Tangrowth (Pokémon)

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Tangrowth (Japanese: モジャンボ Mojumbo) is a introduced in Generation IV.
It evolves from when leveled up while knowing .
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Tangrowth is a large with a black body wrapped in a large mass of blue vines. The vines are used to entangle foes and prey. A pair of saucer-like eyes peek out from beneath the tangled mess of vines. Its stubby black feet are tipped with red. Tangrowth has a pair of blue boneless arms that have three fingers. The arms are made from bundles of vines. These fingers are completely red on a female Tangrowth, while they have red tips on a male.
Tangrowth is unfazed if one of its arms is broken off, as it will easily grow back. It hunts by disguising itself as a shrub, then grabbing prey with its vines. However, Tangrowth has been known to eat fruit as well. It can extend its arms as much as it wants. Predators like to eat Tangrowth's vines. When the climate is warm, its vine growth is accelerated to the point where not even its eyes can be seen. If its vines grow too long, Tangrowth shortens them by tearing bits of them off. Tangrowth is very rare in the wild, though it can be found in temperate grasslands.
===Evolution===
Tangrowth 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====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Tangrowth is available in Version 1.2.0+, , and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By a prior Evolution====
====By transfer from another generation====
=====By transfer, only via prior Evolution=====
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Tangrowth evolves from when leveled up while knowing . Tangela cannot evolve into Tangrowth in , as Tangrowth is not present in those games.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
Tangrowth made its animated series debut in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!, where it was trying to save a dying tree that was a key part of the forest. With the help of and , it was able to save the tree.
In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, 's Tangrowth helps her at her flower shop. He later worked alongside 's to stop from escaping when they spotted it.
===Minor appearances===
Tangrowth debuted in The Rise of Darkrai.
In Working on a Right Move!, a 's Tangrowth competed in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It defeated another Trainer's .
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, 's flashback featured a Tangrowth.
A Trainer's Tangrowth appeared in Trending Terastallization! Dance, Dance, Quaxly!.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
Hiori has a Tangrowth, which debuted in Challenge From A Rival. Its vines can be used as ropes to lower Hiori and others down from roofs. It can also use to help Hiori get by guards.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Getting Past Gastrodon, Jupiter attacked , Candice, and Maylene using her Tangrowth, , and when they arrived in Lake Acuity. Most notably, it faced off against Candice's , and was able to overpower and defeat it using a d . In subsequent appearances, Jupiter's Tangrowth used only Natural Gift, and its strategy was easily worked around.
A Tangrowth liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
A Tangrowth appeared in A Novel Test!!, under the ownership of Jupiter.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Until the release of , the only way to obtain Tangrowth was to transfer a via Pal Park and evolve it. This was the only case in which a was only obtainable through Pal Park.
===Origin===
Due to the mystery around Tangela's appearance under the , Tangrowth may be based on the from the short story "" by , which is ultimately revealed to have formed around a human skeleton. It may also be based on a , a motif that is represented as a face surrounded by leaves and vines (this may also have inspired Tangrowth's variant's green color).
Its Pokédex entries state that its vines will bind and ensnare its surroundings. This may be a reference to , a biological reaction plants have towards contact that encourages them to coil around objects they touch as they grow, allowing stability in their stems and branches.
====Name origin====
Tangrowth may be a combination of tangle and growth.
Mojumbo may be a combination of もじゃもじゃ mojamoja (shaggy or unkempt) and jumbo.
==In other languages==
==External links==
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