Hitmontop

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**Hitmontop** (Japanese: **カポエラー** *Kapoerer*) is a Fighting Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Tyrogue starting at level 20 when Tyrogue's Attack and Defense are equal. It is one of Tyrogue's final forms, the others being Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

## Biology

Hitmontop is a vaguely humanoid Pokémon capable of spinning on its head. Its main body is spherical and mostly blue with a brown triangular patch on its chest. It has short legs with white bands near the hands and feet. The feet are large, blue and have a circular brown pad on the underside. It has a skinny brown tail that ends with a blue sphere with a spike on it. Its head is round and brown with flat, curved extensions on either side and a single spike on top. It has a beady, black eyes and spherical hands with no digits. Hitmontop is a male-only species with no female counterpart.

Hitmontop moves more quickly by spinning on the spike on its head than it does by walking normally. Capable of spinning at high speeds, it may bore into the ground similar to a drill. While spinning, Hitmontop delivers smooth, graceful kicks such as its former signature move, Triple Kick. As an urban species, it is often found in towns and cities.

### Major appearances

Hitmontop debuted in *Pikachu & Pichu*.

Hitmontop made his main series debut in *Two Hits and a Miss*, under the ownership of Chigusa. He assisted her in teaching students about making their Fighting attacks more graceful, among other tasks.

Butch has a Hitmontop, which debuted in *The Mystery is History*. He made further appearances in *Showdown at the Oak Corral* and *Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!*.

One of the Invincible Pokémon Brothers, Kai, owns a Hitmontop, as seen in *Gotta Catch Ya Later!*. He assisted their Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee in their battle against Template:An, but he was defeated by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.

A Hitmontop appeared in *Pasta La Vista!*, under the ownership of Terri. He was used to battle Template:TRT during an effort to rescue Master Hamm's Hitmonlee and Kyle's Hitmonchan.

A Hitmontop appeared in *Good Friends, Great Training!*, under the ownership of Template:An. He appeared when Tierno revealed his team to Template:Ash, Template:An, and Template:An.

### Minor appearances

A Hitmontop was part of a Pokémon street festival in *Doin' What Comes Natu-rally*.

A Hitmontop was one of the Pokémon seen at Chuck's Gym in *Machoke, Machoke Man!*.

In *Outrageous Fortunes*, Mason's Hitmontop went up against Delaney's Poliwrath and lost.

A Hitmontop was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainers' School in *Gonna Rule The School!*.

A Hitmontop was used by one of the participants of Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament in *To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!*.

A Coordinator's Hitmontop appeared in *Dressed for Jess Success!*.

A Hitmontop appeared in *Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!*, under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator. He was used alongside a Corsola for the Double Performance required during the Daybreak Contest.

A Hitmontop appeared in *The Power of Us*.

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Hitmontop first appeared in *Querulous Qwilfish*, aiding the construction of the Battle Tower.

Chuck used a Hitmontop to fight Blue in *Heckled by Hitmontop*, but lost to his Template:TP.

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

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Template:GnB borrows a Hitmontop to use in a tournament in *Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!*.

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

Shū has a Hitmontop that evolved from his Tyrogue in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Hitmontop is one of Bruno's Pokémon in the Pokémon League as seen in *A Challenge to the Elite Four!*.

A Hitmontop appeared in *Master the Strongest Move!!* and in Pocket Monsters DP volume 1.

Another Hitmontop appeared in *Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!?* where it pretended to have evolved from Red's Tyrogue.

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## Game data

### Held items

 Events\* | Fighting Gem Fighting Gem (100%)

### Stats

#### Base stats

##### Generation II-V

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

##### Generation VI onward

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

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Unlike Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, none of Hitmontop's names in any language derive from famous people.
* Hitmontop can learn more priority moves than any other Pokémon, with 14 increased priority moves and two decreased priority moves.
* Though Hitmontop shares the Ability Steadfast with Tyrogue, a Steadfast Tyrogue cannot evolve into a Hitmontop with the same Ability, as Steadfast is Tyrogue's second Ability and Hitmontop's Hidden Ability.

### Origin

Hitmontop is based on a top and a practitioner of capoeira. The fact that Tyrogue's Attack and Defense must be equal in order for it to evolve into Hitmontop is akin to how a top must be in equilibrium to remain upright.

#### Name origin

Hitmontop is a combination of *hit*, *monster*, and *top* (a reference to *spinning tops* and how it fights, by spinning on its head). The name is also related to Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, both of which have been parallel evolutions to it since Generation II.

Kapoerer is derived from *capoeira*, a Brazilian martial art that often involves spinning one's legs in the air.

## External links

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