Raticate (Pokémon)

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Raticate (Japanese: ラッタ Ratta) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 20.
In Alola, Raticate has a dual-type regional form. It evolves from Rattata when leveled up at night starting at level 20.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Raticate is a large, -like . Although it is often depicted on its hind legs, it is a quadruped. It is primarily tawny-colored with a cream underside. It has narrow black eyes, ears with ragged edges and dark insides, and large incisors that grow constantly. There are three whiskers on each side of its face, which it uses to maintain balance. It has short arms with three-fingered hands and webbed feet with three toes. The webbing on its feet allows it to swim. Its tail is long and scaly. Females will have shorter whiskers.
If attacked, Raticate stands up on its hind legs, bares its fangs and shrieks in an intimidating manner at its enemy. It is willing to take on larger foes if provoked enough. Its teeth are strong enough to gnaw through steel and their constant growth means it often needs to gnaw on something, like rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses, and is capable of chewing through cinderblocks and toppling concrete buildings. As shown in Pokémon Sleep, Raticate is known to sleep with a log in its teeth, gnawing at it in the process.Sleep Style Dex This Pokémon typically lives in .
Prior to Generation IV, Raticate and its pre-evolved form, , were the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves and .
===Forms===
Raticate has a regional form: Raticate.
In Alola, Raticate has become heavier and darker due to its urban environment and higher calorie diet.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Raticate Its fur is mostly black with a brown, leaf-shaped patch on its belly and brown inside its ears. Its hands, feet, cheeks, and tail are a whitish-cream color, and its hands are much smaller. It has large, puffy cheeks with four whiskers under its chin and two sprouting sideways from the top of each cheek. Its large incisors are still visible, but its eyes are now red.
This variant uses its nest as a food stockpile, and generally prefers to have the Alolan it commands to go out and forage for food while it remains in its nest and eats. It is selective in what it eats, however, only eating fresh, high-quality foods, such as fruits. Rumor has it that a certain high-class restaurant even exploits this selectivity, bringing Raticate along to buy ingredients and letting it taste test new dishes. Each Alolan Raticate has its own territory, and disputes over food and feeding grounds happen frequently. Alolan Raticate and Rattata are not native to Alola, having been brought to the region via cargo ships. Their populations grew drastically until and were imported as a control measure.
A special Alolan Raticate in Alola acts as the Totem Pokémon for Ilima's in Verdant Cavern. This Raticate possesses Z-Power, an energy that originates from Ultra Wormholes and takes the form of a golden, flaring aura. The reward for defeating Totem Raticate and completing the trial is a Normalium Z (in , it is a Darkinium Z instead).
===Evolution===
Raticate evolves from .
 Raticate evolves from Alolan Rattata.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Raticate
Alolan Raticate
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
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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===
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===Type effectiveness===
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===Learnset===
Raticate is available in .
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
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In , Raticate evolves from Alolan Rattata when leveled up at night starting at level 20. In , there is no time mechanic, so it evolves from Alolan Rattata starting at level 20, regardless of the time on the system clock.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Ash's Raticate=====
Raticate made its debut in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, under the ownership of a . On the St. Anne, traded his for the Raticate, having become impressed by its strength. However, he traded it back in the same episode as the boat was still sinking.
=====Other=====
In The Breeding Center Secret, Cassidy's Raticate briefly served in her and Butch's motto, fulfilling the same role that serves in Jessie and James's . It reappeared in The Fortune Hunters and The Ole' Berate and Switch.
In What I Did for Love, used a Raticate during the Appeals Round of the Gardenia Town Pokémon Contest, and its performance allowed her to move on to the next round.
Multiple Raticate debuted in To Top a Totem!, where they played a major role.
In A Team-on-Team Tussle!, multiple Alolan a protect a Darkinium Z from , Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp.
In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a 's Raticate was quickly defeated by Ilima and his . In League Offenders and Defenders!, Raticate was defeated by 's ; and in Battle Royal 151!, it competed in the Manalo Conference, only to be defeated by Ilima's Eevee again.
In Not Caving Under Pressure!, an Alolan Raticate ran away from a at Mount Lanakila.
====Minor appearances====
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, a Raticate was in Gringey City's Pokémon Center.
In The Flame Pokémon-athon!, multiple Raticate were at the Laramie Ranch. One was later seen among the Pokémon participating in the Big P Pokémon Race.
In Showdown at Dark City, a 's Raticate was at Kas Gym.
In A Chansey Operation, an injured Raticate was brought to the clinic.
In Princess vs. Princess, a Raticate competed in the Queen of the Princess Festival.
In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, a Raticate was living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
A Trainer's Raticate appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Raticate was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, a Raticate was part of the cast for the movie "".
In Round One - Begin!, a Trainer's Raticate competed in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
In Friends to the End, a Trainer's Raticate was at the closing ceremonies of the Indigo Plateau Conference.
A of Raticate appeared in Poké Ball Peril.
Two Raticate appeared in a flashback in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, one each under the ownership of and .
In The Power of One, a Raticate sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A Raticate appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Chikorita's Big Upset, a 's Raticate battled Ash's Chikorita.
In Tricks of the Trade, two Raticate were at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
A Raticate appeared in a flashback in The Light Fantastic.
In The Heartbreak of Brock, a Raticate was living at Temacu's father's lab.
A Raticate appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
A Raticate appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, under the ownership of a participant in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
A Raticate appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
Multiple Raticate appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, a Raticate was living in the Tree of Beginning.
A Raticate appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!.
A Raticate appeared in The Keystone Pops!.
A Raticate appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In Racing to a Big Event!, an Alolan Raticate participated in the Pokémon Pancake Race.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Alolan Raticate were training up on Clawmark Hill.
A Trainer's Alolan Raticate appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
Two Alolan Raticate appeared in A Timeless Encounter!.
A Trainer's Alolan Raticate appeared in Battling Besties!.
An Alolan Raticate appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, under the ownership of a .
In Dreams Are Made of These!, a Raticate and a trio of Rattata were attacked by a Persian and a trio of Meowth.
A Trainer's Raticate appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
A Trainer's Raticate appeared in To Train, or Not to Train!.
A Trainer's Raticate got stuck in 's giant ball in A Rollicking Roll….
Goh caught a in Take My Thief! Please!.
A Raticate appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 1: Red, a Raticate was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.
A Raticate appeared in a flashback in File 2: Cubone.
===Pokémon Generations===
A Raticate appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a . Along with , , , and , it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and 's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
===Discover Pokémon Together===
A Raticate appeared in . It evolved from a after being attacked by the titular .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====Major appearances====
=====Ratty=====
Ratty ('s ) was 's first Pokémon. It evolved into a Raticate in Can't Catch Caterpie!.
====Minor appearances====
A Raticate appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A 's Raticate was seen in The Final Battle.
An Raticate appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, under the ownership of s.
An Alolan Raticate belonging to an first appeared in Battle in Vast Poni Canyon.
===Pokémon Zensho===
A Raticate appeared in a fantasy in PZ01.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Raticate appeared in GDZ23.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Two Raticate appeared in JBA4, with one under the ownership of Petrel and the other under the ownership of a .
===Movie adaptations===
Two Alolan Raticate appeared in ICYR2.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Raticate figure has been released.
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==Trivia==
* Raticate's catch rate was 90 in Generation I and . This was changed to 127 in Generation III.
* Raticate is the only Pokémon that shares its National Pokédex number with the level at which it evolves from its pre-evolved form.
* Raticate and its pre-evolved form both share their with , , , , , and . They are all known as the Mouse Pokémon, though and Raticate were originally called the Rat Pokémon prior to Generation III.
* Of all the Totem Pokémon that can be battled in Alola, Totem Raticate is one of the only two Totem Pokémon that is battled in only one game out of the two versions — in this case, and . The other is Totem .
** During the cutscene before Totem Raticate's battle, it cries out 's cry instead of its own cry.
* Alolan Raticate and its pre-Evolution are the only regional forms that cannot be transferred out of into any Generation VIII or game.
===Design variations===
In its sprites and artwork for and , Raticate originally had four fingers on its front paws instead of three.
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===Origin===
Raticate appears to be based on a , as well as a semi-aquatic rodent such as a or a due to its large size and webbed feet. Its scruffy ears are similar to a .
Alolan Raticate appears to be based on the , , or , all of which are in . Their attacks on sugar cane fields caused the locals to import the into Hawaii as a form of pest control, explaining the relationship between / and Rattata/Raticate. Its gluttonous behavior, ability to command groups of Rattata to steal, and hostile relationship with the detective-inspired Gumshoos are reminiscent of a stereotypical . It has similar to and .
====Name origin====
Raticate may be a combination of and eradicate (to destroy or exterminate) or masticate (to chew).
Ratta may be derived from ラット ratto (rat).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Ash's Raticate
* Ratty
* Totem Pokémon
* Regional form
==References==
==External links==
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