Arctovish (Pokémon)

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Arctovish Fossil Pokémon ウオチルドン Uochilldon #883 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Ice Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Water Absorb or Ice Body Cacophony Cacophony Slush Rush Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 35 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 6'07" 2.0 m Arctovish 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 385.8 lbs. 175.0 kg Arctovish 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 177	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Arctovish 0 HP 0 Atk 2 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 File:F883.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Arctovish (Japanese: ウオチルドン Uochilldon) is a dual-type Water/Ice Fossil Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It is resurrected from combining a Fossilized Fish and Fossilized Dino, and it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Arctovish is a fish-plesiosaur hybrid fossil Pokémon. The plesiosaur half is colored blue and white. Arctovish has a blue tail with a fin on top. The flippers are colored blue with white patches on the end and with white spots. The fish half is applied upside down. It has a round blue head with black rectangle pupils, and the mouth is located on top of its head. It has white fins connected to its fish head.

It has trouble eating due to its mouth being on top of its head, even though it captures prey by freezing its surroundings. The skin on Arctovish's face is impervious to attacks. It allegedly became extinct despite this due to breathing difficulties, though this is likely not the case due to Arctovish being combined from two separate Pokémon that each had their niches before going extinct.

In the anime

Arctovish in the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

Arctovish debuted as an image in A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Arctovish (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM22 TM22 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM48 TM48 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM51 TM51 Icicle Spear Ice Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM54 TM54 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM64 TM64 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM67 TM67 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR32 TR32 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR46 TR46 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR74 TR74 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR75 TR75 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TR97 TR97 Psychic Fangs Psychic Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TR98 TR98 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arctovish Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arctovish

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Evolution

Unevolved Arctovish  Water  Ice

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield

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

Trivia

• Arctovish shares its category with Aerodactyl, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, and Dracovish. They are all known as the Fossil Pokémon.
• Arctovish, Dracozolt, Arctozolt, and Dracovish are the only Fossil Pokémon to not be Rock-type or have a gender.
• Arctovish, along with the other Galarian fossils, was designed by Hitoshi Ariga.^[1]
• In the anime, Cara Liss is the person who gives Arctovish its species name.

Origin

Arctovish, like its counterparts, may be based on the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, a series of misassembled dinosaur sculptures displayed at the Crystal Palace Park. In the case of Arctovish, its top half appears to be based on the fish Dunkleosteus though the frontal pair of fins resemble those possessed by lobe-finned fish such as Coelacanths rather than the fins of Dunkleosteus, while its bottom half appears to be based on an aquatic reptile, like a plesiosaur, mosasaur or ichthyosaur. It may have also been inspired by the chimera and similar mythological creatures, which was stated to have the features of different animal species, and is often interpreted as being scientifically constructed from different animal parts.

The Pokédex entries for all the Galar Fossils mention them being the cause of their own extinction, which may be a reference to the outdated hypothesis that the dinosaurs were evolutionarily inert, which made them get bigger, stupider, and more sluggish, to the point they couldn't sustain themselves.

Arctovish being unable to breed could be a reference to cross-bred animals, which are born infertile (unable to produce offspring).

Name origin

Arctovish may be a combination of arctic, fish, and possibly vicious or Ordovician.

Uochilldon may be a combination of 魚 uo (fish), chill, and -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ウオチルドン Uochilldon From 魚 uo, chill, and -don French Hydragla From hydro- or Hydre and glagla Spanish Arctovish Same as English name German Pescryodon From pesce, Kryo-, and -don Italian Arctovish Same as English name Korean 어치르돈 Eochireudon From 어 (魚) eo, chill, and -don Mandarin Chinese 鰓魚海獸 / 鳃鱼海兽 Sāiyúhǎishòu From 鰓 / 鳃 sāi, 魚 / 鱼 yú, and 海獸 / 海兽 hǎishòu Cantonese Chinese 鰓魚海獸 Sōiyùhhóisau From 鰓 sōi, 魚 yùh, and 海獸 hóisau

More languages Thai อุโอจิรุดอน Uochirudon Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Fossil Pokémon

Notes

External links

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Pokémon

#884: Duraludon →

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