Golurk (Pokémon)

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Golurk (Japanese: ゴルーグ Goloog) is a dual-type introduced in Generation V.
It evolves from starting at level 43.
==Biology==
Golurk is a bipedal automaton resembling a suit of armor. It is mainly teal in color with yellow swirls on its shoulders and hands. It has a small head compared to its body, and pale yellow eyes, one of which turns to its left at the bottom, unlike 's eye, which turns right. There is a crack across the chest of the armor, which is patched diagonally with a brown seal resembling a belt. It has a crystal-like formation on each shoulder, and there are large bangles on its wrists and ankles. It has a Roman armor-like "skirt" and flat feet beneath. There is an unproven theory that Golurk contains a that creates a limitless amount of energy.
Despite its large size, Golurk is capable of flying by retracting its hands into its arms and its legs and feet into its body, then taking off like a rocket at Mach speeds. It is also capable of forming a cannon by pulling its legs into its body and standing on its hands, as seen in PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, the , and the Pokémon Adventures manga. If the seal on its chest is removed, its energy runs wild, and its energy's color turns from yellow to red. This causes it to rage and fly around uncontrollably without being able to land itself. Removing the seal also causes Golurk to attack indiscriminately. A rampaging Golurk can turn a whole town into a mountain of rubble.
Golurk is said to have been invented by ancient people to serve as a laborer and protector of people and Pokémon. It also served as sentries on artillery platforms built into the walls of ancient castles, where it could fire energy beams. Golurk will faithfully follow its master's orders without question.
Juanita Golurk Black Fly.png|Golurk ing
Juanita Golurk White Fly.png| Golurk flying
Goh Golurk cannon.png|Golurk transformed into a cannon
Golurk unsealed.png|Golurk after its "seal" is removed
===Evolution===
Golurk evolves from .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Golurk is available in Version 3.0.0+.
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Goh's Golurk=====
In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, a Golurk was a guardian of the Colossus Ruins at the Desert Resort. After it hatched from an ancient egg, it engaged in a Raid Battle with Ash, Goh, , and the excavation . Once Golurk was defeated, Goh it.
=====Other=====
In White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, Juanita's Golurk acts as her assistant and partner at her souvenir shop. It is also in the latter movie.
In An Epic Defense Force!, a Golurk was an in a movie directed by Luke.
In Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! and Unova's Survival Crisis!, Ridley used a Golurk to fly with him, and it was also used to defend from . It was also used to battle two s' and . After that, it battled the in their .
In Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!, Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!, and What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, Cedric Juniper's assistants used multiple Golurk at the , but they were later turned against their owners by Colress. They were eventually freed when and destroyed Colress's mind-control device.
In The Journalist from Another Region!, Rodney used a Golurk during the Pokémon Sumo Tournament. Golurk made it through to the final round and faced off against and , but it ended up losing against them.
In That's Some Spicy Island Research!, Hapu's Golurk was first seen assisting her in a Poni Island radish field. It attacked Ash when Hapu believed he was the one who had been stealing radishes from the field, and defeated in battle. Golurk has since made further appearances in . Hapu commonly uses Golurk to fly around Poni Island.
====Minor appearances====
Golurk debuted in Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!. It appeared as an actor in a movie based around the Wonder Launcher.
A Golurk appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Redemption, AZ's Golurk battled and his and lost. Another Golurk was seen under the ownership of a soldier, during a fantasy of a story from the past, where it was one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos 3,000 years previously.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Shauntal has a Golurk, which first appeared in Dream a Little Dream.
A Golurk appeared in The Final Battle.
A Golurk appeared in a flashback in Flabébé Blooms.
AZ's Golurk appeared in Floette Returns.
Hapu owns a Golurk, which first appeared in Battle in Vast Poni Canyon.
===Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom===
Juanita's Golurk appears in of White—Victini and Zekrom.
===Pokémon RéBURST===
A Golurk appears as the Burst form of Battsu.
In RB73, Fraud uses a Golurk Burst as one of his forms after receiving the power of Arcades.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
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Three Golurk appeared in .
==Trivia==
* According to Game Freak, Golurk and its pre-evolved form were both created by James Turner.GAME FREAK: 「ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト」のつくりかた　4 (archive)Nintendo Dream Vol. 205, May 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translation by Dr. Lava)
* PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond's PokéPad entry refers to Golurk as a male, despite Golurk being gender unknown.
* While Golurk has a 5% chance of holding the Light Clay in the wild, it cannot learn or and did not learn until Generation IX.
===Origin===
Golurk and its pre-evolved form are based on s. The crack and strap on its chest may be a reference to the golem in the Jewish story . The golem in this story was also believed to be able to summon the spirits of the dead, which was likely the reasoning for Golurk's type. Golurk and Golett's presence in Unova, being based on creatures from Jewish folklore, may also be inspired by the fact that New York City has the highest Jewish population of any city in the world.
Considering its body structure and ability to transform into a cannon and fly, Golurk may also be inspired by giant robots seen in . Golurk also has elements resembling a , such as a skirt and shoulder pads. Given its greenish color and the fact that Unova is based on the , Golurk may also be partially inspired by the . Being the soldiers of an ancient civilization, it may also be inspired by the , a collection of thousands of clay statues in China built circa 210 BCE to protect the first , .
====Name origin====
Golurk may be a combination of golem and lurk (referring to its Ghost type).
Goloog may be a combination of golem and サイボーグ saibōgu (cyborg).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Goh's Golurk
* Artificial Pokémon
==References==
==External links==
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