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Ninetales キュウコン Kyukon #038
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Fire ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Fox Pokémon
Ability Flash Fire Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #038 Johto #126 Hoenn #154 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3′07″ Imperial 1.1 m Metric 3′07″/1.1 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 43.9 lbs. Imperial 19.9 kg Metric 43.9 lbs./19.9 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Ground group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 178 Battle Exp.: 1781*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

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

Ninetales is a very intelligent Pokémon and it can understand human speech.

Biology

Physiology

This fox-like Pokémon is covered with white fur. It has nine tails with light brown coloring at the tips. It also has a large crest behind its head. Ninetales has red eyes, and can live a very long time.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Being based on a kitsune, its special abilities include placing thousand-year-long curses on humans and Pokémon, as well as performing Ghost-type moves. It is said that its life span is also very long. It can also trick humans and create illusions.

Behavior

This Pokémon's extreme intelligence lends to what most consider Template:Type2 characteristics, though Ninetales has never officially been described as anything other than a Template:Type2. It also seems to hold grudges very easily and will curse humans and Pokémon alike if they touch one of its tails.

Habitat

Ninetales can be found in grassy plains or in mountainous areas with lots of shade, but they are very rare.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Ninetales was first seen in Riddle Me This. The Cinnabar Island Gym Leader, Blaine, used it against Ash in their first Gym battle.

Ninetales was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

A Ninetales made a cameo appearance in Misty Meets Her Match. This Ninetales belonged to Rudy.

In Beauty and the Breeder, a friend of Susie named Zane had a Ninetales and used it in a Pokémon breeding contest.

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

Ninetales also had a cameo during the opening credits of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, taking part in the festival honoring Sir Aaron.

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

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Red and Green both tried catching the same Ninetales. In the scuffle for its Poké Ball, Green managed to grab it first. Magma Admin Courtney uses a Ninetales as her main battler.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, the curse that Ninetales can conjure is one of the main points of the plot.

In the TCG

Main article: Ninetails (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.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Notes:

1. If Skill Swap is used on Ninetales, the effectiveness of Fire attacks will be ½×.
2. In Generation I, the effectiveness of Ice-type moves is 1×.

Learnset

Template:Evolved learnset intro

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Disable			Psyduck, Golduck
Energy Ball			Girafarig** Stantler** Seedot**, Nuzleaf**, Shiftry** Grumpig** Leafeon**
Extrasensory			Vulpix Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Faint Attack			Meowth, Persian Houndour, Houndoom Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Nuzleaf, Shiftry Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow, Purugly Weavile
Flare Blitz			Growlithe Ponyta, Rapidash Combusken, Blaziken Monferno, Infernape
Flail			Phanpy, Donphan Zigzagoon, Linoone Slakoth, Slaking Torkoal Spinda
Heat Wave			Growlithe Torkoal
Howl			Houndour, Houndoom Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
Hypnosis			Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly
Psych Up			Vulpix**,Ninetales** Psyduck, Golduck Farfetch'd** Espeon Umbreon** Girafarig** Dunsparce** Sneasel** Stantler** Nuzleaf**, Shiftry** Skitty**, Delcatty** Spoink, Grumpig Spinda Kecleon** Glameow**, Purugly** Weavile**
Spite			Dunsparce
*Indicates moves only available through chain breeding.

| colspan="5" |**Father needs to learn this move through TM. |}

By tutoring

In Pokémon Crystal Only:

• Flamethrower

In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:

• Body Slam
• Double-Edge
• Mimic
• Substitute

In Pokémon Emerald Only:

• Endure
• Sleep Talk
• Snore
• Swagger
• Swift

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
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 Ninetales images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Ninetales's name was originally spelled as "Nine Tales".

Origin

Ninetales, like Vulpix, are based on foxes. However, in Japan there are certain legends concerning foxes, or kitsune, as they are known there. One such legend which relates to Ninetales the most is how many-tailed foxes can breathe fire, create illusions, and have extremely long lifespans. After living a long time, these creatures take on spirit forms, which may be the reason why these two related Pokémon can learn Ghost-type moves.

In particular, Ninetales is based on the 九尾の狐, the nine-tailed fox, which is a fox of advanced age whose fur has turned silver-gold. It is said to have the power of infinite vision.

Name origin

Its name simply refers to the nine tails it has. Kyūkon can be taken to mean 旧恨, old grudge, although it is worth noting that the first syllable spells out 九 kyū, nine and kon from the Japanese onomatopoeia konkon - the sound that foxes make. Furthermore, a コンロ konko is a gas burner stove.

In other languages

• German: Vulnona
• French: Feunard - Feu means fire, and renard means fox.
• Korean: 나인테일 Nainteil
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 九尾 Jio Wei ("nine tails")

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Cursed, the fanlisting for Ninetales at The Anime Fanlistings Network

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