Mandibuzz (Pokémon)


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Mandibuzz (Japanese: バルジーナ Vulgina) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from starting at level 54.

Biology
Mandibuzz is a vulture-like Pokémon, particularly resembling a turkey vulture. It has a bare, pink head and neck, along with a notched black beak and red eyes. There are black eyelashes or eyeliner-like markings above its eyes. A long brown tuft with a bone in the middle extends from the back of its head. It has a tan ruff at the base of its neck, and shaggy darker brown wings with gray tips. Mandibuzz also has shaggy brown tail feathers. It has decorated itself with bones — a jaw with sharp teeth — to form a skirt. Its pink feet have black talons. Mandibuzz lives in nests made from the bones it finds. Weakened prey such as is dragged back to this nest after Mandibuzz swoops down on it from the sky. Mandibuzz is a female-only species.

Major appearances
Two Mandibuzz made their main series debut in Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!. One of the Mandibuzz had eaten the other's food without her permission, causing her to get kicked out of the nest. As a result, she was forced to take the den belonging to a. However, she was later defeated by 's newly learned, allowing Scrafty to reclaim its den.

A Mandibuzz appeared in Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, under the ownership of Katharine. She was one of the Pokémon Katharine offered to trade for his. Mandibuzz was later used in a against, which she lost.

Minor appearances
Mandibuzz debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram. In Black—Victini and Reshiram, spotted a Mandibuzz soaring in the sky while walking on a trail with  and.

A Mandibuzz appeared in PK22.

In Pokémon Generations
Multiple Mandibuzz appeared in The Uprising, under the ownership of some s. They were used to battle Iris and the Unova Gym Leaders at N's Castle.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Mandibuzz was used by one of the Seven Sages to fend off the Trainers that were trying to rescue the captured Gym Leaders in Homecoming.

A Mandibuzz used by Team Plasma appeared in Frozen World. It attempted to capture Rood for Colress, but caught instead. In the following round, several more Mandibuzz were seen under the ownership of s, used in an attempt to fight against.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga
Miruto has a Mandibuzz that she attempted to use to fly to the top of Mt. Serables. Before she could do so, however, Ryouga stopped her due to flying on the mountain being dangerous. Another Mandibuzz appears as a Burst form of Lukov.

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Trivia

 * Despite Special Attack being its lowest stat, Mandibuzz awards Special Attack s when defeated.
 * Mandibuzz and Vullaby can be seen as counterparts to and . Mandibuzz and Braviary share a base stat total of 510, evolve from their pre-evolutions starting at level 54, and are both part Flying. Mandibuzz and Vullaby are exclusive to, ,  and , while Braviary and Rufflet are to White, White 2, Sun and Ultra Sun. Whereas Mandibuzz and Vullaby can only be female, Braviary and Rufflet can only be male.

Origin
Mandibuzz is based on an, most closely resembling a with the prominent ruff of a. Its design also bears resemblance to stereotypical "savages", s, or. The row of teeth around its waist resembles an apron.

According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Vullaby and Mandibuzz were added late into the development of. When Mandibuzz was originally created by James Turner, it was unrelated to, but it was later decided to use its design as a counterpart to Braviary.

Name origin
Mandibuzz may be a combination of ' or mandil and '.

Vulgina may be a combination of vulture and regina (Latin for queen).