Gouging Fire (Pokémon)

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Gouging Fire Paradox Pokémon ウガツホムラ Ugatsuhomura #1020 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fire Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Protosynthesis Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 10 (3.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 11'06" 3.5 m Gouging Fire 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 1300.7 lbs. 590.0 kg Gouging Fire 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 Gouging Fire 0 HP 0 Atk 3 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   Brown	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Gouging Fire (Japanese: ウガツホムラ Ugatsuhomura) is a dual-type Fire/Dragon Paradox Pokémon introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk expansion.

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

Biology

Gouging Fire superheating its fur.

Gouging Fire is a massive leonine-ceratopsia hybrid Pokémon with some mastiff qualities. It is covered in brown fur with three green spike lines on both back legs. There is cream belly fur on its chest. It has five grey spikes on its back and a long, light gray cloud of smoke running along its entire back, resembling a tail. Gouging Fire has four gray paws. The two front paws house three small, red claws. The paws are covered with brown pads and two black cuff-like bands on its front legs and the back legs have only one. Its main faceplate is red and shaped like fins or a four-sided star with a golden ceratopsian-shaped skull headpiece. Behind the faceplate is two long brown fur with gold ends on each side of the hair. The headpiece has five gold and yellow horns on each side. At the center is two green circles with two smaller red circles inside. A gray plate, resembling a horseshoe mustache, covers its muzzle. It has shorter green fur around its blue eyes.

Gouging Fire is noteworthy for the large, spiky crest on its head. There are scant few reports of this creature being sighted, though one short video shows it rampaging and spouting pillars of flame. It resembles an eerie Pokémon once shown once in Occulture, and it was said to be an Entei regenerated from a fossil, though its rumored that Gouging Fire can make magma on the ground erupt by roaring once.^[3] Another rumor claims Gouging Fire has a powerful connection to fire. ^[4] Gouging Fire can superheat its fur to both protect itself and burn any foes that make physical contact with it.

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

Gouging Fire is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Burning Bulwark.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gouging Fire in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

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 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 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM024 TM024 Fire Spin Fire Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM038 TM038 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 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 TM053 TM053 Smart Strike Steel Physical 07070 00—}}—% 10 TM063 TM063 Psychic Fangs Psychic Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM078 TM078 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 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 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM118 TM118 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM157 TM157 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM165 TM165 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 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 TM189 TM189 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM200 TM200 Scale Shot Dragon Physical 02525 090}}90% 20 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM207 TM207 Temper Flare Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10 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 Gouging Fire Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Gouging Fire

By breeding

Side game data

Evolution data

Unevolved Gouging Fire  Fire  Dragon

Sprites

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

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

In the TCG

Main article: Gouging Fire (TCG)

Trivia

Sketch resembling Legendary beasts in the Scarlet Book

• Before the official reveal of Gouging Fire, 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).
• Gouging Fire is the only Paradox Pokémon whose signature move is a status move.
• Gouging Fire is the heaviest Paradox Pokémon overall.
• Gouging Fire can be considered the counterpart of Iron Boulder as both were not revealed until The Indigo Disk was released.

Origin

Gouging Fire is based on Entei. It also resembles ceratopsian dinosaurs, most notably the Styracosaurus and Sinoceratops due to both having a similar arrangement of horns around the head. Conceptually speaking, it could be inspired by the Deccan Traps, a volcanic formation in India whose activity is theorized to have had a great influence on the extinction of dinosaurs. The Deccan Traps started being formed in the Cretaceous period, the era in which ceratopsians lived. Gouging Fire's resemblance to Entei would therefore come from Entei being associated with volcanoes.

Name origin

Gouging Fire is literally gouging fire.

Ugatsuhomura can be taken literally as 穿つ炎 ugatsu homura (piercing flame).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウガツホムラ Ugatsuhomura From 穿つ炎 ugatsu homura French Feu-Perçant From feu and perçant Spanish Flamariete From flama and ariete German Keilflamme From Keil and Flamme Italian Vampeaguzze From vampe and aguzze Korean 꿰뚫는화염 Kkwettulleunhwayeom From 꿰뚫는 화염 kkwettulleun hwayeom Mandarin Chinese 破空焰 Pòkōngyàn From 破空 pòkōng and 焰 yàn Cantonese Chinese 破空焰 Pohūngyihm From 破空 pohūng and 焰 yihm

More languages Brazilian Portuguese Fogo Corrosão From fogo and corrosão

Related articles

• Paradox Pokémon
• Scarlet Book
• Legendary beasts

References

External links

Ancient Paradox Pokémon

Future Paradox Pokémon

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Pokémon

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