Talk:Snorlax (Pokémon)

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• Edit request
• Leftovers
• Lick is an Egg Move?
• Shortest Cry?
• Trivia
• Different sprites in Gen III
• Is It Just Me?
• Snorlax is a Cave Bear?
• Snorlax's colors
• Trivia
• Kōji Nishino
• Can Snorlax hatch from an Egg
• Totoro
• Forgotten anime appearance for snorlax
• Zen Headbutt needs a dagger
• Zen Headbutt also needs a dagger for Gen 4
• Sleep forms
• Pokopia Core Series Treatment

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Edit request

→Pokedex entries

|heartgolddex=What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.

♥ 梅子^❀_✿ 02:47, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

→Trivia

• In Generation III, normally the Ruby and Sapphire sprite is the same as Emerald's sprite. However, Snorlax's Emerald sprite is different to the Ruby and Sapphire sprite. The Emerald sprite is similar to the Ruby and Sapphire sprite except it's face isn't smiling and it's feet are smaller. Also, Snorlax has three different Generation III sprites. Lanturn 02:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Leftovers

it mentions the leftovers being on a snorlax 100% or the time in d/p/pt, if this is true, how, because it is uncatchable without hacking/cheating or is this the only way it is obtained? or is it obtained through evolution?--Ben7229 22:44, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

It's being fixed. Give me some time. I'm making sure everything's clean. ^ht14 22:51, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

ok, cool--Ben7229 19:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Lick is an Egg Move?

Snorlax can learn Lick by level up. Why is it on the list of Egg moves? Does this just mean that a father who knows Lick will pass it to a baby Snorlax, even if the mother doesn't know Lick? Yenreb 01:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

In a nutshell, yes.

Keep in mind that the move listings are according to the actual coding of the games. As such, a move can appear as an egg move that's also learned by level or even by TM. --Shiningpikablu252 01:45, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Shortest Cry?

I've heard a lot of cries, but I'm pretty sure Snorlax has the shortest. Should we put this in the trivia? Carrottime 20:51, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I think it might vie for that title with Jigglypuff.--Skaisdead 18:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah Snorlax and Jigglypuff both have a pretty short cry. I think Snorlax just has a tad bit shorter of one. --'Snorlax 19:42, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Trivia

Is it worth noting that Sinnoh is the only main region to include Snorlax in it's regional Pokedex wherein Snorlax is not encountered as a road obstacle at some point throughout the game?--Skaisdead 18:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Different sprites in Gen III

Just noticed that all of the base sprites in Gen III of Snorlax is different. Even in Emerald it got a different one than in Ruby and Sapphire. --Mattii 14:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Is It Just Me?

Is it just me, or does Snorlax bear a strong resemblance to the fictitious (and also originally Japanese) creature Totoro? Pokémon was introduced roughly around the time of the movie My Neighbor Totoro as well, and both his mannerisms and appearances are quite similar. Is this worth mentioning? Frenchhorn 20:25, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

what's toroto?--Ash0011 00:25, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

My Neighbour Totoro is a Hayao Miyazaki film, and is quite well known in Japanese pop culture. It's possible there could be some connection between Snorlax's design and Totoro. The colours are quite similar afterall.--Bardock 00:41, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Snorlax is a Cave Bear?

What makes Snorlax a Cave Bear?Bennell 20:47, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Snorlax's colors

Cyndaquil, Quilava, and Typhlosion have the same colors as Snorlax.Bennell 20:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Trivia

One of the entries states that "In HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player interacts with a Snorlax that is walking with them, the message "SNORLAX is feeling very eager" will appear. This is based on Red, who is also at Mt. Silver, owning a Snorlax as well." However, this does not say that the player's Snorlax has to be in Mt.Silver as the sentence implies. I'm going to go ahead and change it if that's okay. Noah★ (talk) 09:59, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Kōji Nishino

So I've heard several times that Kabigon comes from the nickname of Game Freak programmer Kōji Nishino. The Japanese Wikipedia page says that this is mentioned in books (exact quote: 「開発スタッフである西野弘二（ゲームフリーク所属）が外見と名前のモチーフになっているということが、関連書籍で幾度か触れられている。」). Unfortunately, this is going to mean Japanese books, so it won't be easy to find. --SnorlaxMonster 10:58, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Here is an image with info about it. Reverse image search gives a few results about it, so I suggest someone looks into that (ideally someone with a better knowledge of Japanese than me). --SnorlaxMonster 09:58, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Can Snorlax hatch from an Egg

In the trivia section, it says snorlax is the Pokémon with to highest base stat that can hatch out of an Egg. So you can breed with a snorlax and and get another snorlax? Not a munchlax.--Ethan7 (talk) 16:50, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

You only get a Munchlax if you breed Snorlax holding a Full Incense. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 16:50, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Totoro

Given how little like an actual bear Snorlax resembles, but his obvious similarities to Totoro, not to mention how Munchlax greatly resembles the smaller creatures that followed Totoro, I would say that both of them are far more inspired by that film than any actual bears. Totoro himself was partially based on bears, but Hayao himself said that he wanted to avoid the creature being too ursine in design, so he mixed it with other animals. And naturally there's the fact that Snorlax's natural sleeping position is very akin to Totoro's debut in the film, laying on his back blocking a clearing in dense forest foliage, sleeping. It really surprises me that Totoro isn't listed in the Origin section. Einbjorn (talk) 05:37, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

We can't use copyrighted characters as basis of origins, unless it is stated to be based off that character.--ForceFire 05:53, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Forgotten anime appearance for snorlax

I can't remember the actual title, but the gold and silver anime has an episode featuring ash's snorlax, where it competes in a pokemon sumo match against a feraligatr. this episode is not referenced in snorlax's anime appearances list. EDIT: this episode is listed under the [Ash's Snorlax] page. the episode is titled [Ring Masters ] Elesafan85 (talk) 00:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Anything regarding a specific trainer's Pokemon goes to its article, if it has any (in this case, Ash's Snorlax). We do not want to clog the section with every appearance of a trainer's Pokemon.--ForceFire 05:05, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Zen Headbutt needs a dagger

Zen Headbutt, at least in BDSP, is an egg move for Munchlax only, not Snorlax. I just spent 3 days trying to figure out why breeding wasn't working, only to find out it's a typo on this page. LeviAEthan (talk) 16:09, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Zen Headbutt also needs a dagger for Gen 4

Zen Headbutt is only obtainable as an egg move if the snorlax is bred as a munchlax RosalinaV (talk) 19:28, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Fixed. (also fixed for Gen 5 and 6) Anzasquiddles (talk) 06:01, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Sleep forms

Shouldn't we have the color variants found in Pokemon Sleep listed here, similar to what was done with the Magikarp variants from Magikarp jump on Magikarp's page MechaMew5000 (talk) 06:56, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

That makes sense to me. The only problem is I'm not sure if we have clean sprites (i.e. images with transparent backgrounds) for the Sleep Snorlax color variations, so they might look a little strange in an image gallery. Storm Aurora (talk) 19:23, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

someone made clean sprites, so I added them based on how the Magikarp one was formatted. MechaMew5000 (talk) 00:08, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Pokopia Core Series Treatment

Please move this discussion elsewhere if this is not the right place, but is there any reason why Pokopia information is presented on the same level as main series information? I mean things like the Mosslass artwork being included in the infobox, which has not previously been the norm as seen with examples such as Shadow Lugia, Shadow Mewtwo, and Primal Dialga being exluded to name a few. The Pokédex entries for Pokopia is also included in the table with other core games instead of in the sidegame data section where spin-off dex entries usually are put as seen with Pokémon Ranger browser entries, Poképark pad entries, or Photodex entries all being in the sidegame data section. Petrichor (talk) 17:17, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

The reason for the treatment is Shadow Lugia, Mewtwo and Primal Dialga do not have pokedex data; that is the main differentiator between them. Pokopia is the first Spinoff game with a distinct and unique Pokédex (most other spinoffs either use nat dex or some other thing like ranger browser etc). There is also important distinguishing features since the new forms have different height/weights as the base forms in many cases, not to mention Rotom's new typing which is relevant information on a species level. 4iamking 17:59, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I see the argument for the formes being more elaborate with more distinguishing features and thus deserving higher priority than something like Shadow Lugia. However I don't fully agree with the point that the Pokédex is more distinct and unique in itself than some other spin-off dexes like New Pokémon Snap's Photodex which also has both a separate numbering system as well as unique dex entries. Seems inconsistent to have one Pokémon's entry for Pokopia in the Pokédex entry section and its dex entry for NPS in the Sidegame data section. Petrichor (talk) 18:25, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Pokémon Snap's Photodex is not a Pokédex; it doesn't contain any detailed Pokémon characteristic info beyond type and a line of flavour text, nor is it called a Pokédex in that game. That said there is talk about what we can do to bring the flavour text together from the various places it exists in those games since that can interesting information to aggregate. 4iamking 18:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I am talking about the "Pokédex entries" subsection which is enterily focused on the flavour text, and separate from any other Pokédex related information on a Pokémon's page here on Bulbapedia. If the deciding factor for if a flavour text is included is if the dex includes other information besides flavour text then that seems completely backwards to me. It also seems rather odd if the name Pokédex is the deciding factor, since then Pokémon GO's Pokedex entries should also be included a long time ago since it satisfies all the laid out criteria. Glad it is being looked into at least. Petrichor (talk) 18:52, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

I think there is a strong argument for including Pokémon GO, it's just something that would have to be done. 4iamking 19:46, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Like where to add them as isn’t there also like a go page version for the other Pokemon or something? And if so we could add under our current spin off Pokédex section. Jacob9594 (talk) 20:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Under spinoff/above the Pokopia entry would be the most logical. We wouldnt need to add an extra tab or anything though and shouldn't since we a) don't have a pokedex page for it and b) the game just follows nat dex anyway. 4iamking 20:26, 9 March 2026 (UTC)