Electabuzz (Pokémon)

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

Electabuzz エレブー Eleboo #125
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type Electric Unknown Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Electric Pokémon
Abilities Static ----- Blue-Striped ----- Vital Spirit Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #125 Johto #157 Hoenn #283 Sinnoh #198 Unova #057 Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-188 Almia R-071 Oblivia R-116
Height 3'07" Imperial 1.1 m Metric 3'07"/1.1 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 66.1 lbs. Imperial 30.0 kg Metric 66.1 lbs./30.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 75% male, 25% female
Breeding Human-Like group 26 cycles (6630 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 2 Base Exp.: 156 Battle Exp.: 1561*
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

Electabuzz (Japanese: エレブー Eleboo) is an Electric-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Elekid starting at level 30 and evolves into Electivire when traded holding an Electirizer.

Biology

Physiology

Electabuzz is a slightly humanoid and partly feline creature covered in yellow fur with black stripes, one of which is shaped like a lightning bolt. It has a long, cat-like tail. The three toes on Electabuzz's feet are arranged like that of a bird's foot, but its hands have a human appearance, with five fingers on each hand.

Electabuzz has two sharp fangs and a pair of antennae. When it is dark out, Electabuzz's entire body gives off a bluish-white glow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Electabuzz specialize in using electrical attacks. Electabuzz can also be good with using physical attacks, such as the elemental punches, Brick Break and Mega Punch.

Behavior

Electabuzz tend to be drawn to electrical sources. That is why many of them can be found in power plants. This is also the reason why during thunderstorms, they compete with each other to reach heights likely to be stricken by lightning bolts.

When two Electabuzz meet, they communicate their feelings by touching and controlling the electric currents.

Also, shown in Showdown at Dark City, Electabuzz hate the color red. When they have seen the color, Electabuzz go on rampages.

Habitat

Electabuzz normally reside in power plants and can sometimes wander into cities and cause major black-outs. Kanto and Sinnoh are the best places to find such Pokémon.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Electabuzz is primarily an ergovore, which means that it feeds off electric currents.

In the anime

Electabuzz in the anime

Major appearances

Paul's Electabuzz

In Smells Like Team Spirit, Paul's Elekid evolves into Electabuzz in the Tag Battle Competition. In Lost Leader Strategy! it was revealed that Paul had left his Electabuzz under the care of his brother, Reggie. It then returned to Paul's team after the events of Enter Galactic!. It was shown to have evolved into Electivire in Casting a Paul on Barry!.

Other

Electabuzz first appeared in Showdown at Dark City. It is the Kas Gym's primary Pokémon and was used in the feuds that the Kas and Yas Gyms were having.

Rudy, the Trovita Island Gym Leader, used an Electabuzz against Ash's Pikachu during their Gym Battle in Misty Meets Her Match.

In Enter The Dragonite, Drake, the leader of the Orange Crew, used his Electabuzz to fight Bulbasaur and Charizard. Drake's Electabuzz defeated Ash's Bulbasaur before being defeated by Ash's Charizard.

An Electabuzz was the head of security in a power plant. In Current Events, it attacked Ash and his Chikorita, seeing them as intruders, but was then captured by Team Rocket.

Dr. Namba owns an Electabuzz that he used in A Promise is a Promise.

Minor appearances

In Riddle Me This, Electabuzz was one of the Pokémon shown in an exercise Gym. Team Rocket tried to steal the group of Fighting-type Pokémon, but were stopped by Ash and his friends.

An Electabuzz appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

An Electabuzz was among the Pokémon controlled by Cassidy and Butch in Pikachu Re-Volts.

A pink Electabuzz appeared in Team Rocket's fantasy in In the Pink.

Multiple Electabuzz also appeared in The Power of One.

An Electabuzz appeared in Pokémon Double Trouble.

An Electabuzz was seen in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.

Electabuzz is one of the Electric-type Pokémon that was seen in the lake with crystal in As Clear As Crystal.

Macy used an Electabuzz in her Silver Conference battle against Ash in Love, Pokémon Style.

Jump used an Electabuzz in the first round of the Ever Grande Conference in Saved by the Beldum but it was defeated by Morrison's newly-evolved Metang.

An Electabuzz appeared in the opening of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Another Electabuzz appeared in Dawn of a Royal Day!.

An Electabuzz appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions under the ownership of a Pokémon Baccer.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Electabuzz in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Electabuzz debuts in its own round, Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, as the main Pokémon of Lt. Surge. It is so vicious that even the Trainer himself can't keep it in its Ball, and its ThunderPunch attack tears through ground floors like wheat. However, though the most that Poli could do against it was freezing its feet to flee, when it evolved into a Poliwrath, the tables turned, and a Seismic Toss threw them both off the ship.

The same Electabuzz later appears to fight Morty's Misdreavus, but while its continuous Thunder attacks did a number, the ghost's Pain Split and Spite left it unable to attack.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Electabuzz is Lt. Surge's only known Pokémon. It went up against Satoshi's Charmeleon and lost.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Giovanni sent out an Electabuzz when he was about to destroy Pallet Town with a missile in PM047.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Rudy's Electabuzz was his first choice of Pokémon in his Gym battle against Ash.

In the TCG

Main article: Electabuzz (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Bitter Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Platinum		Electirizer (5%)
Events*		Electirizer (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: I - II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120120	070}}70%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	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
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM47	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM57	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	05050	090}}90%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM72	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM93	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	09090	100}}100%	15
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Electabuzz Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Electabuzz Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Barrier	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80%	5
	DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5
	Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100%	10
	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
	Karate Chop	Fighting	Physical	50	100%	25
	Meditate	Psychic	Status	—	—%	40
	Rolling Kick	Fighting	Physical	60	85%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Electabuzz 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 Electabuzz in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Electabuzz Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Electabuzz Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
*	UproarB2W2	Normal	Special	90	100%	10
‡	Magnet RiseBW	Electric	Status	—	—%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Electabuzz Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Electabuzz Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 125.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Power Plant Phrases 51%-100% HP All I need is electricity! Nothing else! 26%-50% HP Urk! My health's halved! There's not enough electricity. 1%-25% HP Shoot, I'm done... There's not even a volt of electricity left. Level up I leveled up! I'm buzzing with electricity! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up! I'm buzzing with electricity!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Electric  Poké Assist: ( Electric ) Field move: (Recharge ×3) Loops: 6 Min. exp.: 13 Max. exp.: 13 Browser entry   Electabuzz attacks by widely discharging power. It can also recharge the Styler.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Electric  Poké Assist: ( Electric ) Field move: (Flash ×-) Browser entry   It discharges electricity from its body. It attacks by shooting bolts of electricity.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Electric  ( Electric ) Past ( Normal ) (Electrify ×2) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It creates waves of electricity around it that make Pokémon Stopped.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Electabuzz are the brothers of Elekid, who is in the Haunted Zone. Their favorite Attractions are Tangrowth's Swing-Along and Rotom's Spooky Shoot-'em-Up.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Baby form Elekid  Electric

Level 30 → ← Breed

First evolution Electabuzz  Electric

Trade holding Electirizer →

Second evolution Electivire  Electric

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

Note its fingers

• Electabuzz is one of five Pokémon that initially did not evolve into or from another Pokémon, but now is part of a three-stage evolutionary line (the other four being Chansey, Magmar, Porygon, and Roselia).
• Electabuzz and Elekid share the same species name with Zapdos. They are all known as Electric Pokémon.
• Magmar and Electabuzz seem to be counterparts; both evolve in a very similar way (first at level 30, then after being traded holding an item which has a name that ends with the suffix "-izer"), and both are typically exclusive to one version of a pair of games. They also learn all their moves at the same levels, such as Fire Punch and ThunderPunch at Level 28. They even have the same special moves when purified from Pokémon XD: Follow Me and Cross Chop.Their pre-evolutions and evolutions were released in the same generation (Generation II and IV). Additionally, their Japanese names are essentially phonetic reversals of each other.
• Electabuzz is the only member of its family not to have some physical relation to an AC power unit. Elekid's head is shaped like a power plug while Electivire's back pattern looks like a power socket.
• Electabuzz imitates hanging itself before being recalled to its Poké Ball when fainting in Pokémon Battle Revolution.
• Electabuzz is depicted with six fingers on both of its hands in Pokémon Stadium.

Origin

Electabuzz is likely based on one of the Japanese oni who was a horned ogre who wore tiger-stripes and was sometimes depicted as a god of lightning and thunder. Its tail looks like that of a tiger.

Name origin

Electabuzz is a combination of electric and buzz (possibly referring to the humming sound of electricity).

Eleboo may be a combination of electric and ブンブン bunbun (buzz).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese エレブー Eleboo From electric and possibly ブンブン bunbun French Electek From Electric and tek Spanish Electabuzz Same as English name German Elektek From Elektrotechnik Italian Electabuzz Same as English name Korean 에레브 Erebeu Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 電擊獸 / 电击兽 Diànjíshòu Literally "Electric shock beast" Cantonese Chinese 電擊獸 Dihngīksau Literally "Electric shock beast"

More languages

Related articles

• Paul's Electabuzz

External links

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