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Rotom ロトム Rotom #479
Artwork of Frost Rotom from Generation IV
Type Electric Ghost Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Plasma Pokémon
Ability Levitate Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh #152 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'00" Imperial 0.3 m Metric 1'00"/0.3 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.7 lbs. Imperial 0.3 kg Metric 0.7 lbs./0.3 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Indeterminate group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Base Exp.: 132 Battle Exp.: 1321*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Rotom (Japanese: ロトム Rotom) is a dual-type Electric/Ghost Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon. However, as of Pokémon Platinum, it can change forms.

Biology

Physiology

Rotom's basic body looks similar to Castform, but Rotom has no real relation to any other species, since it doesn't have any evolutions or pre-evolutions. Rotom has a body of plasma. It also has teeth, which are often seen. Rotom also have unique eyes that have a dividing line across them. Even though Rotom is classified as being an Electric/Ghost type, it possesses traits that aren't usually normal for something that's supposed to be a spirit, such as the need to eat, being able to faint and somehow reproducing. Rotom themselves are shaped like lightning rods, while the blue aura of electricity around them takes the appearance of lightning.

Rotom and the appliances

In Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver, and Platinum, Rotom also has five extra forms (each based on a household appliance), which can be accessed using an event-exclusive item called the Secret Key in Platinum and by bringing a Rotom to Silph Co. HQ in HeartGold and SoulSilver. They are based on a refrigerator (Frost Rotom), washing machine (Wash Rotom), fan (Fan Rotom), lawn mower (Mow Rotom), and a microwave oven (Heat Rotom). Despite having visual characteristics of other types (Ice, Water, Flying, Grass and Fire, respectively), they share the original Rotom's Electric and Ghost types. Rotom's eyes and aura of electricity will change colors when it changes form, but the aura remains the same color if it's Template:Shiny2. In contrast, their base stats are far higher than those of the original Rotom, to the point of being analogous to evolutions.

Gender differences

Rotom is a genderless species.

Special abilities

Rotom can creep into machines and appliances and infiltrate them. It may also possess and take the form of them if it wishes. However, only 5 alternate forms have been discovered so far.

Behavior

Rotom are mischievous, apparently wreaking havoc on electrical appliances just for the fun of it. They like to pull pranks on others, or just shock them. When not possessing any object and when possessing a fan, it levitates when moving. On the other hand, when possessing a refrigerator or an oven, it bounces.

Habitat

They usually live in electrical appliances, sometimes in those of abandoned places. In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, a Rotom resides inside a television, where the player is able to catch it after obtaining the National Pokédex in Diamond and Pearl (in Platinum, this is not required).

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

As with most Electric Pokémon, Rotom probably feeds on electricity.

In the anime

Rotom made its debut appearance in Get Your Rotom Running! in all its different forms, toying around with Ash and friends.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Rotom appeared in the television at the Old Chateau.

In the TCG

Main article: Rotom (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Rotom will not appear in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time until a rescue mission involving it has been completed. This task can be completed by using the following Wonder Mail code:

8HTR MY9+ K6+@

NT=M 9Q6R 38@5

Objective: Escort Rotom to floor 4 of Tiny Meadow.

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#FCD659" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
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A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
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Special move

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Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Normal Normal Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

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Toaster Oven Heat Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

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Washing Machine Wash Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

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Refrigerator Frost Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

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Fan Fan Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

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Lawnmower Mow Rotom Rotom  Electric  Ghost

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Rotom images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• When Rotom is encountered, the music is the same as legendary encounters although it is not classified as one. Rotom is, to date, the only non-legendary Pokémon to do this. Latios, Latias, Cresselia and Shaymin do the opposite, being the only legendaries encountered in Generation IV for which the normal wild battle music plays.
• It is the only Generation IV Pokémon not in the original Sinnoh Pokédex that is neither legendary nor an evolution of a Pokémon from previous generations.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Rotom.
• Rotom is one of three Ghost-types whose color isn't in the black or purple category. The others are Shedinja (brown) and Froslass (white).
• With the exception of Unown and Spinda, Rotom has the most forms of any non-legendary Pokémon, with six in total.
• Rotom is one of only two Ghost-types that cannot learn Psychic, the other being Shedinja.
• When Rotom transforms, it learns a new move in the same way that other Pokémon may learn new moves upon evolving. The move is replaced by another if Rotom possesses another object, and is deleted when Rotom transforms back to its normal form. If the only move that Rotom knows right before reverting to its original form is exclusive to its alternate form, then that move will be replaced with ThunderShock.
• Rotom is the only Pokémon with the ability to change its form by will that must possess another object in order to do so. Castform, Deoxys, Giratina, and Shaymin actually transform their bodies. However, Burmy is similar to Rotom in that it merely changes its surrounding cover. Like Deoxys and Burmy, players can have the six forms at one time.
• Rotom is the only Pokémon whose alternate forms have a different base stat total than that of the original form. Other Pokémon with alternate forms may have different distributions, however.
• Fan Rotom's Air Slash is the only special move whose base power isn't over 100. It's also the only special move with more than 5 PP.
• Rotom is the only non-legendary Pokémon to have been banned from official tournaments: prior to the release of HeartGold and SoulSilver, its alternate formes were not permitted as a result of their event-exclusivity.
• Rotom is notable for being the only Pokémon to learn certain moves (while in different forms):
  • As Heat Rotom, Rotom is the only Pokémon that can learn Overheat without breeding or via TM.
  • As Mow Rotom, Rotom is the only non-Template:Type2 to learn Leaf Storm.
  • As Fan Rotom, Rotom is the only non-Template:Type2 to learn Air Slash.

Origin

Rotom appears to be based on Pulseman, who was actually designed by Pokémon designer Ken Sugimori, although it may also be inspired by the unexplained phenomenon of ball lightning. Its Pokédex entry brings to mind gremlins. Its possession of other objects may be based on poltergeists or tsukumogami.

Name origin

In Pokémon Platinum, it is revealed that Charon discovered and named the first known Rotom. It appeared out of his toy robot, and Charon named it Rotom due to its origin. Rotom is the word motor backwards; this may refer to the fact that motors make many appliances function, while Rotom makes them fail.

In other languages

• German: Rotom
• French: Motisma - From moteur (engine) and plasma.
• Korean: 로토무 Rotom

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