Blacephalon (Pokémon)

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Blacephalon (Japanese: ズガドーン Zugadoon) is a dual-type Ultra Beast Pokémon introduced during Generation VII, in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
It is code-named UB Burst (Japanese: UB: Burst).
==Biology==
Blacephalon is a colorful, humanoid Ultra Beast. Its slender torso and wide hips are yellow with alternating blue and pink stripes. There is a white sphere in the middle of its body and another on its back in place of a tail. It has thin arms with white frills on its wrists and teardrop-shaped hands. The right arm is pink, while the left is blue. Each arm has a spherical bulge near the shoulder. Its legs are shaped like white high-heeled boots with curled toes. Each foot has a sphere on it: blue on the left and pink on the right. Around its neck is a white frill with a hole in the center.
Blacephalon's head is a white ball with a multitude of pink and blue dots, which are a collection of tiny sparks. On either side of the ball are stars that are blue on the outside, pink on the inside, and have yellow dot-like eyes on the center. The head is not attached to the body and can be removed for use as a weapon. As seen in Pokémon Refresh, the color of the sparks and the color and shape of the stars change with Blacephalon's mood. It is known to trick its targets through the silly way it walks before blowing its head up without warning, shocking them in the process; it then steals their vitality to use as energy.Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon site | Blacephalon (archive) Like all Ultra Beasts, Blacephalon stores Z-Power, the same energy possessed by Totem Pokémon, within its body, which takes the form of a red, flaring auraWicke, :"When the UBs pass through the Ultra Wormhole, they are bathed in a great deal of this energy and likely store it within their bodies.". As seen in Twirling with a Bang!, this Ultra Beast can freely move its head around easily and regenerate it after blowing it up. As depicted in the same episode, Blacephalon and have a rivalry with each other, often competing in contests to see who can shine the brightest.
Like , Blacephalon's homeworld is one of the only worlds which is not seen and cannot be visited riding or through Ultra Warp Ride.
Blacephalon is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
Blacephalon USUM concept art.jpg|thumb|Blacephalon's concept art from 
Blacephalon's Eyes Adventures.png|thumb|Blacephalon's eyes on each side of its head
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Blacephalon in the
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Blacephalon is available in Version 1.3.0+.
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====By ====
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
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Blacephalon debuted in Twirling with a Bang!. and first encountered it performing during a fireworks show. The next day, they learned that it was an and set out as the Ultra Guardians to it. However, they also ran into a while trying to find it, and soon, the two Ultra Beasts ended up in a performance showdown, each trying to outperform the other with their moves. Thanks to a distraction from the Ultra Guardians, they were able to distract, weaken, and subsequently capture the two Ultra Beasts at the same time, allowing them to be returned home wherever they come from. It reappeared in a flashback in Securing the Future!.
====Minor appearances====
====Pokédex entries====
===GOTCHA!===
A Blacephalon briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Blacephalon debuted in An Urgent Task and the Capture of an Ultra Beast. It emerged through one of the Ultra Wormholes opened by Guzma at Po Town. and Anabel attempted to it, but regular s didn't work on it, and they were narrowly saved by , who proceeded to blow Blacephalon away. It reappeared in Thieving and Boss Crabominable.
Multiple Blacephalon appeared in Summon the Emissaries of the Moon and the Sun.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
*Blacephalon is the only Ultra Beast to have a signature move, namely .
* In the Generation VII games, Blacephalon can learn by leveling up but cannot learn it via Move Tutor.
* Blacephalon can be seen as a counterpart to fellow Ultra Beast . Both have high stats and the same base stat total, but Blacephalon has high and stats and low defenses, while Stakataka is extremely slow but has a very high . Additionally, both were introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as version-exclusive Pokémon that both appear in Poni Grove at the same point in the story, with Blacephalon appearing in Ultra Sun and Stakataka appearing in Ultra Moon.
===Origin===
Based on its appearance and its movements in the , Blacephalon may be based on s or performers. Based on its behavior of startling people in order to drain them of their vitality, it may specifically take inspiration from the trope found in fiction. Its head being made of sparks and able to explode may be inspired by various things, such as , , s, s, and the . Its ability to remove its head is similar to the , as well as the of .
====Name origin====
Blacephalon may be a combination of blast and encephalon (meaning "the brain"). The name recalls the adjective "acephalous", meaning "having no head".
Zugadoon can be taken literally as 頭がドーン zu ga dōn ("head goes boom").
==In other languages==
UB Burst
==Related articles==
* Ultra Beast
* Ultra Beasts (anime)
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Ultra Beasts
Category:Pokémon introduced in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
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