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Trapinch ナックラー Nuckrar #328
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Ground ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Ant Pit Pokémon
Abilities Hyper Cutter or Arena Trap Arena Trap Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #- Hoenn #116 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2'4" Imperial 0.7 m Metric 2'4"/0.7 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 33.1 lbs. Imperial 15 kg Metric 33.1 lbs./15 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 255 (33.3%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Bug group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 73 Battle Exp.: 731*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Trapinch (Japanese: ナックラー Nuckrar) is a Ground-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Trapinch is an orange, bug-like Pokémon. Trapinch has a roundish body with short, stump-like legs. Trapinch has big (in proportion to the rest of its body) head with a large jaw. Despite resembling an insect, Trapinch is actually a Ground-type.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Trapinch's main weapon is it's jaws, which can crush boulders. Trapinch are also known for their digging skills.

Behavior

Habitat

Trapinch live in sandy deserts. A Trapinch's nest is a deep, inescapable pit dug in the sand. Trapinch have also been known to burrow complex tunnels deep underground.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Trapinch made its debut in AG106. The Trapinch of an area had dug a complex underground labyrinth. One reseacher named Hal wanted to find a lake that he claimed to see when he was a little boy. When Ash, May, Brock, Max, Hal, another researcher named Elisa and Team Rocket got lost in the labyrinth, they eventually find the underground lake Hal was talking about.

Trapinch also make a cameo as one of Noland's Pokémon in AG135.

In the manga

In the TCG

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Ruby

Trapinch's nest is a sloped, bowl-like pit dug in sand. This Pokémon patiently waits for prey to tumble down the pit. Its giant jaws have enough strength to crush even boulders.

Pokémon Sapphire

Trapinch is a patient hunter. It digs an inescapable pit in a desert and waits for its prey to come tumbling down. This Pokémon can go a whole week without access to any water.

Pokémon Emerald

Its big jaws crunch through boulders. Because its head is so big, it has a hard time getting back upright if it tips over onto its back.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

It lives in arid deserts. It makes a sloping pit trap in sand where it patiently awaits prey.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

It is based on the larval stage of the antlion, who spend their days in sandy pits before maturing into a winged, adult stage.

Name origin

Trapinch's name is a combination of trap and pinch.

In other languages

• German: Knacklion
• French: Kraknoix
• Korean: ???

External links

Article on Wikipedia

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