Scolipede (Pokémon)

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Scolipede ペンドラー Pendror #545
Art by Ken Sugimori from Black and White
Type Bug Poison Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Megapede Pokémon
Abilities Poison Point or Swarm Swarm Blue-Striped ----- Quick Feet Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova #051 #045 Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 8'02" Imperial 2.5 m Metric 8'02"/2.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 442 lbs. Imperial 200.5 kg Metric 442 lbs./200.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Bug group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 3 Base Exp.: 214 Battle Exp.: 2141*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Scolipede (Japanese: ペンドラー Pendror) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves from Whirlipede starting at level 30. It is the final form of Venipede.

Biology

Scolipede is an centipede-like Pokémon that is bright magenta interspersed with purple rings spaced evenly along its segmented upper body. Its horns, extending from its head in a similar way to antennae, are long and slightly twisted. Purple banding decorates its horns, as well as its similarly-shaped dual tails. It has four pairs of purple-tipped forelegs, capable of injecting poison. Its legs further down its body are longer, with curved black patterns and black tipping on the extremities of the limb.

Scolipede lives in lush forests. It is very aggressive and will not give up until victorious. It chases down enemies with its great speed then relentlessly attacks with its horns until prevailing. It injects a powerful poison using the claws on its neck.

In the anime

Scolipede in the anime

Major appearances

A wild Scolipede appeared in The Bloom Is on Axew!. Iris's Axew fell out of a tree and got caught in Scolipede's antennae. This startled Scolipede and caused it to go on a rampage, until Iris's Excadrill decided to defeat it with its Drill Run attack.

Another Scolipede appeared in Battling the Bully!.

A Scolipede appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2 under the ownership of Roxie.

A Scolipede is appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! as a test specimen of Colress.

A Scolipede appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! as another test specimen of Colress.

Minor appearances

Another wild Scolipede appeared in Emolga the Irresistible!, attacking Ash, Cilan, and Bianca after Bianca accidentally enraged it by having her Pignite use Flamethrower on Scolipede when she thought it was the wild Emolga she was after. The three Trainers soon managed to escape from the angry Megapede Pokémon.

Emmanuel used a Scolipede in Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! for the Club Battle. However, they lost.

A wild Scolipede appeared again in A Maractus Musical!.

A Scolipede appeared in a fantasy in Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!.

A Scolipede appeared in a flashback in A Pokémon of a Different Color!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Scolipede was used by one of the Seven Sages to fend off several Trainers that were trying to rescue the captured Gym Leaders.

In the Black 2 & White 2 arc, a wild Scolipede attacked Looker when he was meeting up with Lack-Two. It was quickly defeated by Lack-Two's Dewott.

In the TCG

Main article: Scolipede (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black 2	White 2	Pecha Berry (50%)	Poison Barb (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	05050	080}}80%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	5
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM76	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	03030	100}}100%	20
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Scolipede Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Scolipede

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	14	85%	20
	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—%	20
	Twineedle	Bug	Physical	25	100%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Scolipede in Generation V 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 Scolipede in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Scolipede Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Scolipede

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Iron DefenseBW	Steel	Status	—	—%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Scolipede Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Scolipede Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Dream World moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: Weak: PokéPark Pad entry: His main interest is his strength, but he is taking care of Venipede and Whirlipede in his own way.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★ Move: Venoshock Attack: ★★★ Ability 1: Poison Point Defense: ★★★ Ability 2: Jagged Edge Speed: ★★★★★ Ability 3: Vanguard Evolves from Whirlipede when its Speed is 57 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Hideaki and Yasunaga

Evolution

Unevolved Venipede  Bug  Poison

Level 22 →

First evolution Whirlipede  Bug  Poison

Level 30 →

Second evolution Scolipede  Bug  Poison

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation IV.
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Scolipede is the tallest and heaviest of all Bug-type Pokémon, as well as being the heaviest Poison-type Pokémon.
• Scolipede represents November in the Unova horoscope.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Venipede, Whirlipede and Scolipede

Scolipede's species shows that it was inspired by the centipede, most likely the Scolopendra gigantea. It could be based on Arthropleura, a prehistoric relative of centipedes that grew to two and a half metres. Scolipede also has a little in common with millipedes, and may also draw inspiration from a red Archispirostreptus gigas, a species of millipede often kept as a pet. Its appearance may also draw reference to scoliosis, a spinal condition in which the backbone curves abnormally. This may also draw reference to its major increase in height between its evolutionary forms. Scolipede's posture, and the fact that it stands on four 'main' legs, could be an indication that it draws some inspiration from centaurs.

Name origin

Scolipede is a combination of Scolopendra (genus of centipedes) and centipede or millipede.

Pendror is derived from Scolopendra.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ペンドラー Pendror From Scolopendra French Brutapode From brute and arthropod Spanish Scolipede Same as English name German Cerapendra Possibly from keras and Scolopendra Italian Scolipede Same as English name Korean 펜드라 Pendeura Corruption of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 蜈蚣王 Wúgōngwáng Literally "Centipede king". Cantonese Chinese

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