Voltorb (Pokémon)

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Voltorb ビリリダマ Biriridama #100
Art by Ken Sugimori from FireRed and LeafGreen
Type Electric ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Ball Pokémon
Abilities Soundproof or Static Static Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #100 Johto #121 Hoenn #084 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-079 Almia R-076 Oblivia R-113 N-156
Height 1'08" Imperial 0.5 m Metric 1'08"/0.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 22.9 lbs. Imperial 10.4 kg Metric 22.9 lbs./10.4 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 190 (24.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Mineral group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Base Exp.: 103 Battle Exp.: 1031*
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

Voltorb (Japanese: ビリリダマ Biriridama) is an Template:Type2 Pokémon.

It evolves into Electrode starting at level 30.

Biology

Physiology

Voltorb is a Pokémon that looks like a Poké Ball with a face, minus the button. Its top half is red, and its bottom half is white. It was first seen in the plant that modern Poké Balls were invented. Voltorb and its evolution, Electrode, could be forms of energy, but it is unknown where that energy came from or how it created them. Because of the similarities with the Poké Ball, it has been suggested that Voltorb is an artificial Pokémon, created with some form of human involvement.

Gender differences

This Pokémon is genderless.

Special abilities

If agitated, Voltorb may explode.

Behavior

Voltorb is easily agitated, and is known to self-destruct due to anger.

Habitat

Voltorb are generally found in power plants and other areas with electric fields, and due to their volatile temper and habit of exploding out of anger are generally considered pests. They are also found on farms guarding the crops and fruit there, and are usually painted the same color as the fruits they guard. It is common in Kanto, Johto and Hoenn, but has been seen in Sinnoh from time to time.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Major appearances

Voltorb first appeared in The Ninja Poké Showdown. Koga kept a bunch of these in his Gym as booby traps.

Voltorb also appeared in So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd. Team Rocket received them from the Backpack-switching thief, thinking they were Poké Balls with rare Pokémon in them, as well as their Arbok, Lickitung and Weezing. When Team Rocket found out they were not, the Voltorb started to explode in their balloon. They dumped most of the Voltorb on the thief, prompting him to quit his crime spree, but a single Voltorb sent them blasting off.

A sole Voltorb lived amongst the Electrode in The Underground Round Up. Although Misty was terrified of it, the Template:Type2 befriended her Togepi, and the Baby Pokémon was sad when it had to leave.

Minor appearances

In Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, Voltorb comes on stage in Duplica's flashback as her Ditto tries to transform into one.

Voltorb is one of the Electric-type Pokémon that was seen in the lake with crystal in As Clear As Crystal.

A Voltorb was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A Voltorb made a small appearance in Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend. Spoink mistook it for a pearl.

In May's Egg-Cellent Adventure, two Voltorb attack May as they are trained to do so when anyone steps foot on Nicolette's property.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Voltorb is a Pokémon that looks just like a Poké Ball, even in its height. It debuted in the Red, Green & Blue arc in its own round, Danger: High Voltorb. Here, Red tries to touch one aboard the S.S. Anne thinking that is only a Poké Ball, but is zapped by it.

In the TCG

Main article: Voltorb (TCG)

In the TFG

One Voltorb figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Voltorb

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Berry (100%)
Yellow*
Pokémon XD		Magnet (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Note: If Magnet Rise has been used, the effectiveness of Ground is 0×.

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

None.

By tutoring

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|- style="background:#FCD659" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
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Special moves

TCG-only Moves

• ThunderShock

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Pinball RS     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 100.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.1% Friend Area: Power Plant Phrases 51%-100% HP Careful! Touching me will zap you! 26%-50% HP Whoa, my HP is down to half already? 1%-25% HP I'm frazzled... I don't have enough charge to zap anything. Level up Oh, hey! Leveled up! I feel energized! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Oh, hey! Leveled up! I feel energized!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 6.4%% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Electric  Poké Assist: ( Electric ) Field move: (Recharge ×1) Loops: 5 Min. exp.: 7 Max. exp.: 7 Browser entry   Using the electricity secreted within its body, Voltorb can recharge your styler.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Electric  Poké Assist: ( Electric ) Field move: (Electrify ×2) Browser entry   It lets loose bolts of electricity to attack. Beware: It may explode!
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Electric  ( Normal ) Past ( Normal ) (Electrify ×1) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Voltorb  Electric

Level 30 →

First evolution Electrode  Electric

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
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 Voltorb images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Voltorb is an Template:Type2, it could not learn any Electric attacks via level-up until Generation III.
• Though it is said that Voltorb are often mistaken for Poké Balls, Voltorb is over one foot in height, far larger than any Poké Ball.
• Voltorb and its evolved form Electrode are the only Electric-types to learn Charge Beam by level-up.
• In the Pikachu Short in one of the Johto movies, a Voltorb in the group of Pokémon at the playground says "Electrode" rather than "Voltorb." This has yet to be fixed in either the Japanese or English versions.
• In the English and European versions of HeartGold s and SoulSilver s, a game called Voltorb Flip is introduced in place of slot machines. The game is similar to Minesweeper, and largely focuses on flipping over cards to multiply the coins currently earned. Some cards, however, have Voltorb on them which will cause the player to lose coins.

Origin

It seems to be based upon the concept of a living Poké Ball. The idea of them being mistaken for the standard Item Balls is similar to "Mimic" monsters found in other RPGs.

Name origin

Voltorb's name seems to be a combination of volt and orb. Its Japanese name is probably a combination of びりびり biribiri, like an electric shock, and 玉 tama, orb.

In other languages

• German: Voltobal - Likely from volt and ball.
• French: Voltorbe
• Korean: 찌리리공 Ssiririgong
• Chinese (Taiwan): 雷電球 Léi Diàn Qiú - "Thunder and ligthning sphere".

External links

Notes

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Pokémon

#101: Electrode →

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