Lickitung (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Lickitung (disambiguation).

Lickitung ベロリンガ Beroringa #108
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type  Normal   Normal   Normal   Normal   Normal   Normal	Species Licking Pokémon
Abilities Own Tempo or Oblivious Oblivious Cloud Nine Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #108 Johto #180* Hoenn #276* Sinnoh #161Pt Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia R— Oblivia (past) N— Not in any regional Browser
Height 3'11" Imperial 1.2m Metric 3'11"/1.2m 0.0m	Weight 144.4lbs Imperial 65.5kg Metric 144.4lbs/65.5kg 0.0kg
Dex color Pink	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 45 5.9%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Monster group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 127 Battle Exp.: 1271*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Lickitung (Japanese: ベロリンガ Beroringa) is a Normal-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Lickilicky when leveled up while knowing Rollout.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 2.1 Major appearances 2.1.1 Jessie's Lickitung 2.1.2 Other 2.2 Minor appearances 2.3 Pokédex entries 3 In the manga 3.1 Pokémon Adventures 4 In the TCG 5 Other appearances 5.1 Super Smash Bros. Melee 6 Game data 6.1 Pokédex entries 6.2 Game locations 6.2.1 In side games 6.3 Held items 6.4 Stats 6.4.1 Base stats 6.4.2 Pokéathlon stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.6.4 By tutoring 6.6.5 Special moves 6.6.6 Dream World-only moves 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 Related articles 10 External links 11 Notes

Biology

Physiology

Lickitung is a bipedal Pokémon with a thick, powerful tail. It has soft, pink skin with semicircular yellow markings on its belly, and fully circular markings on its knees. It has small, beady eyes, and its hands have thumb-claws and circular yellow markings on the undersides. The most famous feature Lickitung possesses is a long prehensile tongue, which it uses to manipulate objects and possibly, to consume them. Aside from being very receptive to all sorts of tastes, its tongue is very dexterous. The tongue is very likely connected to its huge tail, as when it is extended, the tail quivers.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

The licks from their 6'6"-long tongue can paralyze foes and leave a tingling sensation. Their saliva is gooey and sticks to everything. Their tongues are shown to be quite strong, as they can lift Trainers with it, which was shown in Deceit and Assist.

Behavior

These Pokémon appear to be, like Slowpoke, rather easygoing and almost dopey, hence having Own Tempo and Oblivious as abilities. They also like to lick things they come across, but get put-off by some sour substances. They do not mean harm when they lick people for food traces. Lickitung also uses its tongue to lick its body clean.

Habitat

Lickitung are a rare sight, usually staying in dense forests near large bodies of water. They are very rare in Kanto, but seem to be far more common in Johto and Sinnoh.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Lickitung uses its tongue to catch prey, and thusly seems to be a carnivore.

In the anime

Major appearances

Jessie's Lickitung

Lickitung was first seen in Princess Versus Princess. Jessie captured it and used in the Princess Festival Tournament against Misty. After defeating Ash's Pikachu and Bulbasaur and Brock's Vulpix, it lost to Misty's Psyduck. Jessie accidentally traded her Lickitung for Benny's Wobbuffet in Tricks Of The Trade.

Other

Minor appearances

A Lickitung appeared in a flashback in If the Scarf Fits, Wear It! before evolving into Lickilicky.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP052 Lickitung Ash's Pokédex Lickitung, the Licking Pokémon. It uses a tongue that is more than twice the length of its body to battle, as well as to gather food. This concludes the entries from the original series.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In Pokémon Adventures, Lickitung is one of the Pokémon seen in Gold's house.

Later, in Volume 11, a quad of Lickitung becomes attracted by the scent of Crystal's newly evolved Bayleef.

Later, already late into the Diamond & Pearl chapter, Diamond's map was stolen by a Lickitung and he attempts to capture it, but instead it evolves to a Lickilicky and provides him a challenge.

In the TCG

Main article: Lickitung (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Lickitung is a Pokéfloat. As fighting moves to the left, Lickitung will extend its tongue which must be used as a stepping stone to continue.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I. Generation I Red Blue Its tongue can be extended like a chameleon's. It leaves a tingling sensation when it licks enemies. Yellow Its tongue spans almost 7 feet and moves more freely than its forelegs. Its licks can cause paralysis. Stadium Its tongue, twice its body's length, moves around freely to catch prey. Its licks cause a tingling sensation. Generation II Gold Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated. Silver Its long tongue, slathered with a thick gooey saliva, sticks to anything, so it is very useful. Crystal It has a tongue that is over 6'6" long. It uses this long tongue to lick its body clean. Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire Whenever Lickitung comes across something new, it will unfailingly give it a lick. It does so because it memorizes things by texture and by taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things. Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald Whenever it sees something unfamiliar, it always licks the object because it memorizes things by texture and taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things. FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed Its tongue is twice the length of its body. It can be moved like an arm for grabbing food and attacking. LeafGreen Its tongue can be extended like a chameleon's. It leaves a tingling sensation when it licks enemies. Generation IV Diamond Pearl Instead of hands, it uses its tongue, which is twice its height. Its sticky saliva grips anything. Diamond Pearl Platinum {{{dpptdex}}} Diamond {{{diamonddex}}} Pearl {{{pearldex}}} Platinum When it extends its over-six-foot-long tongue, its tail quivers. There is a possibility they are connected. HeartGold SoulSilver {{{hgssdex}}} HeartGold Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated. SoulSilver Its long tongue, slathered with a gooey saliva, sticks to anything, so it is very useful. Generation V Black White When it extends its over-six-foot-long tongue, its tail quivers. There is a possibility they are connected. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I. Generation I Red Blue One Route 18 (Trade Slowbro) Blue (Japan) Rare Safari Zone Yellow Rare Cerulean Cave Generation II Gold Silver Common Route 44 Crystal Common Route 44Day Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen One Route 18 (Trade GolduckFR, SlowbroLG) Colosseum None Trade XD One Citadark Isle (Shadow) Generation IV Diamond Pearl Swarm Lake Valor Platinum Uncommon Route 215 HeartGold SoulSilver Uncommon Route 44, Safari Zone Pal Park Field Generation V Black White Rare Challenger's Cave Dream World Pleasant Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Channel	Cobalt Coast
Pokémon Pinball	Cycling Road
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 15 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Western Cave (37F-44F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Marine Resort (B1-B19) Lost Wilderness (B1-B17)
My Pokémon Ranch	Random trade with Hayley *
Pokémon Rumble	Windy Prairie‎
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Meadow: Everspring Valley, World Axle - B1F

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Bitter Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Diamond	Pearl	Lagging Tail (5%)
Platinum
Ranch		TM44 (Rest) (100%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Lagging Tail (5%)
Black	White	Lagging Tail (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 90	150 - 197	290 - 384
Attack: 55	54 - 117	103 - 229
Defense: 75	72 - 139	139 - 273
Sp.Atk: 60	58 - 123	112 - 240
Sp.Def: 75	72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 30	31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 385   Other Pokémon with this total
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 60.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 2/3 ★★☆	Power 3/4 ★★★☆
Skill 2/3 ★★☆	Stamina 4/5 ★★★★☆
Jump 2/3 ★★☆	Total 13/18 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Resistant against Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Unaffected by Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Damaged normally by Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 1× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 0× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 1× Grass 1× Electric 1× Psychic 1× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Lick	Ghost	Physical	20	100%	30
5	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20
9	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
13	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	20	100%	20
17	Wrap	Normal	Physical	15	90%	20
21	Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	100%	20
25	Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
29	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75%	20
33	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
37	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
41	Me First	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
45	Refresh	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
49	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
53	Power Whip	Grass	Physical	120	85%	10
57	Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100%	5
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Lickitung obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lickitung Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70%	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15
	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	30	100%	15
	TM67	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100%	5
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM82	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90%	10
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100%	15
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lickitung Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	Belly Drum	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
	Magnitude*	Ground	Physical	—	100%	30
	Muddy Water	Water	Special	95	85%	10
	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	SmellingSalt*	Normal	Physical	60	100%	10
	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15
	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Lickitung in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Lickitung in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lickitung Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Lickitung can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Lickitung cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lickitung Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 38+	Purified moves
Shadow Panic	Shadow		Helping Hand	Normal
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Double-Edge	Normal
--			Defense Curl	Normal
--			Rollout	Rock

Dream World-only moves

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV
Event	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Dream World	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	85	90%	20
Dream World	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
A superscript level indicates that Lickitung can learn this move normally in Generation V at that level Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lickitung Click on the generation numbers at the top to see event moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch	Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.6% Friend Area: Sky Blue Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP Are you sweet? Spicy? Salty? 26%-50% HP I'm not feeling healthy at half HP! 1%-25% HP I can't keep up... My tongue's gone all dry... Level up Yippee! There's my level! I want to lap things up! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Yippee! There's my level! I want to lap things up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: G
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.

Evolution

Unevolved Lickitung  Normal

Level up knowing Rollout →

First evolution Lickilicky  Normal

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White				Back

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

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Lickitung was originally known as "Tonguetyd".
• Even though it was repeatedly stated to attack using licks, it was not able to learn Lick until Generation II.
• Prior to Generation IV, Lickitung can learn Rollout by TM04 during Generation II, or when purified in Pokémon XD or tutored the move in Pokémon Emerald. In Generation IV, Lickitung needs to know the move Rollout to evolve into Lickilicky. This makes Lickitung and Piloswine the only Pokémon which meet their Generation IV evolution criteria in games of prior generations.
• Its Red/Blue and LeafGreen Pokédex data compares Lickitung's extensible tongue to that of a chameleon, a real-world lizard.
• Lickitung was incorrectly referred to as a Fighting-type Pokémon in the Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Prima game guide.
• Lickitung's name was misspelled "Likitung" in the Kanto Pokérap.

Origin

It may have been based on any number of lizards with extending tongues, particularly the blue-tongued skink or maybe even chameleons. It also shares traits with anteaters. Lickitung could also be an iguanodon, as it shares its characteristic "thumbs" with it.

Name origin

Lickitung's name is a combination and corruption of lick and tongue. The bero in Beroringa may be derived from べろ bero, tongue, ベロベロ, berobero, an onomatopoeia for a licking sound, or べろべろ嘗める beroberonameru, to lick up with one's tongue. Ringa is most likely derived from English ring, referring to the patterns on its body. It is also possible that ringa is a corruption of the English word lingua, which refers to a tongue or an organ resembling a tongue [1].

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Schlurp From slurp. French Excelangue From excellent and langue. The name as a whole sounds like excellent. Korean 내루미 Naerumi Based on the sound 낼름낼름 naelrum-naelrum, which is the Korean ideophone for licking. Chinese (Mandarin) 大舌頭 / 大舌头 Dàshétóu Literally "Big tongue". Chinese (Cantonese) 大舌頭 Daaihsihttàuh Same as Mandarin name.

Related articles

• Jessie's Lickitung

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

Notes

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