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Seadra Dragon Pokémon シードラ Seadra #117 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Poison Point or Sniper Cacophony Cacophony Damp Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Dragon Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Seadra 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 55.1 lbs. 25.0 kg Seadra 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 155 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 154 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Seadra 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
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

Seadra (Japanese: シードラ Seadra) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Horsea starting at level 32 and evolves into Kingdra when traded holding a Dragon Scale.

Biology

Seadra is a light blue, seahorse-like Pokémon with a cream-colored belly covered in rough scales. It has a long, tubular mouth, narrow, black eyes, a fin-like ridge above each eye, and spiny pectoral fins. It also has a large, coiled tail. It has a pair of dorsal fins with sharp, cream-colored tips that exude venom. Seadra's venom is toxic enough to induce numbness and even fainting in humans, but it is still prized among practitioners of traditional medicine.

Seadra can swim in any direction while facing forward by rapidly flapping its fins and tail. It catches its prey by spinning its body to create large whirlpools. When its prey is exhausted, Seadra swallows it whole using its long snout. Seadra makes its nest by either wriggling between or anchoring itself to branches of coral under the ocean. After a female Seadra gives birth, the male Seadra will take care of the young. It is markedly vicious and will mercilessly attack those who venture near its nest. During this time, the male's venom also becomes thicker and stronger than usual.

In the anime

In the main series

Seadra in the anime

Major appearances

In Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, Fergus's Seadra was captured and cloned by Mewtwo. The Seadra clone reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.

In Round One - Begin!, Mandi used a Seadra during her first battle in the Indigo Plateau Conference. It battled Kingler and was subsequently defeated. It reappeared in a flashback in the following episode.

In Fit to be Tide, Cissy used a Seadra while Ash was participating in her target test. It had a notably sensitive personality. It competed against Squirtle, but the match was declared a tie. Seadra reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off.

In The Great Eight Fate!, a Seadra was part of Juan's Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket, but they all worked together to escape.

Minor appearances

In Pikachu's Vacation, a Seadra was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In The Power of One, a Seadra sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

In Hook, Line, and Stinker, a Trainer's Seadra participated in the annual Seaking Catching Competition.

A Seadra appeared in Snorlax Snowman.

In The Joy of Water Pokémon, three Seadra were living in Lake Lucid. A third was receiving special treatment in a salt bath tank in the Pokémon Center located near the lake.

In The Legend of Thunder!, a Seadra was at the Pokémon Center.

In Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, a Trainer's Seadra competed in the Tour de Alto Mare.

Two Seadra appeared in The Relicanth Really Can.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, a Manaphy Egg bounced off a Seadra's head while adrift in the ocean.

Multiple Seadra appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures begin!.

A Seadra appeared in I Choose You!.

In Alola, Kanto!, two Seadra were at Professor Oak's Laboratory. A third was featured in Lana's fantasy about the Pokémon she hoped to see in Kanto.

A Seadra appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon Origins

Seadra in Pokémon Origins

In File 3: Giovanni, Red defeated a Swimmer's Seadra in a battle.

In the manga

Seadra in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Sea Sea Seadra, a Seadra first appeared attacking Bill as he made his way through Viridian Forest. He managed to suck him into a Whirlpool, but he was caught by Yellow with the help of Pika. She released him after she healed him.

Silver had a Seadra as a part of his team which she evolved from Horsea sometime after The Legend where she was given back to him by Green, although she was not shown at the time. During the events Ampharos Amore, Silver secretly sends Seadra to Gold via trade for his Poliwhirl, triggering Seadra's evolution into Kingdra, upon which she was finally shown attacking Sudobo in a battle between the two trainers during Tyranitar War.

In Debonaire Dragonair, one of Clair's disciples, named Ryu, used a Seadra in a training battle against Clair. It was defeated by Clair's Dragonair.

In the TCG

Main article: Seadra (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*
Gold	Silver	Dragon Scale (2%)
Crystal
Diamond	Pearl	Dragon Scale (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Dragon Scale (5%)
Black	White	Dragon Scale (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Dragon Scale (5%)
X	Y	Dragon Scale (5%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Dragon Scale (5%)
Events*		Dragon Scale (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

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

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 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM35 TM35 Hail Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM36 TM36 Whirlpool Water Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM45 TM45 Dive Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM52 TM52 Bounce Flying Physical 08585 085}}85% 5 TM55 TM55 Brine Water Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TR03 TR03 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TR04 TR04 Surf Water Special 09090 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— 00—}}—% 30 TR13 TR13 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR16 TR16 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR24 TR24 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR45 TR45 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 085}}85% 10 TR51 TR51 Dragon Dance Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR62 TR62 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TR70 TR70 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR84 TR84 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR98 TR98 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10

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

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Aurora Beam Ice Special 65 100% 20 Clear Smog* Poison Special 50 —% 15 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Octazooka Water Special 65 85% 10 Splash Normal Status — —% 40 Water Pulse Water Special 60 100% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Seadra in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Seadra in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seadra Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seadra Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -19% Friend Area: Treasure Sea Phrases 51%-100% HP Don't stand behind me! Not if you don't want to get hurt. 26%-50% HP This is tougher than expected. Half my HP's gone already. 1%-25% HP This is it... I can't get any power... Level up There we go! I leveled up! Let me at them!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -10% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group: Water Poké Assist: Water Field move: None Loops: 5 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry R-108 Seadra forcefully spits blobs of water. Capture it before it slips underwater!
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Water Poké Assist: Water Field move: (Soak ×3) Browser entry R-230 It blows bubbles from its mouth to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Water Poké Assist: (present) Water Field move: (present) (Crush ×2) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-069 It attacks by spitting bubbles that make Pokémon Slowed.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Water Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Water Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #548 Dancing Dragons Increases damage done by any Dragon types in the combo.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 146 Base Attack: 187 Base Defense: 156 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 100 + 1 Fast Attacks: Water Gun, Dragon Breath Charged Attacks: Aurora Beam*, Dragon Pulse, Hydro Pump, Blizzard†

Evolution

Unevolved Horsea  Water

Level 32 →

First evolution Seadra  Water

+ Trade holding Dragon Scale →

Second evolution Kingdra  Water  Dragon

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• Seadra's EV Yield (1 Defense, 1 Sp. Atk) is unique.
• Seadra's Gold and HeartGold Pokédex entries likely refer to the real-world theory of evolution.
• Seadra and its evolutionary relatives share its category with Dratini and its evolved forms, Salamence, and Goodra. They are all known as the Dragon Pokémon.
• Seadra is the only Pokémon that may have the Poison Point Ability without being a Poison-type itself.

Origin

Seadra is based on a seahorse, though its ability to shoot ink resembles that of a squid. Its category might be a reference to leafy seadragons, seahorses turning into dragons after a century in Japanese mythology, or the Japanese word for seahorse, which translates as "dragon's child". Its large, spiky, poisonous fins may be inspired by the lion fish.

Name origin

Seadra may be a combination of seahorse and dragon or hydra (a mythological sea creature).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese シードラ Seadra From sea and dragon, possibly also hydra French Hypocéan From hippocampe, hypo and océan Spanish Seadra Same as English/Japanese name German Seemon From Seepferd and Monster Italian Seadra Same as English/Japanese name Korean 시드라 Seadra Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 海刺龍 / 海刺龙 Hǎicìlóng Literally "Sea sting dragon". May also come from 海龍科 Hǎilóng-kē. Cantonese Chinese 飛刺海馬 Fēichi'hóimáh Literally "Flying sting seahorse"

More languages Hindi सीड्रा Seadra Transcription of English name Russian Сидра Sidra Transcription of English name Thai ซีดรา Seadra Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

External links

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