Gyarados (Pokémon)
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| Gyarados ギャラドス Gyarados | |
 Artwork from FR/LG | |
| National Dex | #130 |
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| Johto Dex | #077 |
| Hoenn Dex | #053 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #024 |
| Fiore Browser | R-125 |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Type | Water / Flying |
| Species | Atrocious Pokémon |
| Height | 21′04″ (6.5m) |
| Weight | 518.1 lbs. (235.0kg) |
| Ability | Intimidate |
| Egg groups | Water 2 |
| Dragon | |
| Time to hatch | 1,280 steps |
| Effort yield | 2 Atk |
| Exp. yield | 214 base exp. |
| Lv100 at | 1,250,000 exp. |
| Gender | 50% ♀ / 50% ♂ |
| Pokédex color | Blue |
| Catch rate | 45 |
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Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドス Gyarados) is a Water/Flying-type Pokémon. It is fairly easily obtained (through evolution) in every Pokémon RPG except Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.
Gyarados comes with the ability Intimidate, which lowers opponents' physical attack rating one level when it enters battle.
Gyarados evolves from Magikarp starting at Level 20.
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Biology
Physiology
Gyarados is a large dragon Pokémon most similar in appearance to those seen in Chinese mythology. Its serpentine body is largely blue, but its underbelly is yellow and its fins are white. It has four such white fins down its back. Its mouth is very large and gaping, but bares some resemblance to that of its pre-evolution Magikarp. Like Magikarp, it has barbels on the its face. Its pectoral and dorsal fins also resemble Magikarp's.
Gender differences
A female has white barbels.
Special abilities
Gyarados, like most dragon-like Pokémon, has a high attack stat, relying mostly on attacks than specials. Dragon Dance appears to be its signature move, increasing its already-high attack, and its speed. Dragon Rage also seems to be one of its older signature moves.
Behavior
This Pokémon bares little resemblance to its docile pre-evolution. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies. Once it has worked itself into a frenzy it will not calm until everything around it is destroyed, this is attributed to the dramatic structural changes its brain undergoes during evolution. It seems attracted to violence, although this Pokémon is vary rarely seen in the wild. They appear during times of human conflict Gyarados are said to appear, burning entire cities down to the ground.
Habitat
Gyarados are extremely rare, and usually not seen in the wild. They usually live in large bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds. The Lake of Rage is a known nesting area for a red Gyarados.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Gyarados had a cameo appearance in Pokémon, I choose you! It was then seen in Pokémon Shipwreck. James was frustrated with his Magikarp and kicked it into the water. That Magikarp evolved into a Gyarados.
Groups of Gyarados were seen from within a submarine disguised as or styled after a Gyarados by Jesse, James and Meowth in The Pi-Kahuna shortly before the onset of a massive, annual tidal wave celebrated by local surfers who were apparently not aware of the annual migration. According to James, the Gyarados gathered each year in this location to lay their eggs.
A Gyarados was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back.
Trinity used a Gyarados in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in The Perfect Match.
Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence focused on a red Gyarados. It was on a destructive rampage until Lance captured it. This Gyarados appeared again in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends to stop the feuding of Groudon and Kyogre.
Misty obtained a Gyarados after passing the PIA test in Cerulean Blues.
A Gyarados appears in Sandshrew's Locker!.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Gyarados debuts in the Red, Green & Blue chapter in its own round, Gyarados Splashes In!. Here, an enraged one attacks its own trainer, Misty, but is recaught by Red and supposedly gave it back to her. The drastic change of attitude of the Pokémon was the result of a Team Rocket experiment as is shown in Raging Rhydon.
Later on, Misty traded this Gyarados to Red in exchange for Red's Krabby.
Gyarados is later seen with Lance, using its BubbleBeam to shield him from the lava of Mt. Cerise.
A Red Gyarados was seen in the Lake of Rage 3 years later, but it was caught by Silver. It had the ability to control the other Gyarados in the lake.
When Red borrows Green's Charizard to travel to Mt. Silver, he temporarily trades his Gyarados to Green. It later appears as one of Green's Pokémon in Volume 13, used against Entei and later, part of his revealed team during the Gym Leader faceoff. Prior to the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, Green returns Gyarados to Red.
Both Gyarados have remained on their Trainer's teams to this day.
In the TCG
- Main article: Gyarados (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| I | Red | Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. |
| Blue | ||
| Yellow | Brutally vicious and enormously destructive. Known for totally destroying cities in ancient times. | |
| Stadium | Extremely vicious and horribly brutal. Has enough destructive power to totally annihilate even a major city. | |
| II | Gold | They say that during past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake. |
| Silver | Once it appears, it goes on a rampage. It remains enraged until it demolishes everything around it. | |
| Crystal | It appears whenever there is world conflict, burning down any place it travels through. | |
| Stadium 2 | They say that during the past wars, Gyarados would appear and leave blazing ruins in its wake. | |
| III | Ruby | When Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, its brain cells undergo a structural transformation. It is said that this transformation is to blame for this Pokémon's wildly violent nature. |
| Sapphire | Once Gyarados goes on a rampage, its ferociously violent blood doesn't calm until it has burned everything down. There are records of this Pokémon's rampages lasting a whole month. | |
| Emerald | It is an extremely vicious and violent Pokémon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames. | |
| FireRed | It has an extremely aggressive nature. The Hyper Beam it shoots from its mouth totally incinerates all targets. | |
| LeafGreen | Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. | |
| IV | Diamond | Once it appears, its rage never settles until it has razed the fields and mountains around it. |
| Pearl | In ancient literature, there is a record of a Gyarados that razed a village when violence flared. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| I | Pokémon Red and Blue | None | Evolve Magikarp |
| Pokémon Yellow | Rare | Fishing in Fuchsia City | |
| II | Pokémon Gold and Silver | Uncommon One | Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Fuchsia City Red Gyarados |
| Pokémon Crystal | Uncommon One | Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Fuchsia City Red Gyarados | |
| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Rare | Fishing in Sootopolis City |
| Pokémon Emerald | Rare | Fishing in Sootopolis City | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Rare | Fishing | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | None | Trade | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Common | Fishing |
| Pokémon Platinum | Unknown | ||
| Pal Park | Pond |
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Snap | Valley |
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Evolve from Magikarp |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Phobos Submarine Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Evolve from Magikarp |
| Pokémon Ranger | Olive Jungle (during mission) |
Base stats
| HP: | 95 | |
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| Attack: | 125 | |
| Defense: | 79 | |
| Special: | 100 | |
| SpAtk: | 60 | |
| SpDef: | 100 | |
| Speed: | 81 |
The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.
Type effectiveness
| Weakness | Resistance | |
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Learnset
Gyarados is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
By tutoring
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions and Emerald Versions:
In Emerald Version only:
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
| Pokémon Pinball | ||
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| Acquisition: Evolve | |
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | ||
| Acquisition: Evolve | |
| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Rare |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 4 | Recruit Rate: Evolve | Friend Area: Waterfall Lake |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | Don't make me angry. I can ruin the world! | |
| 26%-50% HP | Do something. My HP is down to about half. | |
| 1%-25% HP | I've had it... I couldn't rampage if I wanted to... | |
| Level Up | I leveled up! My Hyper Beam's been boosted, too! | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
Group: 
| Loops: 11 | Minimum Experience: - |
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: None | Maximum Experience: - |
| Gyarados is a brutal Pokémon that can spit a huge jet of water from its mouth. | ||
Evolution
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
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For other sprites and images, please see Gyarados images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- According to some Nintendo of America artwork, Gyarados was originally slated to have the English name Skullkraken, a combination of the words "skull" and "kraken" (a mythological sea monster).
- Oddly, despite being part Flying-type, it isn't able to learn Flying-type moves. However it can learn certain Dragon-type moves, such as Dragon Rage, Twister, and DragonBreath. Due to this, many theorize that it was originally intended to be Water/Dragon, and only ended up being Water/Flying because the only Dragon-type move was Dragon Rage, which always deals 40 HP of damage. Being Water/Flying also balances its incredible power with a double weakness to Electric.
- In Generation II, it became the first and only shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot, along with being the only 100% certain shiny encounter.
- It is said in Pokémon Shipwreck that Gyarados's skin is harder than steel, yet in Talking A Good Game!, Gyarados was angry because it has a twig/stick through its skin.
- Gyarados has minor differences between all of its shiny sprites, making it slightly unique to each game. In Gold and Silver, Gyarados' shiny sprite is gold and red, in Ruby and Sapphire, its sprites have a pink hue to them. In FireRed and LeafGreen, its sprites return to being gold and red, but its back sprite remains pink (due to FRLG not having unique back sprites). Lastly, in Diamond and Pearl, the sprite loses most of its gold and becomes a standard red color. Why there have been so many changes is unknown.
- In the Pokémon anime, Gyarados's eyes are violet instead of the red that appears its sprites and official artwork.
Origin
It appears to be based on a sea dragon or sea serpent. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles.
Name origin
Gyarados's name may be derived from a combination of 虐殺 gyakusatsu massacre/slaughter, and 逆境 gyakkyō, hardship/adversity. Both words relate to the creature's violent nature and the hardship it experienced before evolving. The dos may just indicate that it's the second in its evolutionary line.