Dragonair (Pokémon)

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Dragonair (Japanese: ハクリュー Hakuryu) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 30 and evolves into starting at level 55.
==Biology==
Dragonair is a long, serpentine with sky blue scales and a white underside. It has a rounded snout, oval purple eyes, and a small, white horn on its forehead. On each side of its head is a small, stylized wing, which is white and curves into a swirl at the base. Three blue, crystal orbs adorn its body: one on its neck and two on its tail.
Dragonair emits a gentle aura that gives it a mystical appearance. As seen in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, it can make its wings grow larger in order to fly, but otherwise moves through the air unaided. Dragonair hosts a large amount of energy within its body, which it can discharge through the crystals on its neck and tail. This causes its body to brighten and give off a different aura that changes the weather in its vicinity. As a result, Dragonair has been referred as a "divine Pokémon" since ancient times by agricultural peoples. Dragonair is a rare Pokémon that inhabits pristine seas and . The lakes Dragonair lives in are usually filled with offerings from people in gratitude. It is said that a person who sees a Dragonair at the start of a year will be healthy for the whole year. As mentioned in , Dragonair is known to channel power and change the weather even while it sleeps.Sleep Style Dex
In Generation II, Dragonair and its evolutionary relatives were the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move , but other Pokémon could still inherit it via .
===Evolution===
Dragonair evolves from and evolves into .
(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===
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear. In , Dragonair can only be found in the .
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By a prior Evolution====
====Special moves====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Dragonair δ (EX Dragon Frontiers 28)
====Animated series-only moves====
Move	Type	Episode
 	 	Fangs for Nothin'
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Clair's Dragonair====
In Beauty is Skin Deep, Clair's Dratini evolved into a Dragonair as Clair was protecting it from . In Better Eight Than Never, Clair used it as her final Pokémon during her Gym against .
====Ash's Dragonair====
In A Test in Paradise!, a Dragonair living on Dragonite Island with three others evolved into a Dragonite. Having befriended it earlier, it shortly afterwards.
====Other====
Dragonair debuted in the banned episode EP035, as a Dratini the warden of the , Kaiser, was protecting. Over the 30 years since Kaiser last saw the elusive Dragon type, it evolved into Dragonair. It also now has a child Dratini.
In On Olden Pond, a Dragonair lived in a lake that Mr. Saridakis planned to build a luxury resort on. Dragonair was discovered to have saved Mr. Saridakis in the past. A second, present-day rescue led to him cancelling his plans for the lake.
In Master Class Choices!, used a Dragonair alongside an during the Fleurrh City . They made it past the Theme Performance, but they were voted second during the Freestyle Performance, losing to and her team.
Starting in A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, the Ultra Guardians employed a Ride Dragonair, which uses during their missions.
In A Test in Paradise!, three Dragonite living with the one Ash would catch as a Dragonite played a major role.
===Minor appearances===
Dragonair made its English dub debut in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, where it was briefly seen flying around the rainbow after the storm.
In Imitation Confrontation, 's fantasy featured a Dragonair.
Dragonair made its English dub animated series debut in Dueling Heroes, under the ownership of a Trainer participating in the Whirl Cup.
Multiple Dragonair appeared in The Island Whisperer!.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Clair's Dragonair appeared in The Dragonite's Imperial Wrath.
===Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King===
A Dragonair appeared in LDK1.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Dragonair debuted in Long Live the Nidoking!, where it was one of the Pokémon at Fuchsia City's .
A Dragonair appeared with its in Just a Spearow Carrier at the Indigo Plateau.
Lance owns two Dragonair, one of which he previously, the other stolen and brainwashed. The latter was sought by for ing, as it was offered as a prize in a surfing contest in Breath of the Dragonair Part 1, the former first appeared in Extricated from Exeggutor. Multiple other Dragonair also make up the army together with his multiple Aerodactyl, together they were used to attack the mainlands of Kanto. They first appeared in Playing Horsea.
Clair's Dragonair appeared in Debonaire Dragonair, where it was seen being used to battle Ryu's Seadra and win. It later cam with its Trainer to the Dragon's Den, where it battled and was defeated by Suicune.
A Dragonair appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
The rented a Dragonair, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Lemme at 'Em, Lapras!.
A Dragonair appeared in a flashback in One Way or Another.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
In Crystal Orb of Rainfall, Shu meets a Dragonair named Ryuko in the body of a human. He helps her find the blue orb she lost that used to be on her neck.
Later, in GDZ66, Shu a Dragonair of his own.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Clair's Dragonair appeared in The Ultimate Battle…?!.
A Dragonair appeared in Lance's Dragonite's fantasy in The Final Battle!! when it was telling a false story about how it met Lance.
A Dragonair appeared in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!, where it evolved from a Dratini. It managed to take out all of 's Pokémon. Dragonair then evolved into a Dragonite when pulled its tail.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Dragonair was originally known as "Dragyn".
* According to the radio drama The Birth of Mewtwo, Dragonair was scientifically registered by a Pokémon discovery ship 1001 about 200 nautical miles away from the open sea of Seafoam Islands.
* In Blackthorn City, a woman is willing to trade her or for a female Dragonair. This makes Dragonair the only Pokémon able to be male or female that must be a specific gender for an in-game trade.
* In , Dragonair's catch rate was changed from 45 to 27, making it the hardest Pokémon to catch in the Kanto Safari Zone. In the later games, the catch rate was changed back to 45.
* Dragonair is also the former name of in the real world.
* In Generation I and Generation II, Dratini and Dragonair can learn via leveling up, but not via TM. This was fixed in .
* Dragonair and its evolutionary relatives share their with , its evolved forms, , and Kalosian . They are all known as the Dragon Pokémon.
===Origin===
Dragonair appears to be based on s or ryu, traditional s or s who bring good luck. It also resembles a , its tail even resembling that of a . The wings on its head resemble those on the sandals and hat of the Greek god , and its long, snakelike body may be a reference to the snakes on his .
Dragonair may also be based on the , a proto-dragon that resembles a snake and lives in water or caves, much like Dragonair. After an imugi lives a thousand years, a jewel (called a Yeouiju) will fall from the sky. If the imugi catches it, it will become a true . The jewels on Dragonair's neck and tail might also be a reference to Chinese dragons' associations with pearls, specifically, the often placed under dragon's chin which symbolizes prosperity, power, immortality, thunder, and grants wishes.
====Name origin====
Dragonair may be a combination of dragon and air, debonair, or lair (traditional home of a dragon).
Hakuryū may be derived from 白竜 hakuryū (white dragon).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Clair's Dragonair
* Lance's Dragonair
* Ash's Dragonite
* Dragonite (UNITE)
==References==
==External links==
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