.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

A Galactic Grunt used a Machoke in Find Munchlax!!.

Maylene has a Machoke, which was seen being defeated by Hareta's Piplup in Dialga's Secret Keys.

A Police Officer's Machoke appeared in Charon Must Be Stopped!.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

A Machoke appeared in GDZ51.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Red owns a Machamp, which he caught after it evolved from Machoke in Catch That Pokémon Thief!!.

Giovanni used a Machoke during his Gym battle against Red in Get The Last Badge!!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

A Machoke appeared in PZ07, under the ownership of the Fighting Dojo.

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

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

normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Coaching Fighting Status — —% 10 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Machoke

indicates a move that gets when used by Machoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Machoke

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

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII Stage Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Machoke

indicates a move that gets when used by Machoke Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Machoke

indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Machoke Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Machoke was originally known as "Kung-Foo". This name is a corruption of kung fu , a Chinese martial art.

, a Chinese martial art. In The Official Pokémon Handbook, Machoke is described as being extremely narcissistic; "Machoke, [...]likes its own body way too much. Sometimes it's too busy looking at itself in the mirror to train", which is exactly the opposite of the description given in Pokémon Stadium; "Although it is incredibly strong, it is always modest".

Machoke's belt looks very similar to the Winner's Belt Prop in Pokémon Black and White.

Generally, Machoke's complexion is a somewhat dark shade of blue, such as in the games, TCG, and promotional illustrations, but it has a much lighter blue complexion in the anime.

Origin

Machoke appears to be based on a bodybuilder or wrestler with some reptilian traits.

Name origin

Machoke may be a combination of macho (Spanish for male, overly masculine or chauvinist) and choke. Macho has come to mean tough or masculine in English. Akin to Mr. Mime, the masculine attribute has no reflection on gender assignment, as both species can be male and female; however, Machop's evolutionary line does have a 3:1 male:female ratio, making the species predominantly—but not entirely—male.

Goriky is a corruption of 剛力 gōriki (herculean strength).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ゴーリキー Goriky Corruption of 剛力 gōriki French Machopeur From Macho and choppeur or peur Spanish Machoke Same as English name German Maschock From Macho and Schock Italian Machoke Same as English name Korean 근육몬 Geunyukmon From 근육 geun'yuk and monster Cantonese Chinese 大力 Daaihlihk Literally "Great strength" Mandarin Chinese 豪力 Háolì Literally "Heroic strength" More languages Hindi मचोक Machoke Transcription of English name Russian Мачоук Machouk Transcription of English name Thai โกริกี Goriky Transcription of trademarked Japanese name





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