Gyarados

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Template:Gyarados Gyarados (Japanese: ギャラドス Gyaradosu) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. A Shiny Gyarados appeared in the episode "Talkin` bout an Evolution". Shiny Gyarados are red and are the most well known of all the Shiny Pokémon.

Biology

Appearance

It is serpentine in shape and is covered in blue and yellow scales. It has white fins on top of its body and it has a tan underbelly. It has fins on the side of its face and a large blue crest on its forehead. Like Magikarp, it has "whiskers."

Gender differences

The females have light whiskers.

Behavior

Gyarados is known as The Atrocious Pokémon. They are to be extremely violent, destroying anything when in a rampage. It is all so one of the only Pokémon that can have a red form.

Evolution

Gyarados is the evolved form of Magikarp as of level 20.

Special abilities

Gyarados have the ability Intimidate, which decreases the opponent's Attack by one level when Gyarados is sent out into the battle.

In the anime

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A shiny Gyarados

James's Magikarp, which he bought from a dealer, evolves into a Gyarados, which called forth four wild Gyarados to use Dragon Rage and send Ash and co flying.

A Red Gyarados is found in the Lake of Rage, north of Mahogany Town, in Johto. It is owned by the Elite Four, Lance.

Lance once use the Red Gyarados to save Brock, May and Max from drowning while he is disguising as a Team Magma grunt.

Misty owns a Gyarados.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red and Blue	Evolve Magikarp	None
Yellow	Fishing in Fuchsia City (Super Rod)	Rare
Gold and Silver	Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Fuchsia City (Super Rod) Red Gyarados (Lake of Rage)	Uncommon One
Crystal	Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Fuchsia City (Super Rod) Shiny Gyarados (Lake of Rage)	Uncommon One
Ruby and Sapphire	Fishing in Sootopolis City (Super Rod)	Common
FireRed and LeafGreen	Fishing (Super Rod)	Rare
Emerald	Fishing in Sootopolis City (Super Rod)	Rare
Diamond and Pearl	Fishing (Super Rod)	Common
Platinum	Fishing (Super Rod)	Common
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Fishing at the Lake of Rage, Fuchsia City, Mt. Silver, Seafoam Islands (Super Rod) Shiny Gyarados (Lake of Rage)	Uncommon One
Black and White	Evolve Magikarp	None

Side game locations

Locations
Game(s)	Area(s)
Pokémon Snap	Valley
Pokémon Trozei!	Phobos Submarine Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Evolve Magikarp
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Zero Isle South (B41F-B48F)
Pokémon Ranger	Olive Jungle (during mission)

Pokédex entries

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Origins

Gyarados appears to based off a sea dragon or a sea serpent from China.

Gallery

Trivia

Despite its dragon-like appearance, it isn't Dragon-type, yet it learns Dragon Type moves such as Dragon Rage and Dragonbreath and is used by many Dragon Trainers such as Lance and Clair.
Despite it being a Flying-type, it can only know one Flying-type move, Bounce, and this is only because it's pre-evolution,Magikarp can learn it in Generation IV only.
Despite it being seen flying in the anime, it cannot learn the move, Fly.
Gyarados may be based on the mythological creature, the Kraken, since it's original name was going to be Skullkraken.
In Generation II and IV, Gyarados is the only 100%-certain shiny encounter and the first of only two shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was Celebi in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness). Due to it being a guaranteed Shiny some fans consider the red Gyarados in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver not to be a "True Shiny".
Gyarados, being evolved from Magikarp, which is a useless and weak Pokémon, is a reference to a common belief in Asian countries that a carp will transform into dragon after it passes through hard ordeals.
This was the first ever Shiny Pokémon ever seen.

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