Feebas (Pokémon)

Feebas ヒンバス Hinbass

Artwork from R/S/E

Type Species  Water  Fish Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Swift Swim 600,000 Pokédex National #349 Johto #— Hoenn #140 Sinnoh #138 Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 2'00" 16.3 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 255 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Water 1, Dragon 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 Exp. 61 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Feebas (Japanese: ヒンバス Hinbass) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Milotic by level-up when its Beauty condition is high.

Feebas is known for its extreme rarity and it generally takes a long time to find one in the main series games where they are only found in a set number of randomly chosen fishing "tiles" on large bodies of water. For example, Route 119 in Hoenn has hundreds of squares that the fishing rod can be used on in the river that runs down it but Feebas is only found in six of them. In Sinnoh, Feebas is only found in four of the hundreds of squares which comprise the lake in Mt. Coronet's basement which change daily. However, Feebas are actually very common where they are found making it easy to catch multiple members of the species once one has been located.

Biology

Physiology

Feebas are somewhat shabby, old-looking basses with tattered blue fins and a tall, arch-shaped fin that juts from its back. Its rough-textured body is dotted in several old spots resembling rocks. It has large, gloomy eyes and big lips frozen into a frown.

When their beauty is maxed, their rocky scales begin to gleam like diamond. It shows that evolution is very near.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Although appearing to be old and worthless, Feebas are capable of learning powerful Ice moves like Blizzard and Ice Beam, and Water type moves like Surf and Water Pulse. They can also learn DragonBreath, Confuse Ray, Hypnosis, and Mirror Coat as egg moves through breeding.

Behavior

Feebas tend to be quite scarce in their natural range, but wherever they are found, they group together in tightly-packed schools. They're also easy to catch once encountered.

Habitat

Water's-edge Pokémon

Feebas is an aquatic Pokémon which can survive in both fresh and salt water thanks to its hardy nature. It prefers best ponds that are filled with weeds.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Johanna and a Feebas in Dawn's dream in Malice in Wonderland!

Feebas has appeared four times in the anime. One was biting Jessie's hair in Whiscash and Ash.

The Magikarp Salesman sold a Feebas to Team Rocket in Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend but it was actually a Magikarp in disguise.

Another, in Ya See We Want an Evolution, was nicknamed the loveliest Feebas of all.

In Malice in Wonderland!, a Feebas under the ownership of Johanna was an illusion created by Mismagius.

A Feebas also appeared in DP138.

Another Feebas also appeared in DP140.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Ruby obtained a Feebas by accidentally catching it while fishing. Thinking it was ugly, he kept throwing it back until he decided to keep it. During the flood caused by Kyogre, Feebas ran away but returned when Ruby was attacked by Maxie and Archie. After declaring it had inner beauty, Feebas evolved into Milotic.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Feebas (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

The fishing spots Feebas is found in are randomly generated for each game. In Hoenn, they randomly changed whenever the trendy phrase in Dewford Town changes. In Sinnoh, they change every day.

In side games

Feebas will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:

1 ? 6 9 ♀ J Y ? ? X 6 Q

X J ? Q F 4 ? 6 Q ! ? X

Objective: Rescue Feebas on floor 3 of Thunderwave Cave.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Feebas is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 9.2%	Friend Area: Waterfall Lake
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Do you know what it feels like to be ignored by everyone?
26%-50% HP	I'm worried. My health has gone down to half.
1%-25% HP	I'm done for... I tried so hard, even though I look shabby...
Level Up	I've leveled up. Does it make me look less shabby?
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: H

Evolution

Unevolved Feebas  Water

Level up with max Beauty →

First evolution Milotic  Water

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Though its level-up moves are exactly the same as those of Magikarp, Feebas can be taught TMs and HMs, hatch from an egg with egg moves, and learn tutored new moves, making it slightly more useful in battle.
• Feebas shares the same species name with Magikarp. They are both known as the Fish Pokémon.
• Feebas is currently the only Pokémon that needs a modification of its contest stats for it to evolve.
• Feebas has the lowest base Special Attack of any Pokémon, tied with Shuckle and Bonsly.

Origin

As its name suggests, Feebas is probably based on a bass. Its ugly appearance makes it appear to be also based from the concept of ugliness, appearing to don a wash of ugly makeup. It also seems to be based on the classic fairy tale, the The Ugly Duckling, where a small and feeble "ugly duckling," treated as an outcast by other animals, blossoms into a beautiful swan.

Name origin

Feebas's name is a combination of feeble, meaning small and weak, and bass. Its Japanese name is a combination of 貧 hin, poor, and bass. "Hin" may also come from the words "hind," as in behind, or "hinder."

In other languages

• German: Barschwa - From Barsch (bass).
• French: Barpau - From bar (bass).
• Korean: 빈티나 Bintina

External links

• Diamond and Pearl Finding Feebas

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