Probopass (Pokémon)


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Probopass (Japanese: ダイノーズ Dainose) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from when leveled up in a special magnetic field.

Biology
Probopass is a mostly blue, rock Pokémon. It has small round eyes, a red nose that is large in proportion to its body, and a bushy black mustache that appears to consist of iron filings. These iron filings appear to be attracted by its magnetic nose. It has three small objects on its sides and back, called Mini-Noses (Japanese: チビノーズ Mini-Nose), which it is able to control. It has a big red hat-like magnet on top of its head, and has strong magnetism from all over its body.

Being able to command these Mini-Noses, it is able to catch prey and attack opponents from all three directions. On occasion, its Mini-Noses can get lost and may never come back. It emits strong magnetic fields that can damage nearby appliances.

Major appearances
Probopass debuted in Nosing 'Round The Mountain!, under the ownership of Alan. It was first shown as a Nosepass, but it evolved while near Mt. Coronet due to the mountain's special magnetic field. Soon after evolving, brought Probopass under their control, but it was eventually freed by Alan with the help of  and. It reappeared in a flashback in Playing The Leveling Field!, where it was revealed to have defeated Fantina's, earning Alan the.

Three Probopass appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life, under the ownership of Damos. In the original timeline set up by the movie, they were used by Damos, who was under, to attack with. When Ash and his friends traveled to the past to prevent this, Marcus, the one responsible for hypnotizing Damos, managed to use the Probopass again to attack Arceus.

A Probopass appeared in Trials and Determinations!, under the ownership of Olivia. It was used in the grand trial against Ash; it battled and, being defeated by the latter after it used.

Minor appearances
Multiple Probopass appeared in Cheers on Castaways Isle!.

A 's Probopass appeared in Dawn of a Royal Day!, where it was seen participating in the Battle Stage of the Arrowroot Town Pokémon Contest.

A Probopass briefly appeared in An Old Family Blend!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Trainer competing in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

In Pokémon Generations
A Probopass appeared in The Adventure, where  encountered and battled it near the Snowpoint Temple. Their battle awakened, who proceeded to easily smack Probopass aside.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Passing by Probopass and Maneuvering around Magnezone, was separated from  and  in Mt. Coronet because Cyrus deemed their presence as a nuisance and attempted to bury them alive in a  with his Probopass and. Diamond and Pearl would later fight to keep the criminal mastermind from taking his camera back to his headquarters, during which Cyrus used his Probopass' to injure the former.

Wikstrom's Probopass first appeared in Malamar Traps.

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Trivia

 * Probopass is tied with and Shield Forme  for the highest base  stat of all  Pokémon.
 * As there is no strongly electromagnetic location in, it is impossible to evolve Nosepass into a Probopass in these games. The same applies for , , and . All have to be traded from to be obtained.
 * Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Probopass cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in.
 * In A Windswept Encounter! Clemont uses a machine that detects Pokémon flowers which resembles a Probopass but without the moustache nor the Mini-Noses.

Origin
Probopass is based on the -wearing statues of  and a compass magnet with  attached to it. All of Probopass's noses are like the needles in a, with the big nose pointing North (as in some compasses where the North needle is the biggest), and the Mini-Noses pointing to the East, South, and West, respectively.

Its nasal compass may be based on the expression "", meaning "to trust to one's instincts". It also could be based on the that is located between the  and the brain, and is known to give some species their sense of direction via.

Name origin
Probopass may be a combination of ' and '.

Dainose may be a combination of 大 dai (big) and nose, while Mini-Noses, which are called Chibinose (チビノーズ), are the opposite being a combination of chibi (small) and nose.