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Swalot (Japanese: マルノーム Marunoom) is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III.
It evolves from Gulpin starting at level 26.
Biology
Swalot is a tall, purple, amorphous Pokémon. It has red, beady eyes and yellow whiskers. A female Swalot has shorter whiskers than a male. It has puckered lips and can fit an automobile tire in its mouth. Its hands have three fingers. It has a single row of black rhombi running across its midsection, and it can expand and contract its body at will.
Swalot is capable of swallowing anything whole and can digest anything except its own stomach lining. It covers prey and opponents with a powerful poison. It likes eating poisoned and poisonous things. It lives in grasslands and savannas. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Swalot sometimes sleeps with its mouth open.[1]It is believed that Swalot is dreaming of a huge meal it is attempting to swallow.
Evolution
Swalot evolves from Gulpin.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation III | | Hoenn
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| Ruby | When Swalot spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this Pokémon gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth. |
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| Sapphire | Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon's mouth. |
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| Emerald | Its powerful stomach acid is capable of digesting almost anything. The one thing in the whole world a Swalot can't digest is its own stomach. |
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| FireRed | It can swallow a tire whole in one gulp. It secretes a horribly toxic fluid from the pores on its body. |
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| Black | It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes. |
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| Black 2 | It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes. |
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | It swallows anything whole. It sweats toxic fluids from its follicles to douse foes. |
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| Y | It gulps anything that fits in its mouth. Its special enzymes can dissolve anything. |
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| Omega Ruby | When Swalot spots prey, it spurts out a hideously toxic fluid from its pores and sprays the target. Once the prey has weakened, this Pokémon gulps it down whole with its cavernous mouth. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | Swalot has no teeth, so what it eats, it swallows whole, no matter what. Its cavernous mouth yawns widely. An automobile tire could easily fit inside this Pokémon's mouth. |
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#140 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | It gulps anything that fits in its mouth. Its special enzymes can dissolve anything. |
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| Violet | It can swallow a tire whole in one gulp. It secretes a horribly toxic fluid from the pores on its body. |
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swalot
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swalot
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swalot
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Swalot
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Swalot
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swalot
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swalot
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Swalot
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Swalot
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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Pokémon Ranger| Group: | | Poké Assist: | 
| Field move: | None | | Loops: 11 | Min. exp.: 68 | Max. exp.: 98 | Browser entry R-189
| | When Swalot cries and opens its mouth wide, it spits up a huge volume of poison. |
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 1.98 seconds | Base HP: 59 | | | Base Attack: 77 | Base Defense: 56 | Base Speed: 60 |
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New Pokémon Snap | | Photodex entry #233 | | This greedy glutton can swallow almost anything whole—and digest it, too. Swalot loves to eat poisonous things, so a toxic swamp is like an endless buffet to it. |
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Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Major appearances
Swalot debuted in Deceit and Assist, under the ownership of Anthony. He had been training it since it was a Gulpin. It was used to compete in the Hoenn Grand Festival, during which it battled May and lost.
In From Brags to Riches, Dominick used a Swalot and Tropius in a Double Battle against Ash, where they battled Corphish and Torkoal at the Ever Grande Conference. However, Corphish ultimately managed to defeat Swalot.
In Lost Leader Strategy!, Reggie used a Swalot in his battle against Ash. It battled Staravia and was able to defeat him.
Minor appearances
In All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!, a Swalot competed in the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest, being painted to look like a Grimer.
A Trainer's Swalot appeared in Summer of Discovery!.
In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, a Sailor's Swalot competed in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest.
Pokédex entries
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| AG122 | Swalot | Ash's Pokédex | Swalot, the Poison Bag Pokémon. Swalot has a body that can expand and contract at will, and can swallow anything whole. | | AG127 | Swalot | May's Pokédex | Swalot, the Poison Bag Pokémon. Swalot covers any prey it encounters in powerful poison, and then swallows it whole. |
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| DP066 | Swalot | Ash's Pokédex | Swalot, the Poison Bag Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gulpin. Swalot sprays a powerful poison onto its opponents from its pores. |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In Swanky Showdown with Swalot, a Swalot fought Lucy and Spenser in an exhibition battle. Although it seemingly won using a Hyper Beam after putting the former's Seviper to sleep, the Fang Snake Pokémon awoke using her Shed Skin Ability and counterattacked with a Dig maneuver, defeating it.
The Battle Tower rented a Swalot, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII.
In a flashback in Innocent Scientist, a Swalot was trained by the International Police.
Team Flare Grunts own multiple Swalot, which first appeared in Rhyhorn Charges.
In the TCG
Main article: Swalot (TCG)Trivia
- Swalot is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 467.
- The illustrator of Pokémon Adventures, Satoshi Yamamoto, uses Swalot to represent himself in the volume's comment boxes.
Origin
Swalot may be based on myriad organs or glands, such as a stomach, a gallbladder, or a single, giant poison gland. It may also be based upon a generic organism that uses pseudopodia. Its general shape resembles a slug.
Name origin
Swalot may be a combination of swallow and a lot.
Marunoom may be derived from 丸呑み marunomi (swallowing whole).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | सबनिगल Sabnigal | From सब sab and निगल nigal |  Russian | Свалот Svalot | Transcription of English name |  Thai | มารุโนม Marunom | Transcription of Japanese name |
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References
↑ Sleep Style Dex entry: "It sometimes falls asleep with its cavernous mouth wide open. Perhaps it's dreaming that it found a huge meal and is trying to swallow it whole."External links
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