Gholdengo (Japanese: サーフゴー, Hepburn: Saafugou) (GOHL-den-goh[1]) is a Steel/Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
Biology[]
Physiology[]
Gholdengo is a slender looking Pokémon, it looks to be completely made of golden coins. it has four tuffs of golden curls on its head, it also wears a black belt around its waist with a silver belt buckle, which is also holding the chest it had when it was a Gimmighoul. Gholdengo also has a crooked smile with a bump.
Behavior[]
Gholdengo has a friendly disposition and can befriend anyone (both humans and Pokémon) it meets.
Natural abilities[]
Gholdengo is able to launch a barrage of coins at its opponent. It can also absorb any damage it received from foes by scattering large amounts of gold coins. The denseness of said gold coins also makes it very durable.
Despite the fact that Gholdengo cannot learn Surf, it can create a surfboard made of gold coins which can be used as transportation on land and on water.
Evolution[]
Gholdengo evolves from Gimmighoul after leveling it up with 999 Gimmighoul Coins in the player's possession.
Game Info[]
Locations[]
| Locations | ||
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| Version(s) | Area(s) | Rarity |
| Scarlet and Violet | Evolve Gimmighoul (By obtaining 999 Gimmighoul Coins) | None |
Pokédex entries[]
- Scarlet
Its body seems to be made up of 1,000 coins. This Pokémon gets along well with others and is quick to make friends with anybody.
- Violet
It has a sturdy body made up of stacked coins. Gholdengo overwhelms its enemies by firing coin after coin at them in quick succession.
Stats[]
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| Speed | |
| Total | 550
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Learnset[]
Leveling[]
| Generation IX | ||||||
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| 1 | Astonish | 
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Physical | 30 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Tackle | 
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Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 7 | Night Shade |
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Special | - | 100% | 15 |
| 14 | Confuse Ray |
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Status | - | 100% | 10 |
| 21 | Substitute |
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Status | - | -% | 10 |
| 28 | Metal Sound | 
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Status | - | 85% | 40 |
| 35 | Shadow Ball |
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Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 42 | Recover |
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Status | - | -% | 5 |
| 49 | Power Gem | 
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Special | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 56 | Make It Rain |
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Special | 120 | 100% | 5 |
| 63 | Nasty Plot | 
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Status | - | -% | 20 |
| 70 | Memento |
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Status | - | 100% | 10 |
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
TM[]
Breeding[]
| Gholdengo learns no moves via breeding. |
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Tutoring[]
| Generation IX | ||||||
| Games | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
| Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | ||||||
Sprites[]
Trivia[]
- Gholdengo's evolution method from Gimmighoul is very unique for a main series Pokemon game as the player is required to collect a large amount of Gimmighoul Coins and level up Gimmighoul.
- As Gholdengo is #1000 in the National Pokedex, this evolution method was likely done to celebrate this milestone of the series. This might also explain why Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant are separate from the other Paradoxes in the dex.
- This is similar to how Meltan evolves into Melmetal as the player requires a certain amount of Meltan candies to evolve into Melmetal; however, the latter evolution method is only exclusive to Pokemon GO, which is a spin-off Pokemon game.
- Gholdengo has the highest Base Sp. Atk of all Steel-Type Pokémon, at 133.
Origin[]
Gholdengo appears to be based on an award statuettes which are given as honor achievements, it could be for being the 1,000th Pokémon.
Being composed of stacked gold coins. It's also based on surfers due to its ability to surf on surfboard made of coins, its hairstyle, and it's friendly personality to People and Pokémon.
Combined with its metallic nature and monochrome appearance, it may also be based on the Silver Surfer, a superhero created by Marvel.
Gholdengo also resembles a tube man and coin wrapper (due to its cylindrical body). Its overall look resembles string cheese.
Etymology[]
Gholdengo is a portmanteau of "golden," "ghoul," "tengo" and possibly "go," referring to its high mobility and/or the fact that its pre-evolution was introduced in Pokémon GO.
Sāfugō, its Japanese name, likely comes from "surf," 富豪 (fugō, Japanese for "wealthy person"), "gold," "ghost," and "go."
Gallery[]
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- ^ Silvestri, Cris (2024). Pokémon Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook [Book]. p. 211. Scholastic. ISBN 978-1-339-02801-9.