Magmortar (Pokémon)


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Magmortar (Japanese: ブーバーン Booburn) is a  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from when  holding a Magmarizer. It is the final form of.

Biology
Magmortar is a large, vaguely humanoid, red-and-yellow-striped Pokémon with an egg-shaped body. It has pink lips on its dark face. It has yellow, tubular arms with three small claws on each "hand". Its legs are small in proportion to its body with pink thighs, red feet, and black shackles around the ankles. It has one large flame on its head, as well as large flames on its shoulders and tail. Additionally, it has four pink spikes on its back.

When Magmortar prepares to shoot fire from its hands, the claws are capable of disappearing into its skin, forming something similar to a cannon. It blasts fireballs of over 3,600 °F (2,000 °C) burning foes to a crisp, though avoids this method when hunting prey. When firing, its body can turn into a whitish hue from the intense heat. Its arm starts melting when it fires a whole barrage. It lives in volcanic craters, with a single pair of male and female Magmortar occupying one.

Paul's Magmortar
Magmortar made its main series debut in Pedal to the Mettle!, having evolved from Paul's Magmar. Magmortar battled Ash's Pikachu and before being recalled without defeating either. Magmortar reappeared in Casting a Paul on Barry!, during the match against in the Lily of the Valley Conference, where it was able to defeat. It also battled before being recalled.

Other
A Magmortar appeared in Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!, under the ownership of a group of s recruited by Officer Jenny to deal with a they believed had deliberately damaged a power plant.

A Magmortar appeared in the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short , where it was summoned by alongside a, , and ; and they all used  attacks to set  and Pikachu on fire.

A Magmortar appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!, under the ownership of Mad Magma. It was used in a Battle Royal against the and Ash, going up against  and, but it was defeated. Magmortar reappeared in Turning the Other Mask!, where it battled once more against Incineroar, only to be defeated. Magmortar later proceeded to hold the audience hostage before being defeated once more by Incineroar.

Minor appearances
Magmortar debuted in a brief cameo in the opening sequence of Giratina and the Sky Warrior, where it was under the ownership of.

A Trainer's Magmortar appeared in The Semi-Final Frontier!, where it was defeated by 's in the final round of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

A Magmortar appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
Rocco's Magmortar is his main battling Pokémon and it is extremely powerful.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
owns a Magmortar which first appeared in Leaping Past Lopunny.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Saturn used Magmortar to attack Hareta in Hareta's Excellent New Partner...Minun?! It lost to Hareta's Empoleon and its attack.

In the Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic manga
Magmortar appears in the manga adaptation of Pokémon Ranger under control of Lavana and the Incredible Machine. It plays the same role it does in the game.

NPC appearances

 * : Magmortar is used by Lavana to protect the red circuit ball. Ice later borrows it to use in a three-way boss battle with Ice's and Heath's  in the trio's efforts to thwart the player.
 * : Magmortar, along with four, are the boss Pokémon at Fire Island Volcano.

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Trivia

 * Magmortar, along with, , and , are the only that explicitly required the use of a Generation III game in order to be available until the release of . In this case, both the Magmarizer and  are only available through dual-slot mode with.
 * Magmortar was designed by Hironobu Yoshida.

Origin
Magmortar seems to be a buffed-up version of its pre-evolution's inspiration, the . It also has features of a or  with a mythical. The spikes on its back resemble those of an.

Name origin
Magmortar may be a combination of ' and ' (referring to how it shoots fireballs from its cannon-like arms).

Booburn is a combination of  and burn.

Related articles

 * Paul's Magmortar