Groudon



Groudon (グラードン Groudon) is a -type Pokémon and a Legendary Pokémon. Groudon is a Version Mascot, as it appears on the box art for the game Pokémon Ruby.

Appearance
Groudon is a red, black, grey, and white Pokémon. It has white spikes on it's tail and neck. It has white sharp claws and it also has white toes. It has a greyish underbelly. It has a large tail with three sharp, white spikes appearing on the left hand side and right hand side of its tail. A black pattern also goes along its body.

In the games
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team/Blue Rescue Team, Groudon appears as one of the main villains. After the hero, the partner, and the Alakazam`s Team discovered the truth about Ninetale"s Legend, he causes a earthquake, later in the game, the hero and the partner have to go to the deep of Magma Cave to save Alakazam`s Team, defeating Groudon. After his defeat, he can be recruitable to the Rescue Team.

He has a minor appearance in the next game, when he appears as an illusion created by Uxie. It is one of the most heaviest pokemon, as can be observed in the RSE pokedex.

In the Anime
Groudon had a fight with Kyogre at the place where Kyogre slept. Ground type Pokémon appeared in the Pokémon Anime in Gaining Groudon!, and The Scuffle Of Legends!, debuting with Kyogre as well. Team Magma and Team Aqua were competing to gain both legendaries. Team Aqua, as it turned out, tricked Magma leader Maxie by taking Kyogre even after they had Groudon. Ash's Pikachu then shocked Groudon's cargo container and released it to fight against a rampaging Kyogre.

A false one also appeared in the 6th Pokémon Movie, Jirachi: Wish Maker which a Team Magma scientist tried to create, but the experiment failed ending in a massive Groudon-like monster.

Trivia

 * Groudon and Torterra are the same species. They are both known as the Continent Pokémon
 * Groudon is the only pure and type Legendary Pokémon.
 * Groudon is the only non- type Pokémon to learn Eruption and Fire Blast via level up.
 * In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, the player doesn't actually fight Groudon. Uxie  created a hologram of Groudon that can fight.
 * People often mistaken Groudon as a Fire type.
 * Groudon is the heaviest Pokémon so far apart from the glitched pokemon hpoke.
 * It is the only Pokémon that naturally has the ability Drought. The only other Pokémon is Ninetales, which is capable of getting having it in the Dream World.
 * Despite being Kyogre's ultimate rival, Groudon's typing puts it at a massive disadvantage. The only type-effective move Groudon learns against Kyogre is SolarBeam, however, as Groudon is a physical-based Pokémon, this is another disadvantage. This could reflect global warming, in which the water level of the ocean rises and covers more landmasses.
 * Groudon's design is possibly based on Godzilla.
 * An evil clone made in the likeness of Groudon appears in the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker; It is several times larger with tentacle-like appendages protruding from its back.
 * Groundon might be based off of the Behemoth from Judeo-Christian religion.

Name Origin
Groudon's name originated from the words "Ground" and "Geddon". Geddon's meaning being to crack the ground.