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Arcanine

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Generation I

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Growlithe

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Footprint

Cry

Arcanine (Japanese: ウインディ Uindi) is a Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Biology

Physiology

Arcanine is a large, bulky canine Pokémon that also possesses traits of tigers and lions. It has a distinct long dog-like muzzle with a large round black nose. Its eyes are triangular in shape, with black pupils. It has short diamond-shaped orange ears with cream colored insides. The majority of Arcanine's body is covered with bright orange fur with jagged black stripes, resembling the fur of a tiger. Its most of its head and face, and its chest, legs, are covered in light cream colored fluffy tufts of fur. It has a long puffy cream-colored tail.

Special abilities

Arcanine have the abilities Flash Fire or Intimidate. Flash Fire activates when the user is hit with a fire-type move, allowing the user to become immune to fire damage, and raise the damage on any of its fire-type attacks. Intimidate will lower an opponents attack stat by one in battle. Arcanine is one of the fastest Pokémon in the world. It is said that it can travel up to 6200 miles in one day and night. Arcanine can also carry its trainer on its back and scout the seven-seas in less than 3 days. It can learn powerful attacks like Flare Blitz, ExtremeSpeed, and Thunder Fang.

Evolution

Arcanine is the evolved form of Growlithe. It is evolved with the use of a Fire Stone.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red and Blue	Evolve Growlithe (Red only)	None
Yellow	Evolve Growlithe	None
Gold and Silver	Evolve Growlithe (Gold only)	None
Crystal	Evolve Growlithe	None
Ruby and Sapphire	Trade	None
FireRed and LeafGreen	Evolve Growlithe (FireRed only)	None
Emerald	Trade	None
Diamond and Pearl	Evolve Growlithe	None
Platinum	Evolve Growlithe	None
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Evolve Growlithe (HeartGold only)	None
Black and White	Poké Transfer, Dream World	None
Black 2 and White 2	Evolve Growlithe	None
X and Y	Evolve Growlithe	None

Pokédex entries

Template:Pokédexentries

Sprites

Template:GenIPokéSprites

Appearances

In the anime

File:Arcanine w-Pups.jpg

Arcanine and its Growlithe pups

Arcanine have made quite a few appearances in the anime series. One of its larger appearances has been under the ownership of Gary, which was first seen in the episode The Battle of the Badge.
In the Johto League Champions episode The Stolen Stones!, Arcanine appear again. Two characters called Ramona and Keegan own three Arcanine, which they enjoy riding. In the episode, Ramona teaches Ash to ride and Arcanine, and Keegan's Arcanine, "Arky", helps to track down stolen Fire Stones.
In Mystery at the Lighthouse, Arcanine is shown with Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres on a stone door.
Less often than their pre-evolved form, Arcanine have sometimes been shown as police dogs.
During the Indigo League Tournament, Ash battled an Arcanine in the episode Fire and Ice.
In the episode, On Cloud Arcanine, both May and Drew were after an Arcanine to capture it for an upcoming contest. Discovering that it had a litter of Growlithe puppies though, they decided to leave it alone.
Dome Ace Tucker used an Arcanine in a double battle against Ash in the episode Tactics Theatrics.
In the anime trailer for Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, Nate uses an Arcanine when fighting Team Plasma.

Anime

Known Trainers with an Arcanine

Trivia

Despite its species being "Legendary Pokémon", it is a Legendary Pokémon. This likely due to it evolving from Growlithe and Legendary Pokémon can never have an evolution chain.
- Originally, Arcanine was going to be a Legendary Pokémon but the idea was scrapped when it was given a pre-evolution.
Arcanine's prototype name was "Blaze."
The Yellow Pokédex entry states that Arcanine is seen in China, showing that there are similarities in regions with the real world and Pokémon world.
Arcanine is possibly a mix breed of a wolf and tiger.

Origins

Arcanine is based on a large dog, such as a wolf, with some tiger and lion-like traits. Due to its slight lion-like appearance, Arcanine somewhat resemble the Chinese Shisa, a traditional Ryukyuan decoration from Okinawa mythology.

Arcanine's English name comes from a combination of the words "Arcane" meaning ancient and mysterious, and "Canine".

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+'''Arcanine''' (Japanese: '''ウインディ''' ''Uindi'') is a {{type|Fire}}-[[Types|type]] [[Pokémon (creature)|Pokémon]] introduced in [[Generation I]].
-==Appearance==
+==Biology==
+===Physiology===
 [[File:Arcanine-anime.jpg|thumb|150px|Arcanine in the anime]]
+Arcanine is a large, bulky canine Pokémon that also possesses traits of tigers and lions. It has a distinct long dog-like muzzle with a large round black nose. Its eyes are triangular in shape, with black pupils. It has short diamond-shaped orange ears with cream colored insides. The majority of Arcanine's body is covered with bright orange fur with jagged black stripes, resembling the fur of a tiger. Its most of its head and face, and its chest, legs, are covered in light cream colored fluffy tufts of fur. It has a long puffy cream-colored tail.
-Arcanine is a very large, wolf-like [[Pokémon]]. The majority of its body is covered with an orange fur, which is covered with black stripes, like a tiger. Its head, face, chest, legs, and tail have a light, cream colored hair, that somewhat resembles flames. Arcanine somewhat resemble the Chinese Shisa, a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, resembling a cross between a lion and a canine, from Okinawa mythology.
-==Special abilities==
+===Special abilities===
-Arcanine have the abilities [[Flash Fire]] or [[Intimidate]]. [[Flash Fire]] activates when the user is hit with a fire-type move, allowing the user to become immune to fire damage, and raise the damage on any of its fire-type attacks. Intimidate will lower an opponents attack stat by one in battle. Arcanine is one of the fastest [[Pokémon]] in the world. It is said that it can travel up to 6200 miles in one day and night. Arcanine can also carry its trainer on its back and scout the seven-seas in less than 3 days. It can learn powerful attacks like [[Flare Blitz]], [[ExtremeSpeed]], and [[Thunder Fang]].
+Arcanine have the abilities [[Flash Fire]] or [[Intimidate]]. Flash Fire activates when the user is hit with a fire-type move, allowing the user to become immune to fire damage, and raise the damage on any of its fire-type attacks. Intimidate will lower an opponents attack stat by one in battle. Arcanine is one of the fastest Pokémon in the world. It is said that it can travel up to 6200 miles in one day and night. Arcanine can also carry its trainer on its back and scout the seven-seas in less than 3 days. It can learn powerful attacks like [[Flare Blitz]], [[ExtremeSpeed]], and [[Thunder Fang]].
-==In the anime==
-[[File:Arcanine w-Pups.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Arcanine and its Growlithe pups]]
-*Arcanine have made quite a few appearances in the anime series. One of its larger appearances has been under the ownership of [[Gary Oak|Gary]], which was first seen in the episode [[The Battle of the Badge]].
-*In the [[Pokémon: Johto League Champions|Johto League Champions]] episode [[The Stolen Stones!]], Arcanine appear again. Two characters called Ramona and Keegan own three Arcanine, which they enjoy riding. In the episode, Ramona teaches Ash to ride and Arcanine, and Keegan's Arcanine, "Arky", helps to track down stolen Fire Stones.
-*In ''Mystery at the Lighthouse'', Arcanine is shown with [[Articuno]], [[Zapdos]], and [[Moltres]] on a stone door.
-*Less often than their pre-evolved form, Arcanine have sometimes been shown as police dogs.
-*During the [[Indigo League]] Tournament, [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] battled an Arcanine in the episode ''Fire and Ice''.
-*In the episode, [[On Cloud Arcanine]], both [[May (anime)|May]] and [[Drew]] were after an Arcanine to capture it for an upcoming contest. Discovering that it had a litter of [[Growlithe]] puppies though, they decided to leave it alone.
-*[[Dome Ace Tucker]] used an Arcanine in a double battle against Ash in the episode [[Tactics Theatrics]].
-*In the anime trailer for [[Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2]], the player uses an Arcanine when fighting [[Team Plasma]].
 ==Evolution==
-'''Arcanine''' is the [[Evolution|evolved]] form of [[Growlithe]]. It is evolved with the use of a [[Fire Stone]].
+'''Arcanine''' is the [[Evolution|evolved]] form of [[Growlithe]]. It is evolved with the use of a [[Evolutionary Stones#Fire Stone|Fire Stone]].
 ==Game info==
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 |black=Its proud and regal appearance has captured the hearts of people since long ago.
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-}}
+|white 2=The sight of it running over 6,200 miles in a single day and night has captivated many people.
+|x=A Pokémon that has long been admired for its beauty. It runs agilely as if on wings.
+|y=Its magnificent bark conveys a sense of majesty. Anyone hearing it can't help but grovel before it.}}
+===Sprites===
+{{GenIPokéSprites
+|bgcolor={{Fire}}
+|border={{Fire}}
+|}}
+==Appearances==
+===In the anime===
+[[File:Arcanine w-Pups.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Arcanine and its Growlithe pups]]
+*Arcanine have made quite a few appearances in the anime series. [[Gary's Arcanine|One]] of its larger appearances has been under the ownership of [[Gary Oak|Gary]], which was first seen in the episode [[IL063: The Battle of the Badge|The Battle of the Badge]].
+*In the [[Pokémon: Johto League Champions|Johto League Champions]] episode [[JE074: The Stolen Stones!|The Stolen Stones!]], Arcanine appear again. Two characters called [[Ramona]] and [[Keegan]] own three [[Ramona's Arcanine|Arcanine]], which they enjoy riding. In the episode, Ramona teaches [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] to ride and Arcanine, and Keegan's Arcanine, "Arky", helps to track down stolen Fire Stones.
+*In [[IL013: Mystery At The Lighthouse|Mystery at the Lighthouse]], Arcanine is shown with [[Articuno]], [[Zapdos]], and [[Moltres]] on a stone door.
+*Less often than their pre-evolved form, Arcanine have sometimes been shown as police dogs.
+*During the [[Indigo League]] Tournament, Ash battled an Arcanine in the episode [[IL076: Fire and Ice|Fire and Ice]].
+*In the episode, [[AG139: On Cloud Arcanine|On Cloud Arcanine]], both [[May (anime)|May]] and [[Drew]] were after an Arcanine to capture it for an upcoming contest. Discovering that it had a litter of Growlithe puppies though, they decided to leave it alone.
+*[[Dome Ace Tucker]] used an [[Tucker's Arcanine|Arcanine]] in a double battle against Ash in the episode [[AG153: Tactics Theatrics|Tactics Theatrics]].
+*In the anime trailer for [[Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Version|Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2]], [[Nate (game)|Nate]] uses an Arcanine when fighting [[Team Plasma]].
+===Anime===
-== Known Trainers with an Arcanine ==
+*[[Gary's Arcanine]]
+*[[Officer Jenny's Arcanine]]
+*[[Pete's Arcanine]]
+*[[Ramona's Arcanine]]
+*[[Tucker's Arcanine]]
+*[[Marley's Arcanine]]
+====Known Trainers with an Arcanine====
 *[[Gary Oak|Gary]]
 *[[Dome Ace Tucker|Tucker]]
 *[[Officer Jenny]]
-== Origins ==
+==Trivia==
+*Despite its species being "''Legendary Pokémon''", it is a [[Legendary Pokémon]]. This likely due to it evolving from Growlithe and Legendary Pokémon can never have an evolution chain.
-Arcanine are based on the Shisa, a traditional Ryukyuan decoration, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawa mythology. Pairs of these decorations are used as guardians and to invite good luck.
+**Originally, Arcanine was going to be a Legendary Pokémon but the idea was scrapped when it was given a pre-evolution.
+*Arcanine's prototype name was "Blaze."
+*The [[Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition|Yellow]] [[Pokédex]] entry states that Arcanine is seen in China, showing that there are similarities in regions with the real world and Pokémon world.
+*Arcanine is possibly a mix breed of a wolf and tiger.
+===Origins===
-Arcanine's English name comes from a combination of the words "Arcane" meaning ancient and "Canine".
+Arcanine is based on a large dog, such as a wolf, with some tiger and lion-like traits.
+Due to its slight lion-like appearance, Arcanine somewhat resemble the Chinese Shisa, a traditional Ryukyuan decoration from Okinawa mythology.
+Arcanine's English name comes from a combination of the words "Arcane" meaning ancient and mysterious, and "Canine".
-== Trivia ==
-*Despite its species being "''Legendary Pokémon''", it is not considered a [[Legendary Pokémon]]. This likely due to it evolving from [[Growlithe]] and Legendary Pokémon can never have an evolution chain.
-*Arcanine's base stats are the highest of any [[Pokémon]] that has only evolved once.
-*Arcanine's prototype name was "Blaze."
-*The [[Pokémon Yellow|Yellow]] [[Pokédex]] entry states that Arcanine is seen in China, showing that there are similarities in regions with the real world and [[Pokémon]] world.
-*Arcanine is possibly a mix breed of a wolf and tiger, and since they're seen in China, this could relate.
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery>
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+Arcanine_OS_anime.png
-ArcanineOpening.png|Arcanine seen in the [[Pokémon Theme Song (Gotta Catch 'Em All)]].
+Arcanine_AG_anime.png
+Arcanine_Dream.png
+Arcanine_Pokemon_Stadium.png
+Arcanine_Pokémon_PokéPark.jpg
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