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Cubone カラカラ Karakara #104
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Ground ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Lonely Pokémon
Abilities Rock Head or Lightningrod Lightningrod Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #104 Johto #203 Hoenn #272 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'4" Imperial 0.4 m Metric 1'4"/0.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 14.3 lbs. Imperial 6.5 kg Metric 14.3 lbs./6.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 87 Battle Exp.: 871*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cubone (Japanese: カラカラ Karakara) is a Ground-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Cubone first appeared in EP009 under the ownership of Giselle. She used Cubone against Ash's Pikachu.

Cubone also appeared in EP047 as an injured Pokémon.

A Cubone was among the four Pokémon that were causing trouble for Pikachu and co. during Pikachu's Vacation.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face.

Pokémon Yellow

Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.

Pokémon Stadium

Always wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and never shows its face. It cries mournfully in the moonlight.

Pokémon Gold

If it is sad or lonely, the skull it wears shakes, and emits a plaintive and mournful sound.

Pokémon Silver

It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like.

Pokémon Crystal

It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother's skull, never revealing its true face.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Cubone pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull the Pokémon wears are made by the tears it sheds.

Pokémon Emerald

It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull it wears are from its tears.

Pokémon FireRed

It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

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By leveling up

By TM/HM

Evolution

Trivia

Cubone's name for English audiences was originally going to be "Orphon", which is a referce on how it's orphaned at birth.

Origin

Name origin

Cubone's name might be a combination of cute and bone. Karakara may be taken to mean からから, clattering. It is worth noting that karakara denotes lighter clattering than garagara.

In other languages

• German: Tragosso
• French: Osselait - osses is the plural of os meaning bone, and lait means milk, referring to the young age and need for a mother.
• Korean: 탕구리 Tangguri

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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