Quagsire (Pokémon)

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Quagsire (Japanese: ヌオー Nuoh) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It evolves from starting at level 20.
==Biology==
Quagsire is a light blue, bipedal, . Its head is broad and round, having little neck to distinguish it from the rest of its body. It has a wide mouth and tiny, black eyes. A wavy, purple stripe runs down its back. Along its spine is a dark blue fin, which is larger on the male than on the female. Quagsire's hands and feet both have three digits. Its outer layer of skin is slimy and slippery. Quagsire shares many similarities with its Paldean relative, .
Quagsire is carefree and sluggish by nature, although it is protective towards . An unintelligent Pokémon, it tends to bump its head inadvertently while swimming and seems not to care. It hunts for food by leaving its mouth wide open in water and waiting for its unaware prey to blunder in. Because Quagsire does not move, it does not get very hungry and can afford to wait for its food. As shown in Pokémon Sleep, Quagsire leaves its mouth open even as it sleeps. It is said seeing a Quagsire asleep with its mouth wide open is a sign it’s possbily waiting for prey, while it dreams. Quagsire lives in , as well as muddy swamps. During the day, Quagsire avoids sunlight by submerging itself in the water.
In the Pokémon the Series episode Once in a Blue Moon, wild Quagsire are shown to have an annual celebration at Blue Moon Falls when the moon is full. There they attempt to shoot round objects they have collected to the top of a waterfall with their attacks, to see who can launch their objects the highest, with the apparent target being the moon.
===Evolution===
Quagsire evolves from .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Quagsire appears as the landlord of Paradise as well as an important character in the storyline. The player's partner buys land from him at the beginning of the game that would become the headquarters for the player's exploration team. He also runs an area similar to the Chimecho Assembly from the previous games. Like some members of Wigglytuff's Guild, he has a catchphrase, which is "hmm". He is also responsible for dealing with captured outlaws, much like before him. He is known to be a hard taskmaster to these Pokémon. Quagsire reappears in where he is now a resident of Lively Town.
===Pokédex entries===
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Quagsire in the
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
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====By ====
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====Special moves====
===Side game data===
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Fashionable costume				
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Quagsire debuted in Once in a Blue Moon, where one of them stole the GS Ball from for a festival that more Quagsire attended.
In Training Wrecks, Rocky used a Quagsire in his against Ash. It went up against and , alongside a . Ash initially had trouble with Rocky's Pokémon, as before Pikachu could hit Walrein with his attacks, Quagsire would protect Walrein from being shocked thanks to its immunity to Electric-type moves, while Walrein's s hit Grovyle and Pikachu hard. However, once Ash realized that Ice Ball took longer to charge up with every use, Pikachu and Grovyle defeated Walrein and Quagsire.
In Like It Or Lup It!, a Quagsire was part of a gang of Pokémon.
In A Crasher Course in Power!, Crasher Wake used a Quagsire in his Gym battle against Ash. It battled and defeated before losing to and his Ice Aqua Jet attack. Quagsire reappeared briefly in Mamie's flashback in For The Love of Meowth!.
In A Faux Oak Finish!, six Quagsire kidnapped as he was making a poem about two of them. They later brought him to a that wanted to evolve.
In Defending the Homeland! and Beyond the Rainbow!, multiple Quagsire were living in the wetlands where Ash's Goodra came from. They made further appearances in .
A Quagsire appeared in The Future I Choose, under the ownership of Ludlow. Quagsire used to water the Berries that Liko, Roy, and Mollie planted. It has made further appearances in .
====Minor appearances====
In Tricks of the Trade, a Quagsire was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In The Fire-ing Squad!, nine Quagsire competed as a team in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix.
A Quagsire appeared in a flashback in No Big Woop!.
A Quagsire appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.
At the end of Love, Totodile Style, Ash's Totodile fell in love with a Quagsire.
In Spell of the Unown: Entei, used a Quagsire to battle . The match ended in a draw after Pikachu headbutted Quagsire and both Pokémon fainted.
In The Wayward Wobbuffet, a Quagsire was swimming in a river when it encountered Jessie's Wobbuffet, which got lost, and gave it directions.
In Ring Masters, a Quagsire competed in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.
A Quagsire appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
In Got Miltank?, three Quagsire were living at the Pokémon-exclusive oasis.
In Dueling Heroes, a Trainer's Quagsire competed in the Whirl Cup.
In Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, a Quagsire was among the feuding Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In The Legend of Thunder!, a Quagsire was at the Pokémon Center.
Multiple Quagsire appeared in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, with one under the ownership of a Trainer competing in the Tour de Alto Mare and the rest being wild.
A Trainer's Quagsire appeared in You're a Star, Larvitar!.
A Quagsire appeared in PK13.
A Quagsire appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In On Olden Pond, a Quagsire was living in the lake.
A 's Quagsire appeared in Harley Rides Again.
A Quagsire appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.
A Quagsire appeared in Drifloon On the Wind!.
A Quagsire appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.
In PK18, two Quagsire were on some rocks in the middle of a river.
A Quagsire appeared in Journey to the Unown!.
In PK20, multiple Quagsire were playing with a ball with a group of Wooper.
A Quagsire appeared in Bagged Then Tagged!.
A Quagsire appeared in Sticking With Who You Know!, under the ownership of Professor Kodama.
A Quagsire appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
A Quagsire appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
In Deceiving Appearances!, five Quagsire were at Aether Paradise. One of them reappeared in a video in A Masked Warning!. Another reappeared in Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!.
Multiple Quagsire appeared in The Power of Us, with some under the ownership of different s and one being wild.
A Trainer's Quagsire appeared in Restore and Renew!.
In On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, a Trainer's Quagsire competed in the Marine Athletic Race.
In Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!, a Quagsire appeared in a fantasy.
A Trainer's Quagsire appeared in A Squad's Worth of Passion!.
A Trainer's Quagsire appeared in Getting to the Heart of it All!.
A Quagsire appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.
====Pokédex entries====
===POKÉTOON===
Multiple Quagsire appeared in PT10.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
A Quagsire appeared in Catch The Wobbuffet!!.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Quagsire debuted in Off Course with Corsola, where it and sent it to via the Portable Transfer System. She remarked that she found it on and was "a tad stronger than I expected."
A Quagsire was seen swimming along Lt. Surge's submarine in the "secret tunnel" in Union Cave in Off Course with Corsola.
A Quagsire appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
In A Skuffle with Skorupi, Crasher Wake is seen in possession of a Quagsire, and uses it to defeat Platinum's Empoleon before falling to a from 's , Tru (which Platinum borrowed after she was unable to catch a single grass Pokémon in the Great Marsh). This won the match.
A Quagsire appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
A Quagsire appeared in a flashback as one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.
A Quagsire appeared in Pinsir Changes.
Nessa's Quagsire appeared in Splash!! The Return of the Two Pokémon.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Crasher Wake is seen in possession of a Quagsire in Bonds Connect Across Space-Time....
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
Shu a Quagsire, as seen in GDZ72.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Quagsire appeared in PNA6, under the ownership of Ina.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* According to Julien Bardakoff, the French translator of the Generation I and Generation II games, its French name was supposed to be spelled and pronounced "Maraisté", with an acute accent on the final "e". However, mainly due to the lack of diacritics on uppercase letters in the French translations up to Generation V, players and the animated series got misled and made this "e" a silent letter. As a consequence of this hegemonic usage, it has never been restored despite all diacritics being properly displayed in French for all concerned Pokémon since Pokémon Black and White. The only known instance of a proper pronunciation as intended by Bardakoff is by the commentator in Pokémon Stadium 2.
===Origin===
Quagsire appears to be based on a .
====Name origin====
Quagsire may be a combination of and the honorific sire or (a genus of salamander).
Nuoh may be a combination of 沼 numa (swamp, marsh, pond, or lake) and 王 ō (king) or オオサンショウウオ ōsanshōuo ().
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Quagsire (Gates to Infinity)
==External links==
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