Mareanie (Pokémon)


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Mareanie (Japanese: ヒドイデ Hidoide) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation VII.

It evolves into starting at level 38.

Biology
Mareanie is a starfish-like Pokémon with a purple stalk-like body and ten drooping tentacles that resembles hair. It has a blue and purple color scheme, as well as what appears to be a gloomy expression. It has three teeth and blue eyes with yellow sclera and pupils. Each tentacle has three spines, except the one above its face, which is shorter than the others and has only two. When Mareanie attacks, this tentacle may extend to the length of the others and gain a third spine. It also has an additional yellow spine on the top of its head.

is a natural predator of Mareanie, which in turn is known to hunt and prey on. Mareanie's main tactic is to harass it until the Corsola sheds its horns. As seen in the anime, Mareanie attacks first by launching onto the prey's face with all of its ten tentacles, then releasing the poison through its spikes.

James's Mareanie
A female Mareanie debuted in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, where she was by James. She had a very strong affection for James.

Other
A differently colored Mareanie appeared in Fighting Back the Tears!, where he evolved into a. He used to have a crush on James's Mareanie. This one has purple tentacles, and green irises, which gives it a slight resemblance to James.

Minor appearances
Multiple Mareanie debuted in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, where they scared off a group of that  was hoping to catch. warned Ash that they were dangerous, causing them to flee.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Mareanie debuts in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer, where one appears under the ownership of.

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Trivia

 * Upon evolving into, Mareanie has the greatest increase to a single base stat of any evolving Pokémon, with 90 added to its Defense and Special Defense.
 * Mareanie's evolution into Toxapex also has the greatest of all Pokémon, with 45.72, meaning that the changes to its base stats on evolving are the most uneven of all Pokémon.

Origin
Mareanie appears to be based on a, a venomous starfish which preys on coral polyps (similar to how Mareanie preys on Corsola).

Name origin
Mareanie may be a combination of marine and meanie.

Hidoide may be a combination of 酷い hidoi (cruel) and 海星 hitode (sea star).

Related articles

 * James's Mareanie