Forretress (Pokémon)

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Forretress フォレトス Foretos #205
Artwork from GSC
Type Bug Steel Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Bagworm Pokémon
Ability Sturdy Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #094 Hoenn #348 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3′11″ Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3′11″/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 277.3 lbs. Imperial 125.8 kg Metric 277.3 lbs./125.8 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Bug group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 118 Battle Exp.: 1181*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Forretress (Japanese: フォレトス Foretos) is a dual-type Bug/Steel Pokémon.

It evolves from Pineco at level 31.

Biology

Forretress normally live rooted to a tree and they eat anything foolish enough to come near them. They eat by opening their entire shell and swallowing their prey whole. This is done so fast that no one has ever seen the inside of a Forretress. In cases where they are a trainers Pokémon, Forretress are not rooted and can move about. They can spin and close the shell around them and in some case retract their spikes/horns to protect themselves. They move when not rooted to a tree by bouncing around or spinning.

Physiology

Forretress are quite big and have a shell covering their body from physical attacks. They have 4 red spikes or horns coming out of the side of their body. Both the top and the bottom of their shell is shaped with small grooves and their eyes sit at the front of their body between two of the red horns/spikes. Their body is very hard and can stand most physical attacks.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Forretress have a large steel-hard shell covering their entire body. They can fire spikes from the holes on their sides to drive away other Pokémon.

Behavior

Forretress are normally peaceful, sitting by themselves, rooted to a tree waiting for food. However, if prey comes close enough, they will viciously attack without warning.

Habitat

Forretress spend most of their time hanging from trees in large forests.

Diet

Forretress eat any Pokémon small enough to fit inside their mouth.

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Brock's Pineco evolved into Forretress in Entei at Your Own Risk in order to save a bunch of Pokémon at a hot spring from Team Rocket. Brock's Forrestress was the only Steel-type Pokémon owned by a main character from its evolution until Battle Frontier, when Brock's Onix had evolved into Steelix. When Brock went to Hoenn, the only Pokémon he brought with him was his Forretress.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Forretress first appeared in Template:PSV, where Red had to fight two to pass his aptitude test to be Viridian City's Gym Leader.

Another Forretress was seen in Template:PSV, under the ownership of Janine. She used its Spikes attack to lay traps for unsuspecting victims.

In the TCG

Main article: Forretress (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Evolved learnset intro

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/1

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
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 Forretress images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Forretress cannot learn any Template:Type2 moves until Generation IV, and can only learn one Template:Type2 move by breeding until Platinum.
• Pineco and Forretress share the same species name with Burmy and Wormadam. They are all known as Bagworm Pokémon.
• Oddly, Forretress can learn Swift by breeding in Generation III, but it can't learn it from the Move Tutor.This also happened to its pre-evolution Pineco.
• Forretress is the first Steel Pokémon in the National Dex order that was Steel-type when it was introduced. (Magnemite's evolutionary line, which proceeds it, wasn't Steel-type in Generation I.)
• In Platinum, it is possible to have Forretress learn Bug Bite, which would mean it would have to show its face or mouth to bite the foe. This would possibly mean the elimination of the mystery of what is inside its shell.
• In Pokémon Stadium 2 its shell is gray rather than pink.

Origin

Forretress is based on a bagworm.

Name origin

Forretress's name is a combination of forest and fortress. It may also contain turret referring to the nozzles on its body that it uses to launch Spikes. Although highly unlikely, it may be a combination of forret, French for forest, and tres, an abbreviation of trees, which would make it forest trees, probably referring to its habitat.

In other languages

• German: Forstellka
• French: Foretress
• Korean: 쏘콘 Ssokon

Related articles

• Brock's Forretress

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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