Floatzel (Pokémon)


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Floatzel (Japanese: フローゼル Floatzel) is a  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from starting at level 26.

Biology
Floatzel is an orange Pokémon resembling an anthropomorphic otter or weasel with longer arms than legs. It has four fingers on each hand and three toes on each foot. It's feet are small in comparison to the rest of the body. It has two pointed blue fins on its arms, two aligned, backward-swept, pointed fins on its head, and two tails. The yellow flotation device, which seems to be made of rubber or a similar substance, gives the impression of an inflatable. The floatation sac goes in a kind of ring behind its head, down infront of its arms, then back behind its back above the tails. When it lays on its back, the flotation sac could also be interpreted as a sort of inflatable dinghy using its tails as a propeller and its fins as oars. It's tails can infinitely spin around like propeller blades. Its forelimbs and tails are tipped in cream, and there is an orange teardrop shape near the bottom of its cream belly. Floatzel also has a circular cream spot in the center of its head, cream eyelids and a pattern of two black triangles on the edges of its cream muzzle. It has one cream, slightly protruding, oval-shaped spot on its back if it is female and two if it is male. It has small, sharp canine teeth, the top two of which can be seen when its mouth is closed. It can use its swimming capabilities to assist in the rescues of drowning people. To help it dive, Floatzel can deflate its floatation sac, and then inflate it once again when it wishes to surface. It is a fresh water Pokémon and tends to inhabit swift-moving rivers. Some believe Floatzel is a fish-eater.

Major appearances
Floatzel debuted in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1), where Kellyn used his Capture Styler on a Floatzel so he could use it to escape from a group of  that belonged to J's henchmen.

Crasher Wake used a male Floatzel in A Crasher Course in Power! during his Gym against. Floatzel battled and defeated him before being defeated itself by 's. It seems to know many different defensive techniques to guard himself from attacks, such as inflating the flotation sac around his body and blocking with his fin. He reappeared briefly in flashbacks in For The Love Of Meowth and League Unleashed!.

's Floatzel debuted in Last Call — First Round!, where it was used in the Performance Stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival along with. Their Double Performance was going well until Empoleon's sent Floatzel flying backwards. It reappeared in Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!, where they got advice from Jasmine but became the target of an attack by.

Minor appearances
Conway used a Floatzel in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.

A Floatzel briefly appeared in An Old Family Blend!, under the ownership of a competing in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

Two Floatzel appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In A Big Stink Over Stunky, a Floatzel is first seen acting as the motor jet for Professor Rowan and his assistant ('s father) as they arrived in Canalave City.

In A Skuffle with Skorupi, Crasher Wake is seen with a Floatzel, which he used to battle Platinum's Empoleon, but after a close battle, lost. A few volumes later, under Wake's command, attempted to catch one himself, but failed to do so and resorted to catching the weaker.

Two Floatzel appeared in a flashback in The Final Dimensional Duel X.

A Floatzel appeared in a flashback as a Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.

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Origin
Floatzel may be based on an or  combined with a life raft. It may also be loosely based on the .

Name origin
Floatzel may be combinations of float and .