Girafarig (Pokémon)

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Girafarig Long Neck Pokémon キリンリキ Kirinriki #203 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Psychic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Inner Focus or Early Bird Cacophony Cacophony Sap Sipper Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 4'11" 1.5 m Girafarig 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 91.5 lbs. 41.5 kg Girafarig 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 149 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 159 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Girafarig 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
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

Girafarig (Japanese: キリンリキ Kirinriki) is a dual-type Normal/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Girafarig is a hooved, quadrupedal Pokémon with a long neck. There is a white blaze on its muzzle, which ends in a round, pink nose. It has two horns with bulbous tips on top of its head. Its front half is yellow with black spots, while its back half is black with yellow spots. Female Girafarig have smaller, darker sections than males. There are many triangular, pink spikes along its back.

Girafarig's tail possesses a head of its own. The tail's head has yellow eyes, a mouth full of sharp teeth, and a small brain. However, this head is incapable of independent thinking and relies on outside stimuli such as smell to guide its actions. If the tail smells something alluring, it will bite. The tail often mimics the head during feeding and is able to warn the Pokémon of danger if it is sleeping. Girafarig lives in savannas and grasslands, where it feeds on the plant life.

In the anime

Girafarig in the anime

Major appearances

Girafarig made its main series debut in The Psychic Sidekicks!, under the ownership of Cherry. The bond that Girafarig formed with Cherry allowed it to predict the attacks of Team Rocket’s Giant Gengar and communicate with Cherry. It also demonstrated a powerful Future Sight.

In Cruisin' for a Losin', Sonny used a Girafarig during the Battle Stage of the Rubello Contest. It went up against Drew's Masquerain, but it lost after Masquerain used a combination of Bubble, Ice Beam, and Hidden Power.

In Saved by the Beldum, Morrison used a Girafarig during his match against Ash, but due to Morrison's reluctance to battle his friend, Girafarig was easily defeated by Corphish's Crabhammer.

In A Full Course Tag Battle!, Roman used a Girafarig alongside Kylie's Drifloon in a Tag Battle against May's Blaziken and Dawn's Piplup at the Seven Stars Restaurant. Girafarig was ultimately defeated by a combination of Piplup's Bubble Beam and Blaziken's Fire Spin.

Minor appearances

Girafarig debuted in Spell of the Unown: Entei, under the ownership of Lisa, who used it to battle Ash during the opening sequence. It went up against Chikorita and ultimately won.

In Entei at Your Own Risk, a Girafarig was resting in hot springs.

In A Claim to Flame!, a Trainer's Girafarig battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference.

In Beg, Burrow and Steal, a Girafarig was living in an underground paradise.

In Odd Pokémon Out!, multiple Girafarig were living on Camomile Island.

A Coordinator's Girafarig appeared in Thinning the Hoard! and Channeling the Battle Zone!.

In An Elite Meet and Greet!, Lucian used a Girafarig in a battle against a Trainer's Scizor. Despite having a type disadvantage, Girafarig was able to defeat Scizor.

In The Rise of Darkrai, Darkrai hit a Girafarig with Dark Void.

In Gone With the Windworks!, Lyra used a Girafarig to help break down a locked door, but it was unable to do so.

In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part 1), Pokémon Pinchers captured multiple Girafarig.

In Last Call — First Round!, a Coordinator's Girafarig competed alongside a Rapidash in the Performance Stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

In The Power of Us, Callahan caught a Girafarig during the Pokémon Catch Race. Two others were under the ownership of Trainers.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Girafarig in Pokémon Adventures

Ash & Pikachu

Similar to his anime counterpart, Morrison owns a Girafarig. It appeared in A Clash Of Wills!! Eternal Rivals?!.

Pokémon Adventures

In Into the Unown, Harry of Team Rocket's Elite Trio owns a Girafarig. It was used in an attempt to capture Suicune in Miltank Melee, it fell asleep temporarily by Parasee's Spore in Indubitably Ditto. It was used in Great Girafarig, to battle Eusine where it used its tail to find him but it fell into its trap and got electrocuted.

In Quilava Quandary, the Day-Care Couple used a Girafarig to train Gold.

In Misdreavus Misgivings, Morty helped a Trainer locate her lost Girafarig. It notably has a scar under its eye. Later, in The Last Battle XIII, the same Trainer was one of the people who volunteered their Pokémon for transfer, sending her Girafarig over.

In The Last Battle XIII, a Girafarig was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

In Tackling Togekiss, Lucian used a Girafarig to move books with its mind and bring them to its Trainer.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a Psychic's Girafarig was at the Safari Zone.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Girafarig (TCG)

In the TFG

One Girafarig figure has been released.

• Groundbreakers: Girafarig

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ruby	Sapphire	Persim Berry (5%)
Emerald
Diamond	Pearl	Persim Berry (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Persim Berry (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Persim Berry (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Girafarig is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM04 TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM16 TM16 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM21 TM21 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM23 TM23 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TM24 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM29 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM30 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM33 TM33 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM34 TM34 Shock Wave Electric Special 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 TM48 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM53 TM53 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM57 TM57 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM63 TM63 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM67 TM67 Recycle Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM70 TM70 Flash Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM73 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM77 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM83 TM83 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM85 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100100 100}}100% 15 TM86 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM92 TM92 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM96 TM96 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM98 TM98 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Girafarig Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Girafarig Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Amnesia Psychic Status — —% 20 Beat Up Dark Physical — 100% 10 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100% 10 Magic Coat Psychic Status — —% 15 Mean Look Normal Status — —% 5 Mirror Coat Psychic Special — 100% 20 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Wish* Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Girafarig in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Girafarig in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Girafarig Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Girafarig Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 7.6% Friend Area: Sky Blue Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP Don't get too close to my tail--it bites! 26%-50% HP Oh, no. Look at my HP--it's halfway down. 1%-25% HP I'm bushed... I'm drained of power... Level up I went up a level! I'll have to work that much harder!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4% IQ group: F
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Psychic Poké Assist: Psychic Field move: (Tackle ×2) Browser entry R-178 It attacks by launching psychic orbs and psychic shock waves.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Psychic Poké Assist: (present) Psychic Field move: (present) (Tackle ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Psychic Field move: (past) (Tackle ×1) Browser entry R-241/N-128 It lets loose psychic orbs that make Pokémon Paused.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.25 seconds Base HP: 53 Base Attack: 77 Base Defense: 52 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Psychic Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Psychic Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #239 Swat Increases damage against Flying, Bug, or Fairy types.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 182 Base Defense: 133 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Tackle, Confusion Charged Attacks: Psychic, Thunderbolt, Mirror Coat

Evolution

Unevolved Girafarig  Normal  Psychic

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII HOME

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

Japanese sprites

Gold and Silver back sprites

Trivia

Girafarig's early design

• An early design of Girafarig had a full-sized second head, reflecting its palindromic name, and resembling a Pushmi-pullyu.
  • Additionally, it was intended to be Dark/Normal-type and to have a pre-evolution, named "Tsuinzu" (Japanese: ツインズ), which literally means "twins".

Origin

Girafarig is based on a giraffe, and given its darker-colored backside, it may also be based on the Giraffokeryx, an extinct genus that resembled both the okapi and the giraffe. Girafarig's small second brain may have been based on the Stegosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur which had been speculated to have possessed a second brain in its tail, improving its reflexes against predators.

Name origin

Girafarig is a palindrome based on giraffe, referring its two-headed and reverse appearance.

Kirinriki is both a palindrome (when written in katakana) based on 麒麟 kirin (giraffe), and a combination of kirin and 念力 nenriki (telekinesis).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese キリンリキ Kirinriki From 麒麟 kirin (giraffe) and 念力 nenriki (telekinesis) French Girafarig Same as English name Spanish Girafarig Same as English name German Girafarig Same as English name Italian Girafarig Same as English name Korean 키링키 Kilingki Transliteration of its Japanese name. May also be from 기린 Girin Mandarin Chinese 麒麟奇 Qílínqí From 麒麟 Qílín and 奇 qí. The name will sound the same when read in reverse Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi गिरफारिग Girafarig Transcription of English name Russian Жирафариг Zhirafarig Transcription of English name Thai คิรินริกิ Khirinriki Transcription of Japanese name

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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