Milotic (Pokémon)

Milotic ミロカロス Milokaross

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Type Species  Water  Tender Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Marvel Scale 600,000 Pokédex National #350 Johto #— Hoenn #141 Sinnoh #139 Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 20'04" 357.1 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Pink 60 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Water 1, Dragon 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 Exp. 213 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Milotic (Japanese: ミロカロス Milokaross) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Feebas by level-up when Feebas's Beauty condition is high.

Biology

Physiology

Milotic's appearance is similar to that of a sea serpent, and it is likely based on an Oarfish. Milotic’s sinuous body is mostly cream in coloration, with red eyes and three black dots down its neck. The top of its head is long, with a point at the end, and long, thin red ‘eyebrows’ extending from above its eyes and thicker, also red-colored hair-like fins draping from the sides of the head. Its lower tail is covered with blue and pink scales, with striations of black, and four large scales, blue with red spots in the middle, overlap at the tip of the tail to look like a fan. Milotic is described in the Pokédex as breathtakingly beautiful.

Gender differences

The female's eyebrow fins are longer than the male's. Also, in Pokémon Platinum the female's antennae are colored blue when it is shiny.

Special abilities

Milotic have the ability to calm their enemies by removing their negative feelings, this suggests that they possess empathetic abilities similar to some species of Psychic-type Pokémon.

Behavior

Milotic is a peaceful Pokémon that typically tries to avoid battles. It appears to dislike conflict, and will even appear before arguing humans in an attempt to calm their minds. It is a historically significant Pokémon, and has been depicted in many works of art.

Habitat

Water's-edge Pokémon

Milotic are divinely rare. They live at the bottom of large lakes.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Johanna and her Milotic in Dawn's dream in Malice in Wonderland.

Milotic first appeared under the ownership of Robert in Win, Lose or Drew!. Robert used Milotic again for the Grand Festival.

Juan's Milotic was first seen in The Great Eight Fate!. Juan used it against Ash for the Gym Battle in the following episode, being his strongest and last Pokémon.

Battle Pike Queen Lucy used a Milotic to battle against Ash's Donphan and Pikachu in Queen of the Serpentine. Lucy's Milotic defeated the former of the two and lost to the latter.

In Malice in Wonderland!, a Feebas under the ownership of Johanna evolved into a Milotic, though it was only an illusion created by Mismagius.

Wallace and his Milotic.

A Milotic appeared in the boss fantasy of A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine.

A Milotic appeared in Our Cup Runneth Over! under Wallace's ownership as his main Contest Pokémon.

A Milotic also appeared in the opening of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, under the ownership of Tower Tycoon Palmer.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Ruby's Feebas evolved into Milotic after Ruby declared that it had inner beauty. Mr. Briney had shown him a picture of one, making Ruby want to find one for himself.

In the TCG

Main article: Milotic (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Flame Orb (100%)
* Certain items may have been given out at multiple events.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 4	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Waterfall Lake
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Everyone seems to find my appearance captivating.
26%-50% HP	Oh-oh... Only half my HP remains...
1%-25% HP	I'm near fainting... I hope I faint while I still look good...
Level Up	I've leveled up. It seems to have enhanced my beauty!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 4	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: H

Evolution

Unevolved Feebas  Water

Level up with max Beauty →

First evolution Milotic  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• In the anime, all of the Milotic that appeared were under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator, a part-time Coordinator or a Frontier Brain.
• In the official Prima Strategy Guide for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Milotic was erroneously stated to have the Torrent ability.
• In many ways, Milotic is the Hoenn counterpart of Kanto's Gyarados. Both are the evolved forms of incredibly weak fish Pokémon, and both appear in times of conflict, Milotic to becalm, Gyarados to destroy. Both have base stat totals of 540, the only difference being the distribution of their stats: Milotic is more defensively based while Gyarados is more offensively based.
  • It is also possible it is meant to be a contest version of Gyarados - because Gyarados was introduced in the first generation, and Milotic was introduced in the first generation with Pokémon contests. This is fortified by Milotic's emphasis being on its beauty, while Gyarados' emphasis is on its power.
• Milotic is the only Pokémon so far to have a particular gender difference visible only in its shiny form in Platinum: female shiny Milotic have blue eyebrows while males have red ones. This is apparently a coloring error, as the Diamond and Pearl and HeartGold and SoulSilver sprites have the normal red. Considering that the HeartGold and SoulSilver sprites of all other Generation III Pokémon remain unchanged from Platinum, this is highly likely to be the case.
• Although Milotic's Pokémon Sapphire Pokédex entry states its body glows pink, its Pokémon Emerald sprite depicts it as glowing blue.

Origin

Milotic may be based loosely on sirens, mythical creatures who can hypnotize with their voice to make men attracted to them. An argument can also be made for the possibility it is loosely based on the Loch Ness Monster. Its similarity to Dragonair suggests as basis in sea serpents or sea dragons as well. It has anatomical similarities with the oarfish, with a pale, elongated body and extended, red dorsal fins.

Name origin

Milotic's name may be a combination of aquatic or melodic and Milo, as in the sculpture Venus de Milo, which is known for being an example of beauty, and like Milotic, possesses no arms. Milotic also has a wide range of healing and defensive moves, so its name may also be a variation on mitotic, descriptive of the healing process of a body part through mitosis.

Milokaross may be a combination of the aforementioned Milo and the Greek καλλονή kalloni, meaning beauty or Χάρις charis, beauty, elegance, charm, or grace. See also Charites.

In other languages

• German: Milotic
• French: Milobellus - From Venus de Milo and bella (Italian for "pretty").
• Korean: 밀로틱 Milotic

Related articles

• Mimi

External links

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