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Gouging Fire (JP) is a Fire/Dragon-type Paradox Pokémon in the franchise of the same name. It debuted in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. It is an ancient Paradox Pokémon with a strong resemblence to Entei.
Physiology and Behavior[]
Gouging Fire is massive leonine-ceratopsia hybrid Pokémon with some mastiff qualities. It is covered in brown fur with three green spike lines on both back legs. There is cream belly fur on its chest. It has five grey spikes on its back and a long, light gray cloud of smoke running along its entire back, resembling a tail. Gouging Fire has four gray paws. The two front paws house three small, red claws. The paws are covered with brown pads and two black cuff-like bands on its front legs and the back legs have only one. Its main faceplate is red and shaped like fins or a four-sided star with a golden ceratopsian-shaped skull headpiece. The headpiece has five gold and yellow horns on each side. At the center is two green circles with two smaller red circles inside. A gray plate, resembling a horseshoe mustache, covers its muzzle. It has shorter green fur around its blue eyes.
Gouging Fire is noteworthy for the large, spiky crest on its head. There are scant few reports of this creature being sighted, though one short video shows it rampaging and spouting pillars of flame. It resembles an eerie Pokémon once shown once in Occulture, and it was said to be an Entei regenerated from a fossil, though its rumored that Gouging Fire can make magma on the ground erupt by roaring once. Another rumor claims Gouging Fire has a powerful connection to fire. Gouging Fire can superheat its fur to both protect itself and burn any foes that make physical contact with it.
According to AI Sada, Gouging Fire is an ancient Pokémon related to Entei. However, according to a Sada brought to the Crystal Pool by Terapagos, Gouging Fire is a counterpart of Entei from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Gouging Fire were brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Sada ten years ago.
Appearances[]
Main Pokémon games[]
Other Pokémon games[]
In the anime[]
Gouging Fire in the anime
Gouging Fire debuted in HZ081. Due to the mysteries surrounding Paradox Pokémon, it was previously thought to be an Entei. It battled the Rising Volt Tacklers before allowing itself to be returned to its Ancient Poké Ball.
Origin & Inspiration[]
Gouging Fire is based on Entei. It also resembles ceratopsian dinosaurs, most notably the Styracosaurus and Pentaceratops due to both having a similar arrangement of horns around the head. It also resembles ceratopsian dinosaurs, most notably the Styracosaurus and Pentaceratops due to both having a similar arrangement of horns around the head. Conceptually speaking, it could be inspired by the Deccan Traps, a volcanic formation in India whose activity is theorized to have had a great influence on the extinction of dinosaurs. The Deccan Traps started being formed in the Cretaceous period, the era in which ceratopsians lived. Gouging Fire's resemblance to Entei would therefore come from Entei being associated with volcanoes.
Gouging Fire is literally gouging fire.
In-game Information[]
Pokédex Entries[]
| Title | Entry |
|---|---|
| Ninth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Scarlet | There are scant few reports of this creature being sighted. One short video shows it rampaging and spouting pillars of flame. |
| Pokémon Violet | It resembles an eerie Pokémon once shown in a paranormal magazine. That Pokémon was said to be an Entei regenerated from a fossil. |
Game Locations[]
| Title | Location(s) |
|---|---|
| Ninth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Scarlet | |
| Pokémon Violet | |
Base Stats[]
| HP | 105 |
| Attack | 115 |
| Defense | 121 |
| Sp. Attack | 65 |
| Sp. Defense | 93 |
| Speed | 91 |
| Total | 590 |
Moveset[]
Gallery[]
Renders[]
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Trivia[]
- Before the official reveal of Gouging Fire, a sketch of an imaginary Pokémon similar to it appeared in the Scarlet Book in Pokémon Scarlet as an amalgam of the Legendary beasts (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune).
- Gouging Fire is the only Paradox Pokémon whose signature move is a status move.
- Gouging Fire is the heaviest Paradox Pokémon overall.
| Paradox Pokémon | |
|---|---|
| Ancient Paradox Pokémon | Great Tusk • Scream Tail • Brute Bonnet • Flutter Mane • Slither Wing • Sandy Shocks • Roaring Moon • Walking Wake • Gouging Fire • Raging Bolt |
| Future Paradox Pokémon | Iron Treads • Iron Bundle • Iron Hands • Iron Jugulis • Iron Moth • Iron Thorns • Iron Valiant • Iron Leaves • Iron Boulder • Iron Crown |