Slowpoke (Pokémon)


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Slowpoke (Japanese: ヤドン Yadon) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into starting at level 37 or  when traded holding a King's Rock.

Biology
Slowpoke is a pink creature that resembles a cross between a salamander and a hippopotamus. Its vacant eyes never seem focused, and it has curled ears and a rounded, tan muzzle. It has four legs, each of which ends in a single white claw. Its long, tapering tail has a white tip. This tail drips a sweet, sappy substance that is attractive to many species of fish. Slowpoke uses it as a lure for fishing, and it will grow back if cut off. In Alola, its tail is often dried and used in home cooked stews.

Slowpoke has notoriously dim intellect, and often forgets what it was doing. It takes a long time to respond to outside stimuli. For example, it can take up to five seconds to process pain and can take an entire day to notice when its tail has been bitten. Slowpoke is commonly found at the

Major appearances
A Slowpoke appeared in The Evolution Solution. Ash and asked for the help of Professor Westwood V to help figure out why Slowpoke only evolved into Slowbro when a  ed on its tail (a question that was giving  a headache). Westwood's Slowpoke evolved when a Shellder that Jessie caught clamped on to the Dopey Pokémon's tail.

Multiple Slowpoke appeared in A Shadow of a Drought. It was revealed that Azalea Town considers Slowpoke sacred due to legends claiming that Slowpoke's ing can summon rain.

In A Crowning Achievement, a group of Slowpoke were trying to reach a King's Rock to evolve into Slowking in order to help find a better habitat for the group. In this episode, a Slowpoke evolved into a Slowking when its head was bitten by a Shellder while it was wearing the King's Rock.

Minor appearances
Slowpoke briefly debuted in Island of the Giant Pokémon. 's Pokémon asked it for help, but it didn't respond. It evolved into a at the very end of the episode.

A Slowpoke appeared in Primeape Goes Bananas.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in the banned episode EP035.

A Slowpoke appeared in Clefairy Tales.

Multiple Slowpoke were among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral.

A Slowpoke appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

A Slowpoke appeared in Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.

Multiple Slowpoke appeared in The Power of One.

A Slowpoke appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

A Slowpoke appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure as one of the wild Pokémon that helped the Trainers' Pokémon and save the  nests and  during a storm.

Two Slowpoke appeared in Flower Power as parts of Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.

A Slowpoke appeared in Tricks of the Trade as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.

A Slowpoke appeared in The Psychic Sidekicks! as one of the Pokémon living in Len Town.

A 's Slowpoke appeared in Hook, Line, and Stinker, where it participated in the annual Catching Competition.

A Slowpoke appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, under the ownership of a participating in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in Dueling Heroes as one of the Pokémon participating in the Whirl Cup.

Multiple Slowpoke appeared in a flashback in Enlighten Up!. The episode also introduced practitioners of a religion similar to that see Slowpoke's empty head as a sign of enlightenment and worship by meditating along with Slowpoke and Slowbro.

A Slowpoke appeared in A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, under the ownership of Lola. It reappeared in a fantasy in Grating Spaces!.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening sequences of Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Slowpoke appeared in PK13.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in The Keystone Pops!.

A Slowpoke appeared in Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!.

Two Slowpoke appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild.

A Slowpoke appeared in Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, where it dipped its tail in the water whilst laying on a rock, only for a to bite onto said tail.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.

A Slowpoke appeared in The Island Whisperer!, where it evolved into Slowbro.

A Slowpoke appeared in Mallow and the Forest Teacher!, where it walked past with a.

Four Trainers' Slowpoke and a wild Slowpoke appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.

A wild Slowpoke appeared in Alola, Kanto!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.

Three Slowpoke appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where they were among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort. Two of them were under the ownership of different Trainers.

Four Slowpoke appeared in Securing the Future!, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the other two being. They joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in The Power of Us.

Pokédex entries

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In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
captures a Slowpoke in the  series The Electric Tale of Pikachu in Ash vs. Gary. He later trades it to Gary Oak for a photo of his sister, May Oak. After this, they found out that Slowpoke had evolved into a Slowbro.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Slowpoke debuts in Wake Up—You're Snorlax!, under the ownership of a who partook of the bike race along.

A Slowpoke appeared in Sigh for Psyduck as corpses used by Koga's.

A Slowpoke appears under the control of Al of the Team Rocket Elite Trio in The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually).

Akinori lent his Slowpoke to to compete in a surfing contest in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1 that was interrupted by Lance's attack on Vermilion City.

In Ursaring Major, a herd of Slowpoke in Azalea Town had their tails cut off by Team Rocket, causing the Slowpoke Well to stop providing water. proceeds to tire one out with his, prompting it to yawn and therefore cause the well to start flowing again.

In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, a Slowpoke appeared as one of the Pokémon in 's fantasy when he explains that s should only have six Pokémon with them.

A Slowpoke appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

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

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.

The current artist, Satoshi Yamamoto, used a Slowpoke in Volume 11 as a self-portrait.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Slowpoke is seen with during the curry cooking competition that went on in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious?.

stole Slowpoke from Kurt prior to Find Slowpoke!! in order to profit from its tail as it is worth a lot of money. Kurt was able to retrieve the Slowpoke from Giovanni before Giovanni was able to get its tail.

A Slowpoke appeared near Professor Kukui in the Dimensional Research Lab in the.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shū has a Slowpoke in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
has a Slowpoke in the Pokémon Zensho manga.

In the Magical Pokémon Journey
Slowpoke made a cameo appearance in The First Labor of Pikachu.

Super Smash Bros. Melee
Slowpoke appears as a Pokéfloat. It initially has its tail curled towards its body but the tail lazily becomes straight and fighting moves there until appears.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Slowpoke appears as a.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Channel: A Slowpoke is the very slow weatherman.
 * : A Slowpoke appears on the Blue Table, once hit with the pinball, it allows for the evolution of one of the captured Pokémon.
 * : Slowpoke is Murph's partner Pokémon.
 * : Slowpoke and are the members of Team Slacker, the zero-motivation exploration team.

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Trivia

 * In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Slowpoke was originally known as "Slowmo".
 * The Japanese and international have different sprites for Slowpoke, with the Japanese versions having a fatter and striped belly similar to that which Slowbro and Slowking sport. It is unknown why this was changed. However, its striped underside is still partially visible in all of its Gold and Crystal sprites. This striped belly does not appear to be a true error, as it has been seen in artwork by Ken Sugimori, though it is from Generation I.
 * Like, Slowpoke evolves when another Pokémon attaches to it; however, this was only seen in the anime. Proximity-based evolution such as requiring Mantyke and to be in the same party were not introduced until Generation IV. Despite the fact that other Pokémon, such as , have been given additional evolution methods for evolving into the same Pokémon, Shellder still has no bearing on Slowpoke's evolution.
 * Slowpoke is the only Pokémon whose multiple evolutions have different total EV yields: has an EV yield of 2, while  has an EV yield of 3.
 * Slowpoke is the only Pokémon whose National Pokédex number is the same as its weight in pounds when rounded.
 * Despite numerous Pokédex entries stating its lack of response to a bite on its tail, in Pokémon Snap it is shown to quickly react to Shellder's bite. This may be due to Shellder's venom stimulating a quicker response, or simply an error or game mechanic to speed the process along.
 * The Pokémon Company posted a Slowpoke-themed reggae music video onto their Japanese channel titled What's Going on, Yadon?. The song was later dubbed and posted to the English-language channel under the title of Slowpoke Song.
 * Though the species has appeared repeatedly, no Slowpoke has ever been seen using an attack in the anime.
 * Slowpoke has the lowest of all  Pokémon.

Origin
Due to its marine nature, shape and association with, Slowpoke may be based on various species of. It may also be based on a or.

Its ability to regenerate its own tail if cut off refers to.

Name origin
Slowpoke is literally slowpoke, a term for someone who is slow. It can be also a combination of slow and poke (an abbreviation of Pokémon).

Yadon may be a combination of 宿借り yadokari and donkan (thickheaded or stolid), whereas 鈍 don means slow, dull, or stupid. Alternatively, it may also derive from 宿主 yadonushi ([parasitic] host), based on its relationship with in its evolutions.