Frillish (Pokémon)

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Frillish (Japanese: プルリル Pururill) is a dual-type introduced in Generation V.
It evolves into starting at level 40.
==Biology==
Frillish is a jellyfish-like resembling young royalty. Regardless of gender, it has a round head with a crown-like tuft, and five tentacle-like appendages: two serving as arms and three as the lower half of its body. It has oval eyes with white pupils, and a collar around its neck. It has invisible poison spikes on its appendages. As a male, it is blue, with smooth appendages and a triangular crown. It has red eyes with blue sclerae and a straight eyelash on each eye, its collar is wavy, and it appears to be frowning, but in the it is shown to smile rarely. As a female, it is pink, with wavy appendages and a round crown. It has blue eyes with red sclerae and a curled eyelash on each eye, its collar is frilled, and it appears to be smiling.
Frillish is a Pokémon which lives in dens about 5 miles (8 kilometers) under the sea surface. Because of this, it can cope with extremely dark and highly pressurized sea conditions. It is carnivorous; it gently floats around in waves until it can strike its prey. It makes its victim numb with the use of its poison spikes and takes it to its deep den. Its arms are filled with tens of thousands of poisonous stingers. There is a legend where Frillish are said to have been created from transformed residents of a sunken ancient city. Frillish preys on and . Female Frillish have slightly longer stingers on their arms, while male Frillish have bigger collars.
===Evolution===
Frillish evolves into .
Male
Female
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Frillish is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
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====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
====Male Frillish====
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===Evolution data===
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===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Jessie's Frillish====
Jessie owns a female Frillish, which debuted in New Places... Familiar Faces!. She eventually had to give Frillish to as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova. Frillish returned to Jessie's party in Rocket Revengers!.
====Other====
A male Frillish debuted in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, under the ownership of Trip. He used Frillish in his match against , and he was able to defeat both and , despite having a disadvantage against the latter in both type and gender.
A female Frillish debuted in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!. She took a liking to Ash after he fell into the canal. She was later hooked by during a fishing competition, and when she saw attempting to kidnap the prize Pokémon, she released them all back into the wild.
In The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, Halsey used both male and female Frillish to help rescue people from fires, and then to help put out the fires alongside .
===Minor appearances===
Both male and female Frillish appeared in the opening sequences of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram; the female Frillish was exclusive to the former movie and the male Frillish was exclusive to the latter.
Multiple male and female Frillish appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.
Both male and female Frillish appeared in A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!.
In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, a female Frillish was living in Stonesthrow Town.
A male Frillish appeared in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.
In Fighting Back the Tears!, James attempted to catch a female Frillish, but he failed when , seeing it as a rival for James's affections, scared it off with .
In Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, a female Frillish was among the Pokémon seen in the Wild Area.
In A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, a female Frillish was in the Wild Area.
===Pokédex entries===
===POKÉTOON===
A female Frillish appeared in Help! I've Turned into a Gengar.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder===
Both male and female Frillish appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Both male and female Frillish debuted in A New Perspective
Both male and female Frillish appeared in Pink Slip.
Marlon owned a male Frillish, which went on to evolve into a Jellicent. He appeared in a flashback in The Tournament Continues.
A used a female Frillish in a flashback in Unforgettable Memories. She fought against Hugh's Purrloin and Trapinch after Hugh refused to listen to them when they convinced him that he was causing pain to his Pokémon. Frillish was able to weaken Purrloin, forcing Hugh's sister recall it to its Poké Ball, which was then taken by two Grunts afterwards.
A female Frillish appeared in a flashback in Epilogue.
===Pokémon RéBURST===
A Frillish appeared in RB41.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* The Japanese prototype name for Frillish was プルンス Purunsu.Cover of Japanese script for A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
* Although female artwork exists, any Frillish or uploaded to the would use the male artwork, regardless of their gender.
* Frillish and Jellicent were originally pure Water-type. The Ghost type was added to their typing for balancing reasons, with Ken Sugimori noting that the designer for the Frillish line was disappointed that they ended up becoming scary Pokémon.Nintendo Dream Vol. 204, April 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translation by Dr. Lava)
===Origin===
Frillish and its evolved form were most likely inspired by the , a that is either shown as a demonized jellyfish or as a jellyfish-like man who wears refined, sometimes regal, clothing. It is also possible that they were inspired by the Kurage no Hinotama, a type of jellyfish-like . Frillish and its evolved form may also be inspired by real-life jellyfish such as the , also known as the Phantom Jelly, a very rarely seen deep sea jellyfish with fabric-like arms. The two larger arms Frillish possesses are more similar to those of s than the tentacles of real jellyfish, however.
Frillish's design is inspired by the image of princes and princesses, perhaps specifically of the monarch attire. Frillish and its evolved form also have traits in common with s like the , most notably their rumored penchant for destroying ships and feeding on the crew.
====Name origin====
Frillish may be a combination of and jellyfish.
Pururill may be a combination of プルプル purupuru (onomatopoeia for jiggling) and .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
*Jessie's Frillish
==References==
==External links==
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