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Frillish Floating Pokémon プルリル Pururill #592 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Water Absorb or Cursed Body Cacophony Cacophony Damp Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Amorphous Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Frillish 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 72.8 lbs. 33.0 kg Frillish 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 67	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Frillish 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 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   White	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Frillish (Japanese: プルリル Pururill) is a dual-type Water/Ghost Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Jellicent starting at level 40.

Biology

Frillish is a jellyfish-like Pokémon resembling young royalty. Regardless of gender, it has a round head with a crown-like tuft, and five tentacle-like appendages: two serving as arms and three as the lower half of its body. It has oval eyes with white pupils, and a collar around its neck. It has invisible poison spikes on its appendages. As a male Frillish, it is blue, with smooth appendages and a triangular crown. It has red eyes with blue sclerae and a straight eyelash on each eye, its collar is wavy, and it appears to be frowning, but in the anime it is shown to smile rarely. As a female Frillish, it is pink, with wavy appendages and a round crown. It has blue eyes with red sclerae and a curled eyelash on each eye, its collar is frilled, and it appears to be smiling. Female Frillish have slightly longer stingers, while male Frillish have bigger collars.

Frillish is a hadopelagic Pokémon which lives in dens about 5 miles (8 kilometers) under the sea surface. Because of this, it can cope with extremely dark and highly pressurized sea conditions. It is carnivorous; it gently floats around in waves until it can strike its prey. It makes its victim numb with the use of its poison spikes and takes it to its deep den. Its arms are filled with tens of thousands of poisonous stingers. There is a legend where Frillish are said to have been created from transformed residents of a sunken ancient city.

In the anime

A male Frillish in the anime

A female Frillish in the anime

Major appearances

Jessie's Frillish

Jessie owns a female Frillish, which debuted in New Places... Familiar Faces!. She eventually had to give Frillish to Giovanni as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova.

Other

A male Frillish debuted in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, under the ownership of Trip. He used Frillish in his match against Ash, and he was able to defeat both Pidove and Snivy, despite having a disadvantage against the latter in both type and gender.

A female Frillish debuted in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!. She took a liking to Ash after he fell into the canal. She was later hooked by Bianca during a fishing competition, and when she saw Team Rocket attempting to kidnap the prize Pokémon, she released them all back into the wild.

Both male and female Frillish appeared in The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, under the ownership of Halsey. They were used to help rescue people from fires, and then to help put out the fires alongside Dewott.

Minor appearances

Both male and female Frillish appeared in the opening sequences of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram; the female Frillish was exclusive to the former movie and the male Frillish was exclusive to the latter.

Multiple male and female Frillish made a cameo appearance in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

Both male and female Frillish made a cameo appearance in A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!.

A female Frillish appeared in Clash of the Connoisseurs! as a resident of Stonesthrow Town.

A male Frillish appeared in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.

A female Frillish appeared in Fighting Back the Tears!. James attempted to catch one, but failed when Mareanie, seeing it as a rival for James' affections, scared it off with Spike Cannon.

A female Frillish appeared in Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, where it was among the Pokémon seen in the Wild Area.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Male Frillish in Pokémon Adventures

Female Frillish in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

Both male and female Frillish appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Both male and female Frillish debuted in A New Perspective and PS541.

Marlon owned a male Frillish, which went on to evolve into a Jellicent. He appeared in a flashback in The Tournament Continues.

A Team Plasma Grunt used a female Frillish in a flashback in Unforgettable Memories. She fought against Hugh's Purrloin and Trapinch after Hugh refused to listen to them when they convinced him that he was causing pain to his Pokémon. Frillish was able to weaken Purrloin, forcing Hugh's sister recall it to its Poké Ball, which was then taken by two Grunts afterwards.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga

A Frillish appeared in RB41.

In the TCG

Main article: Frillish (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Frillish

Male Frillish

Female Frillish

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 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 TM28 TM28 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 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 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM70 TM70 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 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 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR22 TR22 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR37 TR37 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR65 TR65 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR78 TR78 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR92 TR92 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

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

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Acid Armor Poison Status — —% 20 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100% 20 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10 Mist* Ice Status — —% 30 Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20 Strength Sap Grass Status — 100% 10

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

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: The Frillish on the beach are good friends. They speak politely to each other, but they want to enjoy honest conversation, too.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #568 Barrier Bash Removes one barrier-type disruption without fail.			Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #568 Vitality Drain Damage varies depending on the opponent's remaining HP.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 146 Base Attack: 115 Base Defense: 134 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Bubble, Hex Charged Attacks: Night Shade, Ice Beam, Ominous Wind

Evolution

Unevolved Frillish  Water  Ghost

Level 40 →

First evolution Jellicent  Water  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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 Frillish images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• The Japanese prototype name for Frillish was プルンス Purunsu.^[1]

Dream World artwork of female Frillish

• Although female Dream World artwork exists, any Frillish or Jellicent uploaded to the Global Link will use the male artwork, regardless of their gender.
• No other Pokémon have the same type combination as Frillish and its evolved form.

Origin

Frillish and its evolved form were most likely inspired by the Nurarihyon, a jellyfish yōkai that is either shown as a demonized jellyfish or as a jellyfish-like man who wears refined, sometimes regal, clothing. It is also possible that they was inspired by the Kurage no Hinotama, a type of jellyfish-like will-o'-the-wisp. The two larger arms Frillish possesses are more similar to those of squids than the tentacles of real jellyfish, however.

Frillish's design is inspired by the jellyfish and Victorian-style monarch attire: the male form's appearance based on a prince's while the female's is based on a princess'. The moon jellyfish appears to be what inspired Frillish's Ghost type. Frillish and its evolved form also have traits in common with sea monsters like the Kraken, most notably their rumored penchant for destroying ships and feeding on the crew.

Name origin

Frillish may be a combination of frill and jellyfish.

Pururill may be a combination of プルプル purupuru (soft) and rill or frill.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese プルリル Pururill From プルプル purupuru, and フリル furiru French Viskuse From visqueux and méduse Spanish Frillish Same as English name German Quabbel From Qualle and schwabbeln Italian Frillish Same as English name Korean 탱그릴 Tengguril From 탱글탱글 taengeultaengeul and frill Mandarin Chinese 輕飄飄 / 轻飘飘 Qīngpiāopiāo Means "Lightly floating" Cantonese Chinese

More languages Russian Фриллиш Frillish Transcription of English name Thai พูรูริล Pururill Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

Related articles

• Jessie's Frillish

Notes

External links

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Pokémon

#593: Jellicent →

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