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Qwilfish (Japanese: ハリーセン Harysen) is a dual-type Water/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Qwilfish is a sea dwelling Pokémon with a spherical body and a flat, paddle-shaped tail. The upper half of its body is dark teal and the lower half is very light yellow. Its tail is tall and thin with a dark teal outline, light yellow inside, and two dark teal dots in the center. Its eyes are even with its body and are always seen slanted angrily. Below its eyes are its puffy pink lips. All around its body are sharp, conical spikes, which evolved from scales over time. In order to attack, Qwilfish drinks over 2.6 gallons of water to inflate its body. It then uses the water pressure to shoot poisonous quills at its foe, which can cause fainting. Due to its round body, Qwilfish is not a great swimmer, and when filled with water it is even harder for it to swim.

In the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

In Dueling Heroes, Harrison's Qwilfish battled Misty and her Corsola but was soon defeated.

In Just Add Water, Dorian used a Qwilfish in a battle against Misty and her Goldeen, and it emerged victorious.

Minor appearances

Qwilfish debuted in Snorlax Snowman.

In The Legend of Thunder!, a Qwilfish was at the Pokémon Center.

In Enlighten Up!, multiple Qwilfish were living in Lake Slowpoke.

In Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, a Trainer's Qwilfish competed in the Tour de Alto Mare.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, multiple Qwilfish were present during the final showdown with The Phantom and his crew.

Multiple Qwilfish appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

In Hold the Phione!, multiple Qwilfish were living in Chocovine Town.

In Going for the Gold!, multiple Qwilfish were living in the Ambrette Aquarium.

In An Undersea Place to Call Home!, Serena saw multiple Qwilfish underwater.

In Deceiving Appearances!, a Qwilfish was at Aether Paradise.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP216 Qwilfish Ash's Pokédex Qwilfish, the Balloon Pokémon. The quills covering the entire body have evolved from scales. A Qwilfish can cause its body to swell in order to shoot its needles in all directions.

In Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Buddy, a Qwilfish puffed itself up in Nessa's hand. In Early-Evening Waves, it was revealed to have done this during one of Nessa's photoshoots.



In the manga

In the Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic manga

A Qwilfish appeared in Team Dim Sun.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A swarm of Qwilfish appeared in Querulous Qwilfish, where they were angered by pollution that occurred as a result of an accident that occurred during the construction of the Battle Tower. Crystal captured all of them with her skills. Afterwards, she found a baby Qwilfish stuck in the toxic waste; as she prepared to take it to a Pokémon Center, Suicune appeared, healing Qwilfish and purifying the seawater. It is unknown if the Qwilfish are still under Crystal's ownership or were released afterwards.

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

A Qwilfish was one of the aquarium Pokémon seen in Archie's collection in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I.

Much later, in Softening Up Kakuna, Uprooting Seedot, and Outlasting Ledian, a Qwilfish was one of the Pokémon that Platinum rented during the Battle Factory challenge.

Pokédex entries

Manga Chapter Entry Pokémon Adventures PS122 In order to attack the enemy all over the body with its poisonous sting, the Qwilfish has to take in a lot of water and expand up to several times of its actual size. *

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Three Qwilfish appeared in Let's Survive This Sea Battle.

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II. Generation II Johto

#161 Gold To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once. Silver The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting. Crystal When faced with a larger opponent, it swallows as much water as it can to match the opponent's size. Stadium 2 To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once. Generation III Hoenn

#— Kanto

#— Ruby Qwilfish sucks in water, inflating itself. This Pokémon uses the pressure of the water it swallowed to shoot toxic quills all at once from all over its body. It finds swimming somewhat challenging. Sapphire Emerald A Qwilfish uses the pressure of water it swallows to shoot toxic quills all at once from all over its body. It finds swimming to be somewhat challenging. FireRed The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting. LeafGreen To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once. Generation IV Sinnoh

#— Johto

#163 Diamond It shoots the poison spines on its body in all directions. Its round form makes it a poor swimmer. Pearl Platinum HeartGold To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once. SoulSilver The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting. Generation V Unova

#— Black It shoots the poison spines on its body in all directions. Its round form makes it a poor swimmer. White Black 2 It shoots the poison spines on its body in all directions. Its round form makes it a poor swimmer. White 2 Generation VI Kalos

Coastal #038 Hoenn

#— X To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water at once. Y The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting. Omega Ruby Qwilfish sucks in water, inflating itself. This Pokémon uses the pressure of the water it swallowed to shoot toxic quills all at once from all over its body. It finds swimming somewhat challenging. Alpha Sapphire Generation VII Alola

#— Kanto

#— This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII. Generation VIII Galar

#304 Sword When faced with a larger opponent, it swallows as much water as it can to match the opponent's size. Shield The small spikes covering its body developed from scales. They inject a toxin that causes fainting.

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Generations II-VI

Generation VII onward

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

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

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

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Scale Shot Dragon Physical 25 90% 20 Sw Sh IoA Steel Roller Steel Physical 130 100% 5 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Qwilfish

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

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

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Japanese sprites

Gold/Silver back

Trivia

Origin

Qwilfish is based on both pufferfish and porcupinefish. Its ability to shoot its toxic quills somewhat resembles explosions, which could mean it may have been based on a naval mine.

Name origin

Qwilfish is a combination of quill and fish.

Harysen may be a shortening of 針千本 harisenbon (porcupinefish). An early version of Qwilfish was called Bukū, which may be a corruption of 河豚 fugu (pufferfish).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ハリーセン Harysen From 針千本 harisenbon French Qwilfish Same as English name Spanish Qwilfish Same as English name German Baldorfish From Ballon , Dorn and Fisch Italian Qwilfish Same as English name Korean 침바루 Chimbaru Possibly from 침 (針) chim , 바늘 baneul , and balloon Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese 千針魚 / 千针鱼 Qiānzhēnyú'' Literally "Thousand-needle fish" More languages Hindi कविलफिश Qwilfish Transcription of English name Russian Квилфиш Kvilfish Transcription of English name Thai ฮารีเซน Harysen Transcription of Japanese name







