Appearance
A large jellyfish: the male is blue with a short white crown, the female pink with a tall crown. Both forms have five tentacles, two long and three short.
#593
Jellicent
Floating Pokémon
WaterGhost
- Height
- 2.2 m
- Weight
- 135 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Jellicent is a Water / Ghost-type Pokémon, No. 593 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« Whenever a full moon hangs in the night sky, schools of Jellicent gather near the surface of the sea, waiting for their prey to appear. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It moves by shooting seawater from its head, feeds on life energy, and evolves from Frillish. Schools gather to hunt under a full moon.
In the anime
Rizzo's male and female debut against a wild Volcarona and Ash's Krokorok, then fall quickly to Brycen's Beartic.
Name origin
Frills and collars take on royal dress, a king for the male and a queen for the female, on a jellyfish inspired by Nurarihyon. Jellicent blends jellyfish with magnificent or translucent.
Did you know?
- Rumor says it drags ships and tankers underwater to feed on the passengers.
- Its body is much like seawater, and it builds its lairs in sunken ships.
- Ken Sugimori regrets the Ghost type added for balance; he did not want them scary.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaAlolaGalar
In other languages
Moyade
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ブルンゲル탱탱겔胖嘟嘟