Croconaw (Pokémon)


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Croconaw (Japanese: アリゲイツ Alligates) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from starting at level 18 and evolves into  starting at level 30.

Biology
Croconaw is a medium-sized, bipedal, crocodilian Pokémon with a blue and yellow body. Croconaw has three clusters of red spikes on its body: one with three points on its head like a crest, one with two points on its back, and a diamond-shaped spike on its tail. Black markings surround its red eyes. Its lower jaw is yellow and pronounced, and its chest has an asymmetrical, yellow pattern resembling a spotted animal skin. Although Croconaw has been described as always having forty-eight fangs lining its mouth, only six are discernible with four visible when the mouth is closed. It is capable of regrowing lost fangs. Its teeth are positioned like barbed fishing hooks and are impossible to pull out with ordinary strength. Croconaw can rarely be found.

Wani-Wani
owned a Croconaw named Wani-Wani, as seen in The Legend of Thunder!, which also marked the species' television debut. was used in a fair few battles as well as against Attila and Hun. As revealed in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, it became a Feraligatr.

Khoury's Croconaw
Khoury's evolved in Bagged Then Tagged! during a Tag Battle against Ash's Monferno and Dawn's Cyndaquil, where it was partnered with 's. Despite evolving into Croconaw, they were defeated.

Other
Ranger Mason, a Forest Ranger of Mt. Silver, had a Croconaw in Mother Of All Battles, which also marked the species' main series debut. It helps her protect her reserve, and was used to battle the Pokémon Poacher Brothers when they targeted a and its mother.

A Croconaw appeared in The Champ Twins!, under the ownership of Bryan. It was used in a battle against and  alongside a  belonging to Bryan's twin brother Ryan. The twins were able to defeat Ash's Turtwig and Dawn's Piplup due to the latter two having a lack of teamwork, but they were defeated in the rematch.

A Croconaw appeared in The Pirates of Decolore!. It was shown in a flashback that Croconaw's Trainer had abandoned the Big Jaw Pokémon complaining that he lost another Gym battle because of Croconaw. Croconaw seemed to be the leader of a group of pirate Pokémon, which also consisted of an, , and. After losing in a Double Battle between Ash,, and , Croconaw and the other pirates stopped stealing and joined Officer Jenny's coast guard after apologizing to everybody they stole from.

Minor appearances
Croconaw debuted in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, under the ownership of Dundee. It was used to battle Ash's Pikachu, but it lost to Pikachu's.

A Croconaw appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A Croconaw made a small appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon hit with a.

A Croconaw appeared in Camping It Up!.

A Croconaw appeared in Ghoul Daze!.

Two Croconaw appeared in The Power of Us, under the ownership of different Trainers. One was competing in the Pokémon Catch Race, while the other appeared in a flashback.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
's Totodile evolves into a Croconaw in Totodile Rock, which then becomes a with the other two starters whilst fighting the powerful, angry  of the Whirl Islands.

In Out-Odding Oddish, a Croconaw appeared in the Pokéathlon.

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
In The Golden Boys, 🇬🇼 starts with a Totodile that later evolves into a Croconaw.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
In Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure, Jō owned a Totodile that evolved into Croconaw, and then into Feraligatr.

Pokédex entries

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Origin
Croconaw is based on a. Also, the head spikes and the pattern on the chest seem to be based on the wild hair and animal-skin cloth worn by.

Name origin
Croconaw is a combination of  and gnaw, though it may also involve maw or jaw.

Alligates is derived from .

Related articles

 * Silver's Croconaw
 * Khoury's Croconaw
 * Wani-Wani
 * Gold's Croconaw
 * Jō's Croconaw