Swablu
}}} are one of the
fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar
– a collection of
video games,
anime,
manga,
books,
trading cards and other media created by
Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Swablu in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by
Pokémon trainers.
[ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. URL Accessed June 1, 2006.]The name
Swablu is derived from the words
swab (Due to its
cotton swab-like wings) and
blue (due to its colour).
Swablu is usually depicted as a small, blue and fat bird (somewhat similar to a
robin in shape) with 2 noticeable
feathers coming from its head, a white
beak and most prominently, a large cotton wing coming from each side of its head.
Swablu is trained primarily by
Bird Keepers and
Dragon Tamers, and knows a variety of offensive and defensive
Flying-,
Normal-, and
Ghost-type moves, including
Peck,
Astonish,
Sing,
Take Down, and
Safeguard.
A version of Swablu that knows
False Swipe can only be obtained in
Pokémon Box on the
Nintendo GameCube.
Swablu has light and fluffy wings that are like cottony clouds. This Pokémon is not frightened of people. It lands on the heads of people and sits there like a cotton-fluff hat. It loves to make things clean and to this end, if it spots anything dirty, it will wipe and polish it with its
cottony wings. If these wings become dirty, it will find a stream to shower itself.
After enduring winter, in which little food is available, Swablu flocks move closer to towns in the spring.
Swablu is a basic Pokémon found in the wild in Ruby, Sapphire and Emarald commonly on routes 114 and 115. Swablu can also be snagged in the Pyrite Cave of Pokémon Colosseum. It can be very difficult to train at early levels, but evolves at level 35 into the bird-dragon
Altaria (
Chirutarisu), which is much stronger. In this respect, it is similar to
Magikarp, but is dissimilar in the fact that its movepool is normal-sized for a basic Pokémon.
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Swablu in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. |
In the
Pokémon anime (in the episode called "True Blue Swablu!"),
May takes care of an injured Swablu until it returns to full health and can fly again.
It also appears in the episode called "That's just Swellow" where there's one that belongs to Shane, a participant of the Pokéring competition who introduces Ash and friends to the competition.
In
Pokémon Adventures, Swablu is one of the Pokémon belonging to Gym Leader Winona.
Pokémon Red,
Green, and
Blue,
Pokémon Yellow,
Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2,
Pokémon Gold,
Silver, and
Crystal,
Pokémon Ruby,
Sapphire, and
Emerald,
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen,
Pokémon Colosseum,
Pokémon XD: Gale of DarknessNotesBooks
*Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
*Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
*Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player's Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
*Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Player's Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585 *
Official Pokémon website*
Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)'s article about Swablu as a species.
*
Serebii.net's 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Swablu
*
Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
*
PsyPoke Pokédex entry
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Smogon Pokédex entry
