Rotom (Pokémon)
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| Rotom ロトム Rotom | |
 Artwork from D/P | |
| Types | Electric/Ghost |
|---|---|
| Species | Plasma Pokémon |
| National Dex | #479 |
| Johto Dex | #— |
| Hoenn Dex | #— |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R— |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Height | 1′00″ (0.3m) |
| Weight | 0.7 lbs. (0.3kg) |
| Ability | Levitate |
| Egg group | Indeterminate |
| Time to hatch | 5,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 SpA, 1 Spd |
| Exp. yield | 132 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,000,000 exp. |
| Gender | — |
| Pokédex color | Red |
| Catch rate | 45 |
| Body style | 
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Rotom (Japanese: ロトム Rotom) is a dual-type Electric/Ghost Pokémon.
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Biology
Physiology
Rotom looks similar to Castform, but Rotom has no real relation to any other species, since it doesn't have any evolutions or pre-evolutions. Rotom has a body of plasma. Even though Rotom is classified as being an Electric/Ghost type, it possesses traits that aren't usually normal for something that's supposed to be spirit, such as the need to eat, being able to faint and somehow reproducing. Rotom themselves are shaped like lightning rods, while the blue electricity around them takes the appearance of lightning.
Gender differences
Rotom is a genderless species.
Special abilities
Rotom can creep into electric appliances and short them out.
Behavior
It is mischievous, apparently shorting out electrical appliances just for the fun of it.
Habitat
Most likely electrical appliances. One of them had been discovered inside a TV.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
As with most Electric Pokémon, Rotom probably feeds on electricity.
In the anime
In the manga
In the TCG
- Main article: Rotom (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
|---|---|---|
| IV | Diamond | Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc. |
| Pearl | Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | One | TV in Old Chateau (Night only) |
In side games
| Game | Location |
|---|---|
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) | Midnight Forest (B10-B20) |
Rotom will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using the following Wonder Mail code:
- 8HTR MY9+ K6+@
- NT=M 9Q6R 38@5
- Objective: Escort Rotom to floor 4 of Tiny Meadow.
Base stats
| HP: | 50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack: | 50 | |
| Defense: | 77 | |
| SpAtk: | 95 | |
| SpDef: | 77 | |
| Speed: | 91 |
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
Notes:
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Learnset
Rotom is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
| Generation IV | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Trick | Psychic | Status | — | 100% | 10 | Smart | 0 |
| Start | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100% | 15 | Smart | 3 ♥♥♥
|
| Start | Thunder Wave | Electric | Status | — | 100% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
|
| Start | ThunderShock | Electric | Special | 40 | 100% | 30 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
|
| Start | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
|
| 8 | Uproar | Normal | Special | 50 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
|
| 15 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | —% | 15 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
|
| 22 | Shock Wave | Electric | Special | 60 | —% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
|
| 29 | Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 | Smart | 0 |
| 36 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Smart | 1 ♥
|
| 43 | Charge | Electric | Status | — | —% | 20 | Smart | 0 |
| 50 | Discharge | Electric | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
Evolution
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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 | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III. | |||||||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
| Image:Spr 4p 479.png | 
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| Image:Spr 4p 479 s.png | 
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For other sprites and images, please see Rotom images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- When Rotom is encountered, the music is the same as legendary encounters although it is not classified as one. Rotom is, to date, the only non-legendary Pokémon to do this. Cresselia and Shaymin do the opposite, being the only legendaries for which the normal wild battle music plays.
- Rotom has the same height and weight as the lake trio.
- It is the only Generation IV Pokémon not in the Sinnoh Dex that is neither legendary nor an evolution of a Pokémon from previous generations.
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Rotom.
- Rotom is one of three Ghost-types whose color isn't in the black or purple category. The others are Shedinja (brown) and Froslass (white).
- Rotom is one of the two Electric-types who are immune to Ground-type moves, the other being Zapdos.
- Rotom is one of the only two Ghost-types that cannot learn Psychic, the other being Shedinja.
Origin
Rotom appears to be based of off Pulseman, who was actually designed by Pokémon designer Ken Sugimori, although it may also be inspired by the unexplained phenomenon of ball lightning. Its Pokédex entry brings to mind the legend of the gremlin.
Name origin
Rotom is the word motor backwards; this may refer to the fact that motors make many appliances go, while Rotom make them fail. Its name may also come from rotation and atom. Its French name, Motisma, comes from moteur and plasma.
In other languages
External links
| This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |
