Swalot (Pokémon)

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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 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Indeterminate group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 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 Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves from Gulpin starting at level 26.

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 than a male.

Special abilities

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

Swalot's pores secretes an incredibly toxic fluid.

Behavior

Swalot portrays behavior similar to Gulpin. It is known to eat in large quantities, most likely because its powerful stomach can handle anything.

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 Lost Leader Strategy!.

Pokédex entries

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

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

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Evolution

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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

Swalot may be based on the blobfish.

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 - a combination of schlucken (to gulp) and Weck (roll)
• French: Avaltout - A corruption of avale tout (swallow anything).
• Korean: 꿀꺽몬 Kkulkkeokmon

External links

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