Arcanine (Pokémon)

Arcanine ウインディ Windie

Artwork from FR/LG

Type Species  Fire  Legendary Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Intimidate or Flash Fire 1,250,000 Pokédex Kanto #059 Johto #130* Hoenn #246* Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-145 Almia R-066 Height Weight 6'03" 341.7 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 75 Gender ratio 75% male 25% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 213 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Arcanine (Japanese: ウインディ Windie) is a Fire-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Growlithe via Fire Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Arcanine is a canine-like Pokémon that resembles the mythical Ryukyuan Shisa (a cross between a lion and a dog). Its head is covered in a cream-colored hair, except for the region around its eyes and ears, which is orange. Its body is a combination of the same orange fur with black stripes and completely black fur on its belly. It also has patches of cream-colored fur on its chest, legs and tail. Its paws each have three toes and a round pink pawpad underneath.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Arcanine can spit large trails of flame, as well as run with extreme speed. Like other Fire-type Pokémon, Arcanine has a flame (or possibly a flame sac) within its body.

Behavior

Arcanine are prized Pokémon, admired due to many people thinking of it as beautiful and regal. Arcanine has been depicted to stash food (such as Pecha Berries) in the voluminous fur of its mane, fishing the food out for its Growlithe youngsters to eat at its nest.

Habitat

Grassland Pokémon

Arcanine live in active volcanoes, grassy plains, and scorched fields heated by geothermal energy. They have also been depicted to live in mountains.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Gary and his Arcanine

Major appearances

Gary's Arcanine

Gary Oak has an Arcanine. The first time it was seen was in The Battle of the Badge battling Giovanni. He used it again to battle Ash and his Bayleef in Extreme Pokémon!.

Arcanine in the anime

Other

Arcanine and its pre-evolution, Growlithe, have often been seen being used as police dogs.

Ash battled an Arcanine in Fire and Ice. This Arcanine was under the ownership of Pete Pebbleman and was his final Pokémon. Despite the type disadvantage, Pete's Arcanine easily defeated Ash's Kingler by dodging its Bubble attack and using Dragon Rage. Pikachu managed to defeat the Arcanine with a Thunderbolt attack after the Ice Field melted due to Arcanine's Fire Blast.

In The Stolen Stones, two Trainers named Ramona and Keegan had three Arcanine, one under the ownership of Keegan and two under his sister Ramona. They were using the Fire-type Pokémon to deliver some Fire Stones to be used as prizes for a local Fire-Pokémon tournament. The two Trainers used their Arcanine to save Ash, Misty and Brock from falling off a cliff.

In On Cloud Arcanine, Drew and May wanted to capture an Arcanine for using in a Pokémon Contest. When it was discovered that the Pokémon had a litter of Growlithe puppies to take care of, the two rivals decided to leave Arcanine alone.

In Tactics Theatrics!!, Tucker used an Arcanine and a Swampert to battle against Ash's Swellow and Corphish.

Minor appearances

In Mutiny in the Bounty!, Officer Jenny used an Arcanine to track down Pokémon Hunter J.

An Arcanine appeared in Arriving in Style!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Blaine is seen to have an Arcanine from a flashback in Volume 3, when he recalls a confrontation with Team Rocket.

Crystal has an Arcanine, whom she uses for transport at times. It is able to hit targets fast and hard using its ExtremeSpeed. As explained in a flashback in Volume 11, Arcanine was a wild Pokémon from Mt. Mortar whose left eye was injured five years ago. The cause is revealed to be a Larvitar prankster, whom Crystal manages to capture.

In the TCG

Main article: Arcanine (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Ice Berry (33%)
Yellow*
Gold	Silver	Ice Berry (33%) (Gold and Crystal)
Crystal
Events**		Charcoal (100%)
* The Pokémon must be traded to a Generation II game in order for the item to appear.
** Certain items may have been given out at multiple events.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

TCG-only moves

• Quick Attack

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Scorched Plains
Phrases
51%-100% HP	No one can keep up with my speed!
26%-50% HP	My health has dropped to half. Better be careful.
1%-25% HP	It's no good... I can't build up my speed anymore...
Level Up	All right! That's a level up! I'll go for it!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Fire	Loops: 7	Minimum Experience: 140
Poké Assist: ( Fire )	Field Move: (Burn ×3)	Maximum Experience: 190
"Arcanine moves at blurring speeds while breathing powerful flames."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Fire	Poké Assist: ( Fire )	Field Move: (Burn ×4)
"It blasts out expanding rings of fire. It also throws tackles to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Growlithe  Fire

Fire Stone →

First evolution Arcanine  Fire

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 059 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Arcanine originally had the name "Blaze."
• Arcanine is the only Pokémon with a stat total of 555.
  • Arcanine has the highest base stats of any Pokémon that has only evolved once.
• Arcanine has the second-highest base stat average of any non-legendary and non-pseudo-legendary Pokémon, next to Slaking.
• Arcanine's Pokédex entry for Pokémon Yellow connects the Pokémon world with our own. It says "A legendary Pokémon in China. Many people are charmed by its grace and beauty while running."
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, it describes itself as having a speed that no one can match, but it is tied at the 68th fastest Pokémon with 20 others.
• Although its species is the Legendary Pokémon, it is not a true legendary, and is not even considered a pseudo-legendary.

Origin

Arcanine is based on the Ryukyuan シーサー shisa, or koma-inu. They are mythical creatures that take inspiration from lions, tigers, and dogs. Statues of them in pairs are used as guardians and to invite good luck.

Name origin

Arcanine's name is a combination of arcane, meaning mysterious, and canine, meaning dog. Windie may refer to wind, because this Pokémon runs like a wind as if it was flying and at great speed.

In other languages

• German: Arkani
• French: Arcanin
• Korean: 윈디 Windi
• Chinese (Taiwan): 風速狗
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 奉神犬

Related articles

• Gary's Arcanine

External links

Notes

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.