Torkoal (Pokémon)


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Torkoal (Japanese: コータス Cotoise) is a  introduced in Generation III.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology
Torkoal is a tortoise-like, quadruped Pokémon. It has a large black rock-like shell with holes that glow with a red warmth. Its skin is reddish brown with gray-black bands on its legs and neck. It has a long neck and its eyes seem permanently closed. Torkoal lives in where it looks for large deposits of coal. It uses the coal to fill the hollow spaces in its shell, and then burns it for energy.

Because coal is Torkoal's source of energy, it becomes immobile once it runs out of coal to burn. A Torkoal is healthy if the smoke spouting from its shell has tremendous velocity. When it blows out smoke from its nostrils and the top of its back, it sounds like a locomotive horn. It blows out black smoke before fleeing and while being attacked.

Ash's Torkoal
a Torkoal in All Torkoal, No Play after helping it defeat a that was picking on it in the Valley of Steel.

Other
Torkoal debuted in Poetry Commotion!, under the ownership of Flannery. Flannery used her Torkoal in a Gym against Ash, during which it battled  and. It was able to defeat both before losing to. It reappeared in flashbacks in All Torkoal, No Play and Whiscash and Ash.

Minor appearances
A Torkoal appeared in a fantasy in The Keystone Pops!, during 's.

A Torkoal appeared in Lights! Camera! Pika!, under the ownership of Frank. It helped in the making of his movie by billow black smoke for effects.

Three s' Torkoal appeared in A Crowning Moment of Truth!.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
also owns a Torkoal in Ash & Pikachu.

In the Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY! manga
Torkoal appeared as a card under the ownership of Manabu Kadoo.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II, a Torkoal appears as the main Pokémon of the Team Magma Tabitha, who trusts him enough to have him hold the Blue Orb while they were given an order to guard the artifact. Torkoal has the special ability to use his smoke to hypnotize and poison enemies.

The rented a Torkoal, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.

A Torkoal appeared in Pinsir Changes.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Torkoal was seen under the ownership of Team Galactic in A Surprise Visit from Hareta's Father!.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team manga
appeared in BET5.

NPC appearances

 * and : Old wise is the town elder and the Pokémon in charge of the Hot Spring. Later in the story, the player and partner have to use his wisdom and ask him what he knows about the Hidden Land and visits the Guild to tell them what he remembers and confirms that the Relic Fragment is the key to visiting the Hidden Land.

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Game locations

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In side games

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Trivia

 * It is tied with, , and for the lowest base  stat of all Fire-type Pokémon.

Origin
Torkoal is essentially a with a  or a  with four openings within its shell. Its shell also appears to be a lump of burning coal.

Name origin
Torkoal and Cotoise are a combination of tortoise and .

Related articles

 * Ash's Torkoal
 * Torkoal (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)