Primeape (Pokémon)

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Primeape (Japanese: オコリザル Okorizaru) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 28 and evolves into when leveled up after using twenty times.
==Biology==
Primeape is a bipedal, with a round body covered in light beige, shaggy fur. There is usually a throbbing vein on the left side of its forehead, and it has triangular ears with pink insides, narrow eyes with tiny pupils, and a pink, snout-like nose. Its arms and legs are brown and have metal shackles on the wrists and ankles. This is probably indicative of a method of training with weights. The hands have no visible fingers, instead resembling mittens or boxing gloves, and the feet have two toes.
Primeape is easily angered; even the slightest glance of eye contact will make it furious. When it becomes enraged, its blood circulation is boosted. This makes its muscles stronger, but at the cost of some of its intelligence. Primeape also possesses the ability to convert its anger into energy to attack its opponents with. It has sturdy vessels in its brain that keep it healthy despite its constant anger. It will chase anyone who upsets it and will not stop until it has caught up to its target. Even if it is awoken from sleep, it will groggily chase whatever woke it. Some researchers have a theory Primeape is angry even when inside a Poké Ball. In some cases, Primeape has been known to die as a result of its rage, though it is also said to look peaceful in death, potentially due to its rage transcending and leaving its physical form to become . In the Pokémon the Series episode Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, it is shown to have a fondness for bananas. Primeape can be found It competes with when it comes to searching for berries. In Paldea, is Primeape's natural enemy. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, it is very rare to find a Primeape sleeping without rage, possibly from exhausting itself.Sleep Style Dex
Primeape and its evolved form, , are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
===Evolution===
Primeape 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.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
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====By ====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Ash's Primeape====
Primeape debuted in Primeape Goes Bananas, where a Mankey that stole Ash's hat later evolved into one. Ash's Charmander battled Primeape, and was able to it. It is currently training with to become a true P1 champion.
====Other====
In Chikorita's Big Upset, a Primeape was the leader of a group of Pokémon. It was defeated in battle by and immediately surrendered its gang leadership to Chikorita. It then helped fight .
In The Fortune Hunters, Butch owns a Primeape. It defeated Misty's Staryu in battle and sent Jessie and James blasting off. However, Primeape was eventually defeated by , , and .
In Wobbu-Palooza!, a festival crasher used a Primeape to disrupt the Wobbuffet Festival. It wound up being repelled by , , and Team Rocket.
In A Tyrogue Full of Trouble, a Primeape was causing problems for a small town along with a and a . Kiyo was able to capture the Tyrogue, and the Mankey and Primeape joined up with him.
In Journey to the Starting Line!, multiple Primeape attacked , , , and as they tried to retrieve a that had gotten itself stuck in a tree.
In I Choose You!, multiple Primeape battled Ash's , causing it to evolve into . They were then put to sleep with , eventually waking up as Team Rocket tried to sneak past them.
Three Primeape appeared in Hatenna and the Otherworldly. Two of them evolved into .
===Minor appearances===
In Princess vs. Princess, used a Primeape to battle Jessie during the Queen of the Princess Festival. It quickly defeated before losing to after being ed by it.
In Riddle Me This, a Primeape at the Pokémon Lab was targeted by Team Rocket.
In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, multiple Primeape were living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Primeape was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Pikachu Re-Volts, Cassidy and Butch controlled a Primeape at Mandarin Island North.
In In the Pink, multiple Primeape lived on Pinkan Island.
In The Power of One, a Primeape sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A wild Primeape appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Wired for Battle!, a Primeape was in Muramasa's dojo.
In Tricks of the Trade, a Primeape was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In Two Hits and a Miss, a 's Primeape was at a Fighting-type dojo.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a 's Primeape participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.
In the banned episode EP250, a Primeape lived in a forest outside the Ice Path.
A Trainer's Primeape appeared in You're a Star, Larvitar!.
In Hokey Poké Balls!, a Primeape was stolen by Team Rocket in a Poké Ball.
A Primeape appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A Primeape appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Trainer's Primeape appeared in Alola to New Adventure!.
In The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, observed a Mankey attacking a Primeape.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Primeape were training on Clawmark Hill.
A Trainer's Primeape appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.
In Securing the Future!, six Trainers' Primeape joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Trainer's Primeape appeared in The Dealer of Destruction!.
In Battle Royal 151!, two Trainers' Primeape competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference. Both were defeated, with one losing to Gladion's Silvally.
A Trainer's Primeape appeared in Z-Move Showdown!.
A Primeape appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Primeape appeared in Mission: Find Oinkologne's Partner!.
===Pokédex entries===
=== POKÉTOON ===
A Primeape appeared in PT10, under the ownership of a . After defeating the 's , it evolved into an .
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
A Primeape appeared in The Tyrogue's Thoughts.
===Movie adaptations===
A Primeape appeared in .
===Pokémon Ranger: The Comic – Shadows of Almia===
A Primeape appeared in PRV2.
A Primeape appeared in PRV3 as one of the Pokémon controlled.
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Primeape appeared in PMDP16.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Wartortle Wars, a Primeape was first seen as a wild Pokémon that Saur defeated, becoming an afterwards. This caught the attention of the looming con artist, , starting a long-winded chain of events that led to Red first losing his money to her charm, and then his Badges.
In The Primeape Directive, a frustrated Primeape led a group of Mankey in attacking and her temporary master . However, managed to defeat it. Yellow then empathized with the Pokémon and had it leave peacefully into the wild. It later appeared along with its herd of Mankey in The Legend after the industrial ruins in the Kanto mainland had been restored by the healing light.
In Quilava Quandary, a Primeape was used by the Day-Care Couple to help train .
Chuck, Blue's own master, owns a Primeape, as seen in Scrappy Skarmory, where it was working out with him and his . Together with Poliwrath, it used to reveal 's presence in the ocean off the coast, but the Gym Leader was defeated in the end, even after being joined by a .
A Primeape appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A 's Primeape appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Primeape appeared in The Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon, under the ownership of Chuck.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Primeape appeared in GDZ21.
's signature Pokémon is a Primeape, which debuted in GDZ28.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Primeape appeared in Get The Flying Machine!!, under the ownership of a . It was sent out to battle Red's Clefairy but lost.
Blaine sent out a Primeape during the battle portion of the Pokémon Quiz Battle in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Quiz Battle!!.
A Primeape appeared in Get The Last Badge!!, under the ownership of .
 owns three Primeape, all of whom debuted in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.
 caught a Primeape prior to Red VS Green?! and another one off-screen in The Pokémon Banana League (Part 1).
A Primeape appeared in Squirtle, the Crybaby Pokémon, under the ownership of . It reappeared in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!.
A Primeape appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
Chuck's only known Pokémon is a Primeape. It battled all three of Red's Pokémon in Defeat Chuck Style Martial Arts!!.
A Primeape appeared in Legend Of The Strongest Pokémon!!.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
 has a Primeape at his house, as seen in Something Happened!! Let's Go After Pikachu!!.
A Primeape appeared in Let's Try To Be Idols!!.
A Primeape appeared in The Greatest Invention?!.
A Primeape appeared in Clefairy's Golf Debut!.
===Pokémon Zensho===
A Primeape appeared in PZ07, under the ownership of the Fighting Dojo.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* According to Pocket Monsters: The Animation, Primeape is the reason why Poké Balls were developed. This affirmation, however, has been contradicted several times: the most notable instance of this is in , where Primeape is unobtainable, and Poké Balls with the same function and shape, albeit made with seemingly different materials, are seen in Hisui at an early point in history.
===Origin===
Primeape's categorization as the "Pig Monkey Pokémon" along with its -like nose, may be inspired by the . It also shares a similar color scheme and shaggy fur with this primate. Given its habitat and overall personality, Primeape has much in common with s and s. 
In addition, Primeape's hands look like s and it appears to be wearing on its wrists and ankles.
====Name origin====
Primeape may be a combination of prime, , and .
Okorizaru may be derived from 怒り猿 okorizaru (angry monkey).
==In other languages==
==References==
==See also==
* Ash's Primeape
==External links==
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