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Slowpoke (Japanese: ヤドン Yadon) is a dual-type Water/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into Slowbro starting at level 37 or Slowking when traded holding a King's Rock.

In Galar, Slowpoke has a pure Psychic-type regional form, introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield's 1.1.0 patch. It evolves into Galarian Slowbro when exposed to a Galarica Cuff or Galarian Slowking using an item found in The Crown Tundra.

Biology

Slowpoke is a pink Pokémon that resembles a cross between a salamander and a hippopotamus. It has vacant eyes that never seem focused, curled ears, and a rounded, tan muzzle. It has four legs, each of which ends in a single white claw. Its long, tapering tail has a white tip. This tail drips a sweet, sappy substance that is attractive to many species of fish. Slowpoke uses the tail as a fishing lure. The tail often breaks off, but it will grow back. In Alola, its tail is often dried and used in home-cooked stews.

Slowpoke has a notoriously dim intellect and often forgets what it was doing. It takes a long time to respond to outside stimuli. For example, it can take up to five seconds to process pain and can take an entire day to notice when its tail has been bitten. Slowpoke is commonly found at the water's edge. In some places, it is believed that Slowpoke's yawn causes rain. This Pokémon is worshiped in those areas.

In Galar, Slowpoke's appearance is a result of particles being built from eating Galarica seeds. The main difference is that it has gained yellow coloration on its forehead and tail. Unlike its counterpart, its tail is always down and said to have a spicy taste.

Galarian Slowpoke are known to relax on seashores and riverbanks without a care in the world. Occasionally, it will get a very sharp look in its eyes as if it is about to think of something tremendous. However, Slowpoke will quickly forget and return to its normal expression. It is believed that its behavior is a result of Galarica particles affecting its brain.[1]

In the anime

A Slowpoke Egg in the anime

Major appearances

In The Evolution Solution, Professor Westwood V owns a Slowpoke. At Seafoam Island, Ash and his friends asked for the professor's help to figure out why Slowpoke only evolve into Slowbro whenever a Shellder clamp on their tails, a question that was giving Professor Oak a headache. Slowpoke evolved when a Shellder that Jessie caught clamped on to the Dopey Pokémon's tail.

In A Shadow of a Drought, Slowpoke are considered sacred by Azalea Town residents due to legends claiming that Slowpoke's yawning can summon rain.

In A Crowning Achievement, multiple Slowpoke were trying to reach a King's Rock to evolve into Slowking in order to help find a better habitat for the group. In this episode, Alice Telesu's Slowpoke, nicknamed Arthur, evolved into a Slowking when its head was bitten by a Shellder while it was wearing the King's Rock.

In JN026, multiple Slowpoke were living on Slowpoke Island.

Minor appearances

In Island of the Giant Pokémon, Ash's Pokémon asked a Slowpoke for help when they were stranded on a beach, but it didn't respond. It evolved into a Slowbro at the very end of the episode.

A Slowpoke appeared in Primeape Goes Bananas.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in the banned episode EP035.

A Slowpoke appeared in Clefairy Tales.

In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, multiple Slowpoke lived at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Trainer's Slowpoke was defeated by Mewtwo while it was serving Giovanni.

In Pikachu's Vacation, a Slowpoke was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In The Power of One, multiple Slowpoke sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A wild Slowpoke appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, a Slowpoke helped the Trainers' Pokémon and Elekid save the Exeggcute nests and Togepi during a storm.

In Flower Power, two Slowpoke were featured in Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.

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

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.

In The Psychic Sidekicks!, a Slowpoke lived in Len Town.

In Hook, Line, and Stinker, a Trainer's Slowpoke participated in the annual Seaking Catching Competition.

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

In Dueling Heroes, a Trainer's Slowpoke competed in the Whirl Cup.

In a flashback in Enlighten Up!, multiple Slowpoke were revealed to be the deities of a religion similar to Buddhism.

A Slowpoke appeared in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, under the ownership of Lola. It reappeared in a fantasy in Grating Spaces!.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A Slowpoke appeared in PK13.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in The Keystone Pops!.

A Slowpoke appeared in Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!.

Two Slowpoke appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild.

In Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, a Slowpoke dipped its tail in the water whilst laying on a rock, only for a Sharpedo to bite onto said tail.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.

In The Island Whisperer!, a Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro.

In Mallow and the Forest Teacher!, a Slowpoke walked past Team Rocket with a Psyduck.

Five Slowpoke appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!, with four under the ownership of different Trainers and the fifth being wild.

In Alola, Kanto!, a Slowpoke was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.

In I Choose Paradise!, three Slowpoke were at the Pokémon Paradise Resort. Two of them were under the ownership of different Trainers.

Four Slowpoke appeared in Securing the Future!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the other two being wild. They joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in The Power of Us.

A Slowpoke appeared in Pikachu's Exciting Adventure!.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in League Offenders and Defenders!.

In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Slowpoke competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.

In Battling on the Wing!, two Trainers' Slowpoke were watching the battles during the Manalo Conference.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in Exhibition Unmasked!.

In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Slowpoke watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!.

In Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, a Trainer's Slowpoke was at Old Shore Wharf.

In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Trainer's Slowpoke participated in the Raid Battle against Lugia.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in JN031.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP066 Slowpoke Ash's Pokédex Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon. No one can tell what a Slowpoke is thinking, if it ever does think. Its specialty is fishing with its tail.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP244 Slowpoke Ash's Pokédex Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon. Slowpoke is always lost in thought, though no one knows what it's pondering.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Ash caught a giant Slowpoke in Ash vs. Gary. He later traded it to Gary Oak for a photo of his sister May. After this, they found out that Slowpoke had evolved into a Slowbro.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga

A Slowpoke appeared in How Do You Do, Pikachu?.

A Slowpoke made a cameo appearance in The First Labor of Pikachu.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Slowpoke debuted in Wake Up—You're Snorlax!, under the ownership of a Swimmer participating in the bike race along Route 11.

Multiple Slowpoke appeared in Sigh for Psyduck as corpses used by Koga's Gastly.

A Slowpoke appeared under the control of Al of the Team Rocket Elite Trio in The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually).

Swimmer Akinori lent his Slowpoke to Yellow to compete in a surfing contest in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1 that was interrupted by Lance's attack on Vermilion City.

In Ursaring Major, a herd of Slowpoke in Azalea Town had their tails cut off by Team Rocket, causing the Slowpoke Well to stop providing water. Gold proceeds to tire one out with his Aipom, prompting it to yawn and therefore cause the well to start flowing again.

In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, a Slowpoke appeared as one of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's fantasy when he explains that Trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.

A Slowpoke appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

A Slowpoke appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.

A Slowpoke appeared in True Identity and the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill.

A Slowpoke appeared in PASM31, where it was found frozen within the Trophy Room on Aether Paradise.

A Slowpoke appeared near Professor Kukui in the Dimensional Research Lab in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

A Slowpoke appeared in GDZ21.

Shu caught a Slowpoke in GDZ26.

A Slowpoke appeared in a flashback in GDZ30.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Slowpoke appeared in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious? as one of the participants of a curry cooking competition.

A Slowpoke appeared in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!.

Giovanni stole Slowpoke from Kurt prior to Find Slowpoke!! in order to profit from its tail as it is worth a lot of money. Kurt was able to retrieve the Slowpoke from Giovanni before Giovanni was able to get its tail.

A Slowpoke appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

In PZ06, Satoshi received a Slowpoke, among a few other Pokémon, from a Fisherman in exchange for the Dratini he found.

In the TCG

Other appearances

Slowpoke appears as a Pokéfloat. It initially has its tail curled towards its body but the tail lazily becomes straight and fighting moves there until Wooper appears.

Slowpoke appears as a Master Spirit. Unlike other Master Spirits who own dojos, his dojo specifically allows spirits to forget styles that they have learned from other dojos.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Kantonian Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

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

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

Learnset

Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Expanding Force Psychic Special 80 100% 10 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowbro

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

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

Galarian Slowpoke

Generation VIII Other generations: None Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Expanding Force Psychic Special 80 100% 10 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Slowbro

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

Side game data

Evolution

Slowpoke

Galarian Slowpoke

Sprites

Japanese sprites



Silver Gold and Silver back Shiny

Trivia

Origin

Due to its marine nature, shape, and association with shellfish, Slowpoke may be based on various species of otter. It may also be based on a giant salamander or hippopotamus.

Its ability to regenerate its own tail if cut off refers to autotomy.

Name origin

Slowpoke is literally slowpoke, a term for someone who is slow. It can be also a combination of slow and poke (an abbreviation of Pokémon).

Yadon may be a combination of 宿借り yadokari (hermit crab) and donkan (thickheaded or stolid), whereas 鈍 don means slow, dull, or stupid. Alternatively, it may also derive from 宿主 yadonushi ([parasitic] host), based on its relationship with Shellder in its evolutions.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヤドン Yadon From 宿借り yadokari or 宿主 yadonushi , plus 鈍 don French Ramoloss Probably from ramolli and molosse Spanish Slowpoke Same as English name German Flegmon From phlegmatisch and Monster Italian Slowpoke Same as English name Korean 야돈 Yadon Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 小呆獸 Síudāaisau Literally "Little slow-witted creature" Mandarin Chinese 呆呆獸 / 呆呆兽 Dāidāishòu Means "Slow-witted creature" More languages Hindi स्लोपोक Slowpoke Transcription of English name Russian Слоупок Sloupok Transcription of English name Thai ยาดง Yadon Transcription of Japanese name





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