Kabuto (Pokémon)


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Kabuto (Japanese: カブト Kabuto) is a dual-type Fossil  introduced in Generation I.

It is resurrected from a Dome Fossil and evolves into starting at level 40.

Biology
Kabuto is a small Pokémon with a large brown shell covering its body. There are two small eyes facing upwards on the outside of its shell, which it uses for sight when it hides on the ocean floor. The structure of its body is almost entirely unknown, except its four short, yellow legs and luminescent red eyes found on its underside. Isolated populations of Kabuto have been found to be unchanged for 300 million years. However, most living Kabuto are resurrected from Dome Fossils. In its original time, it was prominently found on, likely aided by its fast and powerful swimming ability. As seen in the anime, Kabuto prefer seclusion and can be very territorial. It protects itself with its stiff shell.

Major appearances
Two Kabuto debuted in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon. They were some of the Fossil Pokémon that attacked and  until they were scared off by an.

Multiple Karubo appeared in Shell Shock!. In the episode, Umberto was saying that an island full of Kabuto Fossils would sink once the moon cast a red glow. His warnings turned out to be correct, because the Fossils came to life and the island collapsed, since the Fossils kept the island together.

A Kabuto appeared in Dealing With Defensive Types! in the Canalave Gym. It caught Team Rocket trying to steal food from the Gym kitchen whilst Ash was having his Gym battle with Byron, and attacked them with, sending them blasting off.

Minor appearances
A Kabuto appeared in a fantasy in A Ruin with a View.

A Kabuto appeared in a fantasy in Where's Armaldo?.

A Kabuto appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Mirage Kabuto appeared in a flashback in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.

A Kabuto appeared in Wild in the Streets!, where it was seen along with several other Pokémon within the habitat created for the revived Fossil Pokémon.

A Kabuto Fossil was seen in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum! as an exhibit in the Nacrene City Museum.

A Kabuto Fossil was seen in Coming Back into the Cold!.

Two Kabuto appeared in The Tiny Caretaker!.

Pokédex entries

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Brock rescued the employees of the Pewter City Museum and got a Kabuto as thanks in Striking Golduck. It eventually evolved into a Kabutops prior to the.

In the TFG
One Kabuto figure has been released.

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In events

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Trivia

 * In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Kabuto was originally known as "Att", which is derived from the word "".
 * Kabuto and its share their  name with . They are all known as the Shellfish Pokémon.

Origin
Kabuto's design consists of a mix of and the still-living (but considered a living fossil).

Name origin
Kabuto is derived from 兜蟹 kabutogani. 兜  is also the Japanese word for helmet, specifically the traditional helmets wear.