Alomomola (Pokémon)

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Alomomola ママンボウ Mamanbou #594
Art by Ken Sugimori from Black and White
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Nursing Pokémon
Abilities Hydration or Healer Healer Blue-Striped ----- Regeneration Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 800,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova #100 Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3'11" Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 69.7 lbs. Imperial 31.6 kg Metric 69.7 lbs./31.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Pink	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Water 1 and Water 2 groups 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 165 Battle Exp.: 1651*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Alomomola (Japanese: ママンボウ Mamanbou) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Alomomola is a pink fish Pokémon with darker pink markings on its body and fins. Its main body is heart-shaped. It has large dorsal and ventral fins, each divided into four sections and tipped with a paler pink. It seems to lack a proper tail fin. Its eyes are round with a mark that appears to be an eyelash extending up and back toward the rest of the body. Below the eyes are small dark pink marks.

Gender differences

Special abilities

Alomomola is capable of healing Pokémon.

Behavior

If Alomomola finds an injured Pokémon floating at sea, Alomomola will heal the Pokémon's wounds and carry it back to shore.

Habitat

Diet

In the anime

Alomomola in the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

An Alomomola makes an appearance in In The Shadow of Zekrom!, as a wild Pokémon. It was the first Pokémon in the Unova region that Ash saw.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Alomomola (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Canon	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM55	Boiling Water	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	HM05	Waterfall	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
	HM06	Dive	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alomamola Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Alomamola

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	—	100%	20
	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—%	30
	Pain Split*	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Refresh	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Tickle	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Alomamola in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Alomamola in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Alomamola Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Alomamola

By tutoring

Special moves

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Evolution

Does not evolve Alomomola  Water

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation IV.
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Due to their similar appearance, Alomomola was originally thought to be an evolution of Luvdisc.
• Alomomola and Feraligatr and Electivire are the only Pokémon to have more than four syllables in their name, with five
• Alomomola is one of four Pokémon whose name is a palindrome, the others being Eevee, Girafarig, and Ho-oh.
• All of its special abilities relate to healing, either of HP or status afflictions. Its own or a teammate's.

Origin

Alomomola appears to be a combination of an ocean sunfish and a heart. Due to its hand-like fins and heart shaped body, it may have been inspired by the Claddagh ring. Its ability to heal other Pokémon may be inspired by the doctor fish.

Name origin

Alomomola comes from Mola mola, the scientific name for the ocean sunfish, and "mom", referencing its status as the Nursing Pokémon. In addition, the name may also come from the Hawaiian aloha, meaning "love" or "affection"; this is evidenced with Alomomola's heart-like shape and the ocean sunfish's preference to tropical areas, such as Hawaii. The name Alomomola is also a palindrome. Mamanbou could be derived from 翻車魚 manbō, the Japanese word for the ocean sunfish, and "Mama".

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