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Lapras ラプラス Laplace #131
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Water Ice Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Transport Pokémon
Abilities Water Absorb or Shell Armor Shell Armor Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #131 Johto #219 Hoenn #286 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster and Water 1 groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 219 Battle Exp.: 2191*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=lapras|ndex=131|name=Lapras }}

Lapras (Japanese: ラプラス Laplace, German: Lapras, French: Lokhlass) is a Water/Ice-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Emerald

People have driven Lapras almost to the point of extinction. In the evenings, it is said to sing plaintively as it seeks what few others of its kind still remain.

Name origin

Lapras's name seems to be a corruption of its Japanese name, Laplace. The name may be a reference to Pierre-Simon Laplace, a mathematician who wrote several books on the mathematical properties of the sea and tides. Lapras's French name is a corrupted combination of Loch Nessand Laplace.

This Pokémon is based on the fabled Loch Ness Monster in Scotland. The creature and this Pokémon are said to resemble the aquatic dinosaur known as the plesiosaurus, however, Lapras does not have the plesiosaurus's long neck, whereas the body is very similar to the creature that is said to be in Loch Ness.

Base stats

In the anime

Lapras first appeared in "Holiday Hi-Jynx". This one helped Ash and co. reunite a Jynx with Santa Claus. In EP084, Ash and co. saved a baby Lapras from Team Rocket. Ash captured this Lapras and was mostly used as transportation for the majority of the Orange Island episodes. It was returned to it's family in EP113. Ash's Lapras made a return appearance in EP257.

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