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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Ninetales (disambiguation).

Ninetales Fox Pokémon キュウコン Kyukon #038 Ninetales Alolan Ninetales Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Types Fire Unknown Ninetales Ice Fairy Alolan Ninetales Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Flash Fire Ninetales Snow Cloak Alolan Ninetales Cacophony Drought Ninetales Hidden Ability Snow Warning Alolan Ninetales Hidden Ability Cacophony Alolan Ninetales Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 25% male, 75% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 5140 - 5396 steps
Height 3'07" 1.1 m Ninetales 0'0" 0 m Alolan Ninetales 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 43.9 lbs. 19.9 kg Ninetales 0 lbs. 0 kg Alolan Ninetales 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone
Base experience yield 178 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 177 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Ninetales 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0* Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 1* Speed Alolan Ninetales 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 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
Body style Alolan Ninetales	Footprint Alolan Ninetales
Pokédex color   Yellow Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Ninetales (Japanese: キュウコン Kyukon) is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Vulpix when exposed to a Fire Stone.

In Alola, Ninetales has an Ice/Fairy-type regional form. It evolves from Alolan Vulpix when exposed to an Ice Stone.

Biology

Ninetales is a fox-like, quadruped Pokémon covered in thick, luxurious golden-white fur. It has a small mane of thicker fur around its neck and a long, fluffy crest atop its head. It has slender legs with three-toed paws and nine, long tails with pale orange tips. It has red eyes, pointed ears, and a triangular black nose.

While intelligent enough to easily understand human speech, Ninetales is a very vengeful Pokémon that has been known to curse those who mistreat it. It can live for 1,000 years due to the energy within its nine tails, each of which is said to have a different mystical power. Flames spewed from its mouth can hypnotize an opponent and its gleaming red eyes that are said to give it the ability to control minds. The anime has shown that it can swim. Being the result of an evolution via evolutionary stone, Ninetales is rarely found in the wild, though they can be found in grasslands.

In the Alola region, Ninetales has a different appearance. Its coat is pale blue, and its fur is more flowing and wispier. This tips of its tails and crest, as well as the lower halves of its legs, are white. The crest on its head is longer and its nine tails are less distinct from each other. Finally, it has larger eyes, which are blue, and small tufts of fur in front of its ears.

Alolan Ninetales lives on Alola's snow-capped Mount Lanakila, which is considered by some to be holy ground. As such, it is revered as a sacred messenger or deity. Alolan Ninetales has a gentle temperament, and is known to aid lost humans in distress, though this is primarily done to keep them out of its territory. It will punish any threat to its pack of Vulpix. It can produce ice crystals from its fur, which it can use for both offense and defense. The ice crystals can act as a shield or form balls that can be fired like bullets with enough force to shatter rock.^[1]

In the anime

Ninetales in the anime

Alolan Ninetales in the anime

Major appearances

A Ninetales appeared in Riddle Me This, under the ownership of Blaine. It was used against Ash in their first Gym battle, where it battled Squirtle and won before being recalled when Charizard was sent out. It reappeared in a flashback in Volcanic Panic.

A Ninetales appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back, under the ownership of Neesha. It was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. The Ninetales clone is seen again in Mewtwo Returns.

A Ninetales appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, under the ownership of Zane. It was used in a Pokémon breeding competition and competed against Suzie's Vulpix. Ninetales was later among the contestants' Pokémon targeted by Team Rocket.

A very old Ninetales appeared in Just Waiting On A Friend, where it befriended Brock, who bore a resemblance to her long-lost master. This Ninetales created all sorts of illusions, including one of a woman through which it spoke.

A Ninetales appeared in Mystery on a Deserted Island!. It evolved from a Vulpix that belonged to a Pirate. Ninetales was seen guarding the treasure that Ash, his friends, and Alexa were searching for on the Deserted Island.

Alolan Ninetales debuted in Getting a Jump on the Competition!, under the ownership of Cerah. She used it during the Pokémon Sled Jump Games.

Minor appearances

Ninetales debuted in the banned episode EP038.

Ninetales made its English dub debut in The Battling Eevee Brothers during the evolution party in Stone Town.

A Ninetales appeared as an image in the Japanese version of The Ultimate Test.

A Ninetales appeared in Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.

A Ninetales made a cameo appearance in Misty Meets Her Match, under the ownership of Rudy. It was one of the Pokémon seen at the Trovita Gym.

A Ninetales appeared in The Power of One.

An injured Ninetales appeared in A Bite to Remember, under the care of Katrina.

A Ninetales appeared in All Things Bright and Beautifly!, under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator competing in the Rustboro Contest.

Multiple Ninetales appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A Ninetales appeared in Deceit and Assist, under the ownership of a Coordinator competing in the Hoenn Grand Festival.

Two Ninetales appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. One was seen during the opening intro of the movie, while the other was under the ownership of a Trainer participating in the Rota tournament.

A Coordinator's Beedrill appeared in What I Did for Love!.

A Coordinator's Beedrill appeared in Thinning the Hoard!.

A Ninetales appeared in a flashback in Mutiny in the Bounty! as one of J's captured Pokémon.

A Performer's Ninetales appeared in a video in Performing with Fiery Charm!.

Two Ninetales appeared in Alola, Kanto!. The first appeared in a fantasy, while Snowy walked up to the other at Professor Oak's Laboratory and bonded with it.

An Alolan Ninetales appeared in a fantasy in Showering the World with Love!.

A Trainer's Alolan Ninetales appeared during a flashback in The Dealer of Destruction!, where it was battling another Trainer's Machamp on Mount Lanakila.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Ninetales in Pokémon Adventures

Alolan Ninetales in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In A Tale of Ninetales, a Ninetales was caught by Blue and is used in his Gym.

A Ninetales under the control of a Team Rocket Grunt attacked Gold and Silver in Piloswine Whine, but was easily defeated.

A Ninetales appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

Courtney has a Ninetales that evolved from a Vulpix prior to Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II.

A Ninetales appeared in a flashback as one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.

An Alolan Ninetales debuted in the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter, where it was seen on Mount Lanakila.

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Main article: Enta's Ninetales

Enta's Vulpix evolved into a Ninetales in Final Battle: Versus The Salon Maiden.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

A Ninetales appeared in GDZ29, where it evolved from a Vulpix.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, the Curse of Ninetales is the reason why main character Ginji was transformed into a Torchic.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Koga sent out Ninetales to participate in the No. 1 Pokémon Contest in Aim to be the No. 1 Pokémon!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Blaine's Ninetales was seen in the Cinnabar Gym when Satoshi entered it.

In the TCG

Main article: Ninetales (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ninetales cast a curse on a human that would turn it into a Pokémon, bringing on many natural disasters. The player is blamed for this and travels to the home of Ninetales at the top of Mt. Freeze to learn the truth. Ninetales appears again when Gengar wishes to make right what he did to Gardevoir. He gives Gengar the 9-Tail Crest and sends him and the player to Murky Cave.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Ninetales returns, asking the player to visit its hideout at the Forest of Fairies. Upon arrival, the player will connect with both Ninetales and Absol.

Pokédex entries

Ninetales

Alolan Ninetales

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Ninetales

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*
Emerald*		Rawst Berry (100%)
Black	White	Rawst Berry (100%)
Black 2	White 2	Rawst Berry (100%)
Sword	Shield	Charcoal (5%)
Events*		Chesto Berry (100%)

Alolan Ninetales

Game		Held Item(s)
Sword	Shield	Snowball (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Ninetales

Alolan Ninetales

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Ninetales

Alolan Ninetales

Learnset

By leveling up

Ninetales

Alolan Ninetales

By TM/TR

Ninetales

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM13 TM13 Fire Spin Fire Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 —}}—% 20 TM44 TM44 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM46 TM46 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM47 TM47 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM60 TM60 Power Swap Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM84 TM84 Tail Slap Normal Physical 02525 085}}85% 10 TM92 TM92 Mystical Fire Fire Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR02 TR02 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TR15 TR15 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR30 TR30 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR36 TR36 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TR43 TR43 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TR49 TR49 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TR55 TR55 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR65 TR65 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR68 TR68 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR82 TR82 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10

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

Alolan Ninetales

Generation VIII Other generations: VII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM15 TM15 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM29 TM29 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 —}}—% 20 TM44 TM44 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM46 TM46 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM47 TM47 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM60 TM60 Power Swap Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM64 TM64 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM71 TM71 Wonder Room Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM84 TM84 Tail Slap Normal Physical 02525 085}}85% 10 TM87 TM87 Draining Kiss Fairy Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM89 TM89 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TR30 TR30 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TR31 TR31 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TR49 TR49 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR68 TR68 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— —}}—% 20 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR82 TR82 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TR92 TR92 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Ninetales Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Ninetales