Frogadier (Pokémon)


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Frogadier (Japanese: ゲコガシラ Gekogashira) is a  introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from starting at level 16 and evolves into  starting at level 36.

Biology
Frogadier is a dark blue, bipedal, frog-like Pokémon with a light blue underside. Its eyes have yellow sclera, and it has a white bubble scarf. It has dark blue hands and toes, and white circular fingers. Frogadier is a nimble and swift Pokémon; it can scale a tower exceeding 2,000 feet in one minute, and it can throw bubble-coated pebbles at targets up to 100 feet away. It can confound opponents by leaping about ceilings or into trees.

Ash's Frogadier
's evolved into Frogadier in A Stealthy Challenge! during a battle alongside  and Sanpei's Greninja against Saizo's. It later evolved once more into Greninja in A Festival of Decisions!.

Sanpei's Frogadier
Frogadier debuted in A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!, under the ownership of Sanpei. It spent the entire episode outside of its Poké Ball. It reappeared in A Stealthy Challenge!, where it was revealed to have evolved into Greninja.

Minor appearances
A Frogadier appeared in The Legend of the Ninja Hero! as a resident of the Ninja Village.

A Frogadier appeared in the opening sequence of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, when it evolved from and then into.

In the movie adaptations manga
Ash owned a Frogadier in .

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
owns a Frogadier nicknamed Croaky that evolved from her in Shooting Frogadier.

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Origin
Frogadier is based on a frog, and considering its crouched pose, dark blue "hooded" face and upper body, as well as its scarf-like foam, Frogadier is more than likely based on a. The spiked protrusions above its eyes may have been inspired by horned frogs from the ' and '. Its bubbling white foam is a reference to frog foam nests, created by some species such as the and  to protect eggs. It was shown in the anime to be able to run on the surface of water, much like the.

Name origin
Frogadier may be a combination frog and ' or '.

Gekogashira may be a combination of げこっ geko (croak) and 若頭 wakagashira (a young Yakuza subordinate leader) or 小頭 kogashira (head of an organizational section).

Related articles

 * Ash's Frogadier
 * Sanpei's Frogadier
 * Croaky