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Grafaiai (Japanese: タギングル Taginguru) is a dual-type Poison/Normal Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Grafaiai is described as being moody with a fastidious nature for details. It prefers to travel alone. As a result, it often gets into territory fights with other Pokémon. Grafaiai uses a poison saliva to either slash foes or spit at them. The color of the saliva's poison varies depending on diet. Should Grafaiai sense danger, its poison becomes a concerted toxin that can immobilize a victim for about three days once absorbed. Grafaiai is nocturnal, only active during the night. Durning the night, it licks its hands and fingers with poison in order to draw patterns on trees. This not only marks Grafaiai's territory, it draws in Bug-type Pokémon with its sweet scent. This leaves the prey trapped until Grafaiai goes to collect it during dawn.[1]
Trivia
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Grafaiai.
- Grafaiai was first teased[2] on August 29th, 2022 through the official Pokémon Twitter account by showing pictures of the patterns it paints. It got a second teaser[3] on August 30th, 2022 showing it as an obscured shadow before being properly revealed[4] on September 1st, 2022.
Origin
Grafaiai may have been based on the aye-aye and a graffiti artist.
Name origin
Grafaiai may be a combination of graffiti and aye-aye.
Taginguru may be a combination of tagging (form of graffiti signature) and 猿 saru (monkey).
In other languages
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Title
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Meaning
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 Japanese
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タギングル Taginguru
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From tagging and 猿 saru
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 French
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Tag-Tag
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From tag with the name formatted similarly to aye-aye
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 Spanish
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Grafaiai
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Same as English name
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 German
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Affiti
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From Affe and Graffiti
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 Italian
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Grafaiai
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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태깅구르 Taeginggureu
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From tagging and 구르다 gureuda
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 Mandarin Chinese
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塗標客 / 涂标客 Túbiāokè
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From 塗鴉 / 涂鸦 túyā, 標籤 / 标签 biāoqiān, and 客 kè
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 Cantonese Chinese
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塗標客 Tòuhbīuhaak
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From 塗鴉 tòuh'ā, 標籤 bīuchīm, and 客 haak
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