Dhelmise (Pokémon)

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Dhelmise (Japanese: ダダリン Dadarin) is a dual-type introduced in Generation VII.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Dhelmise is a made up of an anchor and a ship's wheel, held together by a mass of green seaweed. The anchor is a rusty brown mottled with blackish spots. The seaweed, which is Dhelmise's true body, partially envelops the thick, curved bottom of the anchor in a zigzag fashion, leaving empty spaces that look like sharp teeth. The seaweed continues upward to cover the anchor's thin shank and the spindle of the wheel. Five individual strands of seaweed trail off this small hub in a star shape.
The ship's wheel is lavender on the outside with a yellow inner rim. It is affixed to the back of the spindle by its center and able to rotate freely. The noticeably damaged wheel features six spokes and four handles, all of which are yellow. There are two lavender stubs where the other handles should be. A simple compass, resembling an eye, is set into a yellow ring-shaped component on one side of the wheel; mirroring this is an identical ring on the opposite side, though nothing is set into it.
Dhelmise prefers large prey, such as and . The heavy anchor can be swung with enough force to knock out its prey in a single blow. The victim is then enveloped in seaweed, which can be stretched hundreds of yards, and has its life force drained. In addition to hunting, this Pokémon maintains itself by adding new detritus and seaweed to its body. It is known to get along well with and .
Dhelmise is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move . It is also the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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Dhelmise in the
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Dhelmise is available in .
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==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Dhelmise debuted in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!, where it was protecting a Mystic Water that Kanoa was trying to get for Ida. It was eventually defeated by Lana's Popplio, who used .
====Minor appearances====
A Dhelmise appeared in Song Within the Mist and Lapras's Feelings for its Friends, as part of 's crew.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A Dhelmise appeared in Moonlight.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Dhelmise debuted in Transcend!! Ultra Necrozma!, under the ownership of Acerola.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Dhelmise is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 517.
* In Generation VII, Dhelmise could learn despite the fact that it is a gender unknown Pokémon, so the move would be useless. Starting in Generation VIII, Dhelmise can no longer learn Attract.
* Dhelmise is the only Pokémon to be found in hidden encounters on the Isle of Armor that does not appear in the Isle of Armor Pokédex.
===Origin===
Dhelmise is based on a cluster of holding together the and of a wrecked . Conceptually, it may be based on various legends of s, such as the , a ghost ship cursed to eternally sail the seas. Dhelmise's behaviour may be a reference to two famous captains in classic literature: , the main protagonist in 's that dies tied to his own harpoon while trying to kill a whale; and the captain of the ghost ship Demeter, that in 's is found tied to the helm of the ship after being drained by the protagonist. 
The type of seaweed it is based on is possibly the , also known as "dead man's fingers". Dhelmise's concept as a seaweed-based monster is reminiscent of the works of , particularly his . It may also draw inspiration from and s, which are preyed upon by sperm whales.
====Name origin====
Dhelmise may be a combination of demise and (steering mechanism of a ship).
Dadarin may be a combination of 祟り tatari (cursed) and 舵輪 darin ( wheel).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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ja:ダダリン
zh:破破舵轮