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Articuno フリーザー Freezer #144
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Ice Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Freeze Pokémon
Ability Pressure Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #144 Johto #235 Hoenn #299 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding No Eggs group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 215 Battle Exp.: 2151*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=articuno|ndex=144|name=Articuno }}

Articuno (Japanese: フリーザー Freezer) is an Ice/Flying-type Pokémon. It's found in the Kanto Region at Seafoam Island. Articuno appeared in the movie The Power of One. Like Moltres and Zapdos, in the film it was violent and destructive.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

A legendary bird Pokémon said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Pokémon Yellow

A legendary bird Pokémon. It freezes water that is contained in winter air and makes it snow.

Pokémon FireRed

One of the legendary bird Pokémon. With its long tail trailing behind, its flying form is magnificent.

Pokémon Gold

The magnificent seemingly translucent wings of this legendary bird Pokémon are said to be made of ice.

Pokémon Silver

One of the legendary bird Pokémon, it chills moisture in the atmosphere to create snow while flying.

Pokémon Crystal

Legendary bird Pokémon. As it flies through the sky, it cools the air, causing snow to fall.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Pokémon Emerald

Articuno is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control ice. The flapping of its wings chills the air. As a result, it is said that when this Pokémon flies, snow will fall.

Name origin

Articuno's name is a combination of the words arctic and uno, the Spanish word for one, indicating that it is the first in the series of Kanto legendary birds. Its Japanese name is simply Freezer, one who freezes.

This Pokémon's appearance is based on the Arabic Anka myth, which is that of a giant arctic bird. The bird is similar to the phoenix as it is known to resurrect itself and appear to doomed people in the mountains.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Special Moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Articuno knows Shadow Chill, Shadow Rush, Shadow Shed and Shadow Sky as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Haze, Heal Bell and Extrasensory after being purified.

In the anime

Articuno first appeared in The Power of One. Jirarudan attempted to capture Articuno and the two other Kanto Legendary birds so he could get Lugia to rise from the seas so he could capture the Diving Pokémon as well. Also, the Frontier Brain Noland uses one against challengers.

Evolution

Other appearances

Super Smash Brothers Melee

When released from a Pokéball, Articuno will use a Blizzard attack that freezes any opponent that is caught in it for a few seconds.

In other languages

• German: Arktos
• French: Artikodin
• Korean: 프리져 Peurijyeo

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