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#657 Frogadier
657Frogadier
Frogadier's artwork for Pokémon X and Y.
Category Bubble Frog Pokémon
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #657
Kalos Dex Nr. #008 (Central)
Generation 6
Pokémon Color Blue
First Appearance Pokémon X and Y
Latest Appearance Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Type(s) Water
Ability/ies Torrent
(Hidden: Protean)
Average Height 2'00"
Average Weight 24.0 lbs.
Evolves From Froakie
Evolves Into Greninja

Frogadier (Japanese: ゲコガシラ Gekogahshier) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Froakie starting at level 16 and evolves into Greninja starting at level 36.

Biology[]

Frogadier is a dark blue frog-like Pokémon with a light blue underside. Its eyes have yellow sclera, and it has a white bubble scarf. It has dark blue hands and toes, and white circular fingers. Frogadier is a nimble and swift Pokémon; it can scale a tower exceeding 2,000 feet in one minute, and it can throw bubble-coated pebbles at targets up to 100 feet away. It can confound opponents by leaping about ceilings or into trees.

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Trivia[]

Origin[]

Frogadier is based on a frog, and considering its crouched pose, dark blue "hooded" face and upper body, as well as its scarf-like foam, Frogadier is more than likely based on a ninja. The spiked protrusions above its eyes may have been inspired by horned frogs from the genera Megophrys and Ceratophrys. Its bubbling white foam is a reference to frog foam nests, created by some species such as the túngara frog and grey foam-nest tree frog to protect eggs. It was shown in the anime to be able to run on the surface of water, much like the common basilisk.

Name origin[]

Frogadier may be a combination frog and brigadier or grenadier.

Gekogahshier may be a combination of げこっ geko (croak) and 若頭 wakagashira (a young Yakuza subordinate leader) or 小頭 kogashira (head of an organizational section).


National Pokédex
Froakie
← #656: Froakie
Frogadier
#657: Frogadier
Greninja
#658: Greninja →
Pokkén Tournament 2
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