Slowbro

Slowbro (Japanese: ヤドラン Yadoran) is a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Biology

Physiology

Slowbro is a bipedal, pink Pokémon with a tan, striped belly and a tan muzzle. It has large, vacant eyes, curled ears, and two pointed teeth protruding from its upper jaw. On its hands, it has three clawed fingers, and two clawed toes on its feet. There is a Shellder attached to its tail. This Shellder has a gray, spiraled shell with darker gray spots. There are several spikes across the surface of the Shellder, and it holds onto Slowbro with many sharp teeth. 

Mega Slowbro

When Slowbro Mega Evolves into Mega Slowbro, it becomes engulfed by the Shellder to the point where only its head, arms and tail are visible. The spiral Shellder now has an opening at its tip, allowing the tail of Slowbro to stick out, which it balances on due to its legs being engulfed. It can move by bouncing, using its tail as a spring. The spikes on the Shellder are now reduced to four on the bottom section of its body, with the dark spots only visible on its middle section. Mega Slowbro's energy has gathered into Shellder, which has increased its hardness. This allows it to act as an armor so hard that nothing can scratch it.

Natural abilities

Slowbro can have the ability Oblivious or the ability Own Tempo. Oblivious prevents Slowbro from getting infatuated. Own Tempo prevents Slowbro from getting confused. Slowpoke can evolve into a Slowbro if a Shellder bites on its tail(the Shellder acts as a counterbalance). It may be possible that if the Shellder was knocked off of Slowbro's tail, it would turn back into a Slowpoke. It has various moves such as Calm Mind, Slack Off, Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic, Flamethrower, and Grass Knot.

While it is capable of unleashing powerful psychic attacks, Slowbro is typically rather peaceful and usually prefers not to fight. Because it can no longer fish using its tail, it instead swims to catch its prey and allows the Shellder to feed on its leftover scraps.

Evolution

Slowbro evolves from Slowpoke starting at level 37. It can evolve into Mega Slowbro using its Mega Stone. Slowbro gets this Mega Evolution in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In the anime Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro when a Shellder bites its tail and Slowking is an alternate evolution that happens when a Shellder clamps its head while wearing a King's Rock.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red/Blue	Route 23, Cerulean Cave via Super Rod, Seafoam Islands	Uncommon
Yellow	Route 12 and 13 (Surf), Seafoam Islands	Rare
Gold/Silver	Slowpoke Well	Rare
Crystal	Slowpoke Well	Rare
Ruby/Sapphire	Trade	None
Emerald	Trade	None
FireRed/LeafGreen	Cape Brink, Berry Forest, Seafoam Islands, Cerulean Cave (LeafGreen only)	Rare
Diamond/Pearl	Evolve Slowpoke (Pearl only)	None
Platinum	Evolve Slowpoke	None
HeartGold/SoulSilver	Slowpoke Well, Safari Zone, Seafoam Islands	Rare
Black/White	Abundant Shrine (Surf)	Rare
X/Y	Evolve Slowpoke	None

Pokédex entries

Pokédex Entries

Stats

Learnset

Leveling

TM/HM

Breeding

To see the Egg Moves that Slowbro can learn, refer to Slowpoke.

Tutoring

Sprites

Version
Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (JP)	Green (JP)	Back
Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
Black	White	Black 2	White 2		Back
X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	GO	Back
Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon	Let's Go, Pikachu!	Let's Go, Eevee!		Back
Sword	Shield		Back

Mega Evolution Sprites

Front	Back
Front (Shiny)	Back (Shiny)

Appearances

• Westwood V's Slowbro
• Prima's Slowbro
• Madeleine's Slowbro
• Solidad's Slowbro

Trivia

• Of Pokémon evolution this one has the least amount of visible changes, perhaps to reflect the laziness suggested in its previous form's name.
  • It is also one of the few Pokémon able to revert to its previous state.
    • Despite it being a commonly known and accepted fact that Shellder triggers its evolution, mentioned in most of its Pokédex entries, Slowbro's evolution from Slowpoke has nothing to do with Shellder in the core series, unlike how the evolution of Mantyke requires a Remoraid.
    • Mega Slowbro is tied with Cloyster for the highest Defense base stat of all Water-type Pokémon.
      • Mega Slowbro has the highest base Defense stat of all Psychic-type Pokémon.
    • Slowbro's Pokédex entries state that if the Shellder is removed, it will revert to its Slowpoke form.
      • This is the only mentioning of a Pokémon possibly devolving anywhere in the Pokémon games, aside from a card in the game versions of the TCG.
    • Many Pokémon are noted to evolve by two or more Pokémon combining, such as Metang being formed by two Beldum. However, the anime does not show this and simply spawns the second Pokémon out of nowhere: an example is Morrison's Beldum, which simply evolved into Metang without the need of joining to another Beldum. The evolution of Slowpoke into Slowbro or Slowking is the only time that evolution by two Pokémon physically merging is shown.

Origin

Slowbro's shell and lifestyle are somewhat similar to hermit crabs, though it is physically similar to giant otters, giant salamanders, and hippopotamuses. Slowbro's appearance may also be a reference to the mythical sazae-oni, a magical sea demon of Japanese folklore distinguished by its spiny "sazae" or "turban shaped" snail shell.

Its parasitic relationship with Shellder may be inspired by leeches. Interestingly enough, Slowbro is known as the Hermit Crab Pokémon and many real-world parasites, including leeches, often target crabs.

Etymology

Slowbro is a combination of slow and bro (short for brother). It may just be used in a general sense, or it could refer to the brotherly/symbiotic relationship shared by the combined form of Slowpoke and Shellder.

Gallery

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data

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