Hitmonlee
サワムラー Sawamular
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Height
4'11"
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1.5m
Metric
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4'11"/1.5m
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Weight
109.8lbs
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49.8kg
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109.8lbs/49.8kg
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0.0kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
2
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 139
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Battle Exp.: 1391*
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Hitmonlee (Japanese: サワムラー Sawamular) is a Fighting-type Pokémon.
He evolves from Tyrogue starting at level 20 when Tyrogue's Attack is higher than his Defense. He is one of Tyrogue's final forms, the others being Hitmonchan and Hitmontop.
Biology
Physiology
Hitmonlee is a Pokémon shaped similar to both a human and an egg. Primarily brown, Hitmonlee has cream-colored, segmented arms and legs, with three fingers and three claw-like toes respectively. The muscles on his legs are akin to a coiled spring, being able to freely expand and contract. These muscles are more accurate than his arms, allowing him to perform powerful knee and kick attacks. Hitmonlee has almond-shaped eyes with black rings around them, and his feet have yellow coloration on their ankles and soles. He appears to lack a nose and mouth.
Gender differences
Hitmonlee is a male-only species with no female counterpart.
Special abilities
Hitmonlee possesses a considerable sense of balance, enabling him to kick in succession from any position. When kicking, the sole of his foot turns as hard as a diamond on impact. Hitmonlee knows several kick-based moves, including the rarely seen Blaze Kick. His leg muscles have the special ability to freely stretch and compress. Hitmonlee also has a few mental-based moves such as Meditate and Mind Reader. As with other Fighting-type Pokémon, Hitmonlee is capable of a few Rock-type moves and Earthquake.
Hitmonlee is one of the very few Pokémon that learns Hi Jump Kick, and is the only Pokémon to learn Mega Kick via level-up.
Behavior
When in a hurry, his legs lengthen progressively. He can run smoothly with long, loping strides. After battle, he rubs down his legs and loosens the muscles to overcome fatigue.
Habitat
Hitmonlee have become domesticated, and therefore live around large cities. They are first documented in Kanto.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Hitmonlee first appeared in The Punchy Pokémon. Team Rocket stole him from a man named Giant in order to compete in the P1 Grand Prix. The Kicking Pokémon defeated Brock's Geodude, and Anthony's Hitmonchan (by cheating) and lost fair and square to Ash's Primeape.
A Hitmonlee appeared in Casting a Paul on Barry!, under the ownership of Barry. Despite being able to cause a lot of damage to Paul's Ursaring, it was eventually defeated after inadvertently triggering Ursaring's Guts ability.
Minor appearances
A Hitmonlee appeared in Showdown at Dark City as one of the Yas Gym's Pokémon.
A Hitmonlee owned by Corey was one of the Pokémon owned by that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back. The Hitmonlee clone was seen again in Mewtwo Returns.
Shiro, a challenger to the dojo in Two Hits and a Miss used a Hitmonlee.
A Hitmonlee had a brief appearance in The Legend of Thunder! battling Jimmy's Typhlosion.
Wobbu-palooza featured a Hitmonlee belonging to a Festival Crasher.
One of the Invincible Pokémon Brothers in Cerulean Blues has a Hitmonlee.
A Hitmonlee was used during the preliminaries of the Hoenn League by Gilbert in Saved by the Beldum. Gilbert's Hitmonlee lost to Ash's Pikachu.
Master Hamm used a Hitmonlee against his son Kyle, a cook, in Pasta La Vista. If the Dojo Master won, he would retire, and Kyle would have to give up his shop for the Dojo. If Kyle won, it would all stay the same. Ash, and May ended up taking the place of the two. As it was a draw, Kyle and his father decided to both work at the restaurant while Kyle's girlfriend Terri took up ownership of the Dojo.
A Hitmonlee appeared in A Marathon Rivalry!, under the ownership of Daniel.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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| EP166
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Hitmonlee
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Ash's Pokédex
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Hitmonlee, the Kicking Pokémon. This nimble Pokémon launches lethal kicks from almost any position.
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Pokémon
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| AG145
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Hitmonlee
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Ash's Pokédex
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Hitmonlee, the Kicking Pokémon. Hitmonlee can extend and retract its legs at will to kick opponents from almost any distance.
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| DP184
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Hitmonlee
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Hitmonlee, the Kicking Pokémon, and the evolved form of Tyrogue. Its legs double in length, and opponents are surprised by Hitmonlee's attack range when facing it for the first time.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Hitmonlee makes a cameo in Danger: High Voltorb as a mysterious Pokémon aboard the S.S. Anne.
Hitmonlee later appears as one of Bruno's Pokémon, who destroyed Bill's house. Bruno explains that Hitmonlee's legs are so flexible, it's impossible to locate the position of its knees and attack them.
Hitmonlee was also seen as one of Chuck's Pokémon. In the Gym Leader faceoff of Volume 13, it used Mind Reader and Reversal to turn Blue's tactics against him.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Gold borrows a Hitmonlee to use in a tournament in Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!.
In the TCG
- Main article: Hitmonlee (TCG)
Other appearances
When released from a Poké Ball, Hitmonlee will preform a Hi Jump Kick dealing a great amount of damage on whoever it hit. Hitmonlee did not return in Super Smash Bros. Melee and was replaced by Scizor who attacks in a similar way.
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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When in a hurry, its legs lengthen progressively. It runs smoothly with extra long, loping strides.
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When kicking, the sole of its foot turns as hard as a diamond on impact and destroys its enemy.
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Repeatedly kicks its enemy with legs that freely stretch and contract. Some people refer to it as the "kicking master."
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This amazing Pokémon has an awesome sense of balance. It can kick in succession from any position.
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If it starts kicking repeatedly, both legs will stretch to strike a fleeing foe.
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It is also called the Kick Master. It uses its elastic legs to execute every known kick.
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| Generation III
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Hitmonlee's legs freely contract and stretch. Using these springlike legs, it bowls over foes with devastating kicks. After battle, it rubs down its legs and loosens the muscles to overcome fatigue.
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Its legs freely stretch and contract. Using these springlike limbs, it bowls over foes with devastating kicks. After battle, it rubs down its tired legs.
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The legs freely contract and stretch. The stretchy legs allow it to hit a distant foe with a rising kick.
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When in a hurry, its legs lengthen progressively. It runs smoothly with extra-long, loping strides.
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Its legs can stretch double. First-time foes are startled by its extensible reach.
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This amazing Pokémon has an awesome sense of balance. It can kick in succession from any position.
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If it starts kicking repeatedly, both legs will stretch even longer to strike a fleeing foe.
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Its legs can stretch double. First-time foes are startled by its extensible reach.
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No Pokédex data is available.
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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| At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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112 - 189
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220 - 372
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52 - 115
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99 - 225
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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82 - 152
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161 - 300
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 35.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Damaged normally by
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Learnset
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| This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Hitmonlee can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Hitmonlee cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hitmonlee
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hitmonlee
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations
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Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are the only Pokémon that weren't previously related through an evolution family, then later gained a shared pre-evolution.
- Despite his Pokémon Crystal Pokédex entry stating that he can execute every known kick, Hitmonlee cannot learn Triple Kick, due to the fact that the move is exclusive to Hitmontop.
- In Pokémon Platinum, Hitmonlee is the one of the few Pokémon not in the Sinnoh Pokédex, and not introduced in Generation IV, to have a new sprite. Muk, Meowth, Oddish, Ninetales, Primeape, and Registeel are the others. Mareep, Natu, Xatu, Forretress, and Ursaring had their color palettes changed.
- Despite using an opposite style of fighting to Hitmonchan, kicking instead of punching, he can still learn multiple punching moves through breeding.
- Hitmonlee has had more signature moves than any other Pokémon.
Origin
Hitmonlee may be a personification of taekwondo, a sport that focuses on kick attacks. Hitmonlee bears resemblance to Blemmyes due to his lack of an actual head. The overall shape of his body also resembles a human foot. He may also represent Tadashi Sawamura.
Name origin
Hitmonlee's name can be broken down into "hit," "monster" and "Lee"—as in Bruce Lee; perhaps meaning "the monster that hits like Bruce Lee." The name is also related to Hitmonchan and Hitmontop, both of which are parallel evolutions to it as of Generation II. His Japanese name comes from the world's first kickboxer, Tadashi Sawamura.
In other languages
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| German
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Kicklee
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From kick and Lee, as in Bruce Lee.
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| French
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Kicklee
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From kick and Lee, as in Bruce Lee.
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| Korean
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시라소몬 Shirasomon
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From 시라소니 Sirasoni, the nickname of famed Korean street knight, Yi Sung-sun (이성순), and mon.
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| Chinese (Mandarin)
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沙瓦郎 Shāwǎláng
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Partial transliteration of its Japanese name. The character 郎 refers to young males.
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| Chinese (Cantonese)
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沙古拉 Sāgúlāai
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Partial transliteration of its Japanese name.
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External links
Notes
Black Belt (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Hitmonlee images on Bulbagarden Archives.
