Octillery (Pokémon)


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Octillery (Japanese: オクタン Okutank) is a  introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from starting at level 25.

Biology
Octillery is a red, cephalopod-like Pokémon with large, round eyes and a turret-like mouth. There are yellow bumps on its rock-hard head and yellow suction cups on each of its eight tentacles. These suction cups and yellow bumps are smaller on a female Octillery. It uses its tentacles for manipulating objects and the suction cups give it strong gripping power. Because of this, it is very hard for it to be blown away. Octillery is the only known Pokémon that learns naturally.

Octillery is a relaxed Pokémon who loves fuss from its Trainer. In the wild, it will spurt ink containing substances that dull predators' sense of smell to protect its young from danger. Even though it is more docile when domesticated, it can be very stubborn at times in the wild. It instinctively sneaks into rocky holes, and if it gets sleepy, it steals the nest of a fellow Octillery. It sometimes sprays ink on prey by sticking out only its mouth, and its suction cups hold prey tightly. Octillery is normally found in.

It is also thought to be a distant relative to.

Major appearances
In Octillery The Outcast, Marcellus tried to get one of his Remoraid to evolve into an Octillery and eventually succeeded.

Harley owns an Octillery, which debuted in Harley Rides Again. It managed to defeat May's Munchlax in a Contest Battle during the. It was later used during the main Appeals Round of the Kanto Grand Festival in Thinning the Hoard!.

An Octillery appeared in The Pirates of Decolore!, where it was a powerful member of 's pirate gang, and would often battle any Pokémon it came across. Like the other Pokémon in the gang, Octillery was abandoned by its Trainer. However, it eventually joined Officer Jenny's new squad.

Minor appearances
An Octillery appeared in Gary's explanation in Johto Photo Finish, where it evolved from a.

In Which Wurmple's Which?, and  were fishing and found an Octillery, which landed on Max's head.

A 's Octillery appeared in Once More With Reeling!, where it was seen participating in the.

An Octillery appeared in Sticking With Who You Know!.

An Octillery appeared in An Undersea Place to Call Home!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Octillery debuted in Teddiursa's Picnic in a Poké Ball that was stuck inside the mouth of a.

An Octillery appeared in Indubitably Ditto, under Ken's control. In Miltank Melee, it is used in an attempt to capture. It was put to sleep temporarily by 's in Indubitably Ditto, but later woke up.

An Octillery appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

In Outwitting Octillery, Saturn of Team Galactic used an Octillery to fend off during a mission at Lake Verity.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a at the  is seen with one.

NPC appearances

 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Octillery is the leader of Team Constrictor, a Silver Rank rescue team. It joins a new team with and  designed to travel through Magma Cavern, but is defeated.
 * : Octillery is a regular visitor of Spinda's Cafe.

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Origin
Octillery is based on an. It also has some basis on a tank or a wheeled cannon.

Name origin
Octillery is a combination of ' and '.

Okutank is a combination of octopus and .