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Basculin (Japanese: バスラオ Bassrao) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
Basculin has three different forms: Red-Striped Form; Blue-Striped Form; and, in Hisui and Kitakami, White-Striped Form (which is sometimes considered a Hisuian form).
Red- and Blue-Striped Basculin are not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
White-Striped Basculin evolves into Basculegion when leveled up after losing at least 294 HP from recoil damage without fainting.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
Biology
Basculin is a green aquatic Pokémon that comes in three forms. The bodies of both the Red- and Blue-Striped Forms are the same. They have a green, ovoid body, tapering off in the rear to a trapezoidal tail fin. A thick black stripe covers the top of their body from mouth to tail and a white, dorsal fin with four protrusions resembling spikes. Their lower jaw juts ahead of their upper jaw, with a small indent near the edges of their mouth. Both forms have three black dots on both sides of their body, behind their pectoral fins.
The main difference between the three forms of Basculin is the color of the stripe that separates the black and green on their body. All forms of Basculin have fins in the same places, with one on top of their body ahead of the tail fin, one below the body ahead of the tail fin, and two side fins. The Red-Striped Form has jagged fins that resemble tridents, whereas the Blue-Striped Form has smooth fins all around. The Red-Striped Form has circular, red eyes, while the Blue-Striped Form has narrower, blue eyes.
Red- and Blue-Striped Basculin are extremely hostile, especially towards their opposite form. They generally start fighting each other on sight for territory. However, on rare occasions, one form may swim with the other's school. Basculin is full of vitality and reproduces quickly. When a school of Basculin appears in a lake, Pokémon other than Corphish and Crawdaunt flee. It competes with Carvanha for food.
Basculin has often been referred to as "the thug of the lake" or "Thug of the River", and uses its jaws, which are strong enough to leave bite marks in iron sheets, to devour everything in its way. However, despite their fierce reputation, Basculin become prey to stronger organisms, such as Bombirdier and Dondozo. Basculin were once also consumed by humans, and were considered very delicious. The meat of Blue-Striped Basculin has an inoffensive, light flavor, while the meat of Red-Striped Basculin is fattier, and was more popular with the youth. Basculin is a popular Pokémon with anglers due to its resistance. Many people release Basculin into lakes illegally, causing its population to grow abundant.
Forms
Basculin has three separate forms: Red-Striped Form, Blue-Striped Form, and White-Striped Form, the last of which is sometimes considered a regional form.
In Hisui, White-Striped Basculin has a similar appearance to the other two forms of Basculin. Despite its descriptor, the stripes above its eyes are actually a very pale shade of light blue, as are its irises. Its pectoral fins are smooth like Blue-Striped Basculin, but larger. Its dorsal fins are spiky and it has wide eyes, like Red-Striped Basculin. Its lower jaw is smaller than the jaws of either Red- or Blue-Striped Basculin, and both its lower and upper jaws have beak-like protrusions at the front.
Unlike the other two forms, White-Striped Basculin are known to be gentle, with an ecology different enough from other Basculin to spawn recent theories of it being a separate species. White-Striped Basculin are known to share food with each other unlike their two counterparts. They are known to travel upstream; the journey is often perilous for the species, and many of them don't survive. As a result, the souls of the deceased White-Striped Basculin are often left behind in the waters of Hisui. However, when an injured White-Striped Basculin survives, it can unite with the souls in order to achieve the unique evolution into Basculegion. In the present day, it's only known to be found in Kitakami's Timeless Woods along with its evolved form.
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Evolution
White-Striped Basculin can evolve into Basculegion. Neither Red-Striped Basculin nor Blue-Striped Basculin can evolve.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
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Game data
Pokédex entries
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Red and blue Basculin get along so poorly, they'll start fighting instantly. These Pokémon are very hostile.
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Red and blue Basculin usually do not get along, but sometimes members of one school mingle with the other's school.
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Red- and blue-striped Basculin are very violent and always fighting. They are also remarkably tasty.
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Red- and blue-striped Basculin are very violent and always fighting. They are also remarkably tasty.
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Red and blue Basculin usually do not get along, but sometimes members of one school mingle with the other's school.
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Red- and blue-striped Basculin are very violent and always fighting. They are also remarkably tasty.
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Red and blue Basculin usually do not get along, but sometimes members of one school mingle with the other's school.
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Savage, violent Pokémon, red and blue Basculin are always fighting each other over territory.
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When a school of Basculin appears in a lake, everything else disappears, except for Corphish and Crawdaunt. That's how violent Basculin are.
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Even Basculin, which devours everything it can with its huge jaws, is nothing more than food to organisms stronger than itself.
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Some people call it “the thug of the lake.” Whether the differences in color are meaningful is not yet known.
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Anglers love the fight this Pokémon puts up on the hook. And there are always more to catch— many people release them into lakes illicitly.
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In the past, it often appeared on the dinner table. The meat of red-striped Basculin is on the fatty side, and it's more popular with the youth.
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Blue-striped Basculin used to be a common food source. They apparently have an inoffensive, light flavor.
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Known for their violence, these Pokémon have the most fights with schools of red-striped Basculin.
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Though it differs from other Basculin in several respects, including demeanor—this one is gentle—I have categorized it as a regional form given the vast array of shared qualities.
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Its temperament is vicious and aggressive. This Pokémon is also full of vitality and can multiply rapidly before anyone notices.
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It's so vicious that it's called the Thug of the River. Yet Basculin is still targeted by predators, such as Dondozo and Bombirdier.
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These Pokémon form schools with others of the same color. The greatest foe of a school of blue Basculin is a school of red Basculin.
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The power of its jaws is immense—enough to leave teeth marks in iron sheets. Its personality is also extremely vicious.
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They live in frigid seas, forming schools and sharing food among themselves. When the time comes, they return to the river they were born in.
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Its ecology is starkly different from that of other Basculin, so theories that it's a totally different species have gained traction in recent years.
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Game locations
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Routes 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, Striaton City, Wellspring Cave, Pinwheel Forest, Dragonspiral Tower, Challenger's Cave, Victory Road, Village Bridge, Giant Chasm, Abundant Shrine, Lostlorn Forest (Surfing or fishing) (Red-Striped Form) (Rippling water) (Blue-Striped Form)
Trade Minccino in Driftveil City (Red-Striped Form)
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Routes 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, Striaton City, Wellspring Cave, Pinwheel Forest, Dragonspiral Tower, Challenger's Cave, Victory Road, Village Bridge, Giant Chasm, Abundant Shrine, Lostlorn Forest (Surfing or fishing) (Blue-Striped Form) (Rippling water) (Red-Striped Form)
Trade Minccino in Driftveil City (Blue-Striped Form)
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| Routes 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, Aspertia City, Floccesy Ranch, Relic Passage, Clay Tunnel, Dragonspiral Tower, Striaton City, Wellspring Cave, Pinwheel Forest, Undella Town, Humilau City, Victory Road, Village Bridge, Giant Chasm, Abundant Shrine, Nature Preserve, Lostlorn Forest (Surfing or fishing) (Red-Striped Form) (Rippling water) (Blue-Striped Form)
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| Routes 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22, 23, Aspertia City, Floccesy Ranch, Relic Passage, Clay Tunnel, Dragonspiral Tower, Striaton City, Wellspring Cave, Pinwheel Forest, Undella Town, Humilau City, Victory Road, Village Bridge, Giant Chasm, Abundant Shrine, Nature Preserve, Lostlorn Forest (Surfing or fishing) (Blue-Striped Form) (Rippling water) (Red-Striped Form)
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Routes 15 and 16, Laverre City, Couriway Town, Frost Cavern, Pokémon Village, Victory Road (Good Rod) (Blue-Striped Form)
Routes 15 and 16, Laverre City, Couriway Town, Frost Cavern, Pokémon Village, Victory Road (Super Rod) (Red-Striped Form)
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Routes 15 and 16, Laverre City, Couriway Town, Frost Cavern, Pokémon Village, Victory Road (Good Rod) (Red-Striped Form)
Routes 15 and 16, Laverre City, Couriway Town, Frost Cavern, Pokémon Village, Victory Road (Super Rod) (Blue-Striped Form)
Route 21 (Good Rod or Super Rod) (Red-Striped Form)
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Red-Striped/Blue-Striped Basculin
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Stats
Base stats
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- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Basculin
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- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Basculin
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Basculin
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Basculin
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Side game data
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Walking Speed: 2.33 seconds
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Walking Speed: 2.33 seconds
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Base HP: 172
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Base Attack: 189
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Base Defense: 129
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Form data
Basculin has three non-interchangeable forms: Red-Striped Form, Blue-Striped Form, and White-Striped Form. White-Striped Basculin is also considered to be a Hisuian form in some contexts (such as Pokémon HOME and its Pokémon Legends: Arceus Pokédex entry).
Basculin cannot change its form. Generally, Red-Striped Form and Blue-Striped Form are either available in opposite games, or one can be found commonly while the other is rarer or only found through specific methods. For example, in Pokémon Black, Red-Striped Basculin can frequently be encountered while surfing or fishing, but Blue-Striped Basculin can only be found in rippling water; and in Pokémon White, the opposite is true. By contrast, in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Red-Striped Basculin is exclusive to Ultra Sun and Blue-Striped Basculin is exclusive to Ultra Moon. White-Striped Form is only available in Hisui (Pokémon Legends: Arceus) and Kitakami (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask).
Bred Basculin are the same form as their mother, or the same form as the Basculin parent if bred with Ditto. This includes White-Striped Basculin (who is not treated as a regional form for breeding, which would require it to hold an Everstone to pass down its form). If Basculegion is the mother or is bred with Ditto, the offspring will be White-Striped Basculin.
Red-Striped Form
Only Red-Striped Basculin can have the Ability Reckless and may hold a Deep Sea Tooth when encountered in the wild.
Blue-Striped Form
Only Blue-Striped Basculin can have the Ability Rock Head and may hold a Deep Sea Scale when encountered in the wild.
Blue-Striped Basculin initially had access to another set of Abilities in Pokémon Black and White, which is the same as Red-Striped Basculin's (having Reckless instead of Rock Head). However, a Blue-Striped Basculin available in an in-game trade in Pokémon White has the Ability Rock Head.
Starting with Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Blue-Striped Basculin's first Ability was changed to Rock Head. (The Black and White-contemporary Pokédex 3D also shows Blue-Striped Basculin as having access to Reckless, while the subsequent Pokédex 3D Pro shows it as having access to Rock Head.) If a Blue-Striped Basculin with Reckless is transferred from Generation V to Pokémon Bank, its Ability is changed to Rock Head.
White-Striped Form
Only White-Striped Basculin can have the Ability Rattled. They also learn Uproar at level 40 instead of Final Gambit like the other forms and can evolve into Basculegion.
Evolution data
Only White-Striped Basculin can evolve.
Red-Striped Form
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White-Striped Basculin evolves into Basculegion when leveled up after losing at least 294 HP from recoil damage. This can be spread across multiple battles and is not affected by the use of recovery items. Fainting will reset progress.
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, White-Striped Basculin does not need to level up after losing at least 294 HP from recoil damage in order to evolve.
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A Red-Striped Basculin in the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Two forms of Basculin debuted in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!. Cilan managed to capture a Blue-Striped one during a fishing competition, but a wild Frillish released it. A Red-Striped and a Blue-Striped one were seen being reeled in by two Trainers. Iris managed to fish another Blue-Striped one with her bare hands but was penalized for it.
A Red-Striped Basculin appeared in PK22, where it played a major role.
Minor appearances
Two forms of Basculin appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram: the Blue-Striped form was exclusive to the former movie, and the Red-Striped form was exclusive to the latter.
Multiple Basculin appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 and Part 2.
Multiple Blue-Striped Basculin appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice.
Multiple Red-Striped Basculin appeared in The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, a Blue-Striped Basculin was living at Pokémon Hills. It tried to attack Ash and Pikachu while they were riding the Douse Drive Genesect over a pond.
In Going for the Gold!, multiple Red-Striped Basculin and one Blue-Striped Basculin were seen in the Ambrette Aquarium.
Pokédex entries
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Basculin, the Hostile Pokémon. Basculin can be very violent, and red and blue Basculin do not get along well, frequently resulting in battles.
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Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Early-Evening Waves, multiple Red-Striped and Blue-Striped Basculin were living in a lake where Nessa was doing a photoshoot.
In the manga
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Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
In The Key to Triple Battles, Cheren uses a Red-Striped Basculin against Monta in a Triple Battle.
Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners
Two Basculin, each of a different form, appeared in BWGP04.
Pokémon Adventures
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A Red-Striped Basculin was first seen in Underground Showdown at Route 6, jumping out of the water as Black and Clay traveled to Chargestone Cave.
A Red-Striped Basculin appeared in Dream a Little Dream.
A Blue-Striped Basculin is owned by one of the Shadow Triad. It was used to attack Lenora at Nacrene City. It first appeared in The Battle Within.
Two Basculin, each of a different form, appeared in Pink Slip.
In the TCG
- Main article: Basculin (TCG)
Trivia
Regional form status
The status of Basculin's White-Striped Form as a regional form is inconsistent between various Pokémon media.
Evidence for
Evidence against
- White-Striped Basculin is not referred to as "Hisuian Basculin" or "Hisuian form" in the games, instead being referred to as "White-Striped Form".
- In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, White-Striped Basculin is not considered a regional form. This can be seen when breeding, as a White-Striped Basculin or Basculegion parent is not required to hold an Everstone for the offspring to hatch into White-Striped Basculin.
- In Pokémon GO, White-Striped Basculin do not appear when searching "hisui", unlike other Hisuian forms.
- White-Striped Basculin and its evolved form are found in the wild in Kitakami and are part of the Kitakami Pokédex; conversely, all other regional forms and regional evolutions are only naturally present in their home region and its Pokédex (excluding Blueberry Academy's artificial Terarium and Blueberry Pokédex).
Origin
Basculin is based on a bass,[2] most likely the largemouth bass or the peacock bass due to their greenish color, pattern of horizontal splotches, and vigorous resistance when being fished. It is likely also inspired by the piranha, which has historically been viewed as violent. Its Red-Striped and Blue-Striped variations that are hostile to each other are similar to Siamese fighting fish, which come in a variety of colors (including red and blue) and are extremely aggressive and territorial to others. It could also be compared to street gangs, where groups of affiliated people often fight rival groups over their own territory.
According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream Vol. 205, Basculin was created late in development when it was realized that there were few new "standard" fish-like Pokémon in Unova, the only others being Alomomola, Stunfisk, Frillish, and Jellicent. It was given two forms to make up for this, and it was also based on a bass since there are wild bass in New York, which Unova is based on.[2]
While Basculin's White-Striped Form may likewise be inspired by a bass, its design is also reminiscent of the salmon or the related itou (Sakhalin taimen), due to its behavior and the shape of its mouth resembling the kypes that develop in male salmon. Its Pokémon Violet Pokédex entry suggesting that it may be a different species to Red- and Blue-Striped Basculin may be a reference to this.
The selection of colored forms being red, white, and blue may reference the national flag of the United States, as Unova, the region Basculin was first introduced in, is based on New York.
Name origin
Basculin may be a combination of bass and masculine.
Bassrao may be a combination of bass and 丈夫 masurao (warrior, referring to its bold, violent nature) or バカラオ bakarao (bacalhau).
In other languages
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バスラオ Bassrao
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From bass and 丈夫 masurao or bacalhau
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Bargantua
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From bar and Gargantua, a powerful giant in French literature
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Basculin
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Same as English name
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Barschuft
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From Barsch and Schuft
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Basculin
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Same as English name
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배쓰나이 Bessnai
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From bass and 사나이 sana-i
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野蠻鱸魚 / 野蛮鲈鱼 Yěmánlúyú*
勇士鱸魚 / 勇士鲈鱼 Yǒngshìlúyú*
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From 野蠻 yěmán and 鱸魚 lúyú
From 勇士 yǒngshì and 鱸魚 lúyú
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野蠻鱸魚 Yéhmàahnlòuhyùh*
勇士鱸魚 Yúhngsihlòuhyùh*
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From 野蠻 yéhmàahn and 鱸魚 lòuhyùh
From 勇士 yúhngsih and 鱸魚 lòuhyùh
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मरडीन Mardeen
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From मर mar or murder and मीन Meen
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Баскулин Baskulin
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บาสราโอ Basrao
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Red-Striped Form
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あかすじのすがた Akasuji no Sugata
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紅條紋的樣子 Hùhngtìuhmàhn-dīk Yeuhngjí
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紅條紋的樣子 / 红条纹的样子 Hóngtiáowén-de Yàngzi *
紅線 Hóngxiàn *
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Motif Rouge
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Rotlinige Form
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रेड-स्ट्राइप फ़ॉर्म Red-Stripe Form
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Wujud Bergaris Merah*
Bentuk Bergaris Merah*
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Forma Linearossa
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적색근의 모습 Jeoksaekgeun-ui Moseup
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Forma Czerwono Paskowana
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Forma Raya Roja
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ร่างแถบสีแดง Rang Thaep Sidaeng
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Blue-Striped Form
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あおすじのすがた Aosuji no Sugata
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藍條紋的樣子 Làahmtìuhmàhn-dīk Yeuhngjí
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藍條紋的樣子 / 蓝条纹的样子 Lántiáowén-de Yàngzi *
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Motif Bleu
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Blaulinige Form
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ब्लू-स्ट्राइप फ़ॉर्म Blue-Stripe Form
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Wujud Bergaris Biru*
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Forma Lineablu
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청색근의 모습 Cheongsaekgeun-ui Moseup
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Forma Niebiesko Paskowana
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Forma Raya Azul
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ร่างแถบสีฟ้า Rang Thaep Sifa
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Mavi Çizgili
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White-Striped Form
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しろすじのすがた Shirosuji no Sugata
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白條紋的樣子 Baahktìuhmàhn-dīk Yeuhngjí
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白條紋的樣子 / 白条纹的样子 Báitiáowén-de Yàngzi
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Motif Blanc
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Weißlinige Form
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वाइट-स्ट्राइप फ़ॉर्म White-Stripe Form
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Wujud Bergaris Putih
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Forma Lineabianca
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ร่างแถบสีขาว Rang Thaep Sikhao
ร่างแถบขาว Rang Thaep Khao*
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See also
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.
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