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Lanturn ランターン Lantern #171
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Water Electric Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Light Pokémon
Abilities Volt Absorb or Illuminate Illuminate Blue-Striped ----- Water Absorb Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #177 Hoenn #182 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-089 Oblivia R-061
Height 3'11" Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 49.6 lbs. Imperial 22.5 kg Metric 49.6 lbs./22.5 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 2 group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 156 Battle Exp.: 1561*
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

Lanturn (Japanese: ランターン Lantern) is a dual-type Water/Electric Pokémon.

It evolves from Chinchou starting at level 27.

Biology

Physiology

Lanturn are large, blue fish-like Pokémon with a pair of small blue fins. They have a yellow "mask" over their eyes, which have red irises. The tip of the bottom of their oddly shaped tail is also yellow. Lanturn's yellow orbs come from a modification of its dorsal fin. These orbs contain a colony of bacteria that creates a chemical reaction that generates electricity in a similar fashion to that of a battery, and Lanturn can freely manipulate such electricity.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Lanturn can use light to illuminate its surroundings and blind prey. Lanturn are capable of learning many Electric- and Water-type attacks, including some status moves like Thunder Wave, Confuse Ray, and Toxic.

Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Lanturn can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Behavior

Lanturn uses the bright part of its body, which changed from a dorsal fin, to lure fish prey. It then blinds the prey with an intense burst of light, and swallows the immobilized prey in a single gulp.

Habitat

Lanturn inhabits the ocean at depths of over three miles (five kilometers).

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Lanturn are carnivorous hunters.

In the anime

Lanturn in the anime

Major appearances

Lanturn first appeared in The Mystery is History. Its Trainer Oliver was using it to play with a Baby Lugia.

Lanturn also appeared under the ownership of Dorian in Just Add Water where he used it to battle against Misty.

One also appeared under Kyle's ownership in Pruning a Passel of Pals! while participating in the Wallace Cup. It defeated Ash's Buizel.

Minor appearances

A Lanturn appeared in The Legend of Thunder! where it was seen swimming in a lake.

Multiple Lanturn were among the Pokémon living in Lake Slowpoke in Enlighten Up!.

In Lapras of Luxury, Lanturn's supersonic waves helped Naomi locate singing voices of Lapras.

A Lanturn was used by a competitor in the Tour de Alto Mare, a water chariot race, in Pokémon Heroes.

Multiple Lanturn also appeared in Destiny Deoxys and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Lanturn as it appears in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Volume 12, Misty uses a Lanturn to fight Suicune in the Tohjo Falls.

In the TCG

Main article: Lanturn (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	DeepSeaScale (5%)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	DeepSeaScale (5%)
Black	White	DeepSeaScale (5%)
Black 2	White 2	DeepSeaScale (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120120	070}}70%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM55	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM57	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	05050	090}}90%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM72	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM93	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	09090	100}}100%	15
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	HM05	Waterfall	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
	HM06	Dive	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lanturn Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanturn Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10
	Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—%	30
	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
	Shock Wave‡	Electric	Special	60	—%	20
	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20
	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Lanturn in Generation V 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 Lanturn in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lanturn Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanturn Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS    Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 171.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Deep-Sea Floor Phrases 51%-100% HP Am I too bright? Sorry, sorry. 26%-50% HP I'm getting down to about half HP now. 1%-25% HP That's it... I can't light my lamps anymore... Level up Leveled up! My lamps blaze even brighter! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Leveled up! My lamps blaze even brighter!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Electric  Poké Assist: None Field move: (Recharge ×4) Browser entry   It discharges electricity from its body. It attacks by shooting bolts of electricity.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Electric  None Past ( Normal ) (Recharge ×3) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It restores the Styler Energy.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Chinchou  Water  Electric

Level 27 →

First evolution Lanturn  Water  Electric

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
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 Lanturn images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Japanese sprites

Gold	Silver	Back sprites

Trivia

• Lanturn has the highest HP stat of all Electric-type Pokémon.
• Lanturn shares the same species name with Ampharos. They are both known as the Light Pokémon.
• In Pokémon Emerald, Cooltrainer Dianne in Victory Road has a Lanturn that knows Earthquake, though the move is not listed anywhere in Lanturn's moveset.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Chinchou and Lanturn

It is based on an anglerfish, more specifically the footballfish, although it shares some similarities with dolphins. It is also possible that Lanturn's origin contains a small piece of the Hellenistic god, Apollo. He was the god of light and his animal was the dolphin.

Name origin

Lanturn is a corruption of lantern. It may also be a combination of lantern and turn (as in "turn on the light").

Lantern is literally lantern.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ランターン Lantern From lantern. French Lanturn Same as English name Spanish Lanturn Same as English name German Lanturn Same as English name Italian Lanturn Same as English name Korean 랜턴 Raenteon Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 電燈怪 / 电灯怪 Diàndēngguài Literally "Lamp freak". Cantonese Chinese 電燈怪 Literally "Lamp freak".

More languages

External links

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