Emboar (Pokémon)


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Emboar (Japanese: エンブオー Enbuoh) is a dual-type Fire/Fighting introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from starting at level 36. It is the final form of.

Biology
Emboar are bulky, bipedal Pokémon with pig-like features. It has a red nose, large bushy black eyebrows, and two tusks protruding from its lower jaw. Constantly burning flames cover the front of its neck and shoulders. It has short legs and thick arms. Its arms have orange upper portions while the legs have red upper portions. The all limbs have black lower portions with thin yellow lines where the upper and lower colors meet. These lines are straight on the arms and spiked on the legs. The arms have red lines around the wrists and tufts of fur on the elbows. The hands are tipped with three claws, while the feet have two claws. A large, dark horizontal stripe on the chest of Emboar has swirled yellow markings. Its small tail ends in a tuft of hair.

Using the wreath of flames on its neck and shoulders, Emboar will set its hands on fire. It uses its power and speed to master fighting moves. Though very tough and relentless when fighting, it shows deep affection for those it considers friends. It can also unleash powerful blasts of fire using only its nose and cloak its body in fire to use its signature move,.

Bianca's Emboar
Emboar made its main series debut in Search for the Clubultimate!, under the ownership of.

Other
Emboar debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, under the ownership of Tatsuki. It battled Ash's Oshawott, which it lost to, in a tournament held in Eindoak Town. Iris's Emolga also battled the Mega Fire Pig Pokémon, but Emolga used and sent out  instead, causing 's loss since substitutions were not allowed during the tournament battles.

An Emboar appeared in Evolution by Fire!, under the ownership of Shamus. It and a were his two main Pokémon. The two faced off in a Double Battle against 's and, which eventually ended when Tepig evolved into , which single-handedly defeated both.

In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
An Emboar appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of. Nate first obtained it as his starter Pokémon from Bianca. It was first shown as Nate was about to battle Elesa.

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
Cheren was seen with an Emboar.

In the movie adaptations
Tatsuki owns an Emboar in .

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
owns an Emboar, nicknamed Bo. He evolved in Museum Showdown.

In the Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ manga
Hiro owns an Emboar in which he sent it out to prevent Team Plasma from getting away with.

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga
owns an Emboar.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga
Carola has an Emboar which she can use as a Burst form.

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Trivia

 * Emboar is the only starter Pokémon that has a different Hidden Ability than its.
 * Emboar has the lowest base stat of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
 * Emboar has the highest base and  stats of all fully evolved starter Pokémon.
 * Emboar,, and all share the same base stat total of 528.
 * Emboar and its evolutionary relatives were created by Lee HyunJung.

Origin
Emboar is based on the soldier of . Ken Sugimori has said that, , and Emboar were designed in a Chinese style. Because of this, Emboar may be based on, a pig demon from the Chinese tale . is also based on a character from the novel,, and has a similar design. Emboar looks much like a or  in a. The swirl pattern around its abdomen resembles the patterns on a or. The fire in its Shiny coloration refers to blue fire, which generally indicates a higher temperature than orange fire but may also be caused by certain chemicals burning at a normal temperature.

Name origin
Emboar is a combination of ember and boar. It may also derive from the terms emperor, caesar, or tsar, all of which are used as imperial titles.

Enbuoh may be a combination of 炎 en (flame), 豚 buta (pig), 武 bu (martial arts), ブー bū (oink), and 王 ō (king). It may also be a combination of ember and boar.

Related articles

 * Bianca's Emboar
 * Bo
 * Shin's Emboar