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Ekans アーボ Arbo #023
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Poison ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Snake Pokémon
Abilities Intimidate or Shed Skin Shed Skin Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #023 Johto #050 Hoenn #225 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 6'7" Imperial 2 m Metric 6'7"/2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 15.2 lbs. Imperial 6.9 kg Metric 15.2 lbs./6.9 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 255 (33.3%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground and Dragon groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 62 Battle Exp.: 621*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Ekans (Japanese: アーボ Arbo) is a Poison-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Like actual snakes, Ekans will lash out with a bite when frightened by anything it sees as a threat. If one happens to be bitten by a young Ekans, they are very lucky. An Ekans doesn't posses the ability to add poison to its bite until after it evolves into an Arbok.

Habitat

Ekans live in grassy savannas and plains.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Jessie had an Ekans that eventually evolved into an Arbok.

A poacher had captured a bunch of Ekans in AG006.

Ekans was part of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate! Special. Gengar commanded the Poisonous Snake Pokémon to eat all the berries Team Go-Getters collected. At one point, Ekans was incorrectly referred to as Arbok by Gengar. While this was an intentional error that Ekans rebuked in the original version (due to the similarities in the Japanese names), this came across as a general mistake in the dub and was corrected in reairings of the episode.

In the manga

Koga has an Ekans in Pokémon Special.

A twin pair of Ekans are antagonists in Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure.

In the TFG

One Ekans figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Ekans

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

Moves silently and stealthily. Eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.

Pokémon Yellow

The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest.

Pokémon Stadium

Slithers silently through grass, searching for its favorite food--Pidgey and Spearow eggs.

Pokémon Gold

It can freely detach its jaw to swallow large prey whole. It can become too heavy to move, however.

Pokémon Silver

It always hides in grass. When first born, it has no poison, so its bite is painful, but harmless.

Pokémon Crystal

It flutters the tip of its tongue to seek out the scent of prey, then swallows the prey whole.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. Assuming this position allows it to quickly respond to a threat from any direction with a glare from its upraised head.

Pokémon Emerald

An Ekans curls itself up in a spiral while it rests. This position allows it to quickly respond to an enemy from any direction with a threat from its upraised head.

Pokémon FireRed

A very common sight in grassland, etc. It flicks its tongue in and out to sense danger in its surroundings.

Pokémon LeafGreen

Moving silently and stealthily, it eats the eggs of birds, such as Pidgey and Spearow, whole.

Game locations

In side games

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ekans is a member of Team Meanies. It attempted to climb Wish Cave with Medicham but collapsed on the first floor.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

In Generation I, the effectiveness of bug-type moves is 200.

Learnset

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By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

• Beat Up
• Disable
• Poison Fang
• Poison Tail
• Pursuit
• Scary Face
• Slam
• Spite

Evolution

Trivia

Ekans was originally going to use its Japanese name,"Arbo", as its English name.

Origin

It appears to be based upon a boa and rattlesnake.

Name origin

Ekans's name is snake spelled backwards. Arbo is cobra spelled backwards with the c removed. When the kana in its name is reversed, however, it becomes a slightly corrupted boa.

In other languages

• German: Rettan
• French: Abo - most likely an anagram of boa
• Korean: 아보 Abo
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 阿柏蛇 Á Bó Shí

Related articles

• Jessie's Ekans

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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