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Poliwhirl ニョロゾ Nyorozo #061
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Tadpole Pokémon
Abilities Water Absorb or Damp Damp Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #061 Johto #073 Hoenn #248 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height '3"3 Imperial 1 m Metric '3"3/1 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 4.1 lbs. Imperial 20 kg Metric 4.1 lbs./20 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 120 (15.7%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Water 1 group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 131 Battle Exp.: 1311*
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

Poliwhirl (Japanese: ニョロゾ Nyorozo) is a Water-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Poliwhirl live in small freshwater ponds and lakes, usually ones that have an abundance of lily pads.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Misty had a Poliwhirl that she caught as a Poliwag; it eventually evolved into a Politoed.

In the Manga

Red's first Pokémon was a Poliwhirl (aparently caugth as a Poliwag and evolved before the first episode), it knows powerful attacks like Ice Beam. It evolved in Vermilion City while saving Red from drowning in the sea due to the specks of Water Stone present in the water.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

It can live in or out of water. When out of water, it constantly sweats to keep its body slimy.

Pokémon Yellow

Under attack, it uses its belly spiral to put the foe to sleep. It then makes its escape.

Pokémon Gold

The swirl on its belly subtly undulates. Staring at it may gradually cause drowsiness.

Pokémon Silver

The skin on most of its body is moist. However, the skin on its belly spiral feels smooth.

Pokémon Crystal

Though it is skilled at walking, it prefers to live underwater where there is less danger.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

The surface of Poliwhirl's body is always wet and slick with an oily fluid. Because of this greasy covering, it can easily slip and slide out of the clutches of any enemy in battle.

Pokémon Emerald

Its body surface is always wet and slick with an oily fluid. Because of this greasy covering, it can easily slip and slide out of the clutches of any enemy in battle.

Pokémon FireRed

Its two legs are well developed. Even though it can live on the ground, it prefers living in water.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Note: if Poliwhirl has Water Absorb, the effectiveness of Water attacks will be 0.

Learnset

Template:Evolved learnset introMoves in Italics aren't STAB for Poliwhirl, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

The spiral pattern on its belly is supposed to represent how the intestines of tadpoles can sometimes be seen through their transparent skin.

Name origin

Poliwhirl appears to be a combination of polliwog and whirl, referring to the spiral on its stomach. Its Japanese name may come in part from ニョロニョロ nyoronyoro, the sound of slithering.

In other languages

• German: Quaputzi
• French: Tetarte - têtard means tadpole. The remainder likely comes from arte, meaning art.
• Korean: 수륙챙이 Suryukchaengi

Related articles

• Misty's Poliwhirl

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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