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Hitmontop Handstand Pokémon カポエラー Kapoerer #237 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Intimidate or Technician Cacophony Cacophony Steadfast Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 100% male	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Human-Like Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Hitmontop 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 105.8 lbs. 48.0 kg Hitmontop 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 138 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 159 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Hitmontop 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 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   Brown	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Hitmontop (Japanese: カポエラー Kapoerer) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Tyrogue starting at level 20 when Tyrogue's Attack and Defense are equal. It is one of Tyrogue's final forms, the others being Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

Biology

Hitmontop is a vaguely humanoid Pokémon capable of spinning on its head. Its main body is spherical and mostly blue with a brown triangular patch on its chest. It has short legs with white bands near the hands and feet. The feet are large, blue and have a circular brown pad on the underside. It has a skinny brown tail that ends with a blue sphere with a spike on it. Its head is round and brown with flat, curved extensions on either side and a single spike on top. It has a beady, black eyes and spherical hands with no digits. Hitmontop is a male-only species with no female counterpart.

Hitmontop moves more quickly by spinning on the spike on its head than it does by walking normally. Capable of spinning at high speeds, it may bore into the ground similar to a drill. While spinning, Hitmontop delivers smooth, graceful kicks, such as its signature move Triple Kick. As an urban species, it is often found in towns and cities.

In the anime

Hitmontop in the anime

Major appearances

Hitmontop made his main series debut in Two Hits and a Miss, under the ownership of Chigusa. He assisted her in teaching students about making their Fighting-type attacks more graceful, among other tasks.

A Hitmontop debuted in The Mystery is History, under the ownership of Butch. He made further appearances in A Parent Trapped!, A Promise is a Promise, Showdown at the Oak Corral, and Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Gotta Catch Ya Later!, under the ownership of one of the Invincible Pokémon Brothers. He assisted another brother's Hitmonchan in his battle against Misty, but he was defeated due to the intervention of Ash's Pikachu, who used Thunderbolt.

A Hitmontop appeared in Pasta La Vista!, under the ownership of Terri. He was used to battle Team Rocket during an effort to rescue Master Hamm's Hitmonlee and Kyle's Hitmonchan.

A Hitmontop appeared in Good Friends, Great Training!, under the ownership of Tierno. He appeared when Tierno revealed his team to Ash, Serena, and Bonnie.

Minor appearances

Hitmontop debuted in Pikachu & Pichu as a resident of Big Town.

A Hitmontop appeared in Doin' What Comes Natu-rally as one of the Pokémon participating in a street festival.

A Hitmontop appeared in Machoke, Machoke Man! as one of the Pokémon seen at the Cianwood Gym.

A Hitmontop appeared in Outrageous Fortunes, under the ownership of Mason. He went up against Delaney's Poliwrath and lost.

A Trainer's Hitmontop appeared in You're a Star, Larvitar!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Gary's demonstration in Johto Photo Finish, where he evolved from a Tyrogue.

A Hitmontop appeared in Gonna Rule The School!, under the ownership of the Pokémon Trainers' School. It was temporarily loaned to one of the school's underage students for use.

A Coordinator's Hitmontop appeared in Deceit and Assist.

A Trainer's Hitmontop appeared in The Ole' Berate and Switch!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Borrowing on Bad Faith!.

A Hitmontop appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, under the ownership of one of the participants of Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.

A Coordinator's Hitmontop appeared in Dressed for Jess Success!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator. He was used alongside a Corsola for the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest.

A Hitmontop appeared in The Power of Us, where he was among the Pokémon that could be caught during the Pokémon Catch Race.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Hitmontop in Pokémon Adventures

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

A Hitmontop appeared in Let's Save The Lugia!, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Scientist.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Hitmontop first appeared in Querulous Qwilfish, aiding the construction of the Battle Tower.

Chuck used a Hitmontop to fight Blue in Heckled by Hitmontop, but lost to his Rhydon.

Pokédex entries

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Gold borrowed a Hitmontop to use in a tournament in Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!.

A Hitmontop appeared in a flashback in Let's Fight For The Future!!.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu has a Hitmontop that evolved from his Tyrogue in GDZ51.

A Hitmontop appeared in GDZ61.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Hitmontop is one of Bruno's Pokémon in the Pokémon League, as seen in A Challenge to the Elite Four!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Master the Strongest Move!!.

A Hitmontop appeared in Legend Of The Strongest Pokémon!!.

A Hitmontop appeared in PMDP11.

A Hitmontop appeared in PMDP15, where it pretended to have evolved from Red's Tyrogue.

A Hitmontop appeared in PMDP16.

In the TCG

Main article: Hitmontop (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Colosseum		Black Belt (100%)
Events*		Fighting Gem (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM00 TM00 Mega Punch Normal Physical 08080 085}}85% 20 TM01 TM01 Mega Kick Normal Physical 120120 075}}75% 5 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM22 TM22 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Revenge Fighting Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM43 TM43 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM75 TM75 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM79 TM79 Retaliate Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 5 TM81 TM81 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM97 TM97 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR07 TR07 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR10 TR10 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR13 TR13 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR48 TR48 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR52 TR52 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR53 TR53 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TR64 TR64 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TR75 TR75 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TR85 TR85 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR87 TR87 Drill Run Ground Physical 08080 095}}95% 10

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

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Bullet Punch Steel Physical 40 100% 30 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 High Jump Kick Fighting Physical 130 90% 10 Mach Punch Fighting Physical 40 100% 30 Mind Reader Normal Status — —% 5 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100% 40 Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 40 100% 30

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

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Mt. Discipline Phrases 51%-100% HP I'll KO foes by the ton with my awesome kicks! 26%-50% HP Darn it... I'm at half health already? 1%-25% HP I'm about to drop... My eyes are spinning... Level up Leveled up! My awesome kicks sped up, too!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Fighting Poké Assist: (present) Fighting Field move: (present) (Crush ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Fighting Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-103/N-073 It creates shock waves around itself that make Pokémon Paused.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Hitmontop is the Caretaker of the Drill in the Lava Zone. He's fond of things that spin. An Attraction like Rhyperior's Bumper Burn is a breeze to him.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fighting Attack Power: ★★★★★ True Strength Increases damage dealt when energy levels are half or less.			Pokémon Shuffle Fighting Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #567 Rock Break+ Sometimes destroys three breakable-rock disruptions. Swappable Skill(s): Block Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 100 Base Attack: 173 Base Defense: 214 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Rock Smash, Counter Charged Attacks: Close Combat, Gyro Ball, Stone Edge

Evolution

Baby form Tyrogue  Fighting

Breed ← Level 20 (Attack = Defense) →

First evolution Hitmontop  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
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 Hitmontop images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Unlike Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, none of Hitmontop's names in any language derive from famous people.
• Hitmontop can learn more priority moves than any other Pokémon, with 14 increased priority moves and two decreased priority moves.
• Though Hitmontop shares the Ability Steadfast with Tyrogue, a Steadfast Tyrogue cannot evolve into a Hitmontop with the same Ability, as Steadfast is Tyrogue's second Ability and Hitmontop's Hidden Ability.

Origin

Hitmontop is based on a spinning top and a capoeirista. Its Attack and Defense stats needing to be equal in order for Tyrogue to evolve into Hitmontop is similar to how a top must be in equilibrium to remain upright. Its idle animation from Generation VI onward depicts it performing a ginga, a basic technique in capoeira.

Name origin

Hitmontop is a combination of hit, monster, and top (a reference to spinning tops and how it fights, by spinning on its head). The name is also related to Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, both of which have been parallel evolutions to it since Generation II.

Kapoerer is derived from capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that often involves spinning one's legs in the air.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カポエラー Kapoerer From capoeira French Kapoera From capoeira Spanish Hitmontop Same as its English name German Kapoera From Capoeira Italian Hitmontop Same as its English name Korean 카포에라 Kapoera Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 柯波朗 Kēbōlǎng Partial transliteration of its Japanese name. 朗 may be from 郎 Láng, a character referring to young males Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi हिटमनटप Hitmontop Transcription of English name Russian Хитмонтоп Khitmontop Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Hitmons

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