Cubone (Pokémon)

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Cubone (Japanese: カラカラ Karakara) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into starting at level 28.
In Alola, Cubone evolves into when leveled up at night starting at level 28.
==Biology==
Cubone is a small, bipedal, -like with a light brown hide that covers most of its body, except for its cream-colored belly. Two small claws, one on each hand, serve as its thumbs, and one large nail on each foot make up its toes. It has two small spikes on its back and a short tail. On its head, Cubone wears the skull of its dead mother as a helmet. Because of this, much of its actual face has never been seen, except for its triangular, black (sometimes green or blue) eyes and a small area surrounding them, and in its Bandai Namco card a bit of its mouth, where it has a pair of a few sharp teeth and a long pink tongue. The skull has two rounded horns on the top of its head and a tooth-like point on the lower sides. Under the skull, Cubone has a brown snout. This small Pokémon survives only through the immense skill it possesses in wielding the bone it carries as a weapon.
It is called the because of its tendency to keep to itself and avoid social situations, due to the trauma caused by the death of its Marowak mother. Cubone will often weep at night in mourning of its mother. When Cubone cries, the skull that it wears on its head vibrates and emits "a plaintive and mournful sound." On the night of a full moon, the cries are said to be especially terrible. Cubone seems to recognize a likeness of its mother in the full moon, and so it howls with a particular sadness. Its cries attract , its natural predator, who uses this Pokémon's bones to decorate itself and its nest. It is said a Cubone will evolve into a once it comes to terms with the pain of its mother's death. As mentioned in , Cubone is known to cry while sleeping.Sleep Style Dex It is theorized that Cubone's dreams are about its deceased mother. The dreams Cubone have make it cry, but crying makes it stronger. Cubone lives in rocky areas, usually on or in caves. It also once inhabited the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town where deceased Pokémon were buried and mourned. One such Cubone's mother is shown as a ghost there.
Cubone and its evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves and . Cubone and Marowak are also the only known Pokémon capable of using the Thick Club item. In Generations and , was another one of their signature moves.
===Evolution===
Cubone evolves into .
In Alola, it evolves into Marowak.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* Pokémon Red, Blue, , FireRed, and LeafGreen: An orphaned Cubone appears in the care of Mr. Fuji. It lost its mother, a , while she was defending her charge from Team Rocket.
* Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!: The same orphaned Cubone plays an expanded role in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, where it is kidnapped by Archer after wandering from Lavender Town. After being rescued by the from Team Rocket Hideout, it returns to Pokémon Tower, where it helps the player and calm his mother's spirit. Trace later adopts Cubone into his party, motivating himself to become stronger to stop Team Rocket and avenge Marowak. Cubone later evolves under Trace's ownership.
===Pokédex entries===
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Cubone in the
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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===
Cubone is available in Version 1.2.0+ and .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Cubone (Aquapolis 72)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Goh's Cubone=====
In A Snow Day for Searching!, Goh helped a Cubone retrieve its stolen bone before it.
=====Other=====
Cubone debuted in The School of Hard Knocks, under the ownership of Giselle. It was used in a against and his , but lost.
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Cubone was part of a group of troublemakers causing trouble for Pikachu and his friends until they came to a truce.
In Pichu Bros. in Party Panic, a Cubone helped prepare his party and played the drums in his band. Cubone would get easily sad and gloomy whenever Meowth yelled at it, but it was also easily consolable.
In PK15, a Cubone was the leader of a group of Pokémon who took up residence in a haunted house. They would attempt to scare visitors out of the house.
In Battling With a Clean Slate!, Alvin used a Cubone in a Gym battle against Clembot and managed to defeat and .
====Minor appearances====
In Hypno's Naptime, a Cubone was seen in HopHopHop Town's Pokémon Center.
In Pokémon Fashion Flash, a Cubone was on Scissor Street.
In A Chansey Operation a Cubone was injured and had to be treated at the human hospital.
In Princess vs. Princess, a Cubone competed in the Queen of the Princess Festival.
A Cubone appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
In The Power of One, multiple Cubone sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A Cubone appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Cubone appeared in a flashback in Ignorance is Blissey, under the ownership of the Pokémon Nurse School.
In Wired for Battle!, a Trainer's Cubone came up as an image in Shingo's laptop.
In Pikachu & Pichu, a Cubone was living in Big Town.
In The Heartbreak of Brock, a Cubone was living at Temacu's father's lab.
In Doin' What Comes Natu-rally, a Cubone participated in a street festival.
A Cubone appeared in 's flashback in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Cubone to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
A Cubone appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Showdown at Linoone, a fantasy explaining the function of a Thick Club featured a Cubone.
A Cubone appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A 's Cubone appeared in Harley Rides Again.
In Dawn's Early Night!, a Coordinator's Cubone was used along with a for the Double Performance required during the .
In a flashback in Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!, a Trainer's Cubone was going to battle Narissa alongside a Marowak, but they retreated when her ed into .
A Cubone made brief cameo appearances in Giratina and the Sky Warrior and Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
A Cubone appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
Two Trainers' Cubone appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, a Cubone was playing in 's garden.
Two Cubone appeared in I Choose You!. One of them took shelter from the rain in a cave with Pokémon including .
A Trainer's Cubone appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Trainer's Cubone appeared in Alola, Kanto!.
A Cubone appeared in The Power of Us.
In I Choose Paradise!, a Cubone was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
In Securing the Future!, four Trainers' Cubone joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Trainer's Cubone appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
A Cubone appeared in Enter Pikachu!.
A Trainer's Cubone appeared in Take My Thief! Please!.
In Heroes Unite!, a Cubone appeared during a flashback.
A Trainer's Cubone appeared in Getting to the Heart of it All!.
A Cubone appeared in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 2: Cubone, a Cubone was in the Pokémon House in Lavender Town. It is the child of the , who died while defending it from Team Rocket.
===A Ripple in Time===
A Cubone appeared in A Ripple in Time, under the ownership of Arsham. It was used in a against Ash and his .
===The Adventures of Snorlax & Cubone===
Cubone was featured alongside in an animation produced as part of Project Snorlax.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Cubone appeared in PMDP16.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Cubone made a cameo in Onix is On!, under the ownership of a at the Pewter Gym. It battled 's Bulbasaur.
A Cubone appeared as a silhouette when talks about in The Jynx Jinx.
Multiple Cubone were under the control of s in Piloswine Whine. They attack and but are easily defeated.
 owns a Cubone nicknamed Bonee, which first appeared in Slugging It Out With Slugma. It notably has a star-shaped crack in his skull. Cubone's main role in the team is to take out targets from afar using his bone-based attacks. In Lively Larvitar, the origin of Crystal's Cubone is revealed: it, along with Crystal's , , and , were wild Pokémon living in Mt. Mortar and had fought with a local that had gone berserk from a severe eye injury. Bonee had used several bone clubs for Crystal to use as arm casts.
A Cubone appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Cubone appeared in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, under the ownership of a at the .
A Cubone appeared in a fantasy in Ray of Light!! Through the Crack in the Sky!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
 owns a Cubone, as seen in GDZ16.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Cubone appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match. It was seen with during the game.
A Cubone appeared in Clefairy's Christmas Present?!.
 has a Cubone, which was used in his Gym battle against in Get The Last Badge!!.
 caught a Cubone prior to Red VS Green?!.
A Cubone appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
A Cubone appeared in Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!.
===Pokémon Zensho===
A Cubone appeared in PZ05.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
In the stage, a Cubone can be seen on the Terrain standing atop the highest platform built into a rock. and Pokémon Fossils can also be seen on the Ground Terrain.
====Trophy information====
"A Lonely Pokémon. It wears its mother's skull as a helmet--for this reason, no one has ever seen its face. It sometimes sees its departed mother's face in the full moon, which causes it to grow sad and cry. The stains on the skull are tracks of its tears. When it cries, the skull shakes and emits a mournful sound. When it levels up, it evolves into Marowak."
===Super Smash Bros. for Wii U===
It appears again on Pokémon Stadium 2.
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
It appears again on the same stage and as a .
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A Cubone appeared in . Tim Goodman attempted to it at the behest of his friend , but the effort went awry and the Cubone attacked Tim before escaping.
==Merchandise==
Cubone was one of the first four Pokémon designs revealed when the Pokémon 151 brand was first announced. In the shirt design, Cubone's skull is in the center of the shirt, with two Thick Clubs in crossing below it.
==Music==
This is a list of music associated with Cubone in the Pokémon games.
Games	Location 	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	During the cutscene in which Trace's Cubone reunites with its mother	Cubone's Mother	Junichi Masuda, Gō Ichinose, Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Cubone was originally known as "Orphon", a corruption of the word "orphan", based on its abandonment at birth.
* Cubone is Midori Harada's favorite .
* Cubone is one of the Pokémon that appears in the Pokémon 151 clothing line.
* Cubone is the only Pokémon that can evolve into a dual-type Pokémon that doesn't share any types with its evolution.
* A Japanese trading card, which features Cubone using the move , partially reveals Cubone's face.
* While Marowak shares the Ability with Cubone, Cubone is unable to retain this Ability after evolving in the Alola region. This is because Cubone's Rock Head is its first Ability, while Alolan Marowak's Rock Head is its Hidden Ability. It shares this trait with and 's Ability .
* In the second episode of Pokémon Origins, a mother Marowak is shown protecting her child Cubone from Team Rocket. Even though the Marowak is alive, the Cubone is still wearing a skull.
* Despite the Pokédex saying that Cubone wears the skull of its dead mother, Cubone are born wearing the skull when hatched from Eggs.
* In The Official Pokémon Handbook: Deluxe Edition, there is no mention of Cubone wearing the skull of its mother. Instead, this is said in Cubone's Pokédex entry from this book: "Cubone uses the bones of ancient Pokémon to make armor and crude weapons."
===Origin===
Cubone was created out of the thought of how sad it would be for a Pokémon to die.Satoshi Tajiri: "There's also Cubone, who was born from the thought of how sad it would be for a Pokémon to die. The bone Cubone holds is actually the bone of its dead mother. Cubone treasures it." Translation: Satoshi Tajiri Cuts Loose (1997 Interview) In its design, it is reptilian in nature and seems to be loosely based on bipedal s. It also could be based on primitive cultures that wore bones for decoration and used them for weapons. The use of its bone seems to be a reference to the 's original use for hunting in cultures.
====Name origin====
Cubone is a combination of cub and bone.Dockery, Daniel (October 4, 2022). Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All. Running Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0762479504.
Karakara may be derived from カラカラ karakara (onomatopoeia for light clattering), contrasting with the ガラガラ garagara (onomatopoeia for heavy clattering) in 's Japanese name.
==In other languages==
==References==
==See also==
* Bonee
* Goh's Cubone
* Weaponry in the Pokémon world
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