Arcanine (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Arcanine (disambiguation).

Arcanine Legendary Pokémon ウインディ Windie #059 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fire Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Intimidate or Flash Fire Cacophony Cacophony Justified Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 75% male, 25% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 6'03" 1.9 m Arcanine 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 341.7 lbs. 155.0 kg Arcanine 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 213 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 194 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Arcanine 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 70
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

Arcanine (Japanese: ウインディ Windie) is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Growlithe when exposed to a Fire Stone.

Biology

Arcanine is a quadruped, canine Pokémon with an orange pelt marked by jagged black stripes. It has diamond-shaped ears with beige insides, black eyes, a round, black nose, and two pointed teeth protruding from its upper jaw. Its head, muzzle, and chest are covered in shaggy, beige fur, except for two oval sections around each eye and ear. Long tufts of fur grow behind its elbows and around its ankles. Its underside is black, and it has a billowing, beige tail that is bent in the middle. Each paw has three toes and a round, pink pad.

Arcanine is a fiercely brave and loyal Pokémon. It is capable of running 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers) in 24 hours with a speed and grace reminiscent of flight. Additionally, the move Extreme Speed was its signature move in the past. Arcanine has long been admired for its beauty and speed, and anyone who hears its bark will grovel before it. The source of its power is a flame blazing wildly inside its body. Being the result of an evolution via evolutionary stone, Arcanine is rarely found in the wild, but when found, it is usually seen living in prairies, and Pokémon Snap has also shown it living in active volcanoes. In the anime, it was shown that it stashes food in its mane and carries it to its nest for its young.

In the anime

In the main series

Arcanine in the anime

Major appearances

Gary's Arcanine

Gary has an Arcanine that was first seen in The Battle of the Badge, where it faced off against Giovanni in a Gym battle. Gary later used Arcanine to help him in the Extreme Pokémon Race in Extreme Pokémon!, during which it competed against Ash's Bayleef.

Other

Ash battled an Arcanine in Fire and Ice. This Arcanine was under the ownership of Pete Pebbleman and was his final Pokémon. Despite the type disadvantage, Pete's Arcanine easily defeated Kingler by dodging its Bubble attack and using Dragon Rage. Pikachu managed to defeat the Arcanine with a Thunderbolt attack after its Fire Blast melted the Ice Field.

Three Arcanine appeared in The Stolen Stones, one under the ownership of Keegan and two belonging to his sister Ramona. Keegan's Arcanine was nicknamed Arcky. The Fire-type Pokémon were used to deliver some Fire Stones that were meant to be used as prizes for a local Fire Pokémon tournament. Keegan and Ramona later used their Arcanine to save Ash, Misty, and Brock from falling off a cliff.

In On Cloud Arcanine, Drew and May wanted to capture an Arcanine for use in a Pokémon Contest. When it was discovered that the Pokémon had a litter of Growlithe puppies to take care of, the two rivals decided to leave Arcanine alone.

In Tactics Theatrics!!, Tucker used the "Fiery Fleet-Footed" Arcanine along with a Swampert to battle Ash and his Swellow and Corphish at the Battle Dome. Both Tucker's Pokémon were eventually defeated after a hard-fought battle.

Marley owns an Arcanine, as seen in Keeping In Top Forme! during flashbacks. Marley first used Arcanine when she first attacked by Team Rocket to send them blasting off, and later used Arcanine to escape when she was confronted by them again.

Minor appearances

An Arcanine appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

An Arcanine appeared in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.

An Arcanine appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

An Arcanine appeared in Team Rocket's fantasy in Imitation Confrontation.

A Trainer's Arcanine appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, where it and its Trainer were seen in a field by Eggseter.

An Arcanine and a Growlithe were acting as security guards for a penthouse in Training Daze.

Multiple Arcanine appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

An Arcanine appeared in Arriving in Style!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Stylist. They both participated in the Hearthome Collection.

A Trainer's Arcanine appeared in Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, where it was seen participating in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that Team Rocket had set up.

Pokédex entries

In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Arcanine in the animated trailer

An Arcanine appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of Nate. It was first seen battling against a Team Plasma Grunt's Seviper alongside Hugh's Samurott.

Arcanine in Pokémon Origins

Arcanine in Pokémon Generations

In Pokémon Origins

Blaine's Arcanine appeared in File 3: Giovanni.

Arcanine appeared in File 4: Charizard, where Blue used it to battle Red at the Pokémon League.

In Pokémon Generations

An Arcanine appeared in The Chase, under the ownership of an International Police SWAT team. It was used during the raid on the Viridian Gym, during which it melted one of its walls down with Flamethrower.

In the manga

Arcanine in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Archy

In Holy Moltres, Blaine's Arcanine fights members of Team Rocket.

An Arcanine owned by Evan appeared in Putting It on the Line...Against Arcanine, where it helped in training Blaine's Mewtwo by setting the rocks thrown by the trainer's Haunter on fire.

In Rock, Paper...Scizor, Blue catches a wild Arcanine. He adds it to his Gym team and trains it to the point of being able to defeat any challenger without his Trainer present.

Crystal has an Arcanine, nicknamed Archy, which first appeared in Slugging It Out with Slugma. She uses him for transportation at times. He is able to hit targets fast and hard using Extreme Speed. As explained in a flashback in Lively Larvitar, Arcanine was a wild Pokémon from Mt. Mortar whose left eye was injured five years before. The cause is revealed to be a Larvitar prankster, which Crystal later manages to catch, regaining the confidence that was ruined by her failed capture of Suicune.

An Arcanine appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Marley has an Arcanine that was first seen battling Buck's Claydol in Leaping Past Lopunny.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Blaine sent out Arcanine during the battle portion of the Pokémon Quiz Battle in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Quiz Battle!!.

Red caught an Arcanine off-screen in The Pokémon Banana League (Part 1).

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Arcanine is Blaine's battling Pokémon. It went up against Satoshi's Charmeleon and lost.

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Main article: Gary's Arcanine

Gary's main Pokémon is an Arcanine, which is usually used as a means of transportation. It debuted in Ash vs. Gary.

In the TCG

Main article: Arcanine (TCG)

Other appearances

Detective Pikachu

Two Arcanine appeared in Detective Pikachu.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*
Emerald*		Rawst Berry (100%)
Events*		Charcoal (100%)	Leftovers (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 TM01 Headbutt Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM03 TM03 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM04 TM04 Teleport Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM05 TM05 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM07 TM07 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM08 TM08 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM09 TM09 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM11 TM11 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM12 TM12 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM19 TM19 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TM27 TM27 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM34 TM34 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM37 TM37 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM39 TM39 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM44 TM44 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM45 TM45 Solar Beam Grass Special 200200 100}}100% 10 TM46 TM46 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM48 TM48 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM49 TM49 Superpower Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM05 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM20 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM22 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM35 TM35 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM38 TM38 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM43 TM43 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM50 TM50 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM61 TM61 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM93 TM93 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM95 TM95 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15 Burn Up Fire Special 130 100% 5 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30 Fire Spin Fire Special 35 85% 15 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100% 15 Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 Howl Normal Status — —% 40 Iron Tail* Steel Physical 100 75% 15 Morning Sun Normal Status — —% 5 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Arcanine in Generation VII 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 Arcanine in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation VII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Ember Fire Special 40 100% 25 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30 Helping HandSM Normal Status — —% 20 Flame Wheel Fire Physical 60 100% 25 Reversal Fighting Physical — 100% 15 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Flame Burst Fire Special 70 100% 15 Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 Retaliate Normal Physical 70 100% 5 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 Heat WaveSM Fire Special 95 90% 10 OutrageSM Dragon Physical 120 100% 10 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

By events

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Scorched Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP No one can keep up with my speed! 26%-50% HP My health has dropped to half. Better be careful. 1%-25% HP It's no good... I can't build up my speed anymore... Level up All right! That's a level up! I'll go for it!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group: Fire Poké Assist: Fire Field move: (Burn ×3) Loops: 7 Min. exp.: 140 Max. exp.: 190 Browser entry R-145 Arcanine moves at blurring speeds while breathing powerful flames.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Fire Poké Assist: Fire Field move: (Burn ×4) Browser entry R-066 It blasts out expanding rings of fire. It also throws tackles to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Arcanine keeps the Granite Zone free of suspicious Pokémon. He's a dashing expert at Bulbasaur's Daring Dash.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fire Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Fire Attack Power: 70 - 125 10 #439 Power of 4+ Deals even more damage when you make a match of four.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 207 Base Attack: 227 Base Defense: 166 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Fire Fang, Snarl* Bite* Charged Attacks: Fire Blast, Wild Charge*, Crunch* Flamethrower*, Bulldoze*

Evolution

Unevolved Growlithe  Fire

Fire Stone →

First evolution Arcanine  Fire

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Arcanine was originally known as Blaze.
• Despite the Pokémon category name, Arcanine is not an actual Legendary Pokémon. It is the only Pokémon species to have "Legendary Pokémon" as the Pokémon category.
  • However, Arcanine was seen in an engraving along with Legendary birds Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos in Pokémon Emergency!.
• Many of Arcanine's Pokédex entries—starting with the one in the Japanese Pokémon Red—reference the real world, specifically China.

Origin

Arcanine is based on the Ryukyuan シーサー shisa, or 狛犬 komainu, mythical creatures inspired by lions, tigers, and dogs. Statues of them in pairs are used as guardians that invite good spirits and repel evil ones. It could also be based on the Haetae, a mythical fire-eating dog with similarities to lions and tigers.

Name origin

Arcanine is a combination of arcane and canine.

Windie may refer to wind or windy, reflecting its defining nature of being fast like the wind, further emphasized by Extreme Speed being its signature move in Generation II.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウインディ Windie From wind/windy French Arcanin Similar to English name Spanish Arcanine Same as English name German Arkani From arcane, canis and Vulkan Italian Arcanine Same as English name Korean 윈디 Windi Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 風速狗 / 风速狗 Fēngsùgǒu Literally "Wind speed dog" Cantonese Chinese 奉神犬 Fuhngsānhyún Literally "Dog that serves god"

More languages Hindi आरकेनाइन Arcanine Transcription of English name Lithuanian Arkaninas From English name Russian Арканайн Arkanayn Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Gary's Arcanine
• Archy

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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