Porygon (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Porygon.

**Porygon** (Japanese: **ポリゴン** *Porygon*) is a dual Normal/Glitch Pokémon introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation AN-III, Porygon was a pure Normal-type.

It evolves into Porygon2 when traded holding an Upgrade, which evolves into either Porygon-Z when traded holding a Dubious Disc, or Porygon-V when traded holding a Antiviral Disc.

## Biology

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Porygon is a Pokémon made completely out of programming code. It has a pink polyhedral body with a blue front, blue triangular prism feet, and a blue rectangular prism tail. It has a pink, polyhedral head that ends in a blue beak and has hexagonal eyes. In 3D games, such as Template:Eng, it can detach its limbs and head from its torso. According to its Pokédex entries, it has copy protection built into its code, preventing duplication through electronic means. It was created 20 years ago at the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island using the latest state-of-the-art technology of its time, so many of its parts have since become obsolete. It was the first artificial Pokémon to have ever been created through computer programming.

Due to its man-made origins, Porygon does not need to breathe or eat, though it can still accept food if given. It has the ability to convert its body into digital data, allowing it to travel through cyberspace. Recently, it has become more helpful inside cyberspace by searching for any suspicious data that exists. Some believed Porygon has the power to potentially travel in space despite the species not displaying that ability yet. Porygon has two signature moves, Conversion and Conversion 2, and in the past it also had Sharpen for a signature move. It can use Conversion to change its appearance to mimic another Pokémon's and has also demonstrated the ability to change color for camouflage. Because it is man-made, it is generally found in computers or in labs and other buildings where people work.

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: In the Future of Darkness, Porygon live past Spacial Cliffs. Template:Mdc goes to Spacial Cliffs to see them. Two Porygon appear at the end of the dungeon. They are allies of Primal Dialga, and they transmit Template:Mdc and Dusknoir to Frozen Island.

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
* This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was **75**.

### Learnset

##### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Porygon in Generation VIII
* 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 Porygon in that game.
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

##### By tutoring

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

### Evolution

 Antiviral DiscTradeholding Antiviral Disc→

## Trivia

* Porygon is the only Pokémon that evolves by trade twice: once holding the Upgrade into Porygon2, and a second time (as Porygon2) into Porygon-Z when holding a Dubious Disc or Porygon-V when holding a Antiviral Disc. It is also the only Pokémon in a three-stage evolutionary line that does not require leveling up to trigger any of its evolutions (i.e. it is possible to acquire a Porygon-Z or Porygon-V at level 1).
* Porygon's evolutionary line is the only three-stage evolutionary line whose members can all learn both Giga Impact and Hyper Beam, as all three were considered fully-evolved during their respective debut generations.
* Porygon and its Evolutions are the only known Pokémon to have been banned from the Pokémon anime entirely, due to its debut episode causing serious seizures among hundreds of children in Japan, causing it to be banned in Japan and never dubbed. While several banned episodes regarding Pokémon other than Porygon have aired, such as two involving Jynx, Porygon is the only one who has not had a major appearance that was not banned, with its entire line only making brief cameo appearances ever since.

### Origin

Porygon seems to be based on a bird or paper crane that has been rendered using computer software. The head-tipping motion it displays in some games is reminiscent of a drinking bird toy. The flat shapes comprising its body are similar to the polygon mesh used to create 3D computer graphics. Its Pokédex entries imply a connection to artificial intelligence and robotic spacecraft.

#### Name origin

Porygon may be a corruption of *polygon*.

## Related articles

* Blue's Porygon
* Artificial Pokémon