Golduck (Pokémon)

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Golduck ゴルダック Golduck #055
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Duck Pokémon
Abilities Damp or Cloud Nine Cloud Nine Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #055 Johto #139 Hoenn #159 Sinnoh #044 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 5'07" Imperial 1.7 m Metric 5'07"/1.7 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 168.9 lbs. Imperial 76.6 kg Metric 168.9 lbs./76.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Water 1 and Ground groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 174 Battle Exp.: 1741*
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

Golduck (Japanese: ゴルダック Golduck) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves from Psyduck starting at level 33.

Biology

Physiology

Golduck are fast swimmers, outswimming even the most athletic of humans because of their frog-like webbed hands and feet. The gem on their foreheads glows when they use psychic powers, occasionally when they swim at full speed, suggesting that they sometimes use those powers to swim.

Golduck have webbed hands and feet, ending in broad flippers, which they use to swim in rivers and lakes, much in the way as a duck would move. Their blue bodies are especially adapted to have a great hydrodynamic shape, and they have long tails with which they use to steer. Due to their bluish color and webbed hands and feet, Golduck are sometimes mistaken for the Japanese monster and physical inspiration for Golduck, the Kappa. Though Golduck have no wings, only webbed hands and feet, it is still deemed as a duck instead of a platypus.

It has been noted that Golduck will often join swimmers when training. They are sometimes found rescuing people lost at sea from danger, their heads shimmering from the telekinetic powers that allow them do so. The headaches that ridiculed its Basic evolution form, Psyduck, don’t trouble Golduck, allowing them to have full use of their formidable mental powers.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

It is a very strong swimmer, and can use some psychic powers.

Behavior

Habitat

Golduck live in fresh-water lakes and in rivers, though they can also be seen occasionally in coastal waters.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Golduck in the anime

Major appearances

Golduck's first major role was in Bye Bye Psyduck. Misty thought that her Psyduck had evolved, but it turned out that the Golduck was just some wild Pokémon that happened to act like Brock.

In Love, Totodile Style, a Golduck was the boyfriend of an Azumarill that Ash's Totodile fell in love with.

Trinity used a Golduck in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in The Perfect Match.

A Golduck was owned by a very clever trainer named Katie in Shocks and Bonds. It defeated Ash's Torkoal after Venomoth disabled Torkoal's Iron Defense attack. In the following episode, Katie's Golduck was defeated by Ash's Corphish, despite being under confusion.

In Like It or Lup It!, a wild group of Template:Type2 Pokémon whose berries were stolen were led by a Golduck.

Minor appearances

Golduck first appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back. A Golduck owned by Fergus was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. The Golduck clone was seen again in Mewtwo Returns.

A Golduck belonging to Noland made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno.

Golduck have been used in many contests, including a Fishing Contest, Sumo Conference, and the Whirl Cup.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Green has a Golduck as one of his main team members. Golduck was shown in Template:PSV to be able to bypass Mr. Mime's Light Screen over Saffron City by using Confusion to scan the city and channel its visuals to Green's Pokédex. It used Confusion once again in Template:PSV to channel Green's thoughts to the Pokédex.

Golduck was seen again in Template:PSV during the double battle against Red on Two Island. It was heavily damaged by Gyara's Earthquake when it had dug underground.

In the TCG

Main article: Golduck (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Evolved learnset intro

By leveling up

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Special moves

TCG-only moves

• Slash

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/1

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 Golduck images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• In the Generation II games, Golduck's shiny sprite showed its beak and finger-webbing as a red color. This became lighter in the following generations.
  • Also, in Golduck's normal sprite, the crystal on its head is the same color of its skin. It became red in later generations.
• In some of its Pokédex entries, it mentions Golduck using telekinetic powers. Despite this, it is not a Psychic-type, but it can learn a few Psychic-type moves.
  • Golduck, along with its pre-evolution, couldn't learn Psychic through a TM until Generation IV.

Origin

Golduck's physical appearance has aspects of a duck, a duck-billed platypus, and Kappa - water imps from Japanese folklore.

Name origin

Golduck, in both Japanese and English, is a portmanteau of gold and duck, despite the fact that it is blue, not gold, in color.

In other languages

• German: Entoron - An extension of Ente (duck).
• French: Akwakwak - Based off aqua and quack. Both words are similarly modified with kw in place of qu.
• Korean: 골덕 Goldeok
• Chinese (Taiwan): 哥達鴨
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 高超鴨

External links

Notes

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Pokémon

#056: Mankey →

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