Mareep

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**Mareep** (Japanese: **メリープ** *Merriep*) is an Electric Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves into Flaaffy starting at level 15, which evolves into Ampharos starting at level 30.

## Biology

Mareep is a sheep-like Pokémon with fluffy cream-colored wool covering its entire body, as well as a curly tuft of wool in the middle of its head. Its head is blue, and it has black eyes. Its four feet are blue and have two digits on each foot, and it appears to be on tiptoe at all times. Its conical ears and tail have a yellow-and-black striped pattern. Mareep has an orange sphere at the end of its tail, which acts like a small light bulb. This sphere glows brighter the more electricity it has.

Mareep's wool, which grows continuously, stores electricity, rubbing together and building a static charge. Its volume increases when it builds up with electricity. Touching the wool when it is charged will result in a static shock. During the summer, the fleece is shed, but it grows back in a week. Air is also stored in its fur, which allows it to stay cool during summer and warm during winter. It tends to avoid battle in the wild and has a mild disposition. Mareep is most often found in grassy fields, though it can also be found in farms where its wool is used in high-quality clothing.

## In the anime

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### Major appearances

Mareep debuted in *Mild 'n Wooly*, in which a flock was shepherded by a young girl named Mary and her mother. Mary had her own Mareep, which was nicknamed "Fluffy".

A Mareep was owned by Katie in *A Chip Off the Old Brock*.

A herd of ten Mareep appeared in *The Light of Floccesy Ranch!*, under the ownership of Ellie.

### Minor appearances

A Mareep appeared in *Tricks of the Trade*, under the ownership of one of the Trainers at the Pokémon Swap Meet.

A Mareep was owned by Dr. Anna in *Hassle in the Castle*. She uses to uses Mareep's electricity to run a low-voltage muscle stimulator.

A Mareep briefly appeared in *Imitation Confrontation*, under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer.

Multiple Mareep appeared in *Houndoom's Special Delivery*, where they belonged to a farmer.

Multiple Mareep were among the {{Electric}} Pokémon that were lured by the "Miracle Crystal" that Attila and Hun were using in *The Legend of Thunder!*.

Multiple Mareep appeared in Template:An's flashback in *Gotta Catch Ya Later!*.

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

A Mareep appeared in *Pruning a Passel of Pals!*

A Mareep appeared in *Sticking With Who You Know!*.

Multiple Mareep appeared in *Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!*, where they were in a ranch in Virgil's house.

A Mareep appeared in Meowth's fantasy in *Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!*.

A Mareep appeared in SS027.

Multiple Mareep appeared in *Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!*.

Two Mareep appeared in *A Campus Reunion!*.

Multiple Mareep appeared in *A Race for Home!*.

Four Mareep appeared in *The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!*, where they were among the Electric Pokémon being controlled by Template:TRT.

Multiple Mareep appeared in *Dream a Little Dream from Me!* in a dream.

### Pokédex entries

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## In the manga

### Pokémon Adventures

Mareep debuted in *Slugging It Out With Slugma* where it is seen as one of the Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy in Violet City.

Mareep appears as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest in *The Last Battle XIII*.

In *Pangoro Poses a Problem* multiple Mareep were among the electric Pokémon that charges the Prism Tower during a blackout.

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

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## In the TFG

One Mareep figure has been released.

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## Game data

### Game locations

#### In events

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### Stats

#### Base stats

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

### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

### Origin

Mareep appears to be simply based on the lamb of a sheep. It is likely that its electric aspect and Ability comes from how wool builds up static charges and may also be based on the golden fleece in Greek and Roman mythology. It, and its evolutions, may also have been based on the title of the science fiction novel *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?*.

#### Name origin

Mareep may be a combination of *Mary* (from the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb") and *sheep*. *Mareep* is also an anagram of *ampere*, a unit of electric current.

Merriep may be a combination of *merry*, メー *mē* (the sound made by sheep), or *Mary* and *sheep*.

## External links

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