Gligar (Pokémon)

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Gligar (Japanese: グライガー Gliger) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Fang during the night. 
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Gligar is a purple, with features. Its head and body are round and roughly equal in size. It has long, triangular ears and triangular eyes with small pupils. Two large pointed teeth protrude from its upper jaw, and a pink tongue is often seen lolling from its mouth. Its arms are segmented at the wrists and end in large pincers. Spread between its arms are two blue wing membranes, each tipped with a purple claw. Its legs are thin and likewise segmented at the ankles, with its round feet having one claw each. Gligar has a long tail split into spherical sections, ending in a large, round stinger. The female Gligar will have a smaller stinger than the male.
As shown in the Pokémon the Series episode Riding the Winds of Change!, Gligar feed on and can emit sound waves to detect obstacles and fly around them. It glides smoothly and silently through the air with its limbs extended, and startles its prey and enemies by flying straight toward them. It attacks by clamping onto its enemy's face with its clawed hind legs and pincers, then jabbing it with its poisonous stinger. Gligar itself is . Gligar lives in , making its nest along cliff sides. When it is done gliding, it hops along the ground back to its nest. In Hisui, it is revealed that Gligar can survive even freezing temperatures.
===Evolution===
Gligar evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Gligar during the Special Episode, Bidoof's Wish, where he and his teammates from Team Rogue attempt to rob Bidoof at the end of Star Cave. They are defeated, however, when members of Wigglytuff's Guild arrive to help Bidoof.
* : The same Gligar appears as a recruitable Pokémon, but his quest will only become available upon connecting with Bidoof.
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Gligar in the
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Gligar (Skyridge 59)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Gligar evolves into when leveled up while holding a Razor Fang during the night. In , Gligar evolves into Gliscor when exposed to a Razor Fang during the night. 
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Ash's Gligar====
 a Gligar in Riding the Winds of Change!. It later evolved into a Gliscor in Fighting Fear With Fear!.
====Other====
Gligar debuted in The Superhero Secret, where a superhero named Gligarman had one as a sidekick. At the end of the episode, he passed it down to his daughter when he retired from crime-fighting.
In From Brags to Riches, Morrison used his Gligar and Growlithe in a Double Battle against Gavin during the Ever Grande Conference, where it defeated both his and . Morrison then used Gligar during his match against in Choose It or Lose It!, and it was able to defeat and tie with .
===Minor appearances===
In Tricks of the Trade, a Gligar was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, multiple Gligar protected the Tin Tower after stole the Crystal Bells on the top floor.
In The Legend of Thunder!, a Gligar was at a Pokémon Center.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a 's Gligar participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
Multiple Gligar appeared in Riding the Winds of Change! alongside Ash's.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Like his animated series counterpart, Morrison owns a Gligar. It appeared in A Clash Of Wills!! Eternal Rivals?!.
===How I Became a Pokémon Card===
Gligar appeared in PW30 in How I Became a Pokémon Card.
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Gligar appeared in Gligar Glide that stole 's . With its , it felled both Aibo and Polibo, then a , before being by Sudobo, Gold's , and then attacked by Exbo, and Gold's , Sunbo, as it tried to escape. It was then beaten by Togebo, the newly hatched it tried to eat, waking Gold in the process.
A Gligar appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Gligar liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
A Gligar appeared in Pinsir Changes.
===Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers===
A Gligar appeared in PCS3.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Trainer's Gligar appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
===Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission===
A Gligar appeared in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Two as one of the Pokémon that Lunick captured with his Capture Styler. It reappeared in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Three and was released in Pokémon Ranger the Comic: Double Mission Episode Five.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Although Gligar could not learn by TM in Generation II, a Gligar that knew Earthquake was a reward in Pokémon Stadium 2 for beating the in Round 2.
* Gligar can be seen as a counterpart to . Both of them have two types which cause them to have a 4× weakness to another type, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon that were introduced in Generation IV ( and ), and do so by leveling up at night while holding an Evolution item whose name includes the word razor (Razor Fang and Razor Claw). Additionally, both are available as Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum, and found in The Under Subway.
===Origin===
Gligar shares physical traits with s, s, and s. It may also be based on the . Additionally, it shares features with the , a with lobster or scorpion claws and the ability to fly.
====Name origin====
Gligar and Gliger may be a combination of glide and .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Ash's Gligar
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve based on time
Category:Pokémon that evolve by leveling up with a held item
Category:Pokémon that evolve only at night
Category:Pokémon that evolve through held items
Category:Pokémon with cross-generational Evolutions
Category:Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum
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