Slakoth (Pokémon)

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Slakoth (Japanese: ナマケロ Namakero) is a introduced in Generation III.
It evolves into starting at level 18, which evolves into starting at level 36.
==Biology==
Slakoth is a brown, quadrupedal with -like qualities. It has coarse, shaggy fur with two dark brown stripes on its back. There is a scruff of fur on top of its head, and it has a large pink pig-like snout, pink eyelids, and dark rings around its eyes. It has long, lanky arms, but shorter legs. Each paw has two sharp claws, and there are pink paw pads on the back feet. Its underbelly and rear are also pink.
Slakoth lolls around and sleeps for more than twenty hours a day, which can make those around it drowsy. Since it does not move very much, it does not need much food and only eats three leaves each day. Its heart only beats once a minute. In Generation III, was its signature move. It makes its nest in , and keeps the same one during its entire life. However, it can travel far by swimming in rivers. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Drowsy Power is the only thing that make Slakoth move in order sleep near .Sleep Style Dex entry: "Slakoth spends nearly all its time in a day sprawled out, trying to use as little energy as possible. Drowsy Power is the only thing that can successfully lure it to come and sleep by Snorlax's side."
Prior to Generation V and in Generation IX, Slakoth and its fully evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Slakoth evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Clyde uses a Slakoth to back up his .
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Slakoth and are the members of Team Slacker, the zero-motivation exploration team.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Stats===
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===Learnset===
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Slakoth physically debuted in Love, Petalburg Style and Balance of Power, under the ownership of Norman. It was used in his Gym against , where it battled and . It proved to be a strong battler against Pikachu with its powerful attack, but it lost to Torkoal's .
In The Garden of Eatin', multiple Slakoth were living in the Banana Slakoth Garden, which is run by Marcel. A was eating all of the bananas in the garden, and no one was able to stop it until one of the Slakoth evolved into a and defeated it.
====Minor appearances====
Slakoth debuted in Max's flashback in Having a Wailord of a Time.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, a Slakoth was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
A Slakoth appeared in The Champ Twins!.
In Camping It Up!, used a Slakoth during the first activity of the Pokémon Summer Academy.
A Slakoth appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
In Playing the Performance Encore!, a 's Slakoth and competed in the Battle Stage of the .
A Slakoth appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!.
In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, a Slakoth was part of Shane Seeker's Shiny Pokémon collection, as shown in his Pokédex.
A Trainer's Slakoth appeared in Restore and Renew!. 
In The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!, Jessie pulled a Slakoth from the Rocket Prize Master, which did absolutely nothing to help her.
In The Mew from Here!, a Slakoth was seen on Faraway Island.
A Slakoth appeared in Rocket Revengers!.
A Slakoth appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One).
A Trainer's Slakoth appeared in Food Fit for a Kingambit!.
====Pokédex entries====
===POKÉTOON===
A Slakoth appeared in PT10, under the ownership of a .
A Slakoth living at the Safari Zone appeared in PT14.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Norman's Slakoth appeared in I'll Win With My Own Battle Style!!.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Alecsey (Japanese: ヒロキ Hiroki) owns a Slakoth nicknamed Slokath (Japanese: ケンタロ Kentarō). It competed in a Pokémon Contest in Tripped Up by Torkoal.
In It All Ends Now V, Norman used two Slakoth to try and stop from fleeing from its confines.
A Slakoth appeared in The Transfer Student.
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team===
A Slakoth appeared in I Want to be Human Again!.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
Norman owns a Slakoth, as seen in There's Someone More Important Than Clefairy?!, where it swallows the and Red's Clefairy helps to retrieve it from its stomach.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Slakoth is one of fourteen that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in .
* According to Ken Sugimori in an interview, Slakoth's name was conceived first before its character design was created.
* In , Slakoth, despite being programmed to spawn in South Province (Area Three), will not do so due to the lack of appropriate trees in the area.
===Origin===
Slakoth is based on s,Nintendo Dream Volume 84, February/March 2003 (English translation written by Jacob Newcomb and commissioned by Dr. Lava) perhaps specifically the . It also has some similarities to human s, such as spending more time sleeping than awake, and primarily lying on its stomach, as babies do not have the muscle mass to hold themselves upright.
Slakoth's evolutionary line goes through three stages of energy, where Slakoth is lazy, becomes extraordinarily energetic, and later becomes lazy again. This may be a reference to the , in which the baby crawls on four legs, the adult has the most energy and walks on two legs, and the old man walks on three legs, one of which is a cane. In the case of Slaking, two legs and an arm touch the ground in its most preferable position.
====Name origin====
Slakoth may be a combination of slack off and .
Namakero may be a combination of 怠ける namakeru (to slack off/laze around) and 樹懶 namakemono (sloth).
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
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