Girafarig (Pokémon)

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Girafarig キリンリキ Kirinriki #203
Artwork from GSC
Type Normal Psychic Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Long Neck Pokémon
Abilities Inner Focus or Early Bird Early Bird Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #147 Hoenn #164 Sinnoh #121 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4′11″ Imperial 1.5 m Metric 4′11″/1.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 91.5 lbs. Imperial 41.5 kg Metric 91.5 lbs./41.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 149 Battle Exp.: 1491*
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.

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

It is notable for being one of only two Normal dual-type Pokémon that is not part Template:Type2, the other being Bibarel.

Biology

Physiology

Girafarig are Pokémon that possess several unusual features. Their front halves are yellow with black spots while their back halves are black with yellow spots. In the front they have a long neck used for browsing (though not quite as long as their real-world counterparts), with pink spikes running down the back. The most unusual feature is its tail end, which possesses a head of its own. However, this head is incapable of independent thinking but relies on outside stimuli such as smell to guide its actions. The tail often mimics the head during feeding and is able to warn the Pokémon of danger if it is sleeping.

Gender differences

The darker section of a female Girafarig is smaller than a male's, and only contains one yellow spot.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

A Girafarig is an herbivore, it eats grass, leaves, and tree shoots.

In the anime

Girafarig first appeared in The Psychic Sidekicks under the ownership of a girl named Cherrie.

Lisa used a Girafarig to battle Ash Ketchum during the opening credits of Spell of the Unown.

Drew battled a Girafarig in a contest in Cruisin' for a Losin'.

Morrison introduced Ash and friends to his Girafarig in Saved by the Beldum.

Lucian uses his Girafarig against a Scizor in An Elite Meet and Greet!.

Gifararig also made an appearance in A Full Course Tag Battle!, under the ownership of Roman.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Girafarig first appeared in Template:PSV as one of the Pokémon used by Team Rocket.

Morty later helped to locate a lost Girafarig in Template:PSV.

In the TCG

Main article: Girafarig (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/0

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 Girafarig images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• The original design of Girafarig had a full-sized second head, reflecting its palindromic name, and rather resembling a pushmi-pullyu.
• Girafarig's name in English is a palindrome, as is Eevee and Ho-Oh. Kirinriki, Girafarig's Japanese name, is also a palindrome in its original katakana writing, but not if it's written in English letters.
• Girafarig is one of the few Generation II Pokémon that do not have an evolutionary relative. The others are Unown, Dunsparce, Qwilfish, Shuckle, Heracross, Corsola, Delibird, Skarmory, Stantler, Smeargle, and Miltank.
• Girafarig is one of only two Pokémon that is part Template:Type2 and not part Template:Type2. The other is Bibarel.
• In Pokémon Battle Revolution Girafarig's tail does not make a biting motion, unlike in the previous 3D installments.
• In its Gold and Silver shiny sprite, the whole of its back was blue, but in the games after it, only the spikes on its back and its nose are blue.
• Since its debut in Generation II, Girafarig has been featured in all regional Pokédexes.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Girafarig.
• Even though Ghost-type moves were ineffective against Psychic-types in Generation I, Girafarig is currently the only Psychic Pokémon to be immune to Ghost-type attacks, due to it being part Normal.

Origin

As its name states, Girafarig is based off of a giraffe. In addition, Girafarig's second head bears a resemblance to a Chain Chomp from the Super Mario Bros series.

Name origin

Girafarig is based firstly on a giraffe and its name is a palindrome like its Japanese name, Kirinriki.

In modern Japanese, 麒麟 kirin simply means giraffe, but it is also the Japanese name of Qílín, the Chinese unicorn. The Qilin was feared by criminals as it was able to detect guilt. After sensing the guilt, the Qilin would stare at the guilty party and pierce its heart.

In other languages

• German: Girafarig
• French: Girafarig
• Korean: 키링키 Kiringki

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Inner Focus, the fanlisting for Girafarig.

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