Larvitar (Pokémon)

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Larvitar (Japanese: ヨーギラス Yogiras) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into starting at level 30, which evolves into starting at level 55.
==Biology==
Larvitar is a small, green reptilian with rocky skin. It has a blunt spike on top of its head, a short, rounded snout, and triangular, black markings below and on the upper corners of its red eyes. Red scales cover its diamond-shaped belly, and there are several small diamond-shaped holes in its body. Its short arms lack fingers, while its feet have a single toenail each. It has a tail with a conical center surrounded by a ring of plate-like scales, causing it to resemble a tunnel-boring machine. 
Larvitar is born deep underground, far from its parent. It emerges to the surface and grows by consuming soil, and it will enter its pupal stage upon eating an entire mountain's worth of earth. This pupal stage is an evolution called . Larvitar usually lives in , hills, and caves. It adapts poorly to bright lights. As mentioned in , it is possible to find a Larvitar holding a half-eaten clump of earth while it sleeps.Sleep Style Dex It is believed this is due to Larvitar falling asleep after filling its belly.
===Evolution===
Larvitar evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Billy uses a Larvitar to back up his .
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Larvitar (McDonald Pack 18)
 	Larvitar (EX Team Rocket Returns 62)
 	Larvitar δ (EX Dragon Frontiers 52)
 	Larvitar (POP Series 1 11)
====Animated series-only moves====
Move	Type	Episode
 	 	Hatch Me If You Can
===Side game data===
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In , Larvitar can be obtained by completing 2/6 of the Special Research, An Inter-egg-sting Development. It can also be obtained by completing the Special Research, A Seven-Colored Shadow.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Ash's Larvitar=====
Larvitar made its animated series debut in Hatch Me If You Can. In the episode, had a Larvitar that he hatched from an given to him by Professor Elm, intended to be delivered to its mother living on Mt. Silver. Despite not being able to learn in the games, it constantly used it when approached by anyone other than or prior to Mother of All Battles.
=====Other=====
Larvitar debuted in Pikachu's PikaBoo. and its friends invited it and its own friends to a game of , though Larvitar refused because it holds its responsibility for being charge of guarding the garden. Later, it felt angry about its duty being compromised and viciously kicked a rock at a lawnmower, which went ridiculously haywire, causing it the chase Pikachu and its friends which causes Larvitar to become contrite, though the situation was eventually resolved.
In Pinch Healing, a Larvitar was being babysat by a Poké-Sitter named . Ash and decided to help him with his job. The Larvitar was particularly shy and would use when confronted. By the end of the episode, however, it warmed up to the group, particularly .
In The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!, a Larvitar befriended 's and joined his team at the end of the episode.
====Minor appearances====
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a 's Larvitar participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
In Three Jynx and a Baby!, Jessie's fantasy featured a Larvitar.
A Larvitar appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!.
A Larvitar appeared in Jessie's fantasy One Big Happiny Family!.
In Challenging a Towering Figure!, a Trainer's Larvitar battled Dawn's Piplup during the Festival Battle Challenge.
A Larvitar appeared in Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade.
Multiple Larvitar appeared in The Power of Us, with three under the ownership of different Trainers and the rest appearing during a flashback.
A Trainer's Larvitar appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues! 
A Trainer's Larvitar appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!. It reappeared in The Spectral Express!.
A Larvitar appeared in a flashback in Time After Time!.
In a flashback in Trials of a Budding Master!, a Trainer's Larvitar battled Ash in a World Coronation Series match.
A Trainer's Larvitar appeared in Sparkle! The Glow of Flame and Art.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, a Larvitar briefly appeared under the ownership of a in Ecruteak City.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
At the end of A Mysterious Egg!!, 's Larvitar hatched from its .
===Pokémon Adventures===
's , Archy, was attacked by a Larvitar and injured five years prior to Slugging It Out With Slugma, causing him to go on a rampage until Crystal calmed him down. In Lively Larvitar, Larvitar re-encountered Crystal when she returned to Mt. Mortar. It tormented her and Archy until her newly evolved , Megaree, defeated it, allowing her to catch it and regain her shattered confidence from failing to catch earlier.
In the Trick Master's flashback in The Final Battle V, a Larvitar was calmed down by the homeland soil.
A Larvitar appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
A Trainer's Larvitar appeared in The Final Battle.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Larvitar appeared in GDZ51.
A Larvitar appeared in GDZ53, under the ownership of Nagi.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 a Larvitar prior to The Great Helper!!.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Larvitar figure has been released.
* : 
==Trivia==
* Larvitar's sprite animation changes between and , but its static sprite does not change.
===Origin===
Larvitar appears to share similarities with s and . Its penchant for eating mountains, fences, or probably anything else may also come from the legend of the .
====Name origin====
Larvitar may be derived from and .
Yogiras may be a combination of 幼児 yōji (baby or child) or 幼生 yōsei (larva), 嫌い kirai (hated), and ソーラス -saurus (Greek-derived suffix for dinosaur names).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Ash's Larvitar
* Tyranitar (UNITE)
==Notes==
==External links==
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