Joltik (Pokémon)


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Joltik (Japanese: バチュル Bachuru) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into starting at level 36.

Biology
At 4 inches (0.1 meters) tall, Joltik is one of the smallest Pokémon in existence. It has four legs tipped with blue, conical feet. Its ovoid body is completely covered in yellow fur, with notable tufts sticking out on each side of its face, just over each eye, and its lower back. Joltik has four blue eyes. The two larger eyes are set relatively far apart on its face, containing black pupils. The two smaller s are situated between the first pair, slightly higher up on its face. Joltik's mandibles point downward and reside at the bottom of its face, where they closely resemble tufts of hair.

Joltik is too small to generate its own electricity, so it attaches itself to larger Pokémon and feeds off their static electricity. It will also make its way into houses and feed off electricity in electrical sockets. All of the energy it absorbs it stores in an electric pouch on its body. As seen in the anime, Joltik is not especially aggressive, but will defend itself if bothered. It has been demonstrated that if Joltik is unable to find a source of energy, it will be unable to move and in serious danger. Joltik, and its evolution, are the only Pokémon that can learn by leveling up.

Major appearances
Joltik debuted in Oshawott's Lost Scalchop!, where it was accidentally mistaken as Ash's Oshawott's missing scalchop. When Oshawott put it on his stomach, the angry Joltik started to shock Oshawott until it was taken off.

owns a Joltik that he used to battle Georgia in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! during the first round of the Club Battle tournament. They lost when fell on top of Joltik.

Multiple Joltik appeared in Crisis at Chargestone Cave!. They and a horde of stole electricity from Pokémon and objects to feed on because the rocks in the Chargestone Cave that they normally fed on were being stolen by. They reappeared in a flashback in Battling the Bully!.

A Joltik appeared in The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!.

Minor appearances
Multiple Joltik appeared in Crisis at Ferroseed Research!.

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
Multiple Joltik appeared in PNA5.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In An Odd Speech, a Joltik sits on top of a male 's head while its Trainer watches Ghetsis deliver his speech at Accumula Town.

Multiple Joltik appeared in Underground Showdown.

Multiple Joltik appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga
Joltik appeared in RB01.

Three Joltik will appear in .

Pokédex entries

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In side games

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Trivia

 * Joltik is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 319.
 * Joltik is tied with, , , and as the smallest Pokémon.
 * Joltik was designed by Saya Tsuruta.

Origin
Its Pokédex entries state that it latches onto larger Pokémon to drain their static electricity, so it may be based on a. It may also be based on a or, like its evolution, a. Its Electric typing may derive from a recently confirmed hypothesis that spiders exploit eletricity in the atmosphere (along with wind) to 'fly' or balloon using their silk.

Name origin
Joltik may be a combination of jolt and .

Bachuru may be a combination of バチバチ bachibachi (onomatopoeia for electric crackling) and タランチュラ taranchura (tarantula). It may also be a combination of bug and 虫　chū (bug, an alternate reading of mushi).