Barbaracle (Pokémon)


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Barbaracle (Japanese: ガメノデス Gamenodes) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from starting at level 39.

Biology
Barbaracle's body consists of two gray rocks connected by an orange, segmented waist. Two Binacle have multiplied into seven, giving Barbaracle two legs, four arms and one head. The arm and leg Binacle are now orange with a single brown stripe, as opposed to a white one, and have brown "hands" with three claws each. The four arms have a single eye in each palm. In place of an eye, each foot has an orange four-pointed star-shape. The head, which resembles a left fist, has two eyes, four clawed fingers on top and a fifth clawed "thumb" on its right cheek. Each limb thinks for itself and moves independently, though they usually follow the head's orders.

Major appearances
Barbaracle made its main series debut in A Stealthy Challenge!, under the ownership of Saizo. Saizo used it to battle Ash's Froakie and Sanpei's Greninja in order to stop Sanpei from reaching its goal. This same Barbaracle was seen in a flashback in The Legend of the Ninja Hero!. It physically reappeared with its in A Festival of Decisions!, where it defeated Heidayu's.

Minor appearances
Barbaracle debuted in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

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Origin
Barbaracle seems to be based on the, due to their general shape and use of a connective "stalk" to cling to rocks. Considering one "main" Barbaracle survives together with others, it may possibly reference to the rarer, same species, in particular conjunctive symbiosis due to their fusion into a single body. Considering its hand-like limbs and bodies, and its eyes within its many hands's "palms", it may have also been based on the. Its limbs having minds of their own may be a reference to.

Name origin
Barbaracle may be a combination of barbaric and barnacle.

Gamenodes may be a combination of 亀の手 kame no te and death.