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Alomomola (Japanese: ママンボウ Mamanbou) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

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

Biology

Alomomola is a pink fish-like Pokémon with darker pink markings on its heart-shaped body and fins. It has large dorsal and ventral fins resembling hands, each divided into four sections and tipped with a paler pink. The shape of the Pokémon resembles an ocean sunfish, as it lacks a proper tail fin. Its eyes are round with golden irises and a mark that appears to be an eyelash extending up and back toward the rest of the body. It lives in the open seas. If it finds an injured Pokémon floating at sea, Alomomola will heal the Pokémon's wounds and carry it back to shore. It heals Pokémon using its special membrane enveloping its entire body. However, Alomomola does this because any predators coming for the injured Pokémon could come for Alomomola.

In the anime

Major appearances

A wild Alomomola debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!. It was the first Pokémon in the Unova region that Ash saw.

Two Alomomola appeared in The Name's N!. N asked for them to use Refresh on Pikachu, who was suffering from Paralysis.

An Ally Alomomola appeared in Big Sky, Small Fry!, where it was trying to assist a Totem Wishwashi during Lana's trial.

Minor appearances

An Alomomola made a cameo in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, where it was hooked by a competitor in Team Rocket's fake fishing contest.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram.

An Alomomola appeared in a flashback in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 and Part 2.

An Alomomola appeared in All for the Love of Meloetta!.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.

An Alomomola appeared in Expedition to Onix Island! as a resident of a deserted island.

An Alomomola appeared in a fantasy in New Places... Familiar Faces!.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in Going for the Gold!, where they were among the Pokémon seen in the Ambrette Aquarium.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in An Undersea Place to Call Home!.

Two Alomomola appeared in Day Three Blockbusters!. One appeared in a flashback that showed Ash catching it for a fishing competition, while the other was under the ownership of a Trainer who participated in the Pokémon Summer Camp.

An Alomomola appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.

Two Alomomola appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!.

Two Alomomola appeared in Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, with one being wild and the other appearing in a fantasy. Lana hooked the wild one whilst fishing and gave it some food.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!.

Multiple Alomomola appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.

Three Alomomola appeared in Now You See Them, Now You Don't!.

An Alomomola appeared in Pikachu's Exciting Adventure!.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry SM033 Alomomola Rotom Pokédex Alomomola, the Caring Pokémon. A Water type. It can use Heal Pulse to help friends recover.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

White caught an Alomomola during her Battle Subway training sometime prior to With a Little Help from My Friends; she later nicknamed her Nancy.

An Alomomola appeared in Brooklet Hill in True Identity and the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill.



In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

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

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

Learnset

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

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





Side game data

Evolution

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Alomomola appears to be a combination of an ocean sunfish and a heart representing health. Due to its hand-like fins and heart shaped body, it may have been inspired by the Claddagh ring. Its ability to heal other Pokémon may be inspired by the doctor fish. The fact that it wraps itself in a special membrane might be a reference to a parrotfish, or the nourishing secretions of the discus fish. Alomomola being found in locations with the Jellicent line, reflects the ocean sunfish's diet of jellyfish.

Name origin

Alomomola is a combination of Mola mola (scientific name for the ocean sunfish) and mom (referring to its status as the Caring Pokémon). It may also refer to aloha, Hawaiian for love/affection, referenced by Alomomola's heart-like shape and the ocean sunfish's preference to tropical areas, such as Hawaii.

Mamanbou may be a combination of mama and 翻車魚 manbō (ocean sunfish).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ママンボウ Mamanbou From 翻車魚 manbō and mama French Mamanbo Similar to Japanese name Spanish Alomomola Same as English name German Mamolida From Mama and Molidae Italian Alomomola Same as English name Korean 맘복치 Mambokchi From 翻車魚 manbō , 마음 maeum , Mom and 개복치 gaebokchi Cantonese Chinese Mandarin Chinese 保母曼波 Bǎomǔmànbō From 保姆 bǎo​mǔ , 母 mǔ , and 曼波魚 mànbō-yú More languages Russian Аломомола Alomomola Transcription of English name Thai มามันโบ Mamanbou Transcription of Japanese name







