Porygon (Pokémon)
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| Porygon ポリゴン Porygon | |
 Artwork from FR/LG | |
| National Dex | #137 |
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| Johto Dex | #215 |
| Hoenn Dex | #292 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R-103 |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Type | Normal |
| Species | Virtual Pokémon |
| Height | 2′07″ (0.8m) |
| Weight | 80.5 lbs. (36.5kg) |
| Abilities | Trace |
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| Egg group | Mineral |
| Time to hatch | 5,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 SpA |
| Exp. yield | 130 base exp. |
| Lv100 at | 1,000,000 exp. |
| Gender | — |
| Pokédex color | Pink |
| Catch rate | 45 |
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Porygon (Japanese: ポリゴン Porygon) is a Normal-type Pokémon best known for its ability to change shape at will to fit its needs, shared only with Ditto.
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Biology
Physiology
Porygon is the first artificial Pokémon that was ever created. It was created by Pokémon Lab according to a Pokémon Report found in Silph Co.. Porygon has a pink polygonal body with a blue stomach, blue triangular prism feet and a blue rectangular prism tail. Porygon has a pink, polygonal head that ends in a blue beak and has hexagon eyes. It does not breathe. Porygon is made completely out of programming code. Built into this code is a Silph copyright protection preventing duplication through electronic means.
Gender differences
Porygon is a genderless species.
Special abilities
In Generation I, Porygon's move, Conversion, alters its own type to its opponent's type.
Porygon is capable of using various Ice and Electrical attacks, along with a few Psychic abilities, the rare ability to wield Tri Attack and the one-of-a-kind ability to use Sharpen.
Even though Porygon is an unevolved and non-legendary Pokémon, it can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
Porygon, and its evolved forms, Porygon2, and Porygon-Z, are the only known Pokémon that learn Conversion and Conversion 2. Porygon is also the only known Pokémon that learns Sharpen.
Behavior
Habitat
Porygon, because they're man-made, are generally found in computers or in labs and other buildings working with people, which makes it almost uncatchable. However, Porygon are found wild in Sinnoh's Trophy Garden.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
Porygon is completely artificial and doesn't need to eat. However, it is still seen eating Pokémon food in Pokémon Snap.
In the anime
Porygon has only appeared in the banned episode, Electric Soldier Porygon. This episode caused seizures to almost 700 children in Japan due to a flashing strobe effect, and was therefore never aired again anywhere in the world. Since then, Porygon and its evolutions have never appeared in another episode.
A Porygon made a cameo during the "World of Pokémon" opening narration of the first five movies.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
Green obtains a Porygon during his time in Celadon City, and it has since then become a core member of his team. Prior to Volume 13, it has evolved into Porygon2.
In the TCG
- Main article: Porygon (TCG)
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
Porygon pops out of a garage door on top of a building in the Saffron City stage.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Porygon is a Pokéfloat. When the fighting is on Slowpoke's tail, three will travel across the top of the screen. However, they move too quickly to land on and so are little more than decoration in practice.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| I | Red | A Pokémon that consists entirely of programming code. Capable of moving freely in cyberspace. |
| Blue | ||
| Yellow | The only Pokémon people anticipate can fly into space. None has managed the feat yet, however. | |
| Stadium | A man-made Pokémon that consists entirely of programming code. It is capable of moving freely in cyberspace. | |
| II | Gold | It is a manmade Pokémon. Since it doesn't breathe, people are eager to try it in any environment. |
| Silver | A manmade Pokémon that came about as a result of research. It is programmed with only basic motions. | |
| Crystal | An artificial Pokémon created due to extensive research, it can perform only what is in its program. | |
| Stadium 2 | It is a manmade Pokémon. Since it doesn't breathe, people are eager to try it in any environment. | |
| III | Ruby | Porygon is capable of reverting itself entirely back to program data and entering cyberspace. This Pokémon is copy-protected so it cannot be duplicated by copying. |
| Sapphire | Porygon is capable of reverting itself entirely back to program data and entering cyberspace. This Pokémon is copy-protected so it cannot be duplicated by copying. | |
| Emerald | It is capable of reverting itself entirely back to program data in order to enter cyberspace. A Porygon is copy-protected so it cannot be duplicated. | |
| FireRed | Using the most advanced technologies, scientists finally succeeded in making the first artificial Pokémon. | |
| LeafGreen | A Pokémon that consists entirely of programming code. Capable of moving freely in cyberspace. | |
| IV | Diamond | The world's first artificially created Pokémon. It can travel through electronic space. |
| Pearl | The world's first artificially created Pokémon. It can travel through electronic space. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| I | Pokémon Red and Blue | Rare | Rocket Game Corner |
| Pokémon Yellow | Rare | Rocket Game Corner | |
| II | Pokémon Gold and Silver | Rare | Rocket Game Corner |
| Pokémon Crystal | Rare | Rocket Game Corner | |
| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | None | Trade |
| Pokémon Emerald | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Rare | Rocket Game Corner | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | None | Trade | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Rare | Trophy Garden |
| Pokémon Platinum | Unknown | ||
| Pal Park | Field |
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Snap | River |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Secret Storage 1 Huge Storage 5 Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Buried Relic (5F-10F) |
| Pokémon Ranger | Dusk Factory |
Porygon 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:
- 1 ? 5 8 T 5 + ? 4 J 7 8
- W S ? 7 F ? ? R N Q ? X
- Objective: Rescue Porygon on floor 4 of Thunderwave Cave.
Base stats
| HP: | 65 | |
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| Attack: | 60 | |
| Defense: | 70 | |
| Special: | 75 | |
| SpAtk: | 85 | |
| SpDef: | 75 | |
| Speed: | 40 |
The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.
Type effectiveness
| Weakness | Resistance | |
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The numbers written above are correct if Porygon hasn't changed its type using Conversion or Conversion 2.
Learnset
Porygon is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
Note: With the use of Conversion or Conversion 2, any move can theoretically become a STAB for Porygon.
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
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| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Common |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: 7.6% | Friend Area: Decrepit Lab |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | there is nothing that science cannot achieve. | |
| 26%-50% HP | hp down 50 percent. | |
| 1%-25% HP | system error. polygons are falling apart. | |
| Level Up | level elevation achieved. science is victorious. | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
Group: 
| Loops: 3 | Minimum Experience: 42 |
| Poké Assist: None | Field Move: None | Maximum Experience: 62 |
| Porygon makes itself invisible to confuse enemies and interfere with capture. | ||
Evolution
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Basic
Porygon
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Sprites
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
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| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
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| Image:Spr 3r 137 s.png | Image:Spr 3e 137 s.gif | Image:Spr 3f 137 s.png | Image:Spr b g3 137 s.png | ||||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
| Image:Spr 4d 137.png | Image:Spr 4p 137.png | Image:Spr b g4 137.png | |||||
| Image:Spr 4p 137 s.png | Image:Spr b g4 137 s.png | |||||
For other sprites and images, please see Porygon images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Porygon is the only Pokémon that evolves by trade twice: Once holding the Up-Grade into Porygon2, and a second time (as Porygon2) into Porygon-Z when holding a Dubious Disc.
- Electric Soldier Porygon, which featured Porygon, caused seizures and irritated eyes. It was not Porygon itself, but Pikachu's Thunderbolt which caused the problematic blue and red flash - even so, neither Porygon nor its evolutions have been seen in the anime since, except for the intro to one of the movies.
- Porygon is the only Pokémon who evolves into a smaller Pokémon, then evolves into a larger Pokémon
- Despite being "copy protected" by Silph Co., Porygon can be bred, and of course, be cloned.
- Porygon's evolutionary line is the only three-stage evolutionary line that has all three knowing Giga Impact and Hyper Beam.
- Porygon have three signature moves, along with Vespiquen the most out of all Pokémon. It should be noted that before Generation III, Porygon actually had four signature moves, the fourth being Zap Cannon, thusly meaning it had the most signature moves. However, in Generation III, Zap Cannon was accessible to many other Pokémon meaning it could no longer be classified as a "true" signature move.
- Porygon is one of five Pokémon that initially, did not evolve into or from another Pokémon, but now is part of a three-stage evolutionary line (the other four being Chansey, Magmar, Electabuzz, and Roselia). However, unlike the others, Porygon got two evolutions, while the others got a pre-evolution and a new evolution.
- Porygon and its evolutions are the only Pokémon that do not have some relation to the number three to learn Tri-Attack.
- There is evidence lending to the idea that Porygon may have been created by Team Rocket. In Generation I, Porygon is only obtainable through a Team Rocket-run establishment. Not to mention, Porygon was developed in Pokémon Lab, which presumably has some connection to the Pokémon Mansion, where Mewtwo was supposedly created in the games. And in the anime, Team Rocket was responsible for the creation of Mewtwo. Also, the only in-game trainers that use Porygon are in league with Team Rocket (Scientist Gideon in FR/LG and Scientist Rich in the Radio Tower in GSC).
Origin
It appears to be based on the concept of an origami crane made with primitive 3D graphics software.
Name origin
Porygon's name is a mix between polygon and origami. It may also reflect the stereotype that Japanese people pronounce their 'L' sounds as 'R' sounds, Porygon being a mispronunciation of polygon.
In other languages
Related articles
External links
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