Trapinch (Pokémon)


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Trapinch (Japanese: ナックラー Nuckrar) is a  introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into starting at level 35, which evolves into  starting at level 45.

Biology
Trapinch is an orange, insectoid Pokémon. It has a round body with a white underside and four stumpy legs. It has a proportionally large head, small eyes, and a zigzagging mouth. Its large jaws are powerful enough to crush boulders. This Pokémon lives in, where it builds its nest in a bowl-shaped pit dug in sand. It sits in its nest and waits for prey to stumble inside. Once inside, the prey cannot climb back out. Trapinch can go a week without having water available. is a natural predator of Trapinch.

Major appearances
Multiple Trapinch debuted in Beg, Burrow and Steal. The Trapinch of an area had dug a complex underground labyrinth. One researcher named wanted to find a lake that he claimed to see when he was a little boy. When, , , Max, Hal, another researcher named Elisa, and got lost in the labyrinth, they eventually found the underground lake Hal was talking about.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2), Solana used her Capture Styler on a Trapinch and had it use to trap 's henchmen's Pokémon that were attacking, Brock, and Officer Jenny's Pokémon.

A Trapinch appeared in A Rivalry to Gible On! as a resident of Mt. Shady. It used its to capture Ash while he and Khoury were trying to catch a.

Minor appearances
A 's Trapinch appeared in Mean With Envy.

A Trapinch made a cameo in a visualization in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.

A Coordinator's Trapinch appeared in Deceit and Assist.

A Trapinch made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno, under the ownership of. It was among the Pokémon residing at the.

A Coordinator's Trapinch appeared in The Saffron Con.

A Trapinch appeared in All Dressed Up with Somewhere To Go!. It was dressed up as a.

A Trainer's Trapinch appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.

A Trapinch appeared in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, where it was among the Pokémon playing in 's garden. It appeared again in The Ol' Raise and Switch!.

A Trapinch appeared in the Haina Desert in Some Kind of Laziness!, where it ate an Oran Berry.

A Trainer's Trapinch appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

Five Trainers' Trapinch appeared in Securing the Future!, where they joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its.

A Trapinch appeared in SM096 as one of the Pokémon staying at Aether Paradise.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A 's Trapinch appeared in Bubble Bubble Toil and Azumarill I.

The rented a Trapinch, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Facing Gulpin Is Hard to Swallow.

A Trapinch appeared in The Transfer Student, under the ownership of Hugh.

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Trivia

 * Trapinch is the only one in its evolutionary line to have a Hidden Ability.
 * Trapinch is the lowest base stat of all  Pokémon.
 * Trapinch's base Attack stat is higher than its 's and is the same as its 's. That may be a reference to the fact that antlion larvae are more aggressive and predatory than their adult stages.
 * It has the highest base Attack stat of all Pokémon that can evolve twice.

Origin
It is based on the larval stage of the, which live in conical sandy pits before maturing into winged adults.

Name origin
Trapinch is a combination of trap (describing traps it uses to catch prey) and pinch (referring to its powerful jaws).

Nuckrar may be a contraction of , referencing its nutcracker-like jaws. Nuckrar may also be a play on the word "", a type of folkloric dragon which lives in a hole.