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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 -----	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 end 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 which creates a chemical reaction that generates electricity in a similar fashion to that of a battery, and such electricity can be freely manipulated by Lanturn.

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, swallowing the immobilized prey in a single gulp.

Habitat

Lanturn inhabits the ocean at depths of over three miles.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Lanturn are carnivorous hunters.

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.

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

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

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

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%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#74ACF5" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
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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   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A 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.

Trivia

• Lanturn's base Speed is the same as Chinchou's.
• Lanturn shares the same species name with Ampharos. They are both known as the Light Pokémon.
• Chinchou, Lanturn and Zekrom are the only Template:Type2s whose primary type is not Electric.
• Chinchou and Lanturn are the only non-Template:Type2s to have a ¼× resistance to Steel.
• In Pokémon Emerald, a Trainer in Victory Road has a Lanturn that knows Earthquake, though the move is not listed anywhere in Lanturn's moveset.
• Lanturn is one of the few blue Template:Type2 Pokémon. The others are Chinchou, Shinx, Luxio and Luxray.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Chinchou and Lanturn

It seems to be based on an anglerfish, although it shares some similarities with dolphins.

Name origin

Lanturn's name is a misspelling of the word lantern. Its Japanese name is simply lantern.

In other languages

• German: Lanturn
• French: Lanturn
• Korean: 랜턴 Raenteon
• Chinese (Taiwan): 電燈怪 Diàn Dēng Guài - Literally "Electric lamp monster".

External links

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