Clobbopus is a small, beige cephalopod Pokémon. It has a rather large head with six orange spots on the top, an orange mask-shaped pattern on the face, and a small, orange siphon on the left side. It has small, blue eyes with horizontal, slit-shaped pupils. Clobbopus has six small tentacles that it uses to get around, and two large tentacles that act as arms. These large tentacles have rounded indigo bumps on each end, resembling boxing gloves; these bulbous shapes allow Clobbopus to hit things with its arm tentacles, although they make gripping difficult. Each of its tentacles are lined with orange suction cups. Clobbopus's underside is indigo and contains its mouth, which is circular in shape and has two sharp beak-like protrusions.
Clobbopus has easily torn tentacles, which allow it to escape from predators; these tentacles can be regrown later. Its intelligence is comparable to that of a three-year-old human. It is a very curious creature and often investigates things by punching them with its tentacles. It normally lives underwater, but is known to surface onto land to search for food.
Clobbopus appears to be based on an octopus and a boxer. The orange markings on its head resemble the patterns on wrestling masks. Its Fighting-type and design might be a visual pun with タコ殴り takonaguri (hitting endlessly), an expression that means "octopus beating" if taken literally. Its low intelligence and tentacles that cannot grasp onto things may be a reversal of traits of octopuses; specifically, octopuses are intelligent, and their tentacles can grasp onto things.
Name origin
Clobbopus may be a combination of clobber and octopus.
Tatakko may be a combination of 叩く tataku (to strike), 戦い tatakai (fight, battle), attack, 蛸 tako (octopus), and possibly 子 ko (child, referring to its childish mentality). It could also be a pun on 駄々っ子 dadakko (spoiled child), which is the name of its category in Japanese.
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For other sprites and images, please see Clobbopus images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
