Seel (Pokémon)

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

Seel Sea Lion Pokémon パウワウ Pawou #086 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Thick Fat or Hydration Cacophony Cacophony Ice Body Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'07" 1.1 m Seel 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 198.4 lbs. 90.0 kg Seel 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 100 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 65 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Seel 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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   White	Base friendship 70
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

Seel (Japanese: パウワウ Pawou) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into Dewgong starting at level 34.

Biology

Seel is a pinniped Pokémon with a thick hide covered in bluish-white fur. It has a pale tan maw with a large red tongue and a pair of tusks on its lower jaw. It has circular eyes and a black nose that is capable of closing when it swims. There is a small horn on its forehead, which it uses in combination with its tusks to bore through ice floes. It has two flippers on its chest, and two more on the end of its tail. When the tail is raised, it resembles a waterspout.

Seel lives on icebergs in frigid ocean waters. Its warm fur and thick hide allow it to swim in waters as cold as -40° Fahrenheit (-40° Celsius). It thrives in these cold environments, becoming more active as the temperature drops and tires easily in warm waters. Preferring to sleep during the day, it hunts for prey under sheets of ice in the late day and evening hours. While it is a graceful swimmer, it is awkward and struggles to move on dry land.

In the anime

Seel in the anime

Major appearances

Seel (Cerulean Gym)

In The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, multiple Seel are kept by Misty and her sisters at the Cerulean Gym. One evolved into a Dewgong in The Misty Mermaid.

Other

In Misty Meets Her Match, a Seel was caught in a whirlpool alongside its Trainer, named Mahri, but were rescued by Misty and her Staryu.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu's Vacation, a Seel was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In Slowking's Day, a Seel lived in the ocean surrounding Shamouti Island.

Multiple Seel live at Professor Oak's Laboratory, as seen in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, The Rivalry Revival, Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, and Alola, Kanto!

In Bye Bye Psyduck, Misty's fantasy featured a Seel.

In The Joy of Pokémon, multiple baby Seel lived on the unnamed island.

In The Power of One, multiple Seel sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A wild Seel appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

A Seel appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.

A Seel appeared in Snorlax Snowman.

In The Joy of Water Pokémon, a Seel lived in Lake Lucid.

In Around the Whirlpool, a Seel was stolen from the Pokémon Center of Blue Point Isle.

In Octillery The Outcast, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Whirl Cup. Ash and Totodile went up against it in a qualifying match and won.

In The Legend of Thunder!, a Seel was at a Pokémon Center.

In Nice Pryce Baby, Pryce owns multiple Seel. They were seen at the Mahogany Gym.

Multiple Seel appeared in the opening intro of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was reused for Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.

Multiple Seel appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Marina Group uses multiple Seel for their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Seel competed in the Terracotta Contest. It created an ice sculpture of a Glalie using Ice Beam.

In Up Close and Personable!, a Seel lived in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.

In Historical Mystery Tour!, a Seel stood on a ball with one fin as part of an act with its Trainer, a Clown working in Xatu's Forest.

A Seel appeared in I Choose You!.

In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference, but it ended up losing.

In the manga

Seel in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Seel is the first Pokémon Lorelei owned, which debuted in Can You Diglett?. As a child, Lorelei saw her Seel become poisoned due to the effects of nearby industrialization. Agatha, who was passing by, healed Seel using her Gastly. This encounter with the negative effects that humanity had on Pokémon would be the motivation Lorelei had to join the Elite Four in a plot to destroy all of humanity years later.

Pryce owns two Seel that assist him in sculpting ice. They first appeared in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa.

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

A Seel liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

A Trainer's Seel appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

A Seel appeared in Rampage at the Ruins of Alph!!.

Pokémon Zensho

Satoshi received a Seel from Misty in PZ03. He released it upon his arrival in the Seafoam Islands in PZ08.

In the TCG

Main article: Seel (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Seel is a Pokéfloat. After the second half of Venusaur is revealed, the screen moves continually to the right without stopping and so fighting does not stay on Seel for very long.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: A Seel appears in a bonus stage accessible from the Blue Table. The goal is to hit the Seel that will poke its head out of the water.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Pokémon XD		Mystic Water (100%)
FireRed	LeafGreen	Aspear Berry (50%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 3.9% Friend Area: Ice Floe Beach Phrases 51%-100% HP I'm strong against the cold, actually! 26%-50% HP I have only half HP left... 1%-25% HP Please, no more... I want to go back to wintry seas... Level up There it is! My level went up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 3.9% IQ group: H
Pokémon Rumble Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.22 seconds Base HP: 52 Base Attack: 69 Base Defense: 51 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #603 Freeze Leaves the foe frozen.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 163 Base Attack: 85 Base Defense: 121 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Ice Shard, Lick*, Water Gun† Charged Attacks: Aurora Beam*, Icy Wind, Aqua Tail, Aqua Jet†

Evolution

Unevolved Seel  Water

Level 34 →

First evolution Dewgong  Water  Ice

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

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 Sword Shield File:Spr 8s 086.png File:Spr 8s 086 s.png

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

Trivia

• Seel shares its category with Dewgong and Popplio. They are all known as the Sea Lion Pokémon.
• Seel is the only non-Ice-type Pokémon that can have Ice Body as its Ability.

Origin

Seel, as its name implies, seems to be based on an earless seal, particularly a harp seal pup due to its white fur and icy habitat. It also shares characteristics with other aquatic mammals that live in the Arctic Ocean. Its long, white body is similar to a beluga whale. Its horn may be inspired by a narwhal, and its tusks may be inspired by a walrus. The shape of its tail resembles a stylized waterspout or geyser.

Name origin

Seel may be a corruption of seal.

Pawou may come from the onomatopoeia of a seal bark.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese パウワウ Pawou From the onomatopoeia of a seal's bark French Otaria From otarie Spanish Seel Same as English name German Jurob Possibly from jung and Robbe Italian Seel Same as English name Korean 쥬쥬 Juju Corruption of 듀공 dyugong Mandarin Chinese 小海獅 / 小海狮 Xiǎohǎishī Means "Small (or young) sea lion" Cantonese Chinese 小海獅 Síuhóisī Means "Small (or young) sea lion"

More languages Hindi सील Seel Transcription of English name Russian Сил Sil Transcription of English name Thai พาเวา Phawao Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Seel (Cerulean Gym)

External links

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