Gible (Pokémon)

Gible フカマル Fukamaru

Artwork from D/P

Types Species  Dragon  Ground  Land Shark Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Sand Veil 1,250,000 Pokédex National #443 Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #109 Browser Fiore R— Almia R-251 Height Weight 2'04" 45.2 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Blue 45 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Monster, Dragon 41 (10455 steps) EV yield HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 67 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex On Smogon Pokédex On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex On Marriland Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Gible (Japanese: フカマル Fukamaru) is a dual-type Dragon/Ground Pokémon.

It evolves into Gabite starting at level 24, who evolves into Garchomp starting at level 48.

Biology

Physiology

Gible are small, pudgy dragons with big mouths filled with sharp teeth.

Gible are dark blue, with a red underbelly that covers its abdomen to the bottoms of their jaws. Gible have two horns that resemble jet or plane engines, each with a light blue stripe in the middle. They have a single light blue stripe on their backs.

Gible are coldblooded.

Gender differences

A male has a cut on his dorsal fin, while the female does not. This may signify that male Gible fight more, leaving scars.

Special abilities

Behavior

Gible hide in their holes and wait for prey to pass by. They occasionally hold dare competitions with each other which can put them in danger. When they bite, they hurt themselves out of clumsiness.

Habitat

Gible lives in tunnels it constructs inside warm caves. It prefers heat similar to that of a tropical climate.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

They are most likely carnivores. However, they are sometimes found with the Haban Berry.

In the anime

Gible in the anime

Gible made a cameo in the movie The Rise of Darkrai where it was battling a Bronzor, and again as one of the victims to Darkrai's Dark Void. A balloon shaped like a Gible also appeared in the movie.

Gible made its debut anime appearance in DP145, where it was caught by Kazunari.

In the manga

Gible appears in Pokémon Adventures, in the Diamond & Pearl chapter.

In the TCG

Main article: Gible (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Gible 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 Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Dragon	Poké Assist: ( Dragon )	Field Move: (None)
"It spits hunks of dirt to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Gible  Dragon  Ground

Level 24 →

First evolution Gabite  Dragon  Ground

Level 48 →

Second evolution Garchomp  Dragon  Ground

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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Gible's family is the only family of Dragon-type Pokémon that retain the same typing throughout their entire evolutionary chain.
  • Gible is also the only first-stage dual-typed Dragon-type.

Origin

Appearance-wise, Gible seems like a cross between a European dragon and a shark; it may also be based on the Landshark.

Name origin

Fukamaru may be a combination of 鱶 fuka, shark, and 丸 maru, round. Gible may be a combination of ground and nibble.

In other languages

• German: Kaumalat - From kauen (chew).
• French: Griknot - From grignoter (chew) and quenotte (milk tooth).
• Korean: 딥상어동 Dipsang-eodong

External links

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