| Poliwrath | |||
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| Naming | |||
| Others | Poliwag (juvenile stage) Poliwhirl (intermediary stage) Tadpole Pokémon | ||
| Binomen | N/A | ||
| Original | ニョロモ, ニョロゾ and ニョロボン | ||
| Romanization | Nyoromo, Nyorozo and Nyorobon | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Anuran | ||
| Average height | 0.6 m (Poliwag) 1 m (Poliwhirl) 1.3 m (Poliwrath) | ||
| Average weight | 12.4 kg (Poliwag) 20 kg (Poliwhirl) 54 kg (Poliwrath) | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-Sapient | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | Kanto region, Pokémon World | ||
| Habitat | Amphibious | ||
| Locomotion | Bipedal Swimming | ||
| Related species | Politoed | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | Pokémon | ||
| Designed by | Atsuko Nishida | ||
Poliwrath is a Water/Fighting-type Pokémon species, whose life cycle includes a juvenile stage called Poliwag, and an intermediary stage called Poliwhirl, both of which are pure Water-types. The latter needs to be exposed to a Water Stone to trigger its evolution into Poliwrath. A Poliwhirl that is traded while holding a King's Rock will mature into Politoed instead.
Biology[]
Poliwag[]
Members of this species start life as Poliwag, an amphibious biped that stands about 60 cm in height and weighs 12.4 kg. Its body is spherical in shape, with a long tadpole-like tail, a couple of digit-less feet, and no arms. Its eyes are large, and its mouth is comparatively small. It has blue skin, pink lips, and a white abdomen with a black spiral pattern.
Due to its stubby legs, Poliwag prefers swimming to walking on land. According to Pokédex entries, the spiral on its abdomen is actually its guts, partially visible beneath the thin transparent skin of its white belly. The direction of the spiral changes from population to population, depending on the area. Despite being so thin, its skin is also flexible enough to protect this Pokémon against predators, whose sharp fangs will bounce right off when they try to bite it.
Wild Poliwag populations are known to occur in the regions of Kanto, Johto, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Alola.
Poliwhirl[]
When Poliwag evolves into Poliwhirl, it increases in size to about 1 meter, and now weighs 20 kg. Its tail disappears, and its mouth is no longer visible, but in exchange, it develops a pair of arms and a pair of nostrils. Its hands are white and look like boxing gloves or mittens. Interestingly, the direction of its abdomen spiral changes upon evolution, and now looks like a mirrored version of its previous stage's.
Compared to Poliwag, Poliwhirl is more capable of moving on land, but still needs an oily secretion to keep its skin moist. It feels safer underwater, where it can move faster and has fewer natural predators. Poliwhirl's own diet consists of bugs and fish. Its abdomen spiral undulates subtly, and may induce drowsiness in those that stare at it, which can be used as a defense mechanism.
Poliwrath[]
Poliwrath can be basically described as a larger, bulkier, far more muscular version of Poliwhirl, with the additional distinction that its hands now have three fingers and a thumb. Its swimming abilities far surpass even the strongest humans. Its muscles are so effective that it never fatigues, and could swim across the Pacific Ocean without resting.
Because it can swim in the same styles used by humans; including the front crawl, butterfly, and breaststroke; Alolan children often learn to swim by imitating Poliwrath.
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