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Vullaby (Japanese: バルチャイ Valchai) is a dual-type Dark/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Mandibuzz starting at level 54.

Biology

Vullaby resembles a baby vulture. It has a plump, stout body covered in dark gray feathers, tiny wings with gray tips, and pink feet with three clawed toes. Its neck is short and supports a round, pink head devoid of any feathers, except for a crest on the top. There is a collar of fluffy, light gray feathers around its neck. It has a small gray beak and red eyes.

Vullaby protect their rear by wearing a cracked skull as a diaper-like undergarment, hence its categorization. Vullaby either finds this bone itself or uses one found for it by Mandibuzz. Its large appetite results in large growth sports, resulting in Vullaby having to replace their bones, and they often pass older bones down to smaller Vullaby. Vullaby often start petty chats with their own kind on which bones are the most comfortable. Vullaby is known to chase after weaker creatures. Vullaby is a female-only species.

In the anime

Major appearances

Vullaby debuted in Unrest at the Nursery!, where she was a Pokémon in the daycare belonging to Layla and usually got into a fight with Rufflet. Their fight ended after Rufflet saved her from a trio of Amoonguss.

Minor appearances

A Vullaby appeared in the opening sequence of Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice.

Two Vullaby appeared in Rocking Clawmark Hill! as some of the Pokémon training up on Clawmark Hill. One of them was seen fighting a Boldore.

A Trainer's Vullaby appeared in Battle Royal 151!, where it competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing off-screen.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry BW095 Vullaby Ash's Pokédex Vullaby, the Diapered Pokémon. Vullaby's small wings keep it from flying. It tends to chase Pokémon weaker than itself.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In The Case of the Missing Pokémon, Team Plasma kidnapped a Vullaby. She was later found in a stronghold and returned to her Trainer.

White caught a Vullaby, which she nicknames Barbara. White casts Barbara for her villainous roles. She first appeared in With a Little Help from My Friends.

Four Vullaby appeared in A Lost Melody.

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII Parent Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Mean Look * Normal Status — —% 5



Roost Flying Status — —% 10 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10 Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Vullaby in Generation VIII

onto Vullaby in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.

Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Vullaby in that game.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vullaby

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

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

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90% 10 Sw Sh IoA Lash Out Dark Physical 75 100% 5 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vullaby

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

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

Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Vullaby is likely based on a vulture chick. The bone armor it wears is similar to a baby's diaper, with physical similarities to a human's skull. It's frequent growth spurts are another connection to babies, which grow at much higher rates than adults.

Name origin

Vullaby may be a combination of vulture and lullaby (which are often sung to children) or baby.

Valchai may be a combination of vulture and child.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese バルチャイ Valchai From バルチャー baruchā and チャイルド chairudo French Vostourno From vautour and os Spanish Vullaby Same as English name German Skallyk From skull and Küken Italian Vullaby Same as English name Korean 벌차이 Beolchai Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese 禿鷹小子 / 秃鹰小子 Tūyīngxiǎozi Means "Vulture child" More languages Russian Виллаби Villabi Transcription of English name Thai วัลไจ Valchai Transcription of trademarked Japanese name





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