Mantine (Pokémon)

Mantine マンタイン Mantain
Artwork from GSC
Types	Water/Flying
Species	Kite Pokémon
National Dex	#226
Johto Dex	#197
Hoenn Dex	#365*
Sinnoh Dex	#141
Fiore Browser	R-116
Almia Browser	R-091
Height	6′11″ (2.1m)
Weight	485.0 lbs. (220.0kg)
Abilities	Swift Swim or Water Absorb
Egg group	Water 1
Time to hatch	6,400 steps
Effort yield	2 SpD
Exp. yield	168 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Purple
Catch rate	25
Footprint
Body style
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Mantine (Japanese: マンタイン Mantain) is a dual-type Water/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves from Mantyke by level-up with a Remoraid in the party.

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 3 In the manga 3.1 Pokémon Special 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.5.5 Special moves 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Mantine are large manta ray Pokémon with dark top and a light underside. They are mostly flat in shape with huge wing-like flippers. They have a long streaming tail in the back and two hornlike-feelers in the front. They also possess two pairs of gill slits on their underside and ring-like patterns on its top-side.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Mantine has the ability to Fly out of the water if it gains enough speed.

Behavior

Mantine are mostly docile. They allow Remoraid to latch onto themselves. When they build up speed, they jump out of the water.

Habitat

Mantine like to live in large open seas.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Mantine is probably a filter-feeder that lives on plankton.

In the anime

Mantine first appeared as a dreamed up Pokémon in Spell of the Unown. Molly Hale used it against Misty's Staryu.

Mantine was also used by a trainer that was searching for the Silver Feather in Mantine Overboard.

In Just Add Water, Mantine appeared under the ownership of Dorian, owner of the unofficial Coastline Gym.

Brock's mother, Lola, owns a Mantine which was used in her battle against Brock's Onix in A Family That Battles Together, Stays Together.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Jack Walker uses his capture styler on one of these Kite Pokémon so it can help Jack get away from The Phantom during the begining of the movie.

In Steamboat Willies!, a Mantine which belongs to the owner of a ship helps Ash and Dawn save the ship from falling off a water fall.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Gold encounters a Mantine as he floats in the sea in Volume 12, which helps him in his attempt to defeat Lugia, powered by the Remoraid Gold received for flight transport.

Mantine is seen as one of the Pokémon swimming in the headquarters of Team Aqua.

In the TCG

Main article: Mantine (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	As it majestically swims, it doesn't care if Remoraid attach to it for scavenging its leftovers.
	Silver	Swimming freely in open seas, it may fly out of the water and over the waves if it builds up enough speed.
	Crystal	It swims along freely, eating things that swim into its mouth. Its whole body is very coarse.
	Stadium 2	As it majestically swims, it doesn't care if Remoraid attach to it for scavenging its leftovers.
III	Ruby	On sunny days, schools of Mantine can be seen elegantly leaping over the sea's waves. This Pokémon is not bothered by the Remoraid that hitches rides.
	Sapphire	On sunny days, schools of Mantine can be seen elegantly leaping over the sea's waves. This Pokémon is not bothered by the Remoraid that hitches rides.
	Emerald	On sunny days, schools of Mantine can be seen elegantly leaping over the waves. It is not bothered by the Remoraid that hitches rides.
	FireRed	Swimming freely in open seas, it may fly out of the water and over the waves if it builds up enough speed.
	LeafGreen	As it majestically swims, it doesn't care if Remoraid attach to it for scavenging its leftovers.
IV	Diamond	When the waves are calm, one may encounter a swarm Mantine swimming as if they are in flight.
	Pearl	It swims elegantly, mindless of Remoraid hitching on to its broad fins. It has a docile nature.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
II	Gold	Silver	Rare	Route 41
	Crystal		Rare	Route 41
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Trade
	Emerald		None	Trade
	FireRed	LeafGreen	Rare	Tanoby Ruins, Trainer Tower
	Colosseum		One	Pyrite Town (Shadow)
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	None	Evolve Mantyke
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Sea

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 14 Endless Level 12 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Grand Sea (30F)
Pokémon Ranger	Safra Sea
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Miracle Sea (B1-B18) Deep Miracle Sea (B1-B4)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Puel Sea Sea of Wailord

Mantine will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:

4 ? ? N 2 2 ... ? ? Q 6 J

H 3 ? ♂ 8 4 7 0 J N ? W

Objective: Escort Kirlia to Mantine on floor 3 of Tiny Woods.

Base stats

HP:	65
Attack:	40
Defense:	70
SpAtk:	80
SpDef:	140
Speed:	70

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Rock : 2×  Electric : 4×	Fighting : ½×  Bug : ½×  Steel : ½×  Fire : ½×  Water : ½×	Ground : 0×	Normal : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Grass : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Ice : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×
Notes: If Gravity is used or this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball, the effectiveness of  Ground-type  moves is 1×. If this Pokémon has Water Absorb, the effectiveness of  Water-type  moves is 0×.

Learnset

Mantine is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Start	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	10	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
Start	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15	Beauty	0
Start	Tackle	Normal	Physical	35	95%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Bubble	Water	Special	20	100%	30	Cute	2 ♥♥
Start	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Start	BubbleBeam	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
4	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
10	BubbleBeam	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
13	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
19	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
22	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100%	35	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
28	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
31	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
37	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
40	Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85%	5	Cute	1 ♥
46	Aqua Ring	Water	Status	—	—%	20	Beauty	0
49	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	10	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM55	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
HM05	Defog	Flying	Status	—	—%	15	Beauty	0
HM07	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Wooper, Quagsire Remoraid, Octillery Wingull, Pelipper Surskit, Masquerain Feebas, Milotic	Haze	Ice	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Corsola Feebas, Milotic Shellos, Gastrodon	Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Wooper, Quagsire Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Corphish, Crawdaunt Feebas, Milotic Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Shellos, Gastrodon	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Seel, Dewgong Omanyte, Omastar Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Marill, Azumarill Wooper, Quagsire	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Magikarp, Gyarados Marill, Azumarill Feebas, Milotic	Splash	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	0
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Milotic Wingull, Pelipper	Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100%	20	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Seel, Dewgong Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr Lombre, Ludicolo Wingull, Pelipper Surskit, Masquerain Milotic Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Bidoof, Bibarel Buizel, Floatzel	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Air Cutter	Flying	Special	55	95%	25	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85%	5	Cute	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Dive	Water	Special	80	100%	10	Beauty	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	70%	5	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100%	15	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15	Beauty	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 33+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	???		Wing Attack	Flying
--			Supersonic	Normal
--			BubbleBeam	Water
--			Take Down	Normal

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common