Larvitar
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Suicune (#245) - Larvitar - Pupitar (#247) | |
| General | |
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| Name (Japanese), Number | Larvitar (Yogiras), 246 |
| Stage | Basic |
| Evolves from | (none) |
| Evolves to | Pupitar |
| Battle¹ | |
| Hit points | 50 |
| Attack | 64 |
| Defense | 50 |
| Speed | 41 |
| Special attack | 45 |
| Special defense | 50 |
| Biological | |
| Species | Rock Skin Pokémon |
| Types | Template:PokemonTypeRock, Template:PokemonTypeGround |
| Height | 2'0" (0.6 m) |
| Weight | 159.0 lb (72 kg) |
| Ability | Guts |
| Pokédex Color | Green |
| Shiny color | The orange crest becomes a light purple, and the skin becomes a shinier olive color. |
| Gender distribution | 50% male, 50% female |
| ¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. | |
Larvitar is a Pokémon found near the end of Pokémon Gold and Silver (at Mt. Silver), and obtainable at the 7th Rainbow Island in Fire Red/Leaf Green. It evolves at level 30 into Pupitar. It has relatively low stats, but its evolutions don't (Tyranitar has some of the best stats in the game). It is rock/ground type and is a 2 foot tall, chubby, green pokemon with a red patch on its chest, stubby arms and legs and a spike projecting backwards from its head. It learns several powerful attacks.
According to the Pokédex, this Pokémon feeds on dirt, and it will not stop eating until it has eaten all the dirt on a mountain. Only then will it evolve.
Name Origin
The name Larvitar probably comes from the words larva and tar.
Anime Appearances
In Pokémon: Master Quest, Ash Ketchum, en route to New Bark Town after winning all eight Johto League badges, is asked to deliver a Pokémon egg to Professor Elm. However, on the way, the egg hatches, and Larvitar was born. Soon afterwards, Professor Elm asks Ash and company to return Larvitar to its home in Mt. Silver before entering in the Silver Conference.
Initially, Larvitar was not open to anyone except Ash and Pikachu, who had saved its life (both from sickness and from Team Rocket's intention to steal it), performing either its Screech or Harden attacks on virtually everyone else, although eventually opening up to Misty's and Brock's Pokémon, and later Misty and Brock themselves. With the help of a sick and lost Unown, Ash and friends discover why Larvitar is distrustful of humans (abduction by a gang of Pokémon poachers as well as physical harm to its mother, Tyranitar), and also rectify this situation once they were on Mt. Silver.
Larvitar is currently happy reunited with its mother, and resides in Mt. Silver.