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Height
3'11" Imperial
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1.2 m Metric
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3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
144.4 lbs. Imperial
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65.5 kg Metric
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144.4 lbs./65.5 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 2
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Atk 0
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 127
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Battle Exp.: 1271*
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Lickitung (Japanese: ベロリンガ Beroringa) is a Normal-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Lickilicky when leveled up while knowing Rollout.
Biology
Physiology
Lickitung is a bipedal Pokémon with a thick, powerful tail. It has soft, pink skin with semicircular yellow markings on its belly, and fully circular markings on its knees. It has small, beady eyes, and its hands have thumb-claws and circular yellow markings on the undersides. The most famous feature Lickitung possesses is a long prehensile tongue, which it uses to manipulate objects and possibly, to consume them. Aside from being very receptive to all sorts of tastes, its tongue is very dexterous. The tongue is very likely connected to its huge tail, as when it is extended, the tail quivers.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
The licks from their 6'6"-long tongue can paralyze foes and leave a tingling sensation. Their saliva is gooey and sticks to everything. Their tongues are shown to be quite strong, as they can lift Trainers with it, which was shown in Deceit and Assist.
Behavior
These Pokémon appear to be like Slowpoke, rather easy-going and almost dopey, hence having Own Tempo and Oblivious as abilities. They also like to lick things they come across, but get put-off by some sour substances. They do not mean harm when they lick people for food traces. Lickitung also uses its tongue to lick its body clean.
Lickitung, being heavy Pokémon, use their weight to their advantage with a large portion of their attacking strategies. For instance, they are capable of using Stomp, Slam or Rollout.
Habitat
Lickitung are a rare sight, usually staying in dense forests near large bodies of water. They are very rare in Kanto, but seem to be far more common in Johto and Sinnoh.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Lickitung uses its tongue to catch prey, and thusly seems to be a carnivore.
In the anime
Major appearances
Lickitung was first seen in Princess Versus Princess. Jessie captured it and used in the Princess Festival Tournament against Misty. After defeating Ash's Pikachu and Bulbasaur and Brock's Vulpix, it lost to Misty's Psyduck. Jessie accidentally traded her Lickitung for Benny's Wobbuffet in Tricks Of The Trade.
Other
Multiple Lickitung were among the Pokémon attempting to reach Shamouti Island in The Power of One, with some successfully crossing the ocean, and others remaining stranded.
Minor appearances
A Lickitung was one of the sick Pokémon in a Pokémon Center in Carrying On!.
A Lickitung appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.
A Lickitung was one of the Pokémon competing in the Pokémon Sumo Wrestling in Ring Masters.
In Extreme Pokémon!, a Lickitung appeared with its Trainer, participating in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
A Lickitung appeared in a flashback in If the Scarf Fits, Wear It! before evolving into Lickilicky.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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EP052
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Lickitung
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Ash's Pokédex
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Lickitung, the Licking Pokémon. It uses a tongue that is more than twice the length of its body to battle, as well as to gather food.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Pokémon Adventures, Lickitung is one of the Pokémon seen in Gold's house.
Later, in Volume 11, a quad of Lickitung becomes attracted by the scent of Crystal's newly evolved Bayleef.
Later, already late into the Diamond & Pearl arc, Diamond's map was stolen by a Lickitung and he attempts to capture it, but instead it evolves to a Lickilicky and provides him a challenge.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Giovanni sent out Lickitung to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!.
In the TCG
- Main article: Lickitung (TCG)
Other appearances
Lickitung is a Pokéfloat. As fighting moves to the left, Lickitung will extend its tongue which must be used as a stepping stone to continue.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Its tongue can be extended like a chameleon's. It leaves a tingling sensation when it licks enemies.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Its tongue spans almost 7 feet and moves more freely than its forelegs. Its licks can cause paralysis.
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Stadium
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Its tongue, twice its body's length, moves around freely to catch prey. Its licks cause a tingling sensation.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated.
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Silver
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Its long tongue, slathered with a thick gooey saliva, sticks to anything, so it is very useful.
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Crystal
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It has a tongue that is over 6'6" long. It uses this long tongue to lick its body clean.
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Stadium 2
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Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Whenever Lickitung comes across something new, it will unfailingly give it a lick. It does so because it memorizes things by texture and by taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things.
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Sapphire
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{{{sapphiredex}}}
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Emerald
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Whenever it sees something unfamiliar, it always licks the object because it memorizes things by texture and taste. It is somewhat put off by sour things.
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FireRed
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Its tongue is twice the length of its body. It can be moved like an arm for grabbing food and attacking.
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LeafGreen
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Its tongue can be extended like a chameleon's. It leaves a tingling sensation when it licks enemies.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Instead of hands, it uses its tongue, which is twice its height. Its sticky saliva grips anything.
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Pearl
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{{{pearldex}}}
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Platinum
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When it extends its over-six-foot-long tongue, its tail quivers. There is a possibility they are connected.
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HeartGold
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Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated.
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SoulSilver
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Its long tongue, slathered with a gooey saliva, sticks to anything, so it is very useful.
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Generation V
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Black
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When it extends its over-six-foot-long tongue, its tail quivers. There is a possibility they are connected.
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White
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{{{whitedex}}}
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Black 2
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Being licked by its long, saliva-covered tongue leaves a tingling sensation. Extending its tongue retracts its tail.
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White 2
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{{{white2dex}}}
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
In events
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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90
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150 - 197
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290 - 384
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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Total: 385
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 60.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lickitung
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Lickitung
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Origin
It may have been based on any number of lizards with extending tongues, particularly the blue-tongued skink or maybe even chameleons. It also shares traits with anteaters. Lickitung could also be an iguanodon, as it shares its characteristic "thumbs" with it.
Name origin
Lickitung is a combination of lick and a corruption of tongue.
Beroringa may be derived from べろ bero (tongue), ベロベロ berobero (onomatopoeia for licking), and possibly ring (referring to the patterns on its body) or a corruption of the English word lingua (which refers to a tongue or an organ resembling a tongue).
In other languages
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Title
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Japanese
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ベロリンガ Beroringa
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From べろ bero and ring or lingua
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French
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Excelangue
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From excellent and langue
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Spanish
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Lickitung
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Same as English name
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German
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Schlurp
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From slurp
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Italian
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Lickitung
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Same as English name
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Korean
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내루미 Naerumi
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Based on the sound 낼름낼름 naelrum-naelrum
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Mandarin Chinese
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大舌頭 / 大舌头 Dàshétóu
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Literally "Big tongue"
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Cantonese Chinese
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大舌頭 Daaihsihttàuh
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Literally "Big tongue"
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Related articles
External links
Notes
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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