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**Slowpoke** (Japanese: **ヤドン** *Yadon*) is a dual-type Template:2t Template:OBP introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into Template:P starting at level 37 or Template:P when traded holding a King's Rock.

In Galar, Slowpoke has a pure Psychic-type regional form, introduced in Template:G's 1.1.0 patch. It evolves into Galarian Slowbro when exposed to a Galarica Cuff or Galarian Slowking using an item found in The Crown Tundra.

## Biology

Slowpoke is a pink Pokémon that resembles a cross between a salamander and a hippopotamus. It has vacant eyes that never seem focused, curled ears, and a rounded, tan muzzle. It has four legs, each of which ends in a single white claw. Its long, tapering tail has a white tip. This tail drips a sweet, sappy substance that is attractive to many species of fish. Slowpoke uses the tail as a fishing lure. The tail often breaks off, but it will grow back. In Alola, its tail is often dried and used in home-cooked stews.

Slowpoke has a notoriously dim intellect and often forgets what it was doing. It takes a long time to respond to outside stimuli. For example, it can take up to five seconds to process pain and can take an entire day to notice when its tail has been bitten. Slowpoke is commonly found at the Template:DL In some places, it is believed that Slowpoke's yawn causes rain. This Pokémon is worshiped in those areas.

In Galar, Slowpoke's appearance is a result of particles being built from eating Galarica seeds. The main difference is that it has gained yellow coloration on its forehead and tail. Unlike its counterpart, its tail is always down and said to have a spicy taste.

Galarian Slowpoke are known to relax on seashores and riverbanks without a care in the world. Occasionally, it will get a very sharp look in its eyes as if it is about to think of something tremendous. However, Slowpoke will quickly forget and return to its normal expression. It is believed that its behavior is a result of Galarica particles affecting its brain.

## In the anime

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### Major appearances

In *The Evolution Solution*, Professor Westwood V owns a Slowpoke. At Template:An, Template:Ash and Template:Ashfr asked for the professor's help to figure out why Slowpoke only evolve into Slowbro whenever a Template:DL Template:M on their tails, a question that was giving Template:An a headache. Slowpoke evolved when a Shellder that Jessie caught clamped on to the Dopey Pokémon's tail.

In *A Shadow of a Drought*, Slowpoke are considered sacred by Azalea Town residents due to legends claiming that Slowpoke's Template:Ming can summon rain.

In *A Crowning Achievement*, multiple Slowpoke were trying to reach a King's Rock to evolve into Slowking in order to help find a better habitat for the group. In this episode, Alice Telesu's Slowpoke, nicknamed Arthur, evolved into a Slowking when its head was bitten by a Shellder while it was wearing the King's Rock.

In JN026, multiple Slowpoke were living on Slowpoke Island.

### Minor appearances

In *Island of the Giant Pokémon*, Ash's Pokémon asked a Slowpoke for help when they were stranded on a beach, but it didn't respond. It evolved into a Template:P at the very end of the episode.

A Slowpoke appeared in *Primeape Goes Bananas*.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in the banned episode EP035.

A Slowpoke appeared in *Clefairy Tales*.

In *Showdown at the Po-ké Corral*, multiple Slowpoke lived at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In *Mewtwo Strikes Back*, a Template:Pkmn's Slowpoke was defeated by Template:OBP while it was serving Template:An.

In *Pikachu's Vacation*, a Slowpoke was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

In *The Power of One*, multiple Slowpoke sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A Template:Pkmn2 Slowpoke appeared in *Pikachu's Rescue Adventure*.

In *Pikachu's Rescue Adventure*, a Slowpoke helped the Trainers' Pokémon and Template:P save the Template:P nests and Template:TP during a storm.

In *Flower Power*, two Slowpoke were featured in Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.

In *Tricks of the Trade*, a Slowpoke was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in *The Totodile Duel*.

In *The Psychic Sidekicks!*, a Slowpoke lived in Len Town.

In *Hook, Line, and Stinker*, a Trainer's Slowpoke participated in the annual Template:P Catching Competition.

In *Beauty and the Breeder*, a Template:Tc's Slowpoke participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

In *Dueling Heroes*, a Trainer's Slowpoke competed in the Whirl Cup.

In a flashback in *Enlighten Up!*, multiple Slowpoke were revealed to be the deities of a religion similar to Buddhism.

A Slowpoke appeared in *A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!*, under the ownership of Lola. It reappeared in a fantasy in *Grating Spaces!*.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening sequence of *Destiny Deoxys*.

A Slowpoke appeared in PK13.

A Slowpoke appeared in the opening sequence of *Lucario and the Mystery of Mew*.

A Slowpoke appeared in a fantasy in *The Keystone Pops!*.

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

Two Slowpoke appeared in *Alola to New Adventure!*, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild.

In *Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!*, a Slowpoke dipped its tail in the water whilst laying on a rock, only for a Template:P to bite onto said tail.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in *A Shocking Grocery Run!*.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in *Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!*.

In *The Island Whisperer!*, a Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro.

In *Mallow and the Forest Teacher!*, a Slowpoke walked past Template:TRT with a Template:P.

Five Slowpoke appeared in *Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!*, with four under the ownership of different Trainers and the fifth being wild.

In *Alola, Kanto!*, a Slowpoke was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in *A Young Royal Flame Ignites!*.

In *I Choose Paradise!*, three Slowpoke were at the Pokémon Paradise Resort. Two of them were under the ownership of different Trainers.

Four Slowpoke appeared in *Securing the Future!*, with two under the ownership of different Trainers and the other two being Template:Pkmn2. They joined the rest of Alola in showering Template:DL with light so it could return to its Template:DL.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in *The Power of Us*.

A Slowpoke appeared in *Pikachu's Exciting Adventure!*.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in *League Offenders and Defenders!*.

In *Battle Royal 151!*, a Trainer's Slowpoke competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but ended up losing.

In *Battling on the Wing!*, two Trainers' Slowpoke were watching the Template:Pkmns during the Manalo Conference.

Two Trainers' Slowpoke appeared in *Exhibition Unmasked!*.

In *From Z to Shining Z!*, a Trainer's Slowpoke watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Template:DL.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in *Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!*.

In *Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution*, a Trainer's Slowpoke was at Old Shore Wharf.

In *Legend? Go! Friends? Go!*, a Trainer's Slowpoke participated in the Raid Battle against Template:P.

A Trainer's Slowpoke appeared in JN031.

### Pokédex entries

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### In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Template:OBP Template:Pkmn2 a Template:Pkmn2 Slowpoke in *Ash vs. Gary*. He later traded it to Gary Oak for a photo of his sister May. After this, they found out that Slowpoke had evolved into a Slowbro.

### In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga

A Slowpoke appeared in *How Do You Do, Pikachu?*.

A Slowpoke made a cameo appearance in *The First Labor of Pikachu*.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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Multiple Slowpoke appeared in *Sigh for Psyduck* as corpses used by Koga's Template:P.

A Slowpoke appeared under the control of Al of the Team Rocket Elite Trio in *The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually)*.

Template:Tc Akinori lent his Slowpoke to Template:Adv to compete in a surfing contest in *Breath of the Dragonair Part 1* that was interrupted by Lance's attack on Vermilion City.

In *Ursaring Major*, a herd of Slowpoke in Azalea Town had their tails cut off by Team Rocket, causing the Slowpoke Well to stop providing water. Template:Adv proceeds to tire one out with his Template:P, prompting it to yawn and therefore cause the well to start flowing again.

In *A Flaaffy Kerfuffle*, a Slowpoke appeared as one of the Pokémon in Template:Adv's fantasy when he explains that Template:Pkmns should only have six Pokémon with them.

A Slowpoke appeared in *The Last Battle XIII* as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

A Slowpoke appeared in *Out-Odding Oddish*, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.

A Template:Pkmn's Slowpoke appeared in *The Decision and the Tournament of Six*.

A Slowpoke appeared in *True Identity and the Totem Pokémon of Brooklet Hill*.

A Slowpoke appeared in PASM31, where it was found frozen within the Trophy Room on Aether Paradise.

A Slowpoke appeared near Professor Kukui in the Dimensional Research Lab in the Template:Chap.

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

A Slowpoke appeared in GDZ21.

Shu Template:Pkmn2 a Slowpoke in GDZ26.

A Slowpoke appeared in a flashback in GDZ30.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Slowpoke appeared in *Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious?* as one of the participants of a curry cooking competition.

A Slowpoke appeared in *Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!*.

Template:OBP stole Slowpoke from Kurt prior to *Find Slowpoke!!* in order to profit from its tail as it is worth a lot of money. Kurt was able to retrieve the Slowpoke from Giovanni before Giovanni was able to get its tail.

A Slowpoke appeared in *The Exam Showdown!!*.

### In the Pokémon Zensho manga

In PZ06, Template:Zensho received a Slowpoke, among a few other Pokémon, from a Template:Tc in exchange for the Template:P he found.

## Other appearances

### Super Smash Bros. Melee

Slowpoke appears as a Pokéfloat. It initially has its tail curled towards its body but the tail lazily becomes straight and fighting moves there until Template:P appears.

### Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Slowpoke appears as a Master Template:Sbw. Unlike other Master Spirits who own dojos, his dojo specifically allows spirits to forget styles that they have learned from other dojos.

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Channel: A Slowpoke is the very slow weatherman.
* Template:G: A Slowpoke appears on the Blue Table, once hit with the pinball, it allows for the evolution of one of the captured Pokémon.
* Template:Ga: Slowpoke is Murph's partner Pokémon.
* Template:G: Slowpoke and Template:P are the members of Team Slacker, the zero-motivation exploration team.

### Game locations

#### In events

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### Learnset

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###### Galarian Slowpoke

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##### By Template:Pkmn

###### Slowpoke

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###### Galarian Slowpoke

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##### By tutoring

###### Slowpoke

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## Trivia

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* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Slowpoke was originally known as "Slowmo".
* The Japanese and international versions of Template:Game3 have different sprites for Slowpoke, with the Japanese versions having a fatter and striped belly similar to that which Slowbro and Slowking sport. It is unknown why this was changed. However, its striped underside is still partially visible in all of its Gold and Template:V2 sprites. This striped belly does not appear to be a true error, as it has been seen in artwork by Ken Sugimori, though it is from Generation I.
* Like Template:P, Slowpoke evolves when another Pokémon is attached to it; however, this was only seen in the Template:Pkmn. Proximity-based evolution such as requiring Mantyke and Template:P to be in the same party were not introduced until Generation IV.
* Slowpoke is the only Pokémon whose multiple evolutions have different total EV yields: Template:P has an EV yield of 2, while Template:P has an EV yield of 3.
* Despite numerous Pokédex entries stating its lack of response to a bite on its tail, in Pokémon Snap it is shown to quickly react to Shellder's bite. This may be due to Shellder's venom stimulating a quicker response, or simply an error or game mechanic to speed the process along.
* The Pokémon Company posted a Slowpoke-themed reggae music video onto their Japanese channel titled What's Going on, Yadon?. The song was later dubbed and posted to the English-language channel under the title of Slowpoke Song.
* Though the species has appeared repeatedly, no Slowpoke has ever been seen using an attack in the anime.
* Slowpoke has the lowest base Template:Stat stat of all Psychic-type Pokémon.
* Slowpoke is the only Pokémon in *Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!* to not attempt to run to keep up with the player in the overworld.
* Slowpoke has the fewest move differences between regional forms, having almost identical learnsets with only two differences. The Template:Rf form learns Template:M instead of Template:M at level 6 and can learn TR81, Template:M.
* Slowpoke is the only Pokémon with a regional form that has a branched evolution.
	+ It is also the only Pokémon to not only not gain a new type in its regional form, but also lose one type without changing the other.
		- It is also the only regional form that has its own cry.
* When Galarian Slowpoke was first released, it could use Eviolite despite being unable to evolve at the time.

### Origin

Template:Bulbanews Due to its marine nature, shape, and association with shellfish, Slowpoke may be based on various species of otter. It may also be based on a giant salamander or hippopotamus.

Its ability to regenerate its own tail if cut off refers to autotomy.

#### Name origin

Slowpoke is literally *slowpoke*, a term for someone who is slow. It can be also a combination of *slow* and *poke* (an abbreviation of *Pokémon*).

Yadon may be a combination of 宿借り *yadokari* (hermit crab) and *donkan* (thickheaded or stolid), whereas 鈍 *don* means slow, dull, or stupid. Alternatively, it may also derive from 宿主 *yadonushi* ([parasitic] host), based on its relationship with Template:P in its evolutions.

## Notes

1. ↑ https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/expansionpass/pokemon/slowpoke/

## External links

* Article on Wikipedia

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