Remoraid

Remoraid Corsola (#222) – Remoraid – Octillery (#224)
General
Name (Japanese), Number	Remoraid (Teppouo), 223
Stage	Basic
Evolves from	none
Evolves to	Octillery
Video game base stats¹
Hit points	35
Attack	65
Defense	35
Speed	65
Special attack	65
Special defense	35
Biological
Species	Jet
Types	Template:PokemonType
Height	2'0"
Weight	26.0lb
Abilities	Hustle
Signature Attack	Lock-On
Pokédex Color	Gray
Shiny color	Its entire body becomes a pale purple color.
Gender distribution	50% male, 50% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary.

Remoraid (テッポウオ Teppouo in Japanese, Remoraid in French, Remoraid in German) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is #223 in the National Pokédex. It is a Water-type Pokémon that was introduced in the Pokémon Gold and Silver video games. Remoraid is a very accurate shooter, and learns many beam-related attacks. It also vaguely looks like a gun, a revolver to be precise.

Its name is a portmanteau of "remora" (marine fish with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish) and "raid".

Biology

Remoraid has a somewhat symbiotic relationship with Mantine. Remoraid will attach itself to the underbelly of Mantine with its dorsal fin, eating scraps of food that Mantine drops.

When not scavenging for food, Remoraid will strike down its own prey with precise accuracy using fast streams of airborne water, which Remoraid shoots from its mouth using abdominal muscles. This technique is used to capture moving insects from a distance of over 300 feet away.

Remoraid can move faster through the water by blasting water from its mouth in the opposite direction of where it intends to move. It can use this ability to escape from large foes which it doesn't intend to eat.

A curious trait of Remoraid is its ability to evolve in to Octillery: an octopus, not a fish.

In the video games

Remoraid is available in Pokémon Emerald by fishing in the Safari Zone. It can also be found in Pokémon LeafGreen in numerous areas in the Sevii Islands by fishing.

Remoraid learns a range of beam attacks, as well as Lock-On (hence its superb accuracy). Some of the moves it learns include Psybeam, Aurora Beam, Bubblebeam, Ice Beam and Hyper Beam.

At level 25, it evolves into the octopus Pokémon, Octillery.

In the animé

Remoraid are featured in the episode The Light Fantastic, where every twelve years they make a giant ice sculpture that makes water flow down an overwise dried up river.

Later, while at the Whirl Cup, Ash meets a boy who owns an Octillery. He has an aquarium with a school of Remoraid, that ignore and keep their distance from Octillery. When Team Rocket arrives to steal them, Octillery rescues the Remoraid and they all regain their friendship with Octillery, using the experience to evolve themselves.

Remoraid are also used as replacements for guns in a parody of a Western movie.

In other properties

In the card game

Remoraid has appeared in the following sets:

• Neo Revelation
• Neo Destiny
• Aquapolis
• EX Team Rocket Returns
• EX Unseen Forces