Goh's giant Magikarp

Goh's Magikarp redirects here. For the other Magikarp belonging to Goh, see List of Goh's Pokémon → Magikarp.

Goh's Magikarp ゴウのコイキング Go's Koiking

Goh's giant Magikarp

Debuts in JN024 Caught at Resort Area Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Cerise Laboratory

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Magikarp Unknown N/A

Goh's Magikarp (Japanese: ゴウのコイキング Go's Koiking) is the fourth Pokémon that Goh caught in the Sinnoh region, and his forty-second overall. It is a giant Pokémon.

History

Magikarp debuted in JN024, where it was reeled in by Goh with help from Ash, Pikachu, Raboot, and a disguised Team Rocket. It was then caught by Goh after it was put to sleep by Oddish's Sleep Powder. Later, Goh used Magikarp to distract a group of Team Rocket Grunts while Ash freed the Pokémon they had kidnapped.

In JN026, Goh discovered that Magikarp had grown very fat over its time at the Cerise Laboratory. To fix this, Goh trained Magikarp to compete in the Magikarp High Jump Tournament. During the tournament, Magikarp was able to make it to the semifinals, where it defeated Koi Kingen's Magikarp with a jump of 21.02 meters, breaking Goh's personal record. In the finals, it competed against Kasuking's Shiny Magikarp. Before the finals began, Magikarp was revealed to have had two immensely heavy weights on its back fin. With the weights gone, it jumped so high it didn't come back. As such, its jump could not be measured, losing Goh the tournament. At the end of the episode, it crashed back down on Ash and Goh while they were on Slowpoke Island.

In JN031, Magikarp, alongside Goh's Goldeen, befriended Nami's Feebas, nicknamed Hi-chan. It later helped Hi-chan learn how to swim and jump better.

Personality and characteristics

As a giant Pokémon, Magikarp is exceptionally larger and stronger than other members of its infamously weak species. Its Splash, a normally useless move on its own, allows it to jump so high it exits the atmosphere from intense training, and it can send opponents flying as it returns to the ground. Magikarp can be very motivated when it has a goal to strive towards.

Moves used

Using Splash	Move First Used In Splash JN024
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp.

Goh's Pokémon
On hand:	Cinderace	Inteleon	Grookey
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
With Professor Cerise:	Caterpie	Venomoth	Butterfree	Pinsir	Beedrill	Scizor
	Taillow	Mantyke	Misdreavus	Dewgong	Greedent	Darmanitan
	Golurk	Cubone	Grimer	Farfetch'd	Magikarp (giant)	Heracross
	Raichu	Trapinch	Flygon	Pyukumuku	Aerodactyl	Boldore
	Absol	Panpour	Frogadier
Roaming the world:	Suicune
Released:	Floette	Ninetales	Cyndaquil
Traded away:	Second Pinsir
Given away:	Eternatus	Dugtrio
Status unknown:	Kingdra
Temporary:	Pikachu	Sunflora
For a detailed list of Pokémon currently owned by Goh, see here

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