Clamperl (Pokémon)

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Clamperl (Japanese: パールル Pearlulu) is a introduced in Generation III.
It evolves into when traded while holding a Deep Sea Tooth or into when traded while holding a Deep Sea Scale.
==Biology==
Clamperl is an aquatic that makes its home on the . Its bivalve shell is dark blue with a silver rim along the inner edges. The shell is used to clamp down on prey, as well as for protection. A fully-grown shell will have nicks and scratches all over. Inside of the shell is a fragile, light blue body composed of six spherical extensions with a pink, pearl-like head in the center, usually depicted with its eyes closed. There is a circular white patch on each cheek.
The pearls produced by this Pokémon amplify psychic power and can be blue in color, as seen in the episode Clamperl of Wisdom. 's pearls come from Clamperl. These pearls are also 10 times more valuable than pearls produced by . It is carnivorous, clamping down on prey without letting go until it stops moving. When it is close to evolution, Clamperl will become too big to fit inside its shell. Clamperl is the only Pokémon that gains extra effects by holding a Deep Sea Tooth or Deep Sea Scale. Clamperl have been observed being carried by , its natural predator.
===Evolution===
Clamperl evolves into either or .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Clamperl in the
===Game locations===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Clamperl is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Clamperl (EX Hidden Legends 58)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Clamperl debuted in Clamperl of Wisdom as a resident of Maisie Island. lost its pearl and took a blue pearl that was created by a Clamperl from Isaiah's lab, thus causing conflict with the Bivalve Pokémon. also wanted to get their hands on the blue pearl.
In The Evolutionary War!, Nancy and each had a Clamperl. It was revealed that s who live on the A-B-C Islands have rivalries over which of Clamperl's evolved forms was stronger. Both Nancy and Keith's Clamperl evolved during the episode, with Nancy's becoming a and Keith's evolving into .
====Minor appearances====
In Saved by the Beldum, a Trainer's Clamperl was at the Ever Grande Conference.
A Clamperl appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In New Plot, Odd Lot!, a 's Clamperl competed in the Performance Stage of the .
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Clamperl attended 's concert.
In Going for the Gold!, multiple Clamperl were living in the .
A Clamperl appeared in On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!.
A Clamperl appeared in Looking Out for Number Two!.
A Vendor's Clamperl appeared in The Door That Never Opens.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Cavern, a Clamperl was in the waters that surrounded the Mossdeep Space Center.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIII, Clamperl was a member of Wallace's team that he used during his ascent to . Little is known about it, not even its gender or nickname.
Similar to his apprentice, Juan owns a Clamperl, as shown on the cover of a volume of the .
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Clamperl shares its with and . They are all known as the Bivalve Pokémon.
* Clamperl is the only Pokémon that evolves by trade holding one of two different items.
* Clamperl can learn from a Move Tutor, but its evolutions, and , can't.
* Clamperl is one of two Pokémon to have two different species-specific Stat-enhancing items associated with it, the other being .
===Origin===
Clamperl appears to be based on an or a . Clamperl's appearance and its evolved forms suggest that it could also be based on , the eggs of and other marine animals.
====Name origin====
Clamperl may be a combination of clamp or and .
Pearlulu may be a combination of pearl and possibly لؤلؤ lulu ( for pearls).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve by trading holding Deep Sea Scale
Category:Pokémon that evolve by trading holding Deep Sea Tooth
Category:Pokémon that evolve by trading with a held item
Category:Pokémon that evolve through trading
Category:Pokémon that evolve through held items
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