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Swalot マルノーム Marunoom #317
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Poison ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Poison Bag Pokémon
Abilities Liquid Ooze or Sticky Hold Sticky Hold Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,640,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #096 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 5′07″ Imperial 1.7 m Metric 5′07″/1.7 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 176.4 lbs. Imperial 80.0 kg Metric 176.4 lbs./80.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Indeterminate group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 168 Battle Exp.: 1681*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Swalot (Japanese: マルノーム Marunoom) is a Poison-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Swalot is a tall, purple, blob-like Pokémon. It has a single row of black rhombuses running across what would be its mid-section. Swalot's hands have three fingers instead of two. Swalot has red, beady eyes and yellow whiskers.

Gender differences

A female Swalot has shorter whiskers then a male.

Special abilities

Swalot's large, cavernous mouth can easily gulp down a car tire. Its stomach acid can dissolve virtually anything.

Like most fully evolved Pokémon, Swalot can use Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.

Behavior

Habitat

Like Gulpin, Swalot live in grassy plains. However, Swalot are a bit harder to find.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Swalot first appeared in Deceit and Assist. The Poison Bag Pokémon belong to a Coordinator named Anthony, who used it to compete in the Grand Festival.

In From Brags to Riches, a trainer named Dominick used a Swalot and Tropius to battle Ash's Corphish and Torkoal. Corphish managed to defeat Dominick's Swalot.

A Swalot that was painted to look like a Muk was shown at the "Pokémon Cosplay Convention" in All Dressed with Somewhere To Go.

Paul's brother, Reggie, also owns a Swalot which appeared in The Lost Leader Strategy!.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Swalot (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

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By leveling up

Generation III Level Move Type Start Pound Yawn Poison Gas Sludge 6 Yawn 9 Poison Gas 14 Sludge 17 Amnesia 23 Encore 26 Body Slam 31 Toxic 40 Stockpile Spit Up Swallow 48 Sludge Bomb

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Pound Yawn Poison Gas Sludge 6 Yawn 9 Poison Gas 14 Sludge 17 Amnesia 23 Encore 26 Body Slam 30 Toxic 38 Stockpile Spit Up Swallow 45 Sludge Bomb 52 Gastro Acid 59 Wring Out 66 Gunk Shot

By TM/HM

Generation III # Move Type TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM09 Bullet Seed TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Ice Beam TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM27 Return TM30 Shadow Ball TM32 Double Team TM34 Shock Wave TM36 Sludge Bomb TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM49 Snatch HM04 Strength HM06 Rock Smash

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM03 Water Pulse TM06 Toxic TM09 Bullet Seed TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Ice Beam TM15 Hyper Beam TM17 Protect TM18 Rain Dance TM19 Giga Drain TM21 Frustration TM22 SolarBeam TM26 Earthquake TM27 Return TM30 Shadow Ball TM32 Double Team TM34 Shock Wave TM36 Sludge Bomb TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM49 Snatch TM58 Endure TM64 Explosion TM68 Giga Impact TM78 Captivate TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM85 Dream Eater TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM04 Strength HM06 Rock Smash

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Acid Armor			Grimer, Muk Slugma, Magcargo
Curse	Unknown		Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Shuppet, Banette Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing Misdreavus, Mismagius Slugma, Magcargo Chimecho Shellos, Gastrodon
Destiny Bond			Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Koffing, Weezing Wobbuffet Misdreavus, Mismagius Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade Shuppet, Banette Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Drifloon, Drifblim Spiritomb
Dream Eater			Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade Chimecho
Pain Split			Misdreavus, Mismagius Koffing, Weezing Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb
Smog			Koffing, Weezing Slugma, Magcargo
*Indicates moves only available through chain breeding.

By tutoring

In Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen and Pokémon Emerald:

• Body Slam
• Counter
• Double-Edge
• Dream Eater
• Explosion
• Mimic
• Substitute

Emerald version only:

• Defense Curl
• DynamicPunch
• Endure
• Fire Punch
• Ice Punch
• Mud-Slap
• Rollout
• Sleep Talk
• Snore
• Swagger
• ThunderPunch

Special moves

Side game data

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Evolution

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

Swalot's name is possibly a shortening of swallow a lot, as in eating or drinking a large amount. Its Japanese name is based on 丸呑み marunomi, swallowing whole and 飲み込む nomikomu, to gulp down.

In other languages

• German: Schlukwech
• French: Avaltout
• Korean: 꿀꺽몬 Kkulkkeokmon

External links

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