Seadra (Pokémon)

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Seadra (Japanese: シードラ Seadra) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 32 and evolves into when traded while holding a Dragon Scale.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
==Biology==
Seadra is a light blue, that is similar to a with a cream-colored belly covered in rough scales. It has a long, tubular mouth, narrow, black eyes, a fin-like ridge above each eye, and spiny . It also has a large, coiled tail. It has a pair of s with sharp, cream-colored tips that exude venom. Seadra's venom is toxic enough to induce numbness and even fainting in humans, but it is still prized among practitioners of traditional medicine.
Seadra can swim in any direction while facing forward by rapidly flapping its fins and tail. It catches its prey by spinning its body to create large whirlpools. When its prey is exhausted, Seadra swallows it whole using its long snout. Seadra makes its nest by either wriggling between or anchoring itself to branches of coral under the . After a female Seadra gives birth, the male Seadra will take care of the young. It is markedly vicious and will mercilessly attack those who venture near its nest. During this time, the male's venom also becomes thicker and stronger than usual.
===Evolution===
Seadra 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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Seadra in the
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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===
Seadra is available in Version 3.0.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By a prior Evolution====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Seadra (EX Team Rocket Returns 48)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Seadra evolves from starting at level 32 and evolves into when traded while holding a Dragon Scale. Seadra cannot evolve into Kingdra in before the player obtains the National Pokédex, as its evolution will be interrupted.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
In Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, Fergus's Seadra was captured and cloned by . The Seadra clone reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.
Seadra made its animated series debut in Round One - Begin!, when Mandi used a Seadra during his first in the Indigo Plateau Conference. It battled and was subsequently defeated.
In Fit To Be Tide, Cissy used a Seadra while Ash was participating in her target test. It had a notably sensitive personality. It competed against , but the match was declared a tie. Seadra reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off.
In The Great Eight Fate!, a Seadra was part of Juan's Sootopolis City Water Exhibit. It and Juan's other Pokémon were captured by , but they all worked together to escape.
In Looking Out for Number Two!, Goh saved a wild Seadra from a and gave it the Dragon Scale that he had just found. In return, Seadra assisted Goh in locating a that he needed to catch in order to complete a Project Mew Trial Mission.
====Minor appearances====
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Seadra was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In The Power of One, a Seadra sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
In Hook, Line, and Stinker, a Trainer's Seadra participated in the annual Catching Competition.
A Seadra appeared in Snorlax Snowman.
In The Joy of Water Pokémon, three Seadra were living in Lake Lucid. A third was receiving special treatment in a salt bath tank in the Pokémon Center located near the lake.
In The Legend of Thunder!, a Seadra was at the Pokémon Center.
In Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, a Trainer's Seadra competed in the Tour de Alto Mare.
Two Seadra appeared in The Relicanth Really Can.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, a bounced off a Seadra's head while adrift in the ocean.
Multiple Seadra appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures begin!.
A Seadra appeared in I Choose You!.
In Alola, Kanto!, two Seadra were at Professor Oak's Laboratory. A third was featured in 's fantasy about the Pokémon she hoped to see in Kanto.
A Seadra appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!.
A Seadra appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Seadra appeared in Roar of the Black Rayquaza.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 3: Giovanni, defeated a 's Seadra in a .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
In Sea Sea Seadra, a Seadra first appeared attacking as he made his way through Viridian Forest. He managed to suck him into a , but he was caught by with the help of Pika. She released him after she healed him.
 had a Seadra as a part of his team which she evolved from Horsea sometime after The Legend where she was given back to him by , although she was not shown at the time. During the events Ampharos Amore, Silver secretly sends Seadra to via trade for his Poliwhirl, triggering Seadra's evolution into , upon which she was finally shown attacking Sudobo in a battle between the two Trainers during Tyranitar War.
In Debonaire Dragonair, one of Clair's disciples, named Ryu, used a Seadra in a training battle against Clair. It was defeated by Clair's Dragonair.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Seadra's EV Yield (1 Defense, 1 Sp. Atk) is unique.
* Seadra's and Pokédex entries likely refer to the real-world theory of .
* Seadra and its evolutionary relatives share their with , its evolved forms, , and Kalosian . They are all known as the Dragon Pokémon.
* Seadra is the only Pokémon that may have the Ability without being a itself.
** It is also the only member of its evolutionary line to not have as its Ability.
===Origin===
Seadra seems to be based on a , possibly the . Its may be a reference to the Japanese word for seahorse, 竜の落とし子 tatsu-no-otoshigo (literally "illegitimate child of a dragon"), which is derived from the myth that a seahorse that lives for a century will transform into a . Its spiky, poisonous fins are reminiscent of a , its ability to shoot is reminiscent of a , and the shape of its snout and Ability are reminiscent of a .
====Name origin====
Seadra may be a combination of sea, seahorse, dragon, (a type of animal related to seahorses), and (a mythological water creature).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon with cross-generational Evolutions
Category:Pokémon that evolve through trading
Category:Pokémon that evolve through held items
Category:Pokémon that evolve by trading with a held item
Category:Pokémon that evolve by trading holding Dragon Scale
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