Magnemite (Pokémon)

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Magnemite (Japanese: コイル Coil) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was a pure Pokémon.
It evolves into starting at level 30, which evolves into when leveled up in a special magnetic field or when exposed to a Thunder Stone.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Magnemite is a seemingly that has a gray, spherical metal body, with blue-and-red tipped horseshoe magnets on each side and a single, large eye. It has three screws on its body: two near the bottom of its body and the one on top of its head that looks similar to an antenna. The two bottom screws serve no noticeable purpose, although they may be its feet as the Pokédex identifies a footprint similar to that of the screw's head. Even though Magnemite and its evolved forms are mechanical creatures, it is shown in the Pokémon the Series episode Get Along, Little Pokémon that it has emotions and a way of reproducing. In The Poké Spokesman, it exhibited the need to eat, although its main form of nutrition are electrical currents. It is commonly found in locations such as with a strong magnetic field. Despite its modern, artificial appearance, discovered at the Ruins of Alph. It has also been present in AZ's retelling of the Kalos war, indicating it has existed for at least 3,000 years.
The magnetic units on Magnemite's body generate an electromagnetic field that allows it to defy gravity and can potentially disrupt electrical equipment. The units generate stronger magnetic fields the faster they rotate. Magnemite is not known to be unnecessarily aggressive but they may approach Trainers with little notice. If a wild Magnemite is approached, it may simply flee on rare occasions, as Magnemite does not care for interaction. However, if attacked, it will retaliate with non-damaging moves. In the care of a Trainer, it can be a devoted fighter. However, as seen in the episode The Poké Spokesman, it's shown that it may be deterred unless a strong bond is formed with its Trainer. Should it run out of electricity, Magnemite will fall to the ground. Usually, batteries can help recharge it in order for Magnemite to start moving again.
Magnemite can be attracted to anything emitting electricity or a magnetic field, including gadgets such as a Pokétch. In the episode Sparks Fly for Magnemite, it is shown to be attracted to electric Pokémon producing such fields. With modern electrical lines buried underground, Magnemite attacks on power plants have increased. To prevent power outages, these power plants deliberately send out signals Magnemite cannot stand to ward them off. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Magnemite is known to sleep airbone by generating electromagnetic waves from its side magnets.Sleep Style DexThere are rare occasions where while Magnemite sleeps and muddles to the direction of its waves, it will loop in the air while sleeping.
===Evolution===
Magnemite 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===
* : A group of Magnemite are the clients of the game's second mission, sending the player to save their friend who is trapped in Thunderwave Cave. One of the Magnemite decides to join the rescue team a couple of days later.
* : Two Magnemite serve as 's police units.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Magnemite (Supreme Victors 111)
 	Magnemite (Base Set 53)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Magnemite evolves into starting at level 30, which, since Generation IV, evolves into when leveled up in a special magnetic field. Magneton cannot evolve into Magnezone in , due to there being no area in Kanto or Johto with a special magnetic field. Magneton also cannot evolve in , as Magnezone is not present in those games. There is also no special magnetic field in or , so from Generation VIII onwards, Magneton is also able to evolve into Magnezone when exposed to a Thunder Stone. 
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Clemont's Magnemite=====
 owns a Magnemite that first appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!. It stays at the Lumiose Gym.
=====Francois=====
Ren owns a Magnemite nicknamed Francois (Japanese: フランソワーズ Françoise).
=====Other=====
Magnemite debuted in Sparks Fly for Magnemite. and were in Gringey City while the power went out. When they were looking around for the cause of the power outage, Magnemite showed up and was attracted to Ash's Pikachu, who had a cold. When a group of and its leader were chasing Ash and his friends, a group of other Magnemite, along with Magneton, helped fight them off.
In Get Along, Little Pokémon, used multiple Magnemite to harness electrical energy from bolts of lightning during thunderstorms, with this energy being given to towns without power. One of the Magnemite, nicknamed Number 6, evolved into a Magneton to save Ash and Pikachu from .
In The Poké Spokesman, a group of phony Pokémon interpreters used three Magnemite to attack a Pokémon Center until Simon convinced them to stop.
In Current Events, ten Magnemite served as security guards for an electric company's power station. They first attacked Team Rocket, who had sneaked into the power station. Later on, Ash saw the door had been opened by someone, and upon investigation, he was also attacked by the Magnemite.
Jasmine's Magnemite debuted in Fight for the Light!, where it sat perched on her shoulder. Magnemite was later used in her Gym with Ash in Nerves of Steelix!; it battled , who was able to defeat Magnemite with .
In Watt's with Wattson?, Wattson used a Magnemite during Ash's Gym battle against him. It was defeated easily due Pikachu having become overcharged during an earlier incident. Three Magnemite also appeared later in the episode.
In All Torkoal, No Play!, multiple Magnemite were part of a pack of Pokémon in the Valley of Steel bullying a wild .
In PK13, a Magnemite attacked Meowth and Wobbuffet with , but it was quickly defeated by Wobbuffet's .
In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, an army of Magnemite and Magneton, led by a , was owned by Zero. He mainly used them as a swarm to trap or capture targets by linking together around them.
In Camping It Up!, temporarily trained a Magnemite provided by the Pokémon Summer Academy. Unlike the rest of the group, he had no problems bonding with and educating his Pokémon.
In Expedition to Onix Island!, a wild Magnemite lived on a . It attacked and with an Electric attack after Iris got too close it.
Two Magnemite appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, and Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!, both under the ownership of s.
In It's All in the Name!, multiple Magnemite, including one belonging to a Trainer, went crazy in Vermilion City due to a .
====Minor appearances====
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Magnemite was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, two Magnemite were for the film .
In Pikachu Re-Volts, four Magnemite were controlled by Cassidy and Butch at Mandarin Island North.
In The Power of One, multiple Magnemite sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
Multiple wild Magnemite appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a 's Magnemite participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.
In The Legend of Thunder!, multiple Magnemite were lured by the "Miracle Crystal" used by Attila and Hun.
In As Clear As Crystal, a Magnemite was affected by a crystal that gave a lake the ability to heal Pokémon.
In You Said A Mouthful!, a Magnemite was one of the Pokémon inside 's 's mouth so Pelipper could employ its Electric attacks.
A Magnemite appeared in A Fan with a Plan!.
In Training Daze, a Magnemite was partnered with two Team Rocket trainees.
A Magnemite appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Magnemite appeared in The Champ Twins!.
In Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins!, multiple Magnemite were disturbed by Team Galactic's interference on Iron Island.
Multiple Magnemite appeared in Cheers on Castaways Isle!.
In Gone With the Windworks!, Benjamin employs multiple Magnemite as guards for the Valley Windworks.
In Sticking With Who You Know!, a Magnemite belonged to Professor Kodama.
In Dawn of a Royal Day!, a 's Magnemite competed in the .
Multiple Magnemite appeared in Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!.
Two Magnemite appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, with one of them wearing a pink ribbon.
A Magnemite appeared in Summer of Discovery! on a Pokévision video icon.
A Magnemite appeared in A Campus Reunion!.
In The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!, multiple Magnemite were being controlled by .
In Lights! Camera! Pika!, Frank employs Magnemite alongside and to provide the lighting whilst filming his movies.
In A Shocking Grocery Run!, four Magnemite belonged to different s.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in They Might Not Be Giants!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.
In I Choose You!, a Magnemite fell under the control of .
Two Trainers' Magnemite appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Now You See Them, Now You Don't!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Getting a Jump on the Competition!.
	
Multiple Magnemite appeared in The Power of Us, with five under the ownership of different Trainers, one being wild, and the other two appearing during a flashback.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!.
In Securing the Future!, multiple Trainers' Magnemite joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Turning the Other Mask!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!.
Two Trainers' Magnemite appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in A High-Speed Awakening!.
Two Magnemite appeared in The Final Four!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer near Team Rocket's food truck and the other appearing in a fantasy.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Exhibition Unmasked!.
In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Trainer's Magnemite took part in a Raid Battle against a .
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in The Sinnoh Iceberg Race!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in A Chilling Curse!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Restore and Renew!.
Four Magnemite appeared in A Crackling Raid Battle!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Aim For The Eight!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
Three Magnemite appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared during a flashback in The Bittersweet Truth.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Trending Terastallization! Dance, Dance, Quaxly!.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer===
A Magnemite appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of a . It surrounded , Hugh, and Cheren aboard the Plasma Frigate.
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 3: Giovanni, two Magnemite were seen being freed by : one had been imprisoned in the Rocket Hideout, and the other, in the Silph Co. building.
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Chase, an International Police team's Magnemite was used during the raid on the Viridian Gym, during which it destroyed a door lock.
A Magnemite appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a . Along with , , , and , it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and 's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
A soldier's Magnemite appeared in The Redemption, during a fantasy of a story from the past. It was one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos 3,000 years previously.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, a Magnemite briefly appeared under the ownership of a in Ecruteak City.
==In the manga==
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
A Magnemite appeared in How Do You Do, Pikachu?.
===Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl===
A Magnemite appeared in PDP25.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS===
Multiple Magnemite appeared in PMHGSS06.
A Magnemite appeared in PMHGSS11.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Multiple Magnemite debuted aboard the S.S. Anne in Danger: High Voltorb as some of the Pokémon ready to attack ; however, it is unclear if they belong to Lt. Surge or his . They reappeared in Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, where they were searching the ship for Red.
In Holy Moltres, a used a Magnemite to battle Blaine's Arcanine and Rapidash.
Lt. Surge used two Magnemite to act as chains to trap Red so he could attack him in Go for the Golbat.
In Lapras Lazily, a Magnemite appeared in the abandoned Power Plant in Blue's flashback of how he met Agatha. Later, in Electro Magneton, three wild Magnemite and a Magneton attacked and Evan. After Blue's Machamp defeated the Magneton, the wild Magnemite escaped.
Lt. Surge used a Magnemite to get Morty's attention so he could help locate and in Hello, Lickitung.
Later, in Magnificent Magnemite, Lt. Surge used a Magnemite to fight Morty's , using electromagnetism to shield attacks as well as to fire . The fight, however, ended in a draw due to Misdreavus using .
A Magnemite appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Wattson's two Magnemite were first seen with his in Plugging Past Electrike I, where they battled some Pokémon belonging to children.
Ty's Magnemite appeared in What Would You Do for a Whismur?, where it battled Team Magma at the Rusturf Tunnel.
The rented a Magnemite, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII. It reappeared in a flashback in The Final Battle VIII.
Multiple Magnemite were among the Pokémon that charged the Prism Tower during a blackout in Pangoro Poses a Problem.
Multiple Magnemite appeared in a flashback in Flabébé Blooms.
A Trainer's Magnemite appeared in The Decision and the Tournament of Six.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Magnemite appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal!.
 owns a Magnemite, which first appeared in Gold and Black VS Team Rocket.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 caught a Magnemite, as seen in Good Luck at the Big Pokémon Athletic Meet!.
A Magnemite appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match.
A Magnemite appeared in Get that 10 Billion Yen!! (Special Side-Story).
 sent out a Magnemite in an attempt to battle in Squirtle, the Crybaby Pokémon. It reappeared in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!.
A Magnemite appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
===Pokémon Zensho===
A Magnemite appeared in PZ04, under the ownership of Lt. Surge.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U===
Magnemite appears in the background of the stage in the 3DS version of the game. It also appears as a trophy exclusive to the 3DS version.
====Trophy information====
Instantly recognizable by the horseshoe magnets on either side of its body, this Magnet Pokémon uses electromagnetic waves to nullify gravity and float in midair. The sense of nostalgia it inspires has only been strengthened by the many years that have passed since its debut in the very first Pokémon games.
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A Magnemite appeared in .
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Magnemite was originally known as "Coil", which was derived from its Japanese name.
* Magnemite and its evolved form were the first Pokémon to ever change typing with the progress of generations.
* Despite most of Magnemite's Pokédex entries saying they are able to float through the air by employing powerful electromagnetic waves or even anti-gravity, Magnemite does not have the Ability , so it is still affected by moves. However, starting in Generation IV, Magnemite can learn , which simulates Levitate for five turns.
* Magnemite and Magneton are two of the few Pokémon that had their cry changed slightly in Generation III. This was due to Generation III utilizing a better sound effects game engine and newer game system.
* is one of the few times that two Magnemite have been shown bonding, similar to a Magneton. However, when a picture is taken, they are still called Magnemite.
** also showed this, but it was stated to be a failed evolution, due to the lack of a third Magnemite.
* In 2008, Japanese internet users spammed votes for Magnemite on a poll featuring 9 Pokémon appearing in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Since then, several Japanese Pokémon polls have received an unusual amount of votes for Magnemite, including the 2021 Pokémon of the Year poll, when it came in 1st place for Kanto Pokémon.
* In Generation V, Magnemite was the most traded Pokémon on the GTS. This is probably due to what is known as the Magnemite chain/coil: a scheme by which players could increase the number of visitors to their Join Avenue in by trading Magnemite on the GTS. The scheme originated with Japanese players and became popular worldwide.
* Magnemite was designed by Ken Sugimori, based on an idea by Satoshi Tajiri."What It Takes to Create a Pokémon." Interview with Ken Sugimori in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokédex, p. xv
* On May 31, 2017, The Pokémon Company posted a Magnemite-themed music video onto their YouTube channel titled Where is Coil? Here is Coil!.
===Origin===
Magnemite is based on s and screws, and in broader terms, possibly an objectification of , one of the four of nature. Magnemite's mysterious mechanical nature, ability to levitate, and appearance on Johto Route 39 — where the Moomoo Farm is located — suggest inspirations from s and the idea of aliens kidnapping cattle.
====Name origin====
Magnemite may be derived from (a mineral with magnetic properties) or a combination of magnet and mite (minute object).
Coil may refer to .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Clemont's Magnemite
* Francois
* Pokémon fusion
==References==
==External links==
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