Mawile (Pokémon)


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Mawile (Japanese: クチート Kucheat) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation VI, it was a pure Pokémon.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it can Mega Evolve into Mega Mawile using the Mawilite.

Biology
Mawile is a short, bipedal Pokémon with a pale yellow body and black arms and feet. Its legs have a thick, fur-like covering resembling or a skirt. Its most notable feature is a pair of large black jaws emerging from the back of its head. These jaws have an oval yellow spot on their top surface and contain ten pointed teeth - six on the top row and four on the bottom. While the jaws are said to actually be transformed steel horns, Mawile can articulate them at will, using them to bite enemies and chew through iron beams. These jaws are also incapable of tasting, and can be used by Mawile to eat food it does not like. It has red eyes and two black ear-like extensions on either side of its head.

Mega Mawile has a second set of jaws protruding from the back of its head, and both sets now have a spiky tuft of hair. It also seems to be able to control each jaw independently of each other. The ear-like extensions on its head are longer and have tips with two points. The fur on its legs is now magenta, and it now has longer fur on its arms with magenta markings around its wrists.

Mawile is typically found in. It uses its non-threatening appearance to make foes underestimate it, then attacks with its giant jaws or swallows prey whole; when engaged in battle, Mawile usually has its back turned on the enemy to better use its jaws. Mega Mawile can use both its jaws to grip on prey and tear them apart. These jaws thrash around violently.

Major appearances
Mawile made its main series debut in Once in a Mawile, under the ownership of Samantha. It had a crush on Brock's Lombre, but Lombre didn't reciprocate its feelings. After the Jolly Pokémon evolved into a by finding a Water Stone in Samantha's backpack, it finally reciprocated, but Mawile decided it didn't like the fully evolved Ludicolo and moved on to another boy's. It was always seen outside its Poké Ball.

A Mawile that can Mega Evolve into Mega Mawile appeared in The Bonds of Mega Evolution!, under the ownership of Mabel. Mabel used Mawile in a fight against Korrina's Lucario. Due to Mega Lucario not listening and raging out of control, Mega Mawile was easily able to win. A Mawile appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, under the ownership of Count Pumpka. It was later traded to Jessie for her. After Pumpkaboo evolved into, Mawile was traded back to Count Pumpka.

Minor appearances
Mawile debuted in a cameo during the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A 's Mawile appeared in Harley Rides Again.

A Coordinator's Mawile appeared in What I Did for Love!.

A Mawile appeared in Jessie's fantasy in Three Jynx and a Baby!

A Mawile appeared in SS027.

A Mawile made cameo appearances in Lumiose City Pursuit! and A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.

A Mawile that can Mega Evolve into Mega Mawile appeared in Mega Evolution Special I.

A Mawile appeared in A Fashionable Battle!, under the ownership of Valerie.

A Mawile that could Mega Evolve appeared in Jessie's fantasy in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?.

A Mawile and its Mega Evolved form appeared during the opening sequence of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. Another Mawile appeared in the movie proper.

In Pokémon Generations
A Mawile appeared in The Cavern, where it was running away from a storm that a Primal  was creating.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Guile from Mawile, was attacked by a group of Mawile when he met Steven Stone in Granite Cave.

Multiple Mawile appeared in Ring Ring Goes Beldum.

A Mawile appears in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, where it was used in a by Factory Head Noland. After Guile Hideout assumed control of the rental Pokémon, pacified this Mawile and returned him to Noland's control. Noland has kept this Mawile as his own Pokémon, even during the.

The rented a Mawile, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.

A Mawile appeared in Facing Gulpin Is Hard to Swallow as a rental Pokémon for the Battle Factory.

A Mawile appeared in The Final Battle VI, under the ownership of the Battle Factory.

A Mega Mawile appeared in a flashback during the, and its Trainer assumed to be one of Gurkinn's disciples.

Draconid Tomatoma owns a Mawile, which first appeared in Omega Alpha Adventure 6.

NPC appearances

 * Mawile is the archaeologist of the Expedition Society. She spends her time studying the history of the world.

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Trivia

 * Mawile's footprint is different between the Generation III games ([[File:F303gen3.png]]) and the Generation IV games ([[File:F303.png]]).
 * In the 1.0 release of the English version of, Mawile's Pokédex entry incorrectly spells its name twice as MAWHILE, not MAWILE. This typo was corrected in version 1.1.
 * Mawile seems to be the counterpart of . Both of them are between Ruby and Sapphire as well as . They also have the same base stat total (with the same base  and  stats), and both have Mega Evolutions.
 * Mega Mawile has the highest stat of any Pokémon, with a maximum of 678 (105 base Attack plus ). This is higher than the limit of 669 Attack (255 base Attack, as 255 is the highest possible 8-digit binary number), and would equal a Pokémon with 259 base Attack.
 * Coincidentally, since it gains as an Ability when it Mega Evolves, Mega Mawile also has the highest stat total increase of all Mega Evolved Pokémon with the equivalent of 205 points instead of the usual 100.
 * Mega Mawile is tied with Mega Sableye for having the lowest base stat total of all Mega Evolved Pokémon, at 480.
 * Both also have the lowest base HP of all Mega Evolved Pokémon.

Origin
Mawile may have been based on the Japanese legend of the , a woman with a mouth in the back of her head.

Name origin
Mawile is a combination of  (the mouth of a voracious animal) and wile (a stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare).

Kucheat is a combination of 口 kuchi (mouth) and cheat or eat.