Froslass (Pokémon)


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Froslass (Japanese: ユキメノコ Yukimenoko) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from a female when exposed to a Dawn Stone. It is one of 's final forms, the other being.

Biology
Froslass is a humanoid Pokémon with a hollow torso that resembles a. It wears a red band around its waist, reminiscent of an. Its body lacks feet and it floats in the air like its counterpart,. Its arms are connected to the sides of its head, and flare at the wrists. The flared portion has dappled, light blue coloration. Its hands consist of three small fingers. Froslass's head is shaped similar to a sideways water droplet, and is topped with two ice crystals that resemble horns. Its head has several holes on it, resembling a mask. Through two of these holes, crystal blue eyes with yellow sclera can be seen. It also has a mouth below this "mask".

Froslass lives in snowy areas and has the ability to freeze foes with its breath. It is thought to display its victims secretly after freezing them. As evidenced in the anime, it can create illusions to manipulate others. Froslass is a female only species, and is said in legends to be the spirit of a woman who was lost in the mountains.

Major appearances
Froslass made her television debut in Pikachu's Ice Adventure, where she was fighting with an before they realized their quarrel was destroying several ice statues.

Froslass made her main series debut in The Drifting Snorunt!, where she kidnapped Dawn's Piplup and, forcing , , , and to help her by saving her friend  from a.

Paul used a Froslass during his Full Battle against in the Lily of the Valley Conference in A Real Rival Rouser!. Froslass battled, but was eventually defeated after a hard-fought match.

Minor appearances
Froslass debuted in a brief cameo in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, where she helped Ash's friends stop a moving glacier.

A 's Froslass was seen on TV in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!, participating in a Double Performance along with a.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Froslass first appeared under the ownership of Candice in To and Fro with Froslass, where she is presented as her secret weapon to battle. Due to her Rapidash and his speed, her attacks rarely hit, and didn't dish out much damage due to the type matchup, but the moment Platinum ordered him to use, her dealt out lethal damage, forcing her to recall him. Then, after Platinum's Lopunny managed to defeat Candice's, and Froslass seemed to have the battle won when Lopunny fainted as well, she was finally beaten by Rapidash. Platinum, revealing that she had Lopunny faint herself with her, Candice handed her the , and the three head out to Lake Acuity. This Froslass is later given to Platinum at the Spear Pillar.

NPC appearances

 * : The player battles Froslass at the end of Crevice Cave to save.
 * PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure: battles Froslass in the Iceberg Zone to persuade her to make up with . She also freezes the lake so Pikachu can save.

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Trivia

 * No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Froslass.
 * Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Froslass could not be traded on the GTS without a nickname in.

Origin
Froslass is most likely based on, a female ice-spirit of Japanese folklore.

Name origin
Froslass is a combination of frost and lass.

Yukimenoko may be a combination of 雪 yuki (snow) and 女の子 menoko (archaic word for girl). Kimeno also sounds like a corruption of 着物 .

Related articles

 * Platinum's Froslass