Gible (Pokémon)


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Gible (Japanese: フカマル Fukamaru) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves into starting at level 24, which evolves into  starting at level 48.

Biology
Gible is a small, bipedal dragon-like Pokémon that is primarily blue. It has a big mouth filled with sharp teeth, no neck, and arms that start at the outer edges of its jaws. A red underbelly stretches from its abdomen to the bottom of its jaw. Gible has two horns that resemble or  engines, each with a light blue stripe in the middle. It has a single light blue stripe wrapping around its back. On top of its head is a dorsal fin, which has a notch on it for the male. Its dorsal fin is strong enough to carry a person. Gible appears to be a good digger, making deep holes for homes in caverns. It enjoys play-fighting with other members of its species. It has tremendously strong jaws that it uses to bite enemies. However, when biting, it often hurts itself because of clumsiness.

Ash's Gible
Gible appeared in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!. He tried to learn with the help of  and, but kept failing to use it, succeeding only once. He began to follow the group at the end of the episode. He appeared again in Gotta Get a Gible!, where Ash him.

Iris's Gible
caught a Gible in SS028, after she realized why it had been biting several properties in Blackthorn City.

Other
Gible made its main series debut in A Rivalry to Gible On!, where Ash and Khoury both attempted to catch it. However, in the end, Khoury was successful in catching Gible.

A Gible appeared in Eevee & Friends as a friend of an living with an  and the rest of the Eeveelutions.

Minor appearances
Gible debuted in The Rise of Darkrai, where it was briefly seen battling a. It appeared again as one of the victims of 's.

Professor Sycamore's was shown in a flashback as a Gible, given to him by Alain, during Garchomp's Mega Bond!.

A 's Gible appeared in I Choose Paradise!, where it was among the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

In the movie adaptations
A Gible appears in the  manga adaptation where it was put to sleep by 's.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Gible made its first appearance in Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank I as one of the Advanced level Grunt's Pokémon. The female Gible was first used to attack 's when Diamond told the Grunt to return the Pokédex to him. She was later used in the Team Galactic HQ to battle Diamond's Pokémon.

Benga's Gible appeared in a flashback in PS541.

NPC appearances
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Gible can be obtained as a Partner Pokémon:0:0 by clearing a quest in Boyleland.

Pokédex entries

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Trivia

 * The Gible evolutionary line made its anime debuts in reverse order of evolution. Garchomp appeared first in Top-Down Training, Gabite appeared second in Another One Gabites the Dust!, and Gible appeared last in A Rivalry to Gible On!.

Origin
Appearance-wise, Gible seems like a cross between a and a. Gible and its evolved forms may also be a reference to the book . One species mentioned is a type of land shark that lives in desert regions.

Name origin
Gible may be a combination of gobble or ground and nibble.

Fukamaru may be a combination of 鱶 fuka (shark) and 丸 maru (round; also a suffix in young boy's names), and may also play on 深まる fukamaru (to deepen, to become deep).

Related articles

 * Ash's Gible
 * Iris's Gible