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Terapagos Tera Pokémon テラパゴス Terapagos #1024 Normal Form Terastal Form Stellar Form Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Types Normal Unknown Normal Form Normal Unknown Terastal Form Stellar Unknown Stellar Form Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Tera Shift Normal Form Tera Shell Terastal Form Teraform Zero Stellar Form Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Terastal Form Cacophony Stellar Form
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time Unknown cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Normal Form 1'00" 0.3 m Terastal Form 5'07" 1.7 m Stellar Form 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 14.3 lbs. 6.5 kg Normal Form 35.3 lbs. 16.0 kg Terastal Form 169.8 lbs. 77.0 kg Stellar Form 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV Unknown	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 1-4 Normal Form 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Terastal Form 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed Stellar Form 3 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape Other forms may have other shapes.	Footprint Terastal Form
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship Unknown
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Terapagos (Japanese: テラパゴス Terapagos) is a Normal-type Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IX, with The Indigo Disk.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Terapagos has three forms: Normal Form, Terastal Form, and Stellar Form. When it enters a battle, it changes from its Normal Form into its Terastal Form through its Tera Shift Ability, and transfroms into its Stellar Form when Terastallizing.

Terastal Form Terapagos is the game mascot of The Indigo Disk, appearing in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

Terapagos plays an important role in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Biology

Normal Form Terapagos is a small, reptilian Pokémon that resembles a dark blue turtle. The body is light-blue with a shell shaped like a crystal with a white hexagon on top of it. The neck and legs each have a green star and ring rub. Each foot has three toes. It has a blue tail with a green star at the end. It has two light blue eyes with rouge rimming. It has a diamond shape on its forehead and two ear-like diamonds on both sides of its head. Finally, it has a green diamond ponytail with light and dark purple at the end.

Normal Form Terapagos is said to have a splendid aura. It is a small and weak Pokémon, but when necessary, it can crystallize the energy in its body to form a protective shield. It is also capable of assuming a dormant state when it needs to slumber or when its life is in danger, pulling its head, limbs, and tail into its shell and shrinking in size which makes itself look like a jewel^[1]. This species appears to be capable of living for millions of years while slumbering within its crystal shell. Terapagos can take on multiple distinct appearances^[2], between them, its Normal, Terastal and Stellar forms. It's thought that this species existed in ancient times in the Paldea region until it got caught in seismic shifts, presumably causing it to go extinct, but in reality, it caused it to get trapped underground for thousands of years. This seemingly happened over two million years ago, creating the deep caves in Area Zero where Terapagos slumbers.

Heath is the one who coined Terapagos's name and discovered it.^[3] Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V did research on it this Pokémon while in Area Zero. Terapagos assumes Normal Form when not battling and moving around. The Area Zero journals and the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V describe Terapagos, implying that this Pokémon is responsible for the Terastal phenomenon, this is ultimately confirmed to be the case in the Pokédex. Many for a long time believed Terapagos was fake and that Heath made it up, but Briar proved its existence by writing her own book about it. Terapagos is capable of time-traveling and can bring humans from the past temporarily. The Terastal energy it produces can be used to power up AI-powered robots and time machines, bringing Paradox Pokémon from past or future to the present era. Terapagos can influence a Tera Orb with the ability to Terastallize with no charging drawbacks. Terapagos is the source and creator of the Stellar type. Unlike other Pokémon, it always receives the full benefits of the Stellar Tera Type, even outside of Tera Raid Battles.

Terapagos is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Tera Starstorm. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Tera Shift, Tera Shell, and Teraform Zero as Abilities. Its Tera Type is fixed as Stellar and cannot be changed at the Treasure Eatery.

Forms

Terapagos has three forms: Normal Form, Terastal Form, and Stellar Form. Terapagos can fly in its Terastal and Stellar forms.

Terastal Form Terapagos

Terastal Form Terapagos is a reptilian Pokémon that resembles a light-blue turtle. Terapagos has two light blue eyes with rouge rimming, while the rest of its head is a deeper shade of indigo. Its head is also decorated with small diamond protrusions, with two on top of its head and two more on either side. It has two small hands with 3 fingers each that barely poke out of its fur. Its fur is voluminous, its color varying with a gradient between a greenish yellow and sky blue. A second patch of fur also appears behind its shell, vaguely forming three separate tails.

Terapagos's shell is made out of crystal, with 18 irregular pentagons on top decorated with differently colored symbols that resemble all 18 type icons. On the center of its shell is a small hexagonal protrusion, with a white hexagon on top of it with triangular extensions on each corner that connects it to the edges of the protrusion, slightly resembling the icon for the Terastal phenomenon. The sides of its shell also have three obtuse pentagons each on the rim of the shell; however, these are a solid light blue color.

Terapagos transforms into Terastal form when it is either in danger or about to battle. Its sturdy shell and Terapagos itself is claimed by Briar to be made of crystallized Terastal energy. The shell allows Terpagos to absorb energy and store it within itself. When using beam-like attacks, Terapagos pulls its hands and head into its shell, transform its mane into its tails and shoot the attack from the diamond in its center. When Terapagos absorbs enough energy or through Tera Orb, it will Terastallize into its Stellar Form. This form has been referred to as The Indigo Disk.

Stellar Form Terapagos

Stellar Form Terapagos emanates an energy field in the shape of a dome beneath itself, surrounded by crystals bearing each of the type icons with their respective colors. The rest of its body takes on a rainbow-like hue, and its central crystal grows into a crown-like structure covered in jewels corresponding to the type icons, topped with a miniature version of its Normal Form and the icon for the Terastal Phenomenon floating above it.

Stellar Form Terapagos is believed to be its true form and at full power. Heath was the one who discovered this form. This form is said to resemble the world that the ancient humans had seen in ancient times. Heath in his journal described it as looking like a planet floating in space. This form of Terapagos has an abnormal amount of Terastal energy amplified to the highest it can get. Terapagos can lose control of its Stellar Form, with the risk of causing havoc to the Paldea ecosystem. In this form, Terapagos can resist even going back into a powerful Poké Ball like the Master Ball, even destroying it. Stellar Form Terapagos is capable of creating multiple Tera Raid Barriers by absorbing Terastal energy from other Terastallized Pokémon, even causing their Terastallized state to be broken in the process. It can even change its type temporarily. However, it does have a limit to how many barriers it can create. This form has been referred to as The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

• Terapagos pendant form PH.png

  Terapagos in its dormant state

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  All the type icons on Terapagos' back, as seen on its Monster Collection figure

Normal Form	Terastal Form	Stellar Form

In the anime

Normal Form Terapagos in the anime

Terastal Form Terapagos in the anime

Major appearances

Terapagos (anime)

Normal Form Terapagos debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All: Part Two, where it was revealed that Liko's pendant is actually its dormant form. It briefly awakened again in HZ012. In HZ023, it awakened permanently and is currently travelling with the Rising Volt Tacklers. It first transformed into its Terastal Form in HZ033.

Minor appearances

In the manga

Normal Form Terapagos in Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Pocket Monsters ~ Liko's Treasure ~

Normal Form Terapagos appeared in PMLT02, playing the same role as it does in the anime.

Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~

Terapagos appeared in both chapters of Pocket Monsters ~Pucchigumi SP~, playing the same role as it does in the anime.

Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Terapagos appeared in DVT05 alongside Liko.

In the TCG

Main article: Terapagos (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Indigo Disk: Terapagos is a major character and boss in the games. It has been slumbering in the depths of Area Zero for around 2 million years, causing the creation of the Terastal phenomenon. It was found and named by Heath over 200 years ago and researched by Professor Sada^S/Professor Turo^V 10 years ago, remaining asleep until the present day.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Normal Form

Terastal Form

Stellar Form

Type effectiveness

When Terapagos possesses the Stellar type, it receives neutral damage from all types.

Learnset

Terapagos is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM112 TM112 Aura Sphere Fighting Special 08080 00—}}—% 20 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM123 TM123 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM124 TM124 Ice Spinner Ice Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM165 TM165 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM189 TM189 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM210 TM210 Supercell Slam Electric Physical 100100 095}}95% 15 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Terapagos Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Terapagos

By breeding

Side game data

Normal Form

Terastal Form

Stellar Form

Form data

Outside of a battle, Terapagos is always in its Normal Form. When it enters a battle for the first time, it changes from its Normal Form into its Terastal Form through its signature Ability Tera Shift, and stays like that until the end of the battle. Terastal Form Terapagos also has Tera Shift replaced by its other signature Ability Tera Shell. If Terastal Form Terapagos terastilizes during a battle, it transforms into Stellar Form, whose Tera Type is Stellar. Terapagos cannot have its Tera Type changed at the Treasure Eatery, and in its Stellar Form, has Tera Shell replaced by its third signature Ability Teraform Zero.

Normal Form Terapagos  Normal

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Terastal Form Terapagos  Normal

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Stellar Form Terapagos  Normal

Evolution data

Unevolved Terapagos  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

Stellar Form Terapagos Sketch in the Scarlet/Violet Books

• Before the official reveal of Terapagos, a sketch of its Stellar Form appeared in the Scarlet Book^S/Violet Book^V, drawn by Heath in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
• In the closed captions of the initial TV Tokyo broadcast of HZ023, Terapagos was mistakenly referred to as コダイカメ Kodaikame (from 古代亀 kodaikame, literally "ancient turtle").^[4][5]
  • Internally, Terapagos is referred to as "kodaikame", which, coupled with the anime's mistake, implies that this may have been its prototype name.
• Terapagos is the only Pokémon with an EV yield total of more than three, with its Terastal Form having a total of four.
  • Terapagos is also the only Pokémon with a different EV yield total between each of its forms, with Normal having one, Terastal having four, and Stellar having three.
• While Terapagos as a species has a 50-50 gender ratio, the only Terapagos encounter is set to always be male. Because of this, a female Terapagos cannot currently be legitimately obtained.
• Terapagos cannot have its Tera Type be changed under normal circumstances in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Even if the game is modified to force Terapagos to have a different Tera Type, the game will softlock upon trying to Terastallize, forcing the player to restart the console. It shares this distinction with Ogerpon.
• Terapagos is the only Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that is able to learn moves through TMs, but cannot learn Tera Blast.

Origin

Terapagos may be based on a sea turtle, specifically the Galápagos green turtle, a population of green sea turtles found around the Galápagos Islands. It may also be based on the Galápagos tortoise. Its hairy appearance may be a reference to Japanese legends of the minogame, a turtle which lived for 10,000 years and grew a tail made of seaweed.

Terapagos may also reference the World Turtle, a mythical turtle found in various mythologies that was said to carry the world upon its back. By extension, Terapagos's Stellar Form may be a reference to the expression "turtles all the way down", as it has a crystal in the shape of its Normal Form above its shell, and it floats on top of a larger dome shaped like a turtle shell. The expression "turtles all the way down" refers to the idea that the World Turtle rests on the back of a larger turtle, and that turtle rests on the back of an even larger turtle, and so on.

The tessellation on Terapagos's shell contains type icons. It could also be based on the unique pattern on the back of the diamondback terrapin.

Terapagos's crystalline composition may also take inspiration from chitons, marine mollusks with flat disk-shaped bodies and eye-like peripherals composed of rock.

Name origin

Terapagos may be a combination of Terastal, terrapin, and galápagos (a Spanish word for turtles, most recognizable because of the Galápagos Islands).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese テラパゴス Terapagos From Terastal, terrapin, and galápagos or Galápagos Islands French Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name German Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Italian Terapagos Same as English/Japanese name Korean 테라파고스 Terapagoseu Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 太樂巴戈斯 / 太乐巴戈斯 Tàilèbāgēsī Transcription of the Japanese name and 太晶化 Tàijīnghuà Cantonese Chinese 太樂巴戈斯 Taailohkbāgwōsī Transcription of the Japanese name and 太晶化 Taaijīngfa

More languages

Normal Form

Language Title Japanese ノーマルフォルム Normal Forme Chinese Cantonese 普通形態 Póutūng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 普通形態 / 普通形态 Pǔtōng Xíngtài French Forme Normale German Normalform Italian Forma Normale Korean 노말폼 Normal Forme Spanish Forma Normal

Terastal Form

Language Title Japanese テラスタルフォルム Terastal Forme Chinese Cantonese 太晶形態 Taaijīng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 太晶形態 / 太晶形态 Tàijīng Xíngtài French Forme Téracristal German Terakristall-Form Italian Forma Teracristal Korean 테라스탈폼 Terastal Forme Spanish Forma Teracristal

Stellar Form

Language Title Japanese ステラフォルム Stella Forme Chinese Cantonese 星晶形態 Sīngjīng Yìhngtaai Mandarin 星晶形態 / 星晶形态 Xīngjīng Xíngtài French Forme Stellaire German Stellarform Italian Forma Astrale Korean 스텔라폼 Stella Forme Spanish Forma Astral

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