Gyarados

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**Gyarados** (Japanese: **ギャラドス** *Gyarados*) is a dual-type {{Water}}/{{Flying}} Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Magikarp starting at level 20. It can Mega Evolve into **Mega Gyarados** using the Gyaradosite.

## Biology

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Gyarados is a serpentine Chinese dragon-like Pokémon. It is mostly blue, with a yellow underbelly and yellow spots along its body. It has a three-pointed, dark blue crest on its head and four white, dorsal fins. Its mouth is very large and gaping, bearing four canine teeth. It has one barbel on each side of its face. The barbels are white on a female and the same color as the main body on a male. Gyarados's tailfin is similar in structure to the crest on its head, except with a thin, white fin spread between the points.

Mega Gyarados is bulkier than its previous form. The fins on its face, its barbels, and its crest are now considerably longer. A large spike extends downward underneath its chin, and it now has a black underside. The yellow spots along its body are replaced by raised red scales that run down its side with a single red stripe below them. Two large white fins appear on its back, similar to those on its face. Most of the other fins along its back disappear, except for the one near the tail. Instead, it now has four white, pointed fins near is tail: two on its back and two on its underside.

Both Gyarados and its Mega form have demonstrated in the anime that it can leap huge distances both from the water and from the ground, usually several times its own body length. Its fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel. Gyarados is infamously known for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies, and is attracted to violence. In addition, Gyarados is also notoriously difficult to tame even after it is captured by the Trainer, usually requiring an exceptional amount of work in taming it until it can obey its Trainer. Gyarados usually lives in large bodies of water, such as lakes and ponds or even seas and oceans.

## In the anime

### In the main series

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#### Major appearances

##### James's Gyarados

James's Magikarp evolved into a Gyarados in *Pokémon Shipwreck* after he became frustrated with it and kicked it into the water.

##### Misty's Gyarados

Template:An obtained a Gyarados after passing the PIA test in *Cerulean Blues*. Prior to the test, Misty was terrified of Gyarados, but in order to pass the test, she had to overcome her fear of it. In the end, she calmed and kept the Gyarados. In *When Regions Collide!*, it was revealed that it can Mega Evolve into Mega Gyarados.

##### Red Gyarados

*Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution* and *Rage Of Innocence* focused on a red Gyarados. It was on a destructive rampage until Lance captured it. This Gyarados appeared again in *Gaining Groudon* and *The Scuffle of Legends* to stop the feuding of Groudon and Kyogre.

##### Other

Groups of Gyarados were seen from within a submarine disguised as or styled after a Gyarados by Jessie, James, and Template:MTR in *The Pi-Kahuna* shortly before the onset of a massive, annual tidal wave celebrated by local surfers who were apparently not aware of the annual migration. According to James, the Gyarados gathered each year in this location to lay their eggs.

In *Mewtwo Strikes Back*, a Gyarados owned by Fergus was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. Fergus attacked Mewtwo with Gyarados's Hyper Beam, but Mewtwo turned the attack back on it, knocking the Gyarados out. The Gyarados clone reappeared in *Mewtwo Returns*. Before Mewtwo appeared, Ash commented that he heard that Gyarados were hard to train.

Two Gyarados appeared in *The Joy of Water Pokémon*. One was an inhabitant of Lake Lucid, while the other one was being treated by Nurse Joy for neck problems.

Trinity used a Gyarados in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in *The Perfect Match!*. It reappeared in a flashback in *Espeon, Not Included*.

Clair's Gyarados debuted alongside her in *Beauty is Skin Deep*. It was later used in her battle against Ash in *Better Eight Than Never*, where it was defeated by Pikachu.

A Gyarados appeared in *Sandshrew's Locker!*.

A Gyarados appeared in *A Crasher Course in Power!*, under the ownership of Crasher Wake. It battled in his Gym match against Ash, but it was defeated by Pikachu.

A Gyarados appeared in SS027.

A Gyarados that can Mega Evolve into Mega Gyarados debuted in *Mega Evolution Special I*, battling a Template:Me.

A Template:Shiny Gyarados that can Mega Evolve into Mega Gyarados appeared in *Coming Apart at the Dreams!*, under the ownership of Lysandre.

#### Minor appearances

Gyarados debuted in a cameo appearance in *Pokémon - I Choose You!*. It was seen swimming by in a river that Template:Ash had jumped into to avoid being chased by a flock of Spearow.

A Gyarados appeared in the banned episode EP035.

A Gyarados appeared in *Lights, Camera, Quack-tion*, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".

A Gyarados appeared in *Poké Ball Peril*.

Nurse Joy befriended a giant Magikarp that later evolved into Gyarados in *The Joy of Pokémon*. Despite Magikarp being giant, it was regular-sized as a Gyarados.

Multiple Gyarados appeared in *The Power of One* and *Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias*.

The Magikarp that Dr. Quackenpoker had been observing evolved into Gyarados in *The Wacky Watcher!*.

A Gyarados appeared in a fantasy in *The Rivalry Revival*.

A Gyarados appeared in *A Better Pill to Swallow* as part of Template:An's fantasy.

A Gyarados made a brief appearance in *Houndoom's Special Delivery*, where it splashed away Houndoom and Misty's Togepi.

A Gyarados appeared in *Celebi: The Voice of the Forest*. It briefly reappeared in a montage in *The Rise of Darkrai*, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.

A Gyarados appeared in *Dueling Heroes*.

Lance owns a normal Gyarados, but not much is known about this one, as its only appearance was in Template:Jo's fantasy in *The Legend of Thunder!*.

A Gyarados was one of the Pokémon living in Lake Slowpoke in *Enlighten Up!*.

A Gyarados appeared in Template:Gary's explanation in *Johto Photo Finish*.

A Gyarados appeared in *A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!*, under the ownership of Lola.

Four Gyarados appeared in *The Search for the Legend*, where they were driven away by Silver's Salamence.

A Gyarados made a brief cameo appearance as a thief in *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness* and *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness*.

A Gyarados appeared in *Talking a Good Game!*, where Salon Maiden Anabel helped it with its problem.

A Gyarados appeared in *All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!*, in which it participated in the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest.

A Gyarados was used by one of the students of Pokémon Summer Academy in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon in *One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!*.

A Gyarados blasted Team Rocket away in *Strategy Begins at Home!*.

A Gyarados made a cameo appearance in the opening sequence of *Zoroark: Master of Illusions*.

A Gyarados appeared in *Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!*.

A Gyarados appeared in *Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!*.

A Gyarados and its Mega Evolved form appeared during the opening sequence of *Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel*.

A Gyarados appeared in *Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!*, where it was seen playing Pokémon Base.

A Mega Gyarados appeared during a fantasy in *Big Sky, Small Fry!*.

A wild Gyarados appeared in *I Choose You!*, where it was seen in a river Ash and Pikachu had fallen into.

A wild Gyarados appeared in *Alola, Kanto!*, where it scared Template:An, Template:An, and Template:An.

Three Gyarados appeared in a fantasy in *When Regions Collide!*.

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### In Pokémon Generations

#### Red Gyarados

The red Gyarados made an appearance in *The Lake of Rage*.

#### Other

A Gyarados appeared during a flashback in *The Redemption* as one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos 3,000 years previously.

### In the movie adaptations

A Gyarados appeared in *Get Fired Up, Marshadow!*, under the ownership of Borosue.

### In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

*Main article: Misty's Gyarados*
Template:An owns a Gyarados in the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.

Gary has a Gyarados which was sent out with his other Pokémon to battle the giant Slowpoke in *Ash vs. Gary*.

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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*Main article: Silver's Gyarados*
Gyarados debuts in *Gyarados Splashes In!*. Here, an enraged one attacks his own Trainer, Misty, but is recaught by Red, who returns him to her. The drastic change in attitude of the Pokémon was the result of a Team Rocket experiment as is shown in *Raging Rhydon*. Later on, Misty traded this Gyarados to Red in exchange for Red's Krabby which he names him Gyara. When Red borrows Blue's Charizard to travel to Mt. Silver, he temporarily trades his Gyarados to Blue. He later appears as one of Blue's Pokémon in *Entranced by Entei*, used against Entei, and later part of his revealed team during the Gym Leader face-off. Prior to the FireRed and LeafGreen saga, Blue returns Gyarados to Red.

A Gyarados is later seen with Lance, using its Bubble Beam to shield him from the lava of Mt. Cerise. Lance had it since it was a Magikarp, it first appeared in *Extricated from Exeggutor*.

Multiple Magikarp had evolved into Gyarados at the Lake of Rage from the Radio waves emitted from Team Rocket in *Raise the Red Gyarados*. They are seen again in *Delibird Delivery - 1* where they were seen in a flashback, and again in *Delibird Delivery - 2* where they were temporarily under Silver's control to surround the Masked Man.

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A Red Gyarados was seen in the Lake of Rage in *Raise the Red Gyarados*, but he was caught by Silver. He had the ability to control the other Gyarados in the lake. He continues to be on his team since the Template:Chap.

In *Debonaire Dragonair* in the Dragon's Den three Gyarados appeared rising out of the water but did not attack Clair. Instead, they make way for her peacefully before Suicune appears and attacks.

A Gyarados was one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest in *The Last Battle XIII*.

A Gyarados appeared in a fantasy in *Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming*.

Crasher Wake also has a Gyarados which was very briefly seen during his presentation, where he was riding on it in *A Skuffle with Skorupi*.

Cyrus owns a Gyarados which first appeared in *Shunning Spiritomb*.

A Gyarados appeared in a flashback in *One Way or Another* and *Flabébé Blooms*.

Lysandre's Gyarados appears in *They Have a Flare for a Li'l Kanga-Napping*. Lysandre eventually fashioned a Mega Ring with a Key Stone stolen from Korrina, with it he can Mega Evolve his Gyarados into Mega Gyarados.

### In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shū has a Gyarados in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.

### In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Template:GnB owns a Gyarados in The Golden Boys manga.

### In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Rald has a Gyarados as seen in *Battle Between Student and Master!*.

### In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Crasher Wake has a Gyarados which was used against Hareta in a Gym battle in *Dialga's Secret Keys*.

In *Team Galactic's Conspiracy, Revealed!!*, Cyrus sent out his Gyarados after his Weavile suffered heavy damage from Piplup's surprise attack. He used its Giga Impact to destroy the rope bridge where the battle was taking place, sending Hareta and Piplup falling into the river below.

A Trainer's Gyarados appeared in a flashback in *Hearts and Spirits Collide*.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Lance owns a Gyarados as seen in *Space Havoc!!*.

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## In the TCG

*Main article: Gyarados (TCG)*
Red Gyarados have appeared five times in the Template:Trading Card Game, once in Template:TCG as Template:TCG ID, once in Template:TCG as Gyarados Template:Star δ, once in Template:TCG as Template:TCG ID, and twice in Template:TCG as Template:TCG ID and Template:TCG ID.

## Other appearances

#### Trophy information

*"An Atrocious Pokémon rarely seen in the wild. When it does appear, it's usually running rampant in a destructive rage--behavior that has the unfortunate side effect of leaving whole cities in ruin. It is said that when humans begin a conflict, Gyarados incinerates the towns of both warring parties. There are records of a Gyarados rampage lasting as long as a month. Its pre-evolution form is Magikarp."*

## Game data

In Diamond and Pearl, a red Gyarados is featured on the TV on a program called "Search for the Red Gyarados." It is this that inspires Lucas or Dawn and their rival to go to Lake Verity, to see if there is a rare Pokémon dwelling in it.

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky: A Gyarados appears in the Miracle Sea. He scares off the Phione in order to claim the Phione Dew, but is stopped by the player's team.
* PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure: Gyarados tries to take over the Beach Zone in Empoleon's absence. Pikachu then has to beat Gyarados's Aqua Dash so Gyarados stops trying to take over.
* Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: The player's Magikarp may evolve into Gyarados as part of the "Adios, Gyarados!" and "Macho Karp" events (and thereby force it to retire).

### Pokédex entries

#### Mega Gyarados

 Ultra Moon  | It zooms out of the water at Mach speeds. Even large ships caught in its path are split cleanly in two!

### Game locations

#### In events

 **XYORAS** | Pokémon Center Hiroshima Gyarados | All
 **ORAS** | Winter Counterattack Gyarados | All

### Stats

#### Base stats

##### Gyarados

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

* This Pokémon's  Special  base stat in Generation I was **100**.

##### Mega Gyarados

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset

#### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Gyarados in Generation VII
* Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
* Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Gyarados in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gyarados
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by a Mega Evolution of Gyarados
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

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## Trivia

* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Gyarados' name was *Skulkraken*, a combination of *skull* and *kraken* (a mythological sea monster).
* Gyarados is tied with Magikarp and Regigigas for being the lowest level Pokémon encountered in the wild, as well as also tied with Magikarp for the highest level Pokémon encountered in the wild. In Black 2 and White 2, Gyarados can be found at levels ranging from level 1 to 100 in the Nature Preserve by using a Super Rod in rippling water.
* In Generation II and Generation IV, Gyarados is the first of only two Shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was Template:Mdc in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness).
* Gyarados is tied with Milotic for the greatest increase in base stat total after evolving, at 340 points.
	+ Gyarados' Attack increase is the largest single stat increase after evolving, at 115 points.
* As of Generation VII, Gyarados and its pre-evolution's Egg Group combination (Template:Egg and Template:Egg) is unique.
* As of X and Y, Gyarados is used by three of the nine Pokémon League Champions, being used by Blue, Lance, and Wallace, making it the most popular Pokémon among Pokémon League Champions thus far (although Blue does not always have a Gyarados, depending on the player's starter Pokémon). However, Blue is the only one to use it in the Pokémon World Tournament.
	+ Gyarados is also a popular Pokémon among Gym Leaders, being used by Blue, Clair, and Crasher Wake.
	+ Gyarados has also been used twice by two villainous Team Leaders. The first instance was Cyrus and the second instance was Lysandre.
* In many ways, Gyarados is the counterpart of Milotic. Both are the serpentine evolved forms of weak fish Pokémon, and both appear in times of conflict, Gyarados to destroy, Milotic to becalm. Both have base stat totals of 540, the only difference being the distribution of their Attack, Special Attack and Special Defense stats.
* Mega Gyarados has highest Attack stat of all Water Pokémon.
* Mega Gyarados is tied with Hoopa Unbound as the tallest Dark-type Pokémon.
	+ Mega Gyarados is also tied with Hoopa Unbound and Umbreon for having the highest Special Defense of all Dark Pokémon.

### Origin

It appears to be based on a sea dragon or sea serpent and chinese dragon. Gyarados is partially based on a legend about how carp that leapt over the Dragon Gate would become dragons. Several waterfalls and cataracts in China are believed to be the location of the Dragon Gate. This is referenced by Pokémon Snap, as the player needs to get a Magikarp into a waterfall to evolve it into Gyarados. This legend is an allegory of the drive and efforts needed to overcome obstacles (which can be tied to the fact that Gyarados' pre-evolution, Magikarp, could possibly take a lot of drive and effort to legitimately evolve into Gyarados).

Its Flying may be a reference of koinobori, a carp-shaped wind sock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in Japan, formerly called *Tango no Sekku* (端午の節句).

### Name origin

Gyarados may derive from 虐殺 *gyakusatsu* (massacre/slaughter) or 逆境 *gyakkyō* (hardship/adversity)—both words relate to the creature's violent nature and the hardship it experienced before evolving. In addition, 逆 *gyaku* means "reverse" or "contrary", possibly referring to how Gyarados evolves from a weak Pokémon to one capable of destroying entire cities, and, in legend, how the carp goes against the flow of the waterfall in order to reach the top. It may also involve 嵐 *arashi* (storm) or 争い *arasoi* (conflict, referencing on how it appeared during wars). The last part may be from ドス *dosu* (onomatopoeia for the piercing of flesh, again owing to Gyarados' violent nature).

## Related articles

* Misty's Gyarados
* James's Gyarados
* Red Gyarados
* Gyara
* Silver's Gyarados

## External links

* Article on Wikipedia

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