Wooper (Pokémon)

Wooper ウパー Upah

Artwork from HG/SS

Types Species  Water  Ground  Water Fish Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Damp or Water Absorb 1,000,000 Pokédex National #194 Johto #056 Hoenn #339* Sinnoh #117 Browser Fiore R— Almia R— Height Weight 1'04" 18.7 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Blue 255 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Water 1, Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 52 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wooper (Japanese: ウパー Upah) is a dual-type Water/Ground Pokémon.

It evolves into Quagsire starting at level 20.

Biology

Physiology

Wooper bears a resemblance to a real-life animal known as an Axolotl. Wooper stands upright, and has a large tail. Wooper also has gills coming out of the side of its head, and what look like gills on its torso.

Gender differences

Female Wooper have smaller gills on the sides of their heads.

Special abilities

Behavior

Wooper tend to be dull-witted Pokémon as implied in Trouble in Big Town. They tend to be oblivious to their surroundings. They also share this trait with their evolution Quagsire.

Habitat

Water's-edge Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Wooper and Quagsire in the anime

Wooper made its anime debut in No Big Woop.

A gang of Wooper appear in Pikachu & Pichu in the Pichu Brothers' posse. One of these were one of the Pichu Brother's best friends in Pichu Bros. in Party Panic.

A few baby Wooper appeared at Mr. Shellby's house in Extreme Pokémon!

A Wooper was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A couple of Wooper were seen in the greenhouse in Sweet Baby James.

A Wooper was also one of the Pokémon that Ash and friends were taking care of while Nurse Joy was ill in Pinch Healing!.

Several Wooper appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

A Wooper also made an appearance in Like It Or Lup It!.

Several Wooper and a Quagsire made an appearance in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Wooper appeared in Camping It Up!.

A Wooper appeared in Up Close and Personable!.

A Wooper also appeared in A Lean, Mean, Team Rocket Machine.

Three Wooper appeared in Doc Brock!.

A Wooper also appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In Volume 8, a conman uses a swarm of Wooper as a part of his game stall.

In the TCG

Main article: Wooper (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Out of all the Pokéfloats, Wooper spends the most time on-screen. It first appears when play is on Slowpoke's tail and it then floats past Sudowoodo, Snorlax, Venusaur, and Seel before finally floating away from play. While its head is small, players can also stand on the gills.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Wooper is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.9%	Friend Area: Peanut Swamp
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I might be damp, but I have a cheerful character!
26%-50% HP	What's going on? My health is halfway down already?
1%-25% HP	I'm ready to flop... My body's drying out...
Level Up	Whoopee! Level up for me!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: G

Evolution

Unevolved Wooper  Water  Ground

Level 20 →

First evolution Quagsire  Water  Ground

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			File:Spr 2c 194 s.gif
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 194 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 194 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Although Wooper has no arms, it can still learn Ice Punch.
• The blue Pokémon mini was modeled after Wooper.
• Wooper is one of the first Pokémon to have its gender difference revealed in Generation IV, along with Scizor.

Origin

Wooper seems to be based on a larval axolotl, which have flat tails and feathery, external gills.

Name origin

Wooper's English name appears to be based directly on its Japanese name, Upah/"Wooper". Upa is drived from "Wooper Looper", a marketing term created in Japan that started a pet salamander raising fad in Japan. Wooper Loopers (or "Upa") are the Japanese term for the larval stages of the axolotl, a species of salamander.

In other languages

• German: Felino
• French: Axoloto - From axolotl.
• Korean: 우파 Upa

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.