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Height
3′11″ Imperial
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1.2 m Metric
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3′11″/1.2 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
277.3 lbs. Imperial
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125.8 kg Metric
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277.3 lbs./125.8 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 0
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 118
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Battle Exp.: 1181*
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Forretress (Japanese: フォレトス Foretos) is a dual-type Bug/Steel Pokémon.
It evolves from Pineco starting at level 31.
Biology
Forretress normally live rooted to a tree and they eat anything foolish enough to come near them. They eat by opening their entire shell and swallowing their prey whole. This is done so fast that no one has ever seen the inside of a Forretress. In cases where they are a trainers Pokémon, Forretress are not rooted and can move about. They can spin and close the shell around them and in some case retract their spikes/horns to protect themselves. They move when not rooted to a tree by bouncing around or spinning.
Physiology
Forretress are quite big and have a shell covering their body from physical attacks. They have 4 red spikes or horns coming out of the side of their body. Both the top and the bottom of their shell is shaped with small grooves and their eyes sit at the front of their body between two of the red horns/spikes. Their body is very hard and can stand most physical attacks.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Forretress have a large steel-hard shell covering their entire body. They can fire spikes from the holes on their sides to drive away other Pokémon.
Behavior
Forretress are normally peaceful, sitting by themselves, rooted to a tree waiting for food. However, if prey comes close enough, they will viciously attack without warning.
Habitat
Forretress spend most of their time hanging from trees in large forests.
Diet
Forretress eat any Pokémon small enough to fit inside their mouth.
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Brock's Pineco evolved into Forretress in Entei at Your Own Risk in order to save a bunch of Pokémon at a hot spring from Team Rocket. Brock's Forrestress was the only Steel-type Pokémon owned by a main character from its evolution until Battle Frontier, when Brock's Onix had evolved into Steelix. When Brock went to Hoenn, the only Pokémon he brought with him was his Forretress.
Another one appeared in DP110.
In the manga
Pokémon Special
Forretress first appeared in Template:PSV, where Red had to fight two to pass his aptitude test to be Viridian City's Gym Leader.
Another Forretress was seen in Template:PSV, under the ownership of Janine. She used its Spikes attack to lay traps for unsuspecting victims.
In the TCG
- Main article: Forretress (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.
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Silver
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It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.
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Crystal
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Usually found hanging on to a fat tree trunk. It shoots out bits of its shell when it sees action.
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Stadium 2
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Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Forretress conceals itself inside its hardened steel shell. The shell is opened when the Pokémon is catching prey, but it does so at such a quick pace that the shell's inside cannot be seen.
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Sapphire
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Forretress conceals itself inside its hardened steel shell. The shell is opened when the Pokémon is catching prey, but it does so at such a quick pace that the shell's inside cannot be seen.
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Emerald
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It keeps itself inside its steel shell. The shell is opened when it is catching prey, but it is so quick that the shell's inside cannot be seen.
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FireRed
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It remains immovably rooted to its tree. It scatters pieces of its hard shell to drive its enemies away.
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LeafGreen
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Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
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Pearl
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It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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75
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135 - 182
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260 - 354
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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140
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130 - 211
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256 - 416
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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Total: 465
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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Special moves
Side game data
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Evolution
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Trivia
- Forretress cannot learn any Template:Type2 moves until Generation IV, and could only learn one Template:Type2 move (and this, only by breeding) up until the release of Platinum.
- Pineco and Forretress share the same species name with Burmy and Wormadam. They are all known as Bagworm Pokémon.
- Oddly, Forretress can learn Swift by breeding in Generation III, but it can't learn it from the move tutor. This also happened to its pre-evolution Pineco.
- Forretress is the first original Steel Pokémon in the National Dex order. (Magnemite's evolutionary line, which precedes Forretress, wasn't Steel-type in Generation I.)
- In Platinum, it is possible to have Forretress learn Bug Bite, which would mean it would have to show its face or mouth to bite the foe. This would possibly mean the elimination of the mystery of what is inside its shell.
- In Pokémon Stadium 2 its shell is gray rather than pink.
Origin
Forretress is based on a bagworm.
Name origin
Forretress's name is a combination of forest and fortress. It may also contain turret referring to the nozzles on its body that it uses to launch Spikes. Although highly unlikely, it may be a combination of forret, French for forest, and tres, an abbreviation of trees, which would make it forest trees, probably referring to its habitat.
In other languages
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