Granbull (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Granbull (disambiguation).

Granbull Fairy Pokémon グランブル Granbulu #0210 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fairy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Intimidate or Quick FeetGen IV+ Cacophony Cacophony Rattled Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 25% male, 75% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Groups Field and Fairy Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Granbull 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 107.4 lbs. 48.7 kg Granbull 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 178 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 158 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Granbull 0 HP 2 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	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

Granbull (Japanese: グランブル Granbulu) is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Snubbull starting at level 23.

Biology

Granbull is a purple, bipedal, bulldog-like Pokémon. It has a prominent lower jaw with two long, fang-like growths. Its upper jaw has two small fangs. The jaws are so heavy that the Pokémon has trouble keeping its head up. On the sides of its head are flat, curved ears, and its small nose is black. There is a black collar around its neck with two small white markings on it. Around its wrists are two black band markings, and it has a short tail.

A Granbull's main weapons are its well-developed lower jaw and heavy fangs. The bite from its jaws is said to be very powerful. However, due to how heavy its jaws are, Granbull keeps its head tilted down constantly for balance. Granbull Despite its fierce appearance, it is actually very timid and sensitive, even more so than Snubbull. Granbull rarely bites as it prefers not to get involved in disputes. Unless Granbull is startled, it will not bite indiscriminately. If attacked, it will flail about to fend off its attacker. Granbull is popular with young people due to how it acts and looks. It is considered too incompetent to be a guard dog due to its nature. Granbull wanders around urban areas.

Evolution

Granbull evolves from Snubbull.

Unevolved Snubbull  Fairy

→

First evolution Granbull  Fairy

In the anime

Main series

Granbull in the anime

Major appearances

Madame Muchmoney's Granbull

Granbull made her main series debut in The Trouble with Snubbull, where she evolved from the Snubbull that ran away from her home and followed Team Rocket (and, by extension, Ash and his friends) around the Johto region for a short while. She was then returned to her owner, Madame Muchmoney.

Other

In Sleight of Sand!, Cassidy's Granbull battled Jessie's Seviper and was then defeated by Dawn's Piplup and a wild Hippopotas.

In Dressed for Jess Success!, Mario used a Granbull during the Lilypad Contest. It went up against Dawn and Mamoswine, and it was soon defeated.

In The Young Flame Strikes Back!, the Officer Jenny from Akala Island owns a Granbull. It prevented Viren and his henchmen from escaping after they arrived to arrest them for attempting to destroy the Paniola Ranch.

Minor appearances

Granbull debuted in Spell of the Unown: Entei, under the ownership of Lisa. She used it during her battle against Ash, only for it to be defeated by Totodile.

In Ring Masters, two Granbull competed in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.

A Granbull appeared in Pikachu's PikaBoo.

A Granbull appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, under the ownership of a participant in the Extreme Pokémon Race.

A Coordinator's Granbull appeared in Harley Rides Again.

In Glory Blaze!, a Trainer's Granbull competed in the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition.

In The Semi-Final Frontier!, a Trainer's Granbull went up against Tobias during the Lily of the Valley Conference finals. It battled his Darkrai off-screen, but as with the other five Pokémon owned by its Trainer, it was easily defeated by the Pitch-Black Pokémon.

Two Trainers' Granbull appeared in The Power of Us.

In Showdown on Poni Island!, Lillie photographed a wild, sleeping Granbull during her time on Poni Island.

A Granbull appeared in Narrowing the Chaser Chase!, under the ownership of a Project Mew Challenger.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Generations

A soldier's Granbull appeared in The Redemption, during a fantasy of a story from the past. It was one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos 3,000 years previously. Two other Granbull were seen petrified by AZ's ultimate weapon.

GOTCHA!

A Granbull briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Mina.

In the manga

Granbull in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

A Granbull appeared in Teddiursa's Picnic, where it was stealing Pokémon to get attention as its jaw was dislocated. When Gold accidentally knocks its jaw into relocation, it happily returns all the Pokémon it took.

A Granbull appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Green's Snubbull evolved into Granbull in Give It Your Best, Blastoise.

A Granbull appeared with its Trainer at the Mini-game Corner in Sylveon Enchants.

In Floette Returns, a Granbull appeared in a flashback, under the ownership of the Lumiose Gang.

In the TCG

Main article: Granbull (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Granbull hangs around Pokémon Square, first seen as a Snubbull. After the game is completed, it goes into a newly discovered cave and evolves without realizing what was happening, though it enjoyed its new appearance after getting over the initial shock. This event alerted the rest of the characters that evolution was now possible.

Pokédex entries

Granbull in the Alola Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Granbull 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  TM01 TM01 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM03 TM03 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM05 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM08 TM08 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM12 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 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 TM22 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 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 TM28 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM30 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM31 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 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 TM35 TM35 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM36 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM38 TM38 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM41 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 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 TM50 TM50 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM52 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM66 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM73 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM78 TM78 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM83 TM83 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM96 TM96 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM98 TM98 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Rock Climb Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Granbull Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Granbull 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  Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100% 20 Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95% 15 Heal Bell Normal Status — —% 5 Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95% 15 Metronome Normal Status — —% 10 Mimic Normal Status — —% 10 Present Normal Physical — 90% 15 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Granbull 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 Granbull in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Granbull Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Granbull Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Sky Blue Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP I'm a little scared, but... I'll do my best to bite! 26%-50% HP My health has gone down by about half. 1%-25% HP I'm exhausted... My fangs are dragging me down... Level up I leveled up! I'll do my best to bite!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: B
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Traveling Pokémon Connected to: Sealeo Connection Orb Set: 19 Phrases Normal Adventure sounds good, but not scary places, please! Low HP (< 50%) EEEEEEK!
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Normal Poké Assist: (present) Normal Field move: (present) (Tackle ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Dark Field move: (past) (Tackle ×1) Browser entry R-237/N-161 It lets loose shock waves to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.5 seconds Base HP: 57 Base Attack: 78 Base Defense: 52 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fairy Attack Power: ★★★★★ True Strength Increases damage dealt when energy levels are half or less.
Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 60 - 120 10 #218 Heavy Hitter Sometimes increases damage. Swappable Skill(s): Non Stop+			Pokémon Shuffle Fairy Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #218 Up, Up, Up Deals even more damage the more times in a row it is triggered.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 207 Base Attack: 212 Base Defense: 131 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Bite, Snarl, Charm* Charged Attacks: Crunch, Play Rough, Close Combat, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Snubbull  Fairy

Level 23 →

First evolution Granbull  Fairy

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
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

• Granbull and its pre-evolved form share their category with Clefairy and Clefable. They are all known as the Fairy Pokémon.
  • The "Fairy Pokémon" category predates the introduction of the Fairy-type in Generation VI. From this generation onwards, the type and category of these four Pokémon share the same English name. However, this is not true in Japanese, where the type is フェアリータイプ Fairy-type and the category is ようせいポケモン Yōsei Pokémon.
• As the Ability Quick Feet did not exist until Generation IV, a Snubbull with either Intimidate or Run Away will always evolve into a Granbull with Intimidate in Generation III games. This means that in Generation III, Granbull is the only Pokémon with an Ability that evolves from a Pokémon with one of two possible Abilities that shares to Granbull's Ability.

Origin

Granbull may be based on an English bulldog, a breed that can appear fierce but is actually gentle. Bulldogs are often depicted as being used as guard dogs, which may explain Granbull's thick collar and wristband/shackle-like markings. Its category, Egg Group, type, and appearance may reference the Cù-sìth, a creature in Celtic mythology whose name means dog fairy and various grotesque mythical creatures such as goblins and orcs.

Name origin

Granbull and Granbulu may be a combination of grand, grumble, and bulldog or bully.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese グランブル Granbulu From grand, grumble, bulldog, and bully. French Granbull Same as English name Spanish Granbull Same as English name German Granbull Same as English name Italian Granbull Same as English name Korean 그랑블루 Granbullu Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 布魯皇 Bùlǔhuáng* 布盧皇 / 布廬皇 / 布卢皇 Bùlúhuáng* From 布魯 Bùlǔ and 皇 huáng From 布盧 / 布廬 / 布卢 Bùlú and 皇 huáng Cantonese Chinese 布魯皇 Boulóuhwòhng From 布魯 Boulóuh and 皇 wòhng

More languages Russian Гранбулл Grenbull Transcription of English name Thai แกรนบูล Kraenbun Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Madame Muchmoney's Granbull
• Granbull (Red and Blue Rescue Team)

External links

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