Starmobile
The Starmobiles (Japanese: スターモービル Starmobile) are vehicles used in battle by the squad bosses of Team Star. These vehicles are encountered in the ★ Starfall Street ★ storyline of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Description
Each Starmobile is powered by Pokémon: a Revavroom sits in the hood and controls the vehicle, while two Varoom are located on the back, acting as rear wheels. Additionally, according to Mela, the Starmobiles are fueled by evolved forms of Charcadet: Armarouge and Ceruledge. Ortega was the one who created the Starmobiles during "Operation Star".
List of Starmobiles
Each Starmobile has a different type, Ability, and a signature move.
| Squad Boss |  Giacomo |
 Mela |
 Atticus |
 Ortega |
 Eri |
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| Starmobile |  Segin Starmobile |
 Schedar Starmobile |
 Navi Starmobile |
 Ruchbah Starmobile |
 Caph Starmobile |
| Type | Dark | Fire | Poison | Fairy | Fighting |
| Ability | Intimidate | Speed Boost | Toxic Debris | Misty Surge | Stamina |
| Signature move | Wicked Torque | Blazing Torque | Noxious Torque | Magical Torque | Combat Torque |
Battling
In battle, the Starmobiles are named "<Squad Name> Starmobile" (e.g. "Segin Starmobile"), as seen in their health bar; however, the battle texts refer to them simply as "Revavroom" (e.g. "The opposing Revavroom used Wicked Torque!"). The Starmobiles are immune to all negative status conditions, volatile or otherwise. Their types cannot be changed by moves such as Soak. All of their moves can be used without PP limitations. Transform fails if used on a Starmobile, and Imposter does not activate.
Starmobiles are not technically proper forms of Revavroom,[1] as the game essentially overwrites the last opponent that was knocked out, and directly modifies their stats, Nature, types, Abilities, and moves. As a result, the Starmobiles have no IVs or EVs, and have stats that are out-of-bounds for a typical Revavroom of similar level. Instead, they have the following custom properties:
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The stats shown above are the exact stats, not base stats. The values are custom set rather than derived from base stats, level, Nature, IVs, and EVs.
Movesets
In animation
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
The Caph Starmobile appeared in Take a Breath. The Starmobile acted wild after the leading Revavroom had been confused by a wild Squawkabilly, which resulted in it dashing around the Caph Squad's Base until Eri snapped it out of its confusion by feeding it a Lum Berry.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Scarlet & Violet arc
The Segin Starmobile appeared during Violet's raid of Segin Squad's Base in Challenge! DJ Giacomo!!. Its appearance made Violet initially assume that he was to race Giacomo, until the Team Star Boss clarified that their confrontation was to be a Pokémon battle. After defeating Giacomo's Pawniard, Violet was surprised to see the Starmobile entering the battle as a member of his opponent's team. Thanks to the Tera Orb he had received from Clive shortly beforehand, Violet was able to Terastallize his Nymble, allowing its powered-up Bug Bite to defeat the Starmobile.
The Schedar Starmobile was first seen in Abduction! The Target is Miraidon!! alongside Mela as the latter talked to Scarlet. It was later used to battle Violet when he raided the Schedar Squad's Base. It managed to take out Violet's Clodsire and started overwhelming his Crocalor thanks to Speed Boost, making it hard for Violet to get an attack command through its rapid attacks, but in the end, the Starmobile was defeated by a super-effective Stomping Tantrum.
The Navi Starmobile was first used in PASV21 during Atticus's battle with Scarlet. In PASV23, Scarlet's Hero Form Palafin lifted up and threw the Starmobile, throwing Atticus off of it in the process and knocking him out, ending the confrontation in Scarlet's victory per the terms Atticus had established.
Gallery
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Schedar Starmobile in Pokémon Adventures -
Navi Starmobile in Pokémon Adventures
In the TCG
The Schedar Starmobile makes an appearance in the Full Art special illustration rare print of Revavroom ex, released in the Obsidian Flames expansion.
Trivia
- The Starmobiles' Torque moves are the first ever signature moves exclusive to an unobtainable Pokémon that can be observed in battle during normal gameplay (as opposed to only appearing in a cutscene).
- Starmobiles are most likely based on dekotora, a Japanese style of modifying trucks with elaborate stainless-steel parts, murals, and LED lights.
- They may also be based on the similar chiva/escalera, older multi-level busses given a vibrant decorative paintjob common in Colombia and Ecuador, as well as taptaps, cheerfully painted Haitian public transport vehicles known for being loud and dangerous, given the Paldea region's Hispanic origin.
- The Starmobiles share a naming scheme with that of the Team Star squads, in that both are named after the stars of the constellation Cassiopeia.
- The Navi Starmobile is the only Starmobile that shares a type with Revavroom's regular form, namely Poison.
- The Ruchbah Starmobile is the only one whose Ability, namely Misty Surge, was ever a signature one for a Starmobile in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as Tapu Fini is not in Scarlet and Violet, and Galarian Weezing was not in Scarlet and Violet until version 2.0.1.
- While the Starmobiles' stats are directly specified rather than being calculated from underlying base stats, calculating the base stats a Pokémon of the same level and nature would normally need to have to produce the specified stats yields some interesting results:
- All of the Starmobiles would have minimum base HP stat that exceeds 255, the maximum value allowed by the game.
- The Segin Starmobile's minimum base Speed stat would also exceed the maximum of 255.
- The Schedar Starmobile could have a base Special Attack stat as low as 0, making it the only non-glitch Pokémon with a base stat of 0, and the only non-glitch Pokémon besides Shedinja with a base stat lower than 5.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | スターモービル Starmobile | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 天星隊車 Tīnsīng Déui Chē |
| Mandarin | 天星隊車 / 天星队车 Tiānxīng Duì Chē | |
| French | Starmobile | |
| German | Starmobil | |
| Italian | Starmobile | |
| Korean | 스타모빌 Starmobile | |
| Spanish | Autostar | |
References
Related articles
 Team Star
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| Big Boss | Segin Squad | Schedar Squad | Navi Squad | Ruchbah Squad | Caph Squad | ||
| Cassiopeia | Giacomo (Masters) |
Mela (Masters) |
Atticus (Masters) |
Ortega (Masters) |
Eri (Masters) | ||
| Other members | |||||||
| Team Star Grunts (Carmen) | |||||||
| Related | |||||||
| Youssef • Harrington • Scarlet • Starmobiles | |||||||
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