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Whiscash Whiskers Pokémon ナマズン Namazun #340 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Ground Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Oblivious or Anticipation Cacophony Cacophony Hydration Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 2 Hatch time 21 cycles
Height 2'11" 0.9 m Whiscash 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 52.0 lbs. 23.6 kg Whiscash 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 158 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 164 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Whiscash 2 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Whiscash (Japanese: ナマズン Namazun) is a dual-type Water/Ground Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Barboach starting at level 30.

Biology

Whiscash is a dark blue, catfish-like Pokémon with a yellow underbelly. It has a cavernous mouth with light blue lips that have short, thin whiskers growing from the lower lips. Long, yellow barbels grow from its cheeks, and there is a yellow marking on its forehead that resembles a W. The light blue dorsal fin has a pattern of three spots arranged in a triangle, while its horizontal tail fin lacks spots. Its pectoral fins and belly fins match its main body color. It causes earthquakes that can extend for over three miles, and can predict when natural earthquakes will occur. It lives at the bottom of ponds and swamps, and is territorial over them. It eats anything that is alive, and has been shown in the anime to eat inanimate objects as well.

In the anime

Whiscash in the anime

Major appearances

Nero

A Whiscash nicknamed Nero appeared in Whiscash and Ash. A fisherman named Sullivan had been hunting it down for fifty years because of its huge size. After Ash had battled Nero and retrieved his Badge Case that it had eaten, Sullivan used it as his chance to finally catch Nero. However, even after using a Master Ball, Nero simply swallowed the Ball and swam away.

Other

A Whiscash also appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate! where he assigned Team Go-Getters and Team Meanies to rescue Pichu's brother, Pikachu.

Whiscash was the third Pokémon that Juan used for the second half of the Gym battle in Eight Ain't Enough!. The Whiskers Pokémon was defeated by Ash's Swellow.

A Whiscash under the ownership of Chōta was set to appear in an episode between Solid as a Solrock and Vanity Affair. However, the episode never aired due to an earthquake that occurred in Japan sometime before its scheduled airdate. The episode hasn't aired since.

Minor appearances

A Whiscash was owned by a family of traveling circus performers in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

A Whiscash also appeared in One Big Happiny Family! in Jessie's fantasy.

Another Whiscash also appeared in Strategy Begins at Home! while Team Rocket was fishing for Goldeen.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Whiscash in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Pokémon Adventures, both Wallace and Mr. Briney each own Whiscash. Mr. Briney used his to predict the massive, constant earthquakes to determine when he could go fishing, among other reasons. Wallace's Whiscash, Phillipe, is primarily used for Contests. Ruby was amazed at how different the two were despite being the same species.

In the TCG

Main article: Whiscash (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: After hitting the button changing the Pokémon bumpers on the Ruby Field a set number of times, Whiscash will appear in the pool. Hitting the ball into Whiscash's mouth will transport the player to the Sealeo Bonus Field. In the unlikely event that the ball hits Whiscash from behind, it will get angry and start an earthquake.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Whiscash is a wise Pokémon that lives in the Whiscash Pond north of Pokémon Square. Whiscash is the one who first tells everyone about the Ninetales legend.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Rindo Berry (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM07 TM07 Hail Ice Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM13 TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM14 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 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 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM37 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 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 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM55 TM55 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM94 TM94 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM98 TM98 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Whiscash Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Whiscash Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Dragon Dance Dragon Status — —% 20 Earth Power‡ Ground Special 90 100% 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80% 5 Mud Shot* Ground Special 55 95% 15 Muddy Water Water Special 90 85% 10 Spark Electric Physical 65 100% 20 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Whiscash in Generation VII 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 Whiscash in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Whiscash Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Whiscash 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 Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Peanut Swamp Phrases 51%-100% HP Even long battles must eventually end! 26%-50% HP Let's see... Ah, so my HP has declined to half. 1%-25% HP I'm hurting... Even my prized whiskers developed kinks... Level up Oh? My level seems to have gone up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: B
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Battle Trozei Ground Attack Power: ★★★★★

Evolution

Unevolved Barboach  Water  Ground

Level 30 →

First evolution Whiscash  Water  Ground

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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

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

Trivia

Origin

Whiscash may be based on Namazu, a catfish in Japanese mythology which caused earthquakes. Since its pre-evolution appears to be based on a loach, it may also draw inspiration from loach catfish.

Name origin

Whiscash may be a combination of whisker and mustache, referring to the long whiskers it has. Cash may also be a contraction of catfish.

Namazun is derived from 鯰 Namazu (or 大鯰 Ōnamazu), a catfish in Japanese mythology which caused earthquakes. 鯰 namazu also means catfish.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ナマズン Namazun From 鯰 Namazu or possibly 大鯰 Ōnamazu French Barbicha From barbiche and poisson-chat Spanish Whiscash Same as English name German Welsar From Wels and Barthaar Italian Whiscash Same as English name Korean 메깅 Meging From 메기 megi and king Mandarin Chinese 鯰魚王 / 鲶鱼王 Niányúwáng Literally "Catfish king" Cantonese Chinese

More languages

Related articles

• Nero
• Whiscash (Red and Blue Rescue Team)

External links

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