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Gible (Japanese: フカマル Fukamaru) is a dual-type Dragon/Ground Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves into Gabite starting at level 24, which evolves into Garchomp starting at level 48.

Biology

Gible is a small, bipedal dragon-like Pokémon that is primarily blue. It has a big mouth filled with sharp teeth, no neck, and arms that start at the outer edges of its jaws. A red underbelly stretches from its abdomen to the bottom of its jaw. Gible has two horns that resemble jet or plane engines, each with a light blue stripe in the middle. It has a single light blue stripe wrapping around its back. On top of its head is a dorsal fin, which has a notch on it for the male. Its dorsal fin is strong enough to carry a person. Gible appears to be a good digger, making deep holes for homes in caverns. It enjoys play-fighting with other members of its species. It has tremendously strong jaws that it uses to bite enemies. However, when biting, it often hurts itself because of clumsiness.

In the anime

Major appearances

In A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!, a male Gible tried to learn Draco Meteor with the help of Ash and his friends, but kept failing to use it, succeeding only once. He began to follow the group at the end of the episode. He appeared again in Gotta Get a Gible!, where Ash caught him.

In BWS02, Iris caught a Gible after she realized why he had been biting several properties in Blackthorn City.

Other

Gible made its main series debut in A Rivalry to Gible On!, where Ash and Khoury both attempted to catch him. However, in the end, Khoury was successful in catching Gible.

In Eevee & Friends, a Gible was a friend of an Umbreon living with an Eevee and the rest of the Eeveelutions.

Minor appearances

Gible debuted in The Rise of Darkrai, where it was briefly seen battling a Bronzor. It appeared again as one of the victims of Darkrai's Dark Void.

In a flashback in Garchomp's Mega Bond!, Professor Sycamore's Garchomp was revealed to be a Gible given to him by Alain.

In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Gible was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP145 Gible Khoury's Pokédex Gible, the Land Shark Pokémon. Gible once lived in the tropics, and to avoid cold it lives in caves warmed by geothermal heat.

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

A Gible appears in the The Rise of Darkrai manga adaptation, where it was put to sleep by Darkrai's Dark Void.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gible debuted in Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank I as one of the Advanced level Grunt's Pokémon. The female Gible was first used to attack Diamond's Lax when Diamond told the Grunt to return the Pokédex to him. She was later used in the Team Galactic HQ to battle Diamond's Pokémon.

Benga's Gible appeared in a flashback in PS541.

In the TCG

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Gible can be obtained as a Partner Pokémon by clearing a quest in Boyleland.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII.

Click on the generation numbers above to see Gible's learnsets from other generations.





Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

The Gible evolutionary line made its anime debuts in reverse order of evolution. Garchomp appeared first in Top-Down Training, Gabite appeared second in Another One Gabites the Dust!, and Gible appeared last in A Rivalry to Gible On!.

Origin

Appearance-wise, Gible seems like a cross between a European dragon and a shark. Gible and its evolved forms may also be a reference to the book After Man. One species mentioned is a type of land shark that lives in desert regions.

Name origin

Gible may be a combination of gobble or ground and nibble.

Fukamaru may be a combination of 鱶 fuka (shark) and 丸 maru (round; also a suffix in young boy's names), and may also play on 深まる fukamaru (to deepen, to become deep).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese フカマル Fukamaru From 鱶 fuka and 丸 maru French Griknot From grignoter and quenotte Spanish Gible Same as English name German Kaumalat From kauen , kaum Italian Gible Same as English name Korean 딥상어동 Dipsangeodong From deep, 상어 sangeo and 동 (童) dong Cantonese Chinese 圓陸鯊 Yùhnluhksā Same as Mandarin name Mandarin Chinese 圓陸鯊 / 圆陆鲨 Yuánlùshā Literally "Round land shark" More languages Russian Гибл Gibl Transliteration of English name Thai ฟุคามารุ Fukamaru Transcription of Japanese name





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