Wooper (Pokémon)

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Wooper (Japanese: ウパー Upah) is a dual-type introduced in Generation II.
It evolves into starting at level 20.
In Paldea, Wooper has a dual-type / regional form. Paldean Wooper evolves into starting at level 20.
==Biology==
Wooper is a mostly blue, that resembles an upright, armless . Wooper's head is large compared to its body, and it has small, round, black eyes. It has purple, branching gills on either side of its head; the males have more branches in its gills than the females. Wooper stands on two small, round feet, and it has a large, thick tail. On its belly are dark blue curved markings.
It is implied in the episode The Sinnoh Iceberg Race! that Wooper is a dull-witted Pokémon oblivious to its surroundings. Wooper lives in most of the time. When sleeping, it partially buries itself in the mud at the bottom. It will occasionally leave the water when the air cools in the evening to search for food along the shore. While walking on land, it coats its body with a slimy, toxic film that keeps its skin from dehydrating and insulates against the cold. The film causes a shooting pain if touched barehanded. It is a timid Pokémon and tends to stay close to . is a natural predator of Wooper. As shown in Pokémon Sleep, Wooper tends to bury half its body in the mud at the bottom of the water to sleep. When Wooper also does this while sleeping on land. By sleeping in the mud on land, Wooper can keep its skin wet and prevent dehydration.
===Forms===
Wooper has a regional form: Wooper.
Wooper in the Paldea region has a brown coloration, with two pairs of bone-shaped gills branching from its head, as well as an eight-pronged pattern on its stomach. Paldean Wooper once lived in the water during ancient times until they were forced out of their territory. As a result, they gradually adapted to living on land, namely in marshes. Paldean Wooper employs two adaptations to allow it to survive on land: its gills have hardened, and it coats its body with a poisonous film that keeps it from drying out. However, these adaptations resulted in Paldean Wooper having heavy bodies and being only able to move really slowly. To defend itself, Paldean Wooper can use its gills to unleash a powerful poisonous liquid.Paldean Wooper — Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Official Website Paldean Wooper travel and work together in groups of three or four, and enlist the help of their evolutionary relative, , to ferry them across water. Despite the adaptational change, Paldean Wooper can still float or swim in the water. Paldean Wooper usually lives in muddy wetlands. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Paldean Wooper has been observed sleeping with its whole body coated in mud.
===Evolution===
Wooper evolves into .
 Wooper evolves into .
Wooper
Paldean Wooper
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Paldean Wooper in the	Wooper in the
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===Held items===
====Wooper====
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
=====Wooper=====
=====Paldean Wooper=====
Paldean Wooper has the same base stats as Johtonian Wooper.
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
====Wooper====
====Paldean Wooper====
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
=====Wooper=====
=====Paldean Wooper=====
====By TM====
=====Wooper=====
=====Paldean Wooper=====
====By ====
=====Wooper=====
=====Paldean Wooper=====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Wooper (Aquapolis 117)
====Animated series-only moves====
Move	Type	Episode
 	 	No Big Woop!
===Side game data===
====Wooper====
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Fashionable costume				
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===Evolution data===
====Wooper====
====Paldean Wooper====
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Wooper (anime)=====
A Wooper was close friends with Ash's Goodra when they lived together in the wetlands between Lumiose City and Laverre City. It made semi-regular appearances in , particularly in episodes revolving around Goodra.
=====Other=====
In No Big Woop!, and volunteered to watch over Olesia's school of Wooper for her.
In Pikachu & Pichu, multiple Wooper were living in Big Town.
A Wooper is one of the best friends of the two Pichu Brothers. It appeared in Pikachu and Pichu, Trouble in Big Town, Of Meowth and Pokémon, Big Meowth, Little Dreams, Pichu Bros. in Party Panic, and Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
In Pinch Healing!, a Wooper was being babysat by . While Nurse Joy was ill, took care of Wooper by having his use to heal its wounds.
In Like It Or Lup It!, a Wooper was part of a gang of Pokémon.
In Hot Springing a Leak!, Leona's parents used three Wooper to investigate a pipeline. They noticed their water was being drained, and they helped discover that were responsible.
Multiple other Wooper living at Goodra's marsh made semi-regular appearances in , starting with a flashback in A Slippery Encounter!.
A Wooper appeared in HZ077, under the ownership of Mamoru.
====Minor appearances====
In Hook, Line, and Stinker, a 's Wooper participated in the Catching Competition.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a 's Wooper participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.
A Wooper appeared in Snorlax Snowman.
In The Heartbreak of Brock, a Wooper was living at Temacu's father's lab.
In Got Miltank?, five Wooper was living at the Pokémon-exclusive oasis.
In Octillery The Outcast, a Trainer's Wooper competed in the Whirl Cup.
In Extreme Pokémon!, two baby Wooper were in the pond near Mr. Shellby's house.
A Wooper appeared in Why? Wynaut!. After mistook 's drawing of , who took Ash's badges, the trio searched and chased after Wooper.
In The Legend of Thunder!, two Wooper were at the Pokémon Center.
Multiple Wooper appeared in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Wooper to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
In Abandon Ship!, a Wooper was living in the Abandoned Ship.
A Wooper appeared in PK13.
A Wooper appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In Sweet Baby James, Nanny and Pop-Pop looked after two Wooper.
In On Olden Pond, a Wooper was living in the lake.
A Wooper appeared in Off The Unbeaten Path!.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, the Marina Group uses multiple Wooper in their water show.
In Once More With Reeling!, a 's Wooper competed in the .
A Wooper appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.
A Wooper appeared in Drifloon On the Wind!.
Multiple Wooper appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.
A Wooper appeared in Camping It Up!.
In Up Close and Personable!, a Wooper was living in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.
A Wooper appeared in the boss fantasy of A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.
Three Wooper appeared in Doc Brock!.
A Wooper appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.
In PK20, multiple Wooper were playing with a ball with a group of .
A Wooper appeared in Bagged Then Tagged!.
In Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!, a Coordinator's Wooper competed alongside a in the Double Performance in the .
Multiple Wooper appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In The Island of Illusions!, a Wooper was living on Grand Spectrala Islet.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, multiple Wooper were living in Pokémon Hills.
In Going for the Gold!, multiple Wooper were living in the .
In Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Wooper attended the Pokémon Summer Camp.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Wooper was living in the forest.
In The Legend of the Ninja Hero!, two Wooper were living in the Ninja Village.
In Loading the Dex!, had an icon of a Wooper.
Seven Wooper appeared in The Power of Us, with five under the ownership of different Trainers.
In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Wooper watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and . It reappeared in a flashback in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Settling the Scorbunny! and Finding a Legend!.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in A Talent for Imitation!.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in A Festival Reunion!.
Two Trainers' Wooper appeared in The Cuteness Quotient!. One of them competed in the Friendship Festival and was targeted by .
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
In On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!, a Trainer's Wooper competed in the Kids Marine Athletic Race.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in The Spectral Express!.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!, It's... Champion Time!, and Whittle While You Work!.
A Paldean Wooper made its debut in Arboliva's Forest.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Food Fit for a Kingambit!.
A 's Paldean Wooper appeared in Infiltrating the System! Naranja Academy in Danger!.
A Student's Paldean Wooper appeared in Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in HZ069.
Two Paldean Wooper appeared in HZ075, during a flashback.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Adventure, Red's Pikachu attempted to attack three wild Wooper in an Ecruteak City river with from a tree above, but it was ineffective due to their immunity to electricity. The Wooper retaliated with , sending Pikachu flying.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, two Wooper briefly appeared under the ownership of a watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.
===Pokémon: Paldean Winds===
Four Wooper appeared in Breathe Together.
===POKÉTOON===
Multiple Paldean Wooper appeared in PT11.
Three Wooper appeared in PT17.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In The Legend, a Wooper was by the lake when had finished her message to in Johto.
In Murkrow Row, a Wooper was in Joey's bag after helped him get it back.
In Who Gives a Hoothoot?, a uses a swarm of Wooper as a part of his game stall. However, after Gold and Aibo had revealed his secret to the crowd, they were possibly boxed or .
In Gligar Glide, a 's Wooper was in the Goldenrod Game Corner. Strangely, this Wooper has arms.
In Slugging It Out with Slugma, a Wooper was at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City.
In The Last Battle XIII, a Wooper was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
In the Trick Master's flashback in The Final Battle V, a Wooper was calmed down by the homeland soil.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in Crafty Carnivine.
A Trainer's Wooper appeared in a fantasy in Getting the Drop on Gallade I.
A Paldean Wooper debuted in the , under the ownership of Violet. 
===Ash & Pikachu===
In Do Your Best Bulbasaur!!, a Wooper was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
 owns a Wooper in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.
A Wooper appeared in The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
Shu a Wooper, as seen in GDZ47.
A Wooper appeared in GDZ61.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
A Wooper appeared in I Want to be Human Again!.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Wooper appeared in PNA1.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Melee===
Out of all the floats in the Poké Floats stage, Wooper spends the most time onscreen. It first appears when the scene is on 's tail and then floats past , , , and before finally floating away. While its head is small, s can also stand on the gills.
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Wooper appears as a . It gives fighters that use it more power for their Water and Ice Attacks, and is obtainable through the Spirit Board via battle and Vault Shop for 500G.
==Trivia==
* Wooper has the lowest base stat and the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon.
* Prior to Generation IX and the addition of , Wooper was the only Ground-type Pokémon to consist only of a head and legs.
* Wooper was one of the first Pokémon to have its gender differences revealed, along with .
* Paldean Wooper is the only Paldean form to be revealed prior to the release of . Consequently, it is also the only regional form to be revealed alone during a game's pre-release season.
===Origin===
Wooper appears to be based on a larval , which has a flat tail and feathery, external gills. Many species of salamanders are known for their poisonous skin, which may be referenced in Wooper's Pokédex entries and Paldean Wooper's design. Wooper's sprite gives it a similar coloration to that of , , and flavistic color mutants, or an , a species of salamander that keeps its gills and remains in the water for all of its life because it never develops lungs.
Paldean Wooper's gills make the shape of a , a hazard symbol used as a warning for poisonous substances. These bone-shaped gills, combined with Paldean Wooper's brown coloration, rib-like pattern on its chest, and the fact that it is found in a region inspired by the , together may be a direct reference to the . This salamander species is known for puncturing its poison-coated ribs through its skin as a defense mechanism, much like how Paldean Wooper is able to secrete poison out of its bone-shaped gills. Paldean Wooper may also be inspired by s, which are fish that are capable of living outside of water.
Alternatively, the fact that Paldean Wooper was forced out of its ancient water habitat may be a reference to the ecological issues facing the axolotl in the wild, following the destruction of the Aztec capital of and the draining of .
====Name origin====
Wooper and Upah may be derived from wooper looper (Japanese: ウーパールーパー ūpārūpā), a marketing term created in Japan that started a pet salamander raising fad. Wooper loopers are the Japanese term for the , a species of .
==In other languages==
==References==
==See also==
* Wooper (anime)
* Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)
* Regional form
==External links==
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