Walking Wake (Pokémon)

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Walking Wake Paradox Pokémon ウネルミナモ Uneruminamo #1009 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Protosynthesis Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 5 (2.3%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 11'06" 3.5 m Walking Wake 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 617.3 lbs. 280.0 kg Walking Wake 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 295	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Walking Wake 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 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   Blue	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Walking Wake (Japanese: ウネルミナモ Uneruminamo) is a dual-type Water/Dragon Paradox Pokémon introduced during Generation IX.

While not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it is said to be a relative of Suicune^[1] from the ancient past or a version of it^[2] from a different timeline.

It was revealed alongside Iron Leaves during the Pokémon Presents that aired on February 27, 2023 and debuted that same day in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Version 1.2.0 update.

Biology

Walking Wake is a large, bipedal, theropod dinosaur Pokémon with white, diamond-shaped markings. It has a long, white snout with one horn underneath the chin. The horizontal eyes are red, with yellow sclerae with red skin surrounding them. Its face and underside are also white as well. It has a thick, large purple mane covering its arms and back. The mane resembles the aurora borealis with six tips of spiky hair being red and orange. It has two small light blue forelimbs, with three white-clawed digits each, and one diamond marking. Walking Wake has two powerful light blue hind legs with six feathers, and three white claws each. It has a large, hexagonal, cerulean blue crest on its forehead with two bent prongs on either side of the base. It has a blue horn between the snout and crest. It has two long, white tails with seven small spikes each. The tails also have eight blue spikes marking on the tops of two tails each.

Walking Wake resembles a sketch made by a member of the Area Zero Expedition in the Scarlet Book. Its name originated from an aquatic monster mentioned in the Scarlet Book. It bears a uniquely shaped set of horns on its forehead. It also supports its weight with just its hind legs and walks bipedally.^[3] Walking Wake is capable of walking on water. According to an illustration in the Occulture, Walking Wake is believed to be a super-ancient Suicune from the past.

According to AI Sada, Walking Wake is an ancient Pokémon related to Suicune. However, according to a Sada brought to the Crystal Pool by Terapagos, Walking Wake is a counterpart of Suicune from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Walking Wake were brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Sada ten years ago.

Walking Wake is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Hydro Steam.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Walking Wake in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Poké Portal News

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM008 TM008 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM012 TM012 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM044 TM044 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 090}}90% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM077 TM077 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM078 TM078 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM100 TM100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM110 TM110 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM123 TM123 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM142 TM142 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM160 TM160 Hurricane Flying Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM169 TM169 Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM188 TM188 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM196 TM196 Flip Turn Water Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM208 TM208 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM222 TM222 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100}}100% 15 TM226 TM226 Dragon Cheer Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Walking Wake Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Walking Wake

By breeding

By events

Side game data

Evolution data

Unevolved Walking Wake  Water  Dragon

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Walking Wake (TCG)

Trivia

Sketch resembling Walking Wake in the Scarlet Book

• Before the official reveal of Walking Wake, a sketch of an imaginary Pokémon similar to it appeared in the Scarlet Book in Pokémon Scarlet as an amalgam of the Legendary beasts (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune).
• Walking Wake and Iron Leaves can be considered counterparts of one another. They are both event-exclusive Paradox Pokémon with signature moves that can be caught only once per save file based on a Legendary Pokémon that is a member of a Legendary trio. Despite being based on Legendary Pokémon, they are both not considered Legendary Pokémon themselves. They are the first Paradox Pokémon that can be encountered in a Tera Raid Battle and were both revealed and released simultaneously in the same Poké Portal News event and software update. They were both teased in the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V, though neither of them appear in any editions of Occulture magazine. Prior to the release of The Indigo Disk, their Pokédex entries in Pokémon HOME were both only three words long and shared between Scarlet and Violet, but have been since replaced.
  • Walking Wake, Iron Leaves, and Pecharunt are also the only Pokémon that can be registered but are not required for the completion of the Blueberry Pokédex.

Origin

Walking Wake is based on Suicune. Its bipedal reptilian appearance may be based on theropod dinosaurs or the basilisk lizard — the latter also has the ability to run on water. It may also be based on the Qilin, which appears to be one of Suicune's original inspirations.

Being more specific on Walking Wake's theropod features and resemblance to Suicune, it could be based on the Coelophysis genus, one of the earliest known theropods, and also called to a lesser degree Rioarribasaurus, from Río arriba (upriver in Spanish). Coelophysis lived in the Triassic period, characterized by a dry and hot climate, although with frequent flash floods in the areas with more rainfall. In fact, the Ghost Ranch site contained a group of Coelophysis presumably buried together due to one of these floods. These facts could contribute to Walking Wake's resemblance with Suicune, a Pokémon associated with water bodies. Walking Wake's signature move becoming stronger in sunlight despite being a Water-type move could come from the aforementioned dry climate of the Triassic.

Name origin

Walking Wake is literally walking wake. A wake is a movement of water created by a moving object.

Uneruminamo can be taken literally as うねる水面 uneru minamo (undulating water's surface).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウネルミナモ Uneruminamo From うねる水面 uneru minamo French Serpente-Eau From serpenter and eau Spanish Ondulagua From ondular and agua German Windewoge From winde and Woge Italian Acquecrespe From acqua and crespo or increspato Korean 굽이치는물결 Gubichineunmulgyeol From 굽이치는 물결 gubichineun mulgyeol Mandarin Chinese 波盪水 / 波荡水 Bōdàngshuǐ From 波 bō, 盪 / 荡 dàng, and 水 shuǐ Cantonese Chinese 波盪水 Bōdohngséui From 波 bō, 盪 dohng, and 水 séui

More languages Hindi वॉकिंगवेव Walkingwave From walking and wave Brazilian Portuguese Onda Ando From onda and ando or possibly ondulando Thai คลื่นน้ำกระเพื่อม Khlennamkrapheum From คลื่นน้ำ khlennam and กระเพื่อม krapheum

See also

• Paradox Pokémon
• Scarlet Book
• Legendary beasts

References

External links

Ancient Paradox Pokémon

Future Paradox Pokémon

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