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Ekans アーボ Arbo #023
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Poison ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Snake Pokémon
Abilities Intimidate or Shed Skin Shed Skin Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #023 Johto #050 Hoenn #225 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 6′07″ Imperial 2.0 m Metric 6′07″/2.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 15.2 lbs. Imperial 6.9 kg Metric 15.2 lbs./6.9 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 255 (33.3%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground and Dragon groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 62 Battle Exp.: 621*
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

Ekans (Japanese: アーボ Arbo) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

This reptilian Pokémon resembles a snake (its English name even being an anagram of the word "snake" spelled backward while other languages use an anagram of the word "boa"). It has a rattle at the tip of its tail, and is mostly purple while its underbelly, eyes, rattle, and the "bands" on it are yellow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Ekans are able to detach their jaws to swallow large prey whole, although this makes their bodies heavy.

Behavior

Like actual snakes, Ekans will lash out with a bite when frightened by anything it sees as a threat. If one happens to be bitten by a young Ekans, they are lucky. As an Ekans doesn't possess the ability to add poison to its bite until after it evolves into an Arbok, though this last bit of information clashes with Ekans's dungeon phrase.

Habitat

Ekans live in grassy savannas and plains.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Ekans favorite food is eggs from Pidgey and Spearow nests.

In the anime

Jessie had an Ekans that eventually evolved into an Arbok.

A poacher had captured a bunch of Ekans in AG006.

Ekans was part of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate! Special. Gengar commanded the Poisonous Snake Pokémon to eat all the berries Team Go-Getters collected. At one point, Ekans was incorrectly referred to as Arbok by Gengar. While this was an intentional error that Ekans rebuked in the original version (due to the similarities in the Japanese names), this came across as a general mistake in the dub and was corrected in reairings of the episode.

In the manga

Koga has an Ekans in Pokémon Special.

A twin pair of Ekans are antagonists in Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure.

In the TCG

Main article: Ekans (TCG)

In the TFG

One Ekans figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Ekans

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ekans is a member of Team Meanies. It attempted to climb Wish Cave with Medicham but collapsed on the first floor.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

In Generation I, the effectiveness of bug-type moves is 200.

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

Generation I Level Move Type Start Leer Wrap 10 Poison Sting 17 Bite 24 Glare 31 Screech 38 Acid

Generation II Level Move Type Start Leer Wrap 9 Poison Sting 15 Bite 23 Glare 29 Screech 37 Acid 43 Haze

Generation III Level Move Type Start Leer Wrap 8 Poison Sting 13 Bite 20 Glare 25 Screech 32 Acid 37 Stockpile Swallow Spit Up 44 Haze

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Leer Wrap 4 Poison Sting 9 Bite 12 Glare 17 Screech 20 Acid 25 Stockpile Swallow Spit Up 28 Mud Bomb 33 Gastro Acid 36 Haze 41 Gunk Shot

By TM/HM

Generation I # Move Type TM06 Toxic TM08 Body Slam TM09 Take Down TM10 Double-Edge TM20 Rage TM21 Mega Drain TM26 Earthquake TM27 Fissure TM28 Dig TM31 Mimic TM32 Double Team TM34 Bide TM40 Skull Bash TM44 Rest TM48 Rock Slide TM50 Substitute HM04 Strength

Generation II # Move Type TM02 Headbutt TM03 Curse Unknown TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Snore TM17 Protect TM19 Giga Drain TM20 Endure TM21 Frustration TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM34 Swagger TM35 Sleep Talk TM36 Sludge Bomb TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM46 Thief HM04 Strength

Generation III # Move Type TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM32 Double Team TM36 Sludge Bomb TM41 Torment TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM46 Thief TM49 Snatch HM04 Strength

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM32 Double Team TM36 Sludge Bomb TM41 Torment TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM46 Thief TM49 Snatch TM58 Endure TM66 Payback TM78 Captivate TM79 Dark Pulse TM80 Rock Slide TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM84 Poison Jab TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM04 Strength

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Beat Up			Sneasel, Weavile
Disable			Psyduck, Golduck
Poison Fang			Seviper
Poison Tail			Seviper
Pursuit			Rattata, Raticate Tauros Dunsparce Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Zangoose
Scary Face			Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Raticate Rhyhorn, Rhydon Tauros Flareon Snubbull, Granbull Ursaring Donphan Poochyena, Mightyena Bagon, Shelgon, Salamence Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Rhyperior Mamoswine
Slam			Pikachu Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Sentret, Furret Wooper, Quagsire Phanpy Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Spite			Dunsparce

By tutoring

TCG-only Moves

• Bind

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Ekans images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Ekans was originally going to use its Japanese name,"Arbo", as its English name.
• In the second movie, The Power of One, it is shown that Ekans can swim.
• An Ekans was originally going to be featured in Pokémon Snap, shown in an early test shot of an environment that was never featured in the final product, the same with Arbok.
• Ekans is the only Pokémon that can learn Poison Tail through breeding.
• According to Silver's Pokédex entry, an Ekans's bite (at least a young one's) is not poisonous, to the same point it is still able to use poison moves probably due to its matching type it could also be attributed to the fact that some snakes can spit poison instead of injecting into to their enemy through use of a bite. In addition, the bite has been called painful and that (according to Mystery Dungeon) fangs are also poisonous despite these claims its fangs have never actually been visible.
• It is interesting to note that in more recent pictures of Ekans only one band has been visible that being the one on its neck. However, in older pictures, Ekans is seen with the band around its neck in addition to two other ones located on one of its coil and close to its rattle. It is unknown why the other bands were removed. It could be assumed that the band located lower on its body could just be covered up but the one on its tail should still be visible.
• Ekans is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for.
• The line in front of Ekans's eyes, which curve to meet the other eye, when seen from above, looks like the pattern of the Spectacled Cobra.
• Ekans is the first pure Poison Pokémon in the National Dex order, though Bulbasaur's and Weedle's evolutionary lines, which are secondarily Poison, come before it.

Origin

It appears to be based upon a boa and rattlesnake.

Name origin

Ekans's name is snake spelled backwards. Arbo is either cobra spelled backwards with the c removed, or a corruption of boa spelled backwards.

In other languages

• German: Rettan - The German word Natter, "viper", backwards.
• French: Abo - Most likely an anagram of boa.
• Korean: 아보 Abo
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 阿柏蛇 Á Bó Shí - Transliteration of Ekans's Japanese name, Arbo. The last character, 蛇, means snake.

Related articles

• Jessie's Ekans

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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