Kabutops (Pokémon)

Kabutops カブトプス Kabutops

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Rock  Water  Shellfish Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Swift Swim or Battle Armor 1,000,000 Pokédex Kanto #141 Johto #228* Hoenn #296* Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 4'03" 89.3 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Brown 45 Gender ratio 87.5% male 12.5% female Egg groups Egg cycles Water 1, Water 3 31 (7905 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 199 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Kabutops (Japanese: カブトプス Kabutops) is a dual-type Rock/Water Pokémon.

It evolves from Kabuto starting at level 40.

Biology

Kabutops is a fossil Pokémon no longer found in the wild, and must be evolved from a Kabuto resurrected from a Dome Fossil.

Physiology

Kabuto's four insect-like legs have vanished and two long feet stand in their place. Two long sharp claws (or sickles) extend from Kabutops's exoskeleton and several plates close the opening that used to be there. There are six hard spikes going down from the back of its neck, three on each side that lead down towards the beginning of its tail. Its head is covered in a rock hard, semicircular shape armor. A tail protrudes from its back, bearing the same color as approximately seventy-five percent of its body. Its gills have also begun to change to make it land compatible.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Kabutops's sleek body enables it to swim faster by tucking in its limbs, folding up its claw-like sickles and wiggling.

Behavior

Kabutops is a fierce prehistoric predator. Adaptations in its body permit it to lead a more terrestrial lifestyle than its predecessors. It is also very adaptive as shown when its prey started living on land so Kabutops adapted to living on land as well.

Habitat

Sea Pokémon

The exact habitat of Kabuto is unknown, but so far Dome Fossils are only found in the Kanto and Sinnoh regions. But other facts would leave one to believe that Kabutops and Kabuto may have lived in the sea and in caves, although Kabutops could walk ashore on its newly developed legs.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Kabutops cuts open prey with its claws, then sucks up the spilled bodily fluids. In ancient times it hunted underwater for its prey.

In the anime

Kabutops in the anime

Major Appearances

Kabutops's first true appearance in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon. It was one of the fossil Pokémon that was awakened by a dynamite explosion in Grandpa Canyon.

Kabutops also appeared in Pokémon Heroes. Oakley used ancient DNA to resurrect a Kabutops and an Aerodactyl to chase after Ash and Latias. In the English dub, they were once used by an evil Pokémon Trainer to torment the civilians of Alto Mare, but were drowned when a Latios brought water to the city.

Minor Appearances

Kabutops first seems to appear in Island of the Giant Pokémon on a theme park island populated with giant mechanical Pokémon.

Dr. Yung uses a Mirage Kabutops in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.

Another one appeared in Dealing With Defensive Types!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In Volume 13, Brock possesses a Kabutops in his team. He explains that he met Kabutops at the Pewter Museum when Pewter City was invaded during the Elite Four saga, and has since then become a powerful fighter employing ancient attacks.

In the TCG

Main article: Kabutops (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Kabutops and two Omastar are the bosses in Brine Cave.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Kabutops 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

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Deep-Sea Floor
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm thirsty... Find me some prey!
26%-50% HP	Aww... My health is cut in half so soon?
1%-25% HP	I fear the worst... I can't begin to wave my scythes...
Level Up	There! I leveled! My scythes gained sharper edges!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 0.5%	IQ Group: E

Evolution

Unevolved Kabuto  Rock  Water

Level 40 →

First evolution Kabutops  Rock  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			File:Spr 2c 141 s.gif
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 141 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Kabutops Fossil Sprites Image from Pokémon Red and Green Image from Pokémon Red and Blue Image from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trivia

• "Lantis," from the word "Atlantis," was the prototype name for Kabutops.
• In Generation I, Kabutops had a large diamond shaped plate on its back that was replaced in Generation II by a horn-like extension of its head.

Origin

Similarly to how Kabuto is based on horseshoe crabs, it resembles eurypterids, prehistoric arthropods which hunted in seas and rivers and are believed to have been related to modern horseshoe crabs. The large head is also identical to the cephlon in trilobites and the spines down the back resemble thoracic sections in trilobites, though the scythes and predatory nature much more closely resemble eurypterids.

Name origin

The kabuto in Kabutops's name could be derived from 兜 kabuto, helmet, referring to its shape and rock-like properties. Its head has a resemblance to a 兜蟹 kabutogani, horseshoe crab. Tops might mean that it is the "the top" in its evolutionary line. It could also be a reference to the extinct creature triceratops, ceratopsidae in general or triops.

In other languages

• German: Kabutops
• French: Kabutops
• Korean: 투구푸스 Tugupuseu

External links

Notes

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