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Cubone カラカラ Karakara #104
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Ground ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Lonely Pokémon
Abilities Rock Head or Lightningrod Lightningrod Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #104 Johto #203 Hoenn Expression error: Unexpected > operator. Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 87 Battle Exp.: 871*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=cubone|ndex=104|name=Cubone }}

Cubone (Japanese: カラカラ Karakara, German: Tragosso, French: Osselait) is a Ground-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue

Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this POKéMON's real face.

Pokémon Yellow

Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.

Pokémon Stadium

Always wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and never shows its face. It cries mournfully in the moonlight.

Pokémon Emerald

It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull it wears are from its tears.

Pokémon FireRed

It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly.

Name origin

Cubone's name might be a combination of cute and bone. Karakara may be taken to mean からから, clattering. It is worth noting that karakara denotes lighter clattering than garagara.

Cubone's name for Enlish audiences was originally going to be "Orphon".

Base stats

Type effectiveness

RBY

Later versions

In the anime

Cubone first appeared in EP009 under the ownership of Giselle. She used Cubone against Ash's Pikachu.

Cubone also appeared in EP047 as an injured Pokémon.

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