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Hitmontop カポエラー Kapoerer #237
Artwork from GSC
Type Fighting ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Handstand Pokémon
Abilities Intimidate or Technician Technician Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #146 Hoenn #372 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4'7" Imperial 1.4 m Metric 4'7"/1.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 105.8 lbs. Imperial 48 kg Metric 105.8 lbs./48 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Humanshape group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 138 Battle Exp.: 1381*
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.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

Hitmontop is a male-only species with no female-counterpart.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Butch has a Hitmontop.

In the manga

In the TCG

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold / Pokémon LeafGreen

If you become enchanted by its smooth, elegant, dance-like kicks, you may get drilled hard.

Pokémon Silver / Pokémon FireRed

It launches kicks while spinning. If it spins at high speed, it may bore its way into the ground.

Pokémon Crystal

After doing a handstand to throw off the opponent's timing, it presents its fancy kick moves.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Hitmontop spins on its head at high speeds, all the while delivering kicks. This technique is a remarkable mix of both offense and defense at the same time. The Pokémon travels faster spinning than it does walking.

Pokémon Emerald

Its technique of kicking while spinning is a remarkable mix of both offense and defense. Hitmontop travel faster spinning than they do walking.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

Hitmontop is based on a top and a practitioner of capoeira.

Name origin

Hitmontop's name is a combination of hit, monster and top. Its name is also based on those of Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, who are parallel evolutions to it. Its Japanese, French and German names are corruptions of capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that often involves spinning one's legs in the air.

In other languages

• German: Kapoera
• French: Kapoera
• Korean: 카포에라 Kapoera

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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