Farfetch'd
| Farfetch'd | |
|---|---|
| File:Farfetchd.png National Pokédex Magneton - Farfetch'd (#83) - Doduo Johto Pokédex Smeargle - Farfetch'd (#158) - Natu Hoenn Pokédex Slowbro - Farfetch'd (#257) - Seel | |
| Japanese name | Kamonegi |
| Evolves from | None |
| Evolves into | (none) |
| Generation | (None) |
| Species | Wild Duck Pokémon |
| Type | Normal / Flying |
| Height | 2 ft 7 in (0.8 m) |
| Weight | 33.0 pounds (15.0 kg) |
| Ability | Keen Eye/Inner Focus |
Farfetch'd (カモネギ Kamonegi in Japan, Porenta in Germany and Canarticho in French) is one of the 395 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise (a series of video games, anime, manga, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri).
Farfetch'd takes its name from the English expression "far-fetched", meaning "on the border of unbelievability". It could also refer to the game of fetch, which animals play using sticks.
The legend behind Farfetch'd is behind the legend of the duck, who fetches green onion for a person, if only to bring it back to be cooked with the duck himself. The Japanese name is a further play on this; "Kamonegi" is a portmanteau of 鴨 kamo (wild duck, but can also mean a gullible person) and 葱 negi (green onion).
Biology
Farfetch’d is a rare land duck-type Pokémon with brown plumage and a black marking on its forehead, and it holds a stick of spring onion in one of its wings at all times. This onion stick, oftentimes considered a leek or even some sort of “mystery plant”, is the focal point to seemingly all of Farfetch’d’s behavioral distinctions.
When Farfetch’d looks for a new onion stick, it goes off to a spot where such a stick grows, and it will fight off and discourage any Pokémon that approaches the spot until the stick is ripe for picking. Here, it is demonstrated that some of these sticks are considered better than others, for other Farfetch’d fight with it over certain sticks in the area. With the stick in its finger-like wing quills, Farfetch’d uses the stick as its primary weapon against opponents by swinging it as if it were a sword, cutting through all sorts of things. The stick is even used for building its nest, suggesting that its nest is made mostly of these sorts of vegetable sticks.
The use of the stick as its self-defense has achieved an ironic fate for the majority of the Farfetch’d species, for Farfetch’d has been consistently poached as game where it would be then served up as a meal edible by humans, with its onion stick as a side serving as perfect garnish. The resulting rarity of the Pokémon has caused an effort to breed the Pokémon in captivity so as to prevent its extinction.
In the video games
Farfetch’d is as rare in the video games as its biological description implies. In Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, only one individual Farfetch’d can be acquired, and it is through trading a Spearow with an in-game trainer in Vermillion city. In Pokémon Yellow, Farfetch’d is found as a wild Pokémon in Routes 12 and 13, and in Pokémon Gold and Silver it is found wild in routes 38 and 39, in the morning and afternoon hours. In addition, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a Shadow Farfetch’d can be snagged from Cipher Admin Lovrina in Citadark Isle.
Farfetch’d is not a good Pokémon at all to use in competitive play; none of its base statistics are higher than the below-average 65, and there are many other more powerful Normal/Flying type Pokémon available. However, Farfetch’d succeeds as a novelty because of its compatibility with a hold item that specifically works with it: The Stick, found on Farfetch’d 5% of the time, increases the rate at which it does a critical hit. Also, Farfetch’d can learn False Swipe at level 46, making it good as a Pokémon to use when attempting to weaken and capture other wild Pokémon in the game.
Animé appearances
In the episode "So Near Yet So Farfetch'd", Misty encounters a Farfetch'd acting as a partner to a known criminal who likes to steal other trainers' pokémon.
In the trading card game
Farfetch'd is not the most prominent of all Pokemon cards. It has appeared in the following expansions:
- Base Set
- Neo Revelation
- Skyridge
- EX Firered and Leafgreen
- EX Emerald
The Emerald card is a secret holographic in EX Emerald.
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: 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 and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- 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 & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0761547614
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585
External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Farfetch'd as a species
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- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Farfetch'd Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Farfetch'd Tactical Data