Arcanine

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**Arcanine** (Japanese: **ウインディ** *Windie*) is a Fire Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Growlithe when exposed to a Fire Stone.

## Biology

Arcanine is a quadruped, canine Pokémon with an orange pelt marked by jagged black stripes. It has diamond-shaped ears with beige insides, black eyes, a round, black nose, and two pointed teeth protruding from its upper jaw. Its head, muzzle, and chest are covered in shaggy, beige fur, except for two oval sections around each eye and ear. Long tufts of fur grow behind its knees and around its ankles. Its underside is black, and it has a billowing, beige tail that is bent in the middle. Each paw has three toes and a round, pink pad.

Arcanine is a fiercely brave and loyal Pokémon. It is capable of running 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers) in 24 hours with a speed and grace reminiscent of flight. Additionally, the move Extreme Speed was its signature move in the past. Arcanine has long been admired for its beauty and speed, and anyone who hears its bark will grovel before it. The source of its power is a flame blazing wildly inside its body. In the anime, it was shown that it stashes food in its mane and carries it to its nest for its young. Arcanine lives on prairies, and Pokémon Snap has also shown it living in active volcanoes.

## In the anime

#### Major appearances

##### Gary's Arcanine

Template:Gary has an Arcanine that was first seen in *The Battle of the Badge*, where it faced off against Template:An in a Gym battle. Gary later used Arcanine to help him in the Extreme Pokémon Race in *Extreme Pokémon!*, during which it competed against Ash's Bayleef.

##### Other

Template:Ash battled an Arcanine in *Fire and Ice*. This Arcanine was under the ownership of Pete Pebbleman and was his final Pokémon. Despite the type disadvantage, Pete's Arcanine easily defeated Kingler by dodging its Bubble attack and using Dragon Rage. Pikachu managed to defeat the Arcanine with a Thunderbolt attack after its Fire Blast melted the Ice Field.

Three Arcanine appeared in *The Stolen Stones*, one under the ownership of Keegan and two belonging to his sister Ramona. Keegan's Arcanine was nicknamed Arcky. The Fire Pokémon were used to deliver some Fire Stones that were meant to be used as prizes for a local Fire Pokémon tournament. Keegan and Ramona later used their Arcanine to save Ash, Template:An, and Template:An from falling off a cliff.

In *On Cloud Arcanine*, Drew and Template:An wanted to capture an Arcanine for use in a Pokémon Contest. When it was discovered that the Pokémon had a litter of Growlithe puppies to take care of, the two rivals decided to leave Arcanine alone.

In *Tactics Theatrics!!*, Tucker used the "Fiery Fleet-Footed" Arcanine along with a Swampert to battle Ash and his Swellow and Corphish at the Battle Dome. Both Tucker's Pokémon were eventually defeated after a hard-fought battle.

Marley owns an Arcanine, as seen in *Keeping In Top Forme!* during flashbacks. Marley first used Arcanine when she first attacked by Template:TRT to send them blasting off, and later used Arcanine to escape when she was confronted by them again.

#### Minor appearances

An Arcanine appeared in the Japanese credits of *Pikachu's Rescue Adventure*.

An Arcanine appeared in a fantasy in *The Rivalry Revival*.

An Arcanine appeared in *Beauty and the Breeder*, where it participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

An Arcanine appeared in Template:TRT's fantasy in *Imitation Confrontation*.

A Trainer's Arcanine appeared in *Extreme Pokémon!*, where it and its Trainer were seen in a field by Eggseter.

An Arcanine and a Growlithe were acting as security guards for a penthouse in *Training Daze*.

Multiple Arcanine appeared in the opening sequence of *Destiny Deoxys*.

An Arcanine appeared in *Arriving in Style!*, under the ownership of a Pokémon Stylist. They both participated in the Hearthome Collection.

A Trainer's Arcanine appeared in *Beating the Bustle and Hustle!*, where it was seen participating in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that Template:TRT had set up.

#### Pokédex entries

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### In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

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An Arcanine appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of Nate. It was first seen battling against a Team Plasma Grunt's Seviper alongside Hugh's Samurott.

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### In Pokémon Origins

Blaine's Arcanine appeared in *File 3: Giovanni*.

Arcanine appeared in *File 4: Charizard*, where Blue used it to battle Red at the Pokémon League.

### In Pokémon Generations

An Arcanine appeared in *The Chase*, under the ownership of an International Police SWAT team. It was used during the raid on the Viridian Gym, during which it melted one of its walls down with Flamethrower.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

*Main article: Archy*
In *Holy Moltres*, Blaine's Arcanine fights members of Team Rocket.

An Arcanine owned by Evan appeared in *Putting It on the Line...Against Arcanine* where it helped in training Blaine's Mewtwo by setting the rocks thrown by the trainer's Haunter on fire.

In *Rock, Paper...Scizor*, Blue captures a wild Arcanine that he adds to his Gym team and trains to the point of being able to defeat any challenger without his Trainer present.

Crystal has an Arcanine, nicknamed Archy, which first appeared in *Slugging It Out with Slugma* and which she uses for transportation at times. He is able to hit targets fast and hard using Extreme Speed. As explained in a flashback in *Lively Larvitar*, Arcanine was a wild Pokémon from Mt. Mortar whose left eye was injured five years before. The cause is revealed to be a Larvitar prankster, which Crystal later manages to capture, regaining the confidence that was ruined by her failed capture of Suicune.

In *The Last Battle XIII* an Arcanine was one of the Pokémon sent to help during the fight in Ilex Forest.

Marley has an Arcanine that was first seen battling against Buck's Claydol in *Leaping Past Lopunny*.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Blaine sent out Arcanine during the battle portion of the Pokémon Quiz Battle in *Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Quiz Battle!!*.

Red caught an Arcanine off-screen in *The Pokémon Banana League (Part 1)*.

### In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Arcanine is Blaine's battling Pokémon. It went up against Template:Zensho's Charmeleon and lost.

### In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

*Main article: Gary's Arcanine*
Gary's main Pokémon is an Arcanine, and usually used as a means of transportation. It debuted in *Ash vs. Gary*.

## Game data

### Game locations

#### In events

 **SM** | North American International Championship 2017 Arcanine | All

### Held items

 Events\* | Charcoal Charcoal (100%)

### Stats

#### Base stats

 * 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 **80**.

### Learnset

#### By events

 * A superscript level indicates that Arcanine can learn this move normally in Generation VI
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

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* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Arcanine was originally known as *Blaze*.
* Despite the Pokémon category name, Arcanine is not an actual Legendary Pokémon. It is the only Pokémon species to have "Legendary Pokémon" as the Pokémon category.
	+ However, Arcanine was seen in an engraving along with Legendary Birds Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos in *Pokémon Emergency!*.
* Many of Arcanine's Pokédex entries—starting with the one in the Japanese Pokémon Red—reference the real world, specifically China.

### Origin

Arcanine is based on the Ryukyuan シーサー *shisa*, or 狛犬 *komainu*, mythical creatures inspired by lions, tigers, and dogs. Statues of them in pairs are used as guardians that invite good spirits and repel evil ones. It could also be based on the Haetae, a mythical fire-eating dog with similarities to lions and tigers.

### Name origin

Arcanine is a combination of *arcane* and *canine*.

Windie may refer to *wind* or *windy*, reflecting its defining nature of being fast like the wind, further emphasized by Extreme Speed being its signature move in Generation II.

## Related articles

* Gary's Arcanine
* Archy

## External links

* Article on Wikipedia

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