Kangaskhan (ガルーラ Garuura)
Artwork		General
		National Dex:	#115
		Evolves From:	MISSINGNO.
		Evolves Into:	None
		Generation:	Generation I
		Pronunciation:
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Base Stats		Biological Details
HP:	105	Species:	Parent Pokémon
Attack:	95	Type(s):	Normal
Defense:	80	Height:	7'03"
Special Atk:	40	Weight:	176.4 lbs
Special Def:	80	Abilities:	Early Bird Scrappy Inner Focus (Dream World)
Speed:	90	Pokédex Color:	Brown
Stat Total:	490	Gender:	100% ♀/ 0% ♂
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Kangaskhan (Japanese: ガルーラ Garuura) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Special abilities 3 Evolution 4 Game info 4.1 Game locations 4.1.1 Side game locations 4.2 Pokédex entries 5 Sprites 6 Origin 7 Trivia 8 References

Appearance

Kangaskhan is a Parent Pokémon. It is based off a large kangaroo. Its baby is often seen in its pouch.

Special abilities

Kangaskhan can have the ability Early Bird or the ability Scrappy. Early Bird allows Kangaskhan to wake up faster. Scrappy allows Kangaskhan's Normal-type moves to hit Ghost-type Pokémon. This Pokémon is known for the fact that she has a baby in her pouch in front of her. She is known as the good parent Pokémon, and if she feels that either of them (that being the baby and her) is being harmed, she will attack. Various Kangaskhan use a variation of moves such as Crunch, Shadow Claw, Outrage, Dizzy Punch, Earthquake, Drain Punch, Avalanche, and Brick Break in battle.

Evolution

Kangaskhan evolves from Missingo when the glitch is fixed.

Game info

Game locations

Kangaskhan Locations
Version(s)	Location	Rarity
Red/Blue	Safari Zone	Rare
Yellow	Safari Zone	Uncommon
Gold/Silver	Rock Tunnel	Rare
Crystal	Rock Tunnel	Rare
Ruby/ Sapphire	Trade	None
Emerald	Trade	None
FireRed/ LeafGreen	Safari Zone	Rare
Diamond/ Pearl	Great Marsh (National Pokédex required)	Rare
Platinum	Great Marsh (National Pokédex required)	Rare
HeartGold/SoulSilver	Rock Tunnel, Safari Zone	Rare
Black/White	Route 15	Rare

Side game locations

Kangaskhan Locations
Game(s)	Location
Pokémon Snap	Beach
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 53, Forever Level 3, Pair Trozei, Mr. Who's Den
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Western Cave (13-19F)
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Mt. Travail (1-19F)
Pokémon Ranger	Sekra Mountain Range
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Volcano Cave, Chroma Ruins (Mission)
Pokémon Rumble	Rocky Cave

Pokédex entries

Pokédex Entries
Red
Blue
The infant rarely ventures out of its mother's protective pouch until it is 3 years old.
Yellow
Raises its young in its belly pouch. Won't run from any fight to keep its young protected.
Gold
If it is safe, the young gets out of the belly pouch to play. The adult keeps a close eye on the youngster.
Silver
To protect its young, it will never give up during battle, no matter how badly wounded it is.
Crystal
To avoid crushing the baby it carries in its pouch, it always sleeps standing up.
Ruby
If you come across a young Kangaskhan playing by itself, you must never disturb it or attempt to catch it. The baby Pokémon's parent is sure to be in the area, and it will become violently enraged at you.
Sapphire
If you come across a young Kangaskhan playing by itself, you must never disturb it or attempt to catch it. The baby Pokémon's parent is sure to be in the area, and it will become violently enraged at you.
Emerald
If you come across a young Kangaskhan playing by itself, never try to catch it. The baby's parent is sure to be in the area, and it will become violently enraged.
FireRed
The female raises its offspring in a pouch on its belly. It is skilled at attacking using Comet Punch.
LeafGreen
The infant rarely ventures out of its mother's protective pouch until it is 3 years old.
Diamond
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby play only when it feels safe.
Pearl
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby play only when it feels safe.
Platinum
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby play only when it feels safe.
HeartGold
If it is safe, the young gets out of the belly pouch to play. The adult keeps a close eye on the youngster.
SoulSilver
To protect its young, it will never give up during battle, no matter how badly wounded it is.
Black
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby out to play only when it feels safe.
White
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby out to play only when it feels safe.
Black 2
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby out to play only when it feels safe.
White 2
It raises its offspring in its belly pouch. It lets the baby out to play only when it feels safe.

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				Back
					File:Kangaskhan BW Back.gif
File:Shiny Kangaskhan BW.gif					File:Shiny Kangaskhan BW Back.gif

Origin

Kangaskhan appears to be based off a kangaroo.

Trivia

• According to Pokémon early concepts, baby Kangaskhan were originally slated to be its own individual Pokémon. In addition, it was planned to have two possible evolution stages. If its mother Kangaskhan fainted a certain number of times, it would die and the baby Kangaskhan would evolve into a Cubone which could be supported by the fact that the head aesthetics of Kangaskhan is identical to that of the skull worn by Cubone and its successor stage, Marowak (which would have evolved into Kangaskhan), and that Cubone is classified as "The Lonely Pokemon". If its mother Kangaskhan did not faint too many times, it would remain alive and the baby Kangaskhan would evolve into a Kangaskhan instead of a Cubone. However, due to difficulties laying out how loop holes in how the events leading to the events, the idea was scrapped the last minute prior to the first games release.
• It was originally planned to be a Rock-type, likely for the reason above.
• Kangaskhan is the only Pokémon that appears as two individual Pokémon but are both labeled as one despite the fact that most of the later Pokémon have individual stages for baby forms.
  • This also makes Kangaskhan the only Pokémon who's young don't evolve, but just get bigger and older.
• Kangaskhan's name was probably derived from the Mongol leader, Genghis Khan.
• A Kangaskhan owns a storage shop in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games.
• Some glitch Pokémon are able to evolve into Kangaskhan.
  • One of these glitch Pokémon is 'M, which is sometimes said to be a scrapped version of Marowak. This is supported by the fact that 'M has the same color pallette as Marowak. (To be more specific, 'M is said to be Marowak's original design, but was scrapped due to complications in the evolutionary line. However, the creators didn't have enough time to delete this version of Marowak, so they stuck it in slot #000, the same slot that many glitch Pokémon are in.)
• Strangely, in the Mystery Dungeon games, when Kangaskhan levels up, she states "I leveled up! And so did the baby in my pouch". This means that the baby levels up at the same time as the mother, therefore making it the same level as it's mother.
• If a Kangaskhan is to lay an egg, the hatchling would already have a baby in it's pouch.
  • The same occures with a Chansey/Blissey that isn't holding a Luck Incense, as the baby Chansey already has an egg in it's pouch.

Kangaskhan's evolutionary line

References

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

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