Arctozolt (Pokémon)

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Arctozolt (Japanese: パッチルドン Patchilldon) is a dual-type Fossil introduced in Generation VIII.
It is revived from combining a Fossilized Bird and a Fossilized Dino. It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but appears to be related to and .
==Biology==
Arctozolt is a hybrid fossil . It has a light-blue body with a snow-like patch on the top. Its body has blue fins with white patches on the ends and some spots. It has a plesiosaur-like tail with a fin on top. It has two yellow hands. Arctozolt has a -like head with closed eyes and a blue spot on each cheek. It produces mucus from its nose.
By shaking its freezing upper half, Arctozolt can generate electricity. It was known to live on ancient shores and preserved its food with the ice on its body. It allegedly went extinct because it moved very slowly, but this is likely not the case due to Arctozolt being combined from two separate Pokémon that each had their niches before going extinct.
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===Main series===
====Major appearances====
 debuted in A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, where it was restored from a pair of Fossils in the Wild Area and later by Goh. It has since made further appearances in .
====Minor appearances====
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A 's Arctozolt appeared in The Gathering of Stars.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Arctozolt first appeared in PASS39, under the ownership of Cara Liss.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Arctozolt shares its with , , , and . They are all known as the Fossil Pokémon.
* Arctozolt, Dracozolt, Dracovish, and Arctovish are the only fossil Pokémon to not be or have a gender.
* Arctozolt, along with the other Galarian fossil Pokémon, was designed by Hitoshi Ariga.Tweet by ありがひとし/ArigaHitoshi (@ariga_megamix). Posted on October 23, 2020.
* In , Bray Zenn is the person who gives Arctozolt its species name.
===Origin===
Arctozolt, like , , and , may be based on the concept of in paleontology, which refers to fossils reconstructed from multiple different species or genus of animals, resulting in an inaccurate and mistaken understanding of the animals' biology. In the case of Arctozolt, its top half appears to be based on a , while its bottom half appears to be based on a marine reptile, like a , , or . Arctozolt and the other Galarian Fossil Pokémon may also be based on the , a series of scientifically inaccurate dinosaur sculptures displayed at the . Arctozolt may particularly reference the statue included in the series. The mucus it possesses is likely inspired by the fact that cold weather often results in a runny nose.
The Pokédex entries for all the Galarian Fossil Pokémon mention them being the cause of their extinction, which may be a reference to the outdated hypothesis that the dinosaurs were evolutionarily inert, which made them get bigger, stupider, and more sluggish, to the point they could not sustain themselves.
Arctozolt being unable to breed could be a reference to animals, which are born (unable to produce offspring).
====Name origin====
Arctozolt may be a combination of arctic and volt or jolt.
Patchilldon may be a combination of パチパチ pachipachi (onomatopoeia for crackling), chill, and -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Fossil
* Pokémon fusion
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