Appearance
Elekid is yellow, round, and striped black, with bulky three-clawed arms. Its plug-like horns glow bluish-white when fully charged.
#239
Elekid
Electric Pokémon
Electric
- Height
- 0.6 m
- Weight
- 23.5 kg
- Generation
- 2
- Region
- Johto
Elekid is a Electric-type Pokémon, No. 239 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 2 (Johto region).
« They generate electricity by spinning their arms. During a thunderstorm, if one hears the lively voices of children out in the wilderness, what one is actually hearing are the voices of Elekid. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It makes a little electricity by spinning its arms, tires fast, then breaks into houses for outlet power. It lives in grasslands and evolves into Electabuzz, then Electivire.
In the anime
Paul's Elekid battles Ash's Pikachu, becomes Electabuzz in the Hearthome tag battles, then Electivire off-screen.
Name origin
Elekid combines electric, or Japanese eleki, and kid. As Electabuzz's baby form, it may recall an oni, an ogre of Japanese folklore.
Did you know?
- An approaching storm makes it rowdy, and it loves to play in the middle of it.
- In a 1997 demo, Erebebī looked like an upside-down light bulb with feet.
- Magby's counterpart: babies introduced together, evolved forms already here, final stage came later.
Found in the Pokédex of:
JohtoSinnohUnovaAlolaGalarHisuiPaldea
In other languages
Élekid
エレキッド에레키드電擊怪