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Hitmonlee サワムラー Sawamular #106
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Fighting ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Kicking Pokémon
Abilities Limber or Reckless Reckless Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #106 Johto #144 Hoenn #274 Sinnoh — 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 109.8 lbs. Imperial 49.8 kg Metric 109.8 lbs./49.8 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Humanshape group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 139 Battle Exp.: 1391*
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

Hitmonlee (Japanese: サワムラー Sawamular) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Hitmonlee is a brown colored, human-shaped Pokémon. his three-fingered hands and rounded with three clawed toes. Hitmonlee has segmented, cream-colored arms and legs. Hitmonlee has almond-shaped eyes with black rings around them and appears to lack a nose and mouth.

Gender differences

Hitmonlee is a male-only species with no female counterpart.

Special abilities

Hitmonlee knows several kick-based moves, including the rarely seen Blaze Kick. His leg muscles have the special ability to freely stretch and compress. Hitmonlee also has a few mental-based moves such as Meditate and Mind Reader. As with other Template:Type2 Pokémon, Hitmonlee is capable of a few Template:Type2 moves and Earthquake.

Behavior

Habitat

Hitmonlee are extremely rare in the wild. Usually, they live around large cities.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Hitmonlee first appeared in The Punchy Pokémon. Team Rocket stole him from a man named Giant in order to compete in the P1 Grand Prix. The Kicking Pokémon defeated Brock's Geodude, and Anthony's Hitmonchan (by cheating) and lost fair and square to Ash's Primeape.

Another Hitmonlee appears in Showdown at Dark City as one of the Yas Gym's Pokémon.

Shiro, a challenger to the dojo in Two Hits and a Miss uses a Hitmonlee.

A Hitmonlee was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Wobbu-palooza featured a Hitmonlee belonging to a Festival Crasher.

A Hitmonlee was used during the preliminaries of the Hoenn League by Gilbert in Saved by the Beldum. Gilbert's Hitmonlee lost to Ash's Pikachu.

Master Hamm used a Hitmonlee against his son Kyle, a cook, in Pasta la Vista. If the Dojo Master won, he would retire, and Kyle would have to give up his shop for the Dojo. If Kyle won, it would all stay the same. Ash, and May ended up taking the place of the two. As it was a draw, Kyle and his father decided to both work at the restaurant while Kyle's girlfriend Terry took up ownership of the Dojo.

One of the Invincible Pokémon Brothers in Cerulean Blues has a Hitmonlee.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

Hitmonlee makes a cameo in Danger: High Voltorb as a mysterious Pokémon aboard the S.S. Anne.

Hitmonlee later appears as one of Bruno's Pokémon, who destroyed Bill's house. Bruno explains that Hitmonlee's legs are so flexible, it's impossible to locate the position of its knees and attack them.

Hitmonlee was also seen as one of Chuck's Pokémon. In the Gym Leader faceoff of Template:PSV, it used Mind Reader and Reversal to turn Green's tactics against him.

In the TCG

Main article: Hitmonlee (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By tutoring

Move	Type	Cat.	Version
Body Slam			FR	LG	E
Counter			FR	LG	E
Double-Edge			FR	LG	E
Mega Kick			FR	LG	E
Mega Punch			FR	LG	E
Metronome			FR	LG	E
Mimic			FR	LG	E
Rock Slide			FR	LG	E
Seismic Toss			FR	LG	E
Substitute			FR	LG	E
Dynamicpunch					E
Endure					E
Mud-Slap					E
Sleep Talk					E
Snore					E
Swagger					E
Swift					E

Special moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Hitmonlee knows Shadow Down, Shadow Half and Shadow Rush as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Refresh after being purified.

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 Hitmonlee images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• A Hitmonlee is featured in the logo for Bulbapedia's Project MoveDex, seen right.

Origin

It may be a personification of Taekwondo, a martial art that focuses on kicking and strengthening legs. Hitmonlee bares the resemblance of Blemmyes due to his lack of an actual head.

Name origin

Hitmonlee's name can be broken down into hit, monster and Lee - as in Bruce Lee; perhaps meaning "the monster that hits like Bruce Lee." The name is also related to Hitmonchan and Hitmontop, both of which are parallel evolutions to it as of Generation II. Its Japanese name comes from the world's first kickboxer, さわむら ただし, Tadashi Sawamura.

In other languages

• German: Kicklee - Refers to this Pokémon's kicking abilities and Bruce Lee.
• French: Kicklee - Refers to this Pokémon's kicking abilities and Bruce Lee.
• Korean: 시라소몬 Sirasomon

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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