Sliggoo (Pokémon)


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Sliggoo (Japanese: ヌメイル Numeil) is a  introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from starting at level 40 and evolves into  starting at level 50 when leveled up during rain or fog in the overworld. Rain instigated by, , or will not trigger this evolution.

Biology
Sliggoo is a gooey purple Pokémon with the body structure of a snail. Its underbelly is a deeper shade of purple than the top part of its body. It is over twice as tall as its preevolved form, but remains relatively small. Its eyes are now green and large, with one eyelash on each eye; but since its eyes are undeveloped, Sliggoo is blind. It has two pale green spots on either side of its head. It has two small, underdeveloped arms, two sets of antennae atop its head, and a gooey snail-like shell on its back that looks like it is part of its gelatinous body.

It can excrete sticky mucous that can dissolve anything, coating its entire body with it. Because its eyes have devolved from a 's, it has trouble discerning friends and food, often attempting to calmly melt and eat those it gets along with without realizing it. Instead, it relies on its four horns to sense sounds and smells. The protrusion found on its back contains its brain and other organs. It crawls sluggishly.

Ash's Sliggoo
's Goomy evolved into a in An Oasis of Hope!. Sliggoo later evolved into Goodra during Good Friends, Great Training!, when it helped put out a big fire with.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In the, a used a Sliggoo to trap  while she was playing the Berry Picker game with her newly-caught Eevee. Eevee paid off Y's efforts to befriend it, by evolving into a and defeating the Sliggoo with.

A Sliggoo belonging to an first appeared in PASM23.

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In side games

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Trivia

 * Sliggoo was designed by Saya Tsuruta.

Origin
Sliggoo seems based on soft bodied gastropods such as, , and s. Its snail origins as well as its Dragon typing and elongated body shape may mean it could also be based on the , a mythical serpent/mollusk creature from French folklore. It may also be based upon the concept of "living slime" in popular culture.

Name origin
Sliggoo may be a combination of slick, slither, slippery, slimy, or slug, and goo.

Numeil is from 滑る numeru (to be slippery) and snail.

Related articles

 * Ash's Sliggoo