Hydrapple (Pokémon)

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Hydrapple Apple Hydra Pokémon カミツオロチ Kamitsuorochi #1019 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Supersweet Syrup or Regenerator Cacophony Cacophony Sticky Hold Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 10 (3.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Grass and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 5'11" 1.8 m Hydrapple 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 205.0 lbs. 93.0 kg Hydrapple 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 270	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 3 Hydrapple 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 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   Green	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Hydrapple (Japanese: カミツオロチ Kamitsuorochi) is a dual-type Grass/Dragon Pokémon introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk expansion.

It evolves from Dipplin when leveled up while knowing Dragon Cheer. It is one of Applin's final forms, the others being Flapple and Appletun.

Biology

Five of Hydrapple's syrpents

Hydrapple is a Pokémon composed of seven symbiotic creatures known as "syrpents" living within an apple completely made of red syrup. Each syrpent has green, leaf-shaped eyestalks with yellow eyes; a long green body with a pale yellow underbelly; and a tail tipped with leafy green ornaments.

Three of the seven syrpents are always visible outside of the syrup apple: the dominant syrpent's head rises from the center of the apple, and two of the syrpents' tails emerge from its rear. The central, dominant syrpent has the longest body and is further distinguished by its two horns.^[1] The left horn has an apple impaled on it. The four other syrpents composing Hydrapple are usually hidden within the syrup, with only the tops of their closed eyestalks visible from without. Sometimes, the four hidden syrpents emerge from the syrup so that five of Hydrapple's heads are visible.

The syrpents that form Hydrapple have inconstant and fickle temperaments. Due to this, the seven syrpents rarely work together as a team. This also prevents Hydrapple from unleashing both full potential and full power. On the rare occasion that the syrpents' moods align, Hydrapple reaches its full potential.

Hydrapple and its pre-evolved form, Dipplin, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Syrup Bomb and the only known Pokémon that can have Supersweet Syrup as an Ability. Also, Hydrapple is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Fickle Beam.

Evolution

Hydrapple evolves from Dipplin and is one of the final forms of Applin.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Applin  Grass  Dragon

→

First evolution Dipplin  Grass  Dragon

→

Second evolution Hydrapple  Grass  Dragon

Game data

Pokédex entries

Hydrapple in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Hydrapple is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

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 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 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 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM131 TM131 Pollen Puff Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM142 TM142 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM169 TM169 Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM182 TM182 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM194 TM194 Grassy Glide Grass Physical 05555 100}}100% 20 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM222 TM222 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100}}100% 15 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM226 TM226 Dragon Cheer Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hydrapple Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Hydrapple

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Defense Curl Normal Status — —% 40 Recycle Normal Status — —% 10 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Hydrapple Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Hydrapple Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Hydrapple

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Evolution data

Unevolved Applin  Grass  Dragon

Syrupy Apple →

First evolution Dipplin  Grass  Dragon

+ Level up knowing Dragon Cheer →

Second evolution Hydrapple  Grass  Dragon

Sprites

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

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

In the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Hydrapple (TCG)

Trivia

• Hydrapple is the only one of Applin's evolutionary relatives to be a third-stage evolution.
  • Hydrapple appears in the Blueberry Pokédex, despite none of its evolutionary relatives appearing in it, which also makes it the only member of Applin's evolutionary relatives with this distinction.
• Dipplin and Hydrapple are the only:
  • Evolutionary relatives introduced within a single generation that are not next to each other in National Pokédex order, with Dipplin being number 1011 and Hydrapple being number 1019.
  • Dragon-type Pokémon consisting of multiple bodies.
• Hydrapple's existence was indicated before the release of The Indigo Disk by the fact that Dipplin could use the Eviolite.
• Hydrapple is the only Pokémon that requires a TM to obtain, as Dipplin cannot learn Dragon Cheer without it.
• As Dynamax and Gigantamax are exclusive to Pokémon Sword and Shield, Hydrapple is the only one of Applin's final forms to not have a Gigantamax form.

Origin

Hydrapple seems to be inspired by multiheaded serpent-like monsters from various myths, such as the Yamata no Orochi, an eight-headed dragon or serpent from Japanese mythology; Hachirō-Tarō or Hachi no Tarō no Daija (where daija is an alternative reading of orochi), a similar creature in the local myths of Northern Tōhoku, which Kitakami is based on; the Lernaean Hydra, a many-headed serpentine monster from Greek mythology; and Ladon, the multi-headed dragon from Greek mythology that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides, historically said to be located in the Iberian Peninsula or the Canary Islands. The fact that the syrpents' moods rarely align may be a reference to the golden Apple of Discord. Like its evolutionary relatives, Hydrapple also appears to be based on the popular image of a worm burrowing into an apple, as well as a pun on the wyrm, a type of dragon — hence its Dragon typing. It also has visual similarities with candy apples and the Gigantamax forms of Flapple and Appletun, while its Shiny coloration may be inspired by caramel apples or a golden apple.

The connection between the syrpents and the apple present in Hydrapple's design could draw inspiration from the Christian myth of the original sin, in which a serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, commonly represented as an apple in Western Christianity from a Latin-based pun on mālum (apple) and malum (evil). Along these lines, Hydrapple's seven syrpents could reference the number of cardinal sins or the seven-headed beast from the Book of Revelation. Alternatively, these may reference the number of archons (including the creator god) in Gnosticism, commonly associated with the seven luminaries, as well as the Gnostic depiction of Leviathan as the world serpent. The physical world is considered intrinsically flawed and chaotic in Gnosticism. This may explain Hydrapple's signature move Fickle Beam, which is doubled in power when the seven syrpents are aligned at random.

Since Hydrapple was introduced in The Indigo Disk, it may also be a visual pun on the Big Apple, a nickname for New York City (the location Unova, where Blueberry Academy is located, is based on).

Name origin

Hydrapple may be a combination of Hydra, dragon, and apple. The term "syrpent" may be a combination of syrup or wyrm and serpent.

Kamitsuorochi may be a combination of 果 ka (fruit), 花蜜 kamitsu (nectar), and 八岐大蛇 Yamata no Orochi.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カミツオロチ Kamitsuorochi From 果 ka, 花蜜 kamitsu, and 大蛇 orochi French Pomdorochi From Pomdramour, pomme d'or, and 大蛇 orochi Spanish Hydrapple Same as English name German Hydrapfel From Hydra and Apfel Italian Hydrapple Same as English name Korean 과미드라 Gwamideura From 과 (果) gwa or 사과 (沙果) sagwa, 화밀 (花蜜) hwamil, and Hydra Mandarin Chinese 蜜集大蛇 Mìjídàshé From 蜜 mì, 密集 mìjí , and 大蛇 dàshé Cantonese Chinese 蜜集大蛇 Mahtjaahpdaaihsèh From 蜜 maht, 密集 mahtjaahp, and 大蛇 daaihsèh

More languages

Syrpent

Language Title Meaning Japanese オロチュ Orochu From 大蛇 orochi and 虫 chū French Verochi From ver and 大蛇 orochi Spanish Viborappli From víbora and Applin German Schlangel From Schlange, Apfel, and the diminutive suffix -el Italian Appliserpe From Applin and serpe Korean 미드라 Mideura From a clipping of 과미드라 Gwamideura Mandarin Chinese 蛇蟲蟲 / 蛇虫虫 Shéchóngchóng From 蛇 shé and 蟲 / 虫 chóng Cantonese Chinese 蛇蟲蟲 Sèhchùhngchùhng From 蛇 sèh and 蟲 chùhng

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