Marowak (Pokémon)

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Marowak (Japanese: ガラガラ Garagara) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 28.
In Alola, Marowak has a dual-type regional form. It evolves from Cubone when leveled up at night starting at level 28. All Cubone in Alola evolve into this form regardless of their origin.
==Biology==
Marowak is a bipedal with light brown skin and a cream-colored underside. Two small claws, one on each hand, serve as its thumbs, and one large nail on each foot makes up its toes. It has a short tail with a small spike near the tip. Marowak's head is composed of the skull it once wore as a mask. It can no longer remove the skull, which has become part of its body. The skull has two pointed spikes on the back similar to ears and tiny nostrils on the tip of the snout. Marowak's triangular, brown eyes are also located in the skull. 
Marowak is well known for its ferocity with its bone club, which it is said to collect from a hidden graveyard. Despite its small size, Marowak's body is as . Upon evolution, Marowak has overcome the grief of its mother's passing. Now ferocious and violent, Marowak is an adept combatant that uses the bone it carries as a weapon and a boomerang. Having evolved, it seeks vengeance on its natural enemy , which prey on Cubone because of its naturally weak and timid demeanor. Marowak has also been recorded pounding on boulders with the bone club it carries to tap out messages to others. It lives in to test its skills. As mentioned in , Marowak is known to sleep while using its bone similar to a pillow, possibly being at peace.Sleep Style Dex On occasion, it is seen affectionately holding onto the bone while sleeping.
Marowak and its pre-evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves and . Marowak and Cubone are also the only known Pokémon capable of using the Thick Club item. In Generations and , was another one of their signature moves.
===Forms===
Marowak has a regional form: Marowak.
In the Alola region, Marowak was faced with an abundance of its natural enemies, Pokémon. This harsh environment led it to bond closely with its friends, which is said to have created a sort of sixth sense and caused it to take a new form. Alolan Marowak's body is black and it has pale gray eyes. There is a dark, flamelike mark on its skull between the eyes. Compared to regular Marowak's squatter, thicker body, Alolan Marowak is relatively thin. White markings resembling shoulder blades, vertebrae, and hip bones are visible on its back. The bone Alolan Marowak uses is longer than the one regular Marowak uses. It customarily mourns its companions by burying them and dancing in mourning.
Alolan Marowak rubs the bone it wields against its forehead to light the ends in a green flame and then twirls the flaming bone. The flame is made from spirit of its deceased mother. The deceased mother has transformed into vengeful spirit that will protect Alolan Marowak. It specializes in an attack where it releases a weak ball of flame from its bone that will relentlessly pursue its foe. Alolans would fear it for a conjurer, due to its rarity and the fearful sight of it dancing with its bone.Sun and Moon site | Alolan Marowak(Archived) The dance is also used as a way of mourning for its lost allies. Once its flames have spread onto an opponent, they are impossible to put out with water. The cursed flames are known to cause both mental and physical pain.
A special Alolan Marowak in Alola acts as the Totem Pokémon for Kiawe's in Wela Volcano Park. This Marowak possesses Z-Power, an energy that originates from Ultra Wormholes and takes the form of a golden, flaring aura. The reward for defeating Totem Marowak and completing the trial is a Firium Z.
Alolan Marowak is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
===Evolution===
Marowak evolves from .
In Alola, Marowak has a regional form that evolves from Cubone.
(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: Marowak was killed by agents of Team Rocket, leaving a as an orphan. With the Silph Scope, her ghost could be seen in Pokémon Tower. Marowak cannot be caught in this battle, dodging all Poké Balls, even when incapacitated by status conditions like and . After fainting in a battle, a message will pop up saying that the Marowak's soul has finally moved on to the afterlife.
* Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!: Marowak's ghost appears in the same capacity it did in previous iterations of the Generation I games, however, it is not battled. Instead, it is calmed by the presence of its son, Cubone.
* : Marowak runs a training dojo the same way had one in the first series.
===Pokédex entries===
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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====
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=====Alolan Marowak=====
Alolan Marowak has the same base stats as Kantonian Marowak.
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
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===Learnset===
Marowak is available in Version 1.2.0+ and .
====By leveling up====
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====By a prior Evolution====
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====By transfer from another generation====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Kiawe's Marowak=====
 owns an Alolan Marowak that he in A Crowning Moment of Truth!. It was often seen outside of its Poké Ball.
=====Other=====
In Bad to the Bone, a Marowak belonged to Otoshi, whose Gym Badges had recently been stolen by . Marowak left Otoshi because it felt that if he lost his Badges, he lost the respect Marowak had for him. By the end of the episode, Marowak came back to help by battling Team Rocket to get his Badges back.
In Pokémon Double Trouble, Luana used a Marowak alongside an in a Double Battle against . They battled and , and Marowak was defeated by Alakazam's redirected .
In From Brags to Riches, Gavin used a Marowak alongside a during the first round of the Ever Grande Conference. They went up against Morrison's and , and Marowak was eventually defeated by Gligar.
In The Ole' Berate and Switch!, Oriba and his Marowak entered a fake tournament created by Cassidy and Butch. Oriba later used Marowak in his battle against , where it went up against ; it was defeated.
In Gymbaliar!, Jeffrey used a Marowak in his battle against Jessie. It faced off against her , and it was able to defeat her with just a few hits with its bone.
====Minor appearances====
A 's Marowak appeared in The Mandarin Island Miss Match.
A Marowak appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a 's Marowak participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.
A Marowak appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Showdown at Linoone, a fantasy that explained the function of a Thick Club featured a Marowak.
A Marowak appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A 's Marowak appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Dawn's Early Night!, a Coordinator's Marowak was used along with a for the Double Performance required during the .
In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, Halverson's Marowak competed in the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.
In a flashback in Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!, a Trainer's Marowak was going to battle Narissa alongside a Cubone, but they retreated when her ed into .
A Marowak made a cameo appearance in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
A Marowak appeared in BWS02.
A Marowak appeared in I Choose You!.
In Alola, Kanto!, tried to compare a Trainer's Marowak with 's , only for the two Marowak to get into a fight with each other.
In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Marowak was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.
A Trainer's Marowak appeared in When a House is Not a Home!.
A Trainer's Marowak appeared in It's... Champion Time!.
A Marowak appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In a flashback in File 2: Cubone, a was protecting her child from a group of s, but was killed while doing so. Her spirit later haunted the Pokémon Tower, until she was reunited with her child and calmed down, thus allowing her to pass on to the afterlife.
===GOTCHA!===
====Kiawe's Marowak====
An Alolan Marowak briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Kiawe.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, a Marowak briefly appeared under the ownership of a watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Marowak debuted in A Tale of Ninetales, where it attacked two of 's fangirls.
 used a Marowak in Whacked by Marowak! in Pokémon Adventures to attack using its .
A Marowak briefly appeared in A Vicious Cycle of Possibilities, under the ownership of a Kanto Pokémon Federation member.
A Marowak appeared in a fantasy in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.
In Innocent Scientist, a Marowak appeared in a flashback as one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police.
Three Marowak debuted in The Decision and the Tournament of Six, where they were dancing on a stage at a festival held in Iki Town.
Kiawe has an Alolan Marowak that debuted in Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island, where it battled 's Alolan , nicknamed Cent.
===Pokémon Zensho===
The ghost of Marowak appeared in PZ05.
==In the TCG==
==Music==
This is a list of music associated with Marowak in the Pokémon games.
Games	Location 	Song name 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	During the Marowak Dojo's training mazes 	Marowak Dojo 	Unknown 	Unknown
 	During the cutscenes in Kiawe's trial where a group of Alolan Marowak perform their dance	Kiawe's Trial 	Hitomi Satō 	Hitomi Satō
 	During the cutscene in which the ghost Marowak in Pokémon Tower reunites with her son 	Cubone's Mother	Junichi Masuda, Gō Ichinose, Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Marowak was originally known as "Guardia". This is the Spanish word for guardian.
* According to some of Marowak's Generation II and Pokédex entries, somewhere exists a legendary Marowak graveyard. This is a reference to the of modern myth.
* Marowak is the only dual-type Pokémon that shares no types with its pre-Evolution.
* Alolan Marowak is the only Pokémon in the .
* Though Alolan Marowak shares the Ability with Cubone, a Cubone with Rock Head cannot evolve into an Alolan Marowak with the same Ability, as Rock Head is Cubone's first Ability and Alolan Marowak's Hidden 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.
===Origin===
Marowak is reptilian in nature and may 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.
Alolan Marowak's design may draw inspiration from a holding a or a , a Samoan traditional dance implement. It may have also drawn inspiration from the Polynesian concept of , a spiritual essence that exists in all objects and people. It also allows people to imbue their "spirit" into other people and objects for protection or vengeance. In addition, Alolan Marowak may have been inspired by , ghosts from that march at night, are feared by the living, and traditionally are known for carrying torches as they march.
====Name origin====
Marowak may be a combination of and whack.
Garagara may be derived from ガラガラ garagara (onomatopoeia for heavy clattering), contrasting with the カラカラ karakara (onomatopoeia for light clattering) in 's Japanese name.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Marowak (ghost)
* Kiawe's Marowak	
* Totem Pokémon
* Regional form
* Weaponry in the Pokémon world
==References==
==External links==
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