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Great Tusk (JP) is a Ground/Fighting-type 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 Donphan. Its futuristic counterpart is Iron Treads.
Physiology and Behavior[]
Great Tusk is a large gray proboscidean Pokémon. Its trunk, topside, and tail are covered in dark purple plates, with three rows of pinkish red spikes on top. Similar pinkish red accents form around its slanted yellow eyes, as well as on its body as spots. It also has tufts of pinkish red fur around its legs. Its face has a jagged mouth and two large tusks that curl inward. Its dark purple ears are long, thin, and serrated, with red on the inside.
Great Tusk has a savage nature. The Scarlet Book, which named the creature, describes how it attacked an expedition team with its large body and tusks, fatally injuring one of the explorers in the process. An article from a September issue of Occulture magazine describes Great Tusk as a mysterious life-form resembling Donphan, albeit one with gigantic tusks, tough scales, and an aggressive disposition. There is an unproven theory that Great Tusk is a living relic of the dinosaur era.
Great Tusk was the first Paradox Pokémon to be discovered 200 years ago in Area Zero by the Area Zero Expedition team and recorded by Heath in his Scarlet Book. According to AI Sada, Great Tusk is an ancient Pokémon related to Donphan. However, according to a Sada brought to the Crystal Pool by Terapagos, Great Tusk is a counterpart of Donphan from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Great Tusk were brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Sada ten years ago. At some point, one individual escaped Area Zero and consumed Herba Mystica. This Great Tusk became the Quaking Earth Titan, one of the Titan Pokémon found in the Paldea region.
Appearances[]
Main Pokémon games[]
Great Tusk appears as a Titan Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet.
Other Pokémon games[]
In the anime[]
Origin & Inspiration[]
Great Tusk is based on Donphan. Its design may also be based on mammoths or mastodons, extinct relatives of elephants. Its spikes and tail are reminiscent of dinosaurs.
Great Tusk is literally great tusk.
Idainakiba can be taken literally as 偉大な牙 idai na kiba (great tusk).
In-game Information[]
Pokédex Entries[]
Title | Entry |
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Ninth Pokémon generation | |
Pokémon Scarlet | Sightings of this Pokémon have occurred in recent years. The name Great Tusk was taken from a creature listed in a certain book. |
Pokémon Violet | This creature resembles a mysterious Pokémon that, according to a paranormal magazine, has lived since ancient times. |
Game Locations[]
Title | Location(s) |
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Ninth Pokémon generation | |
Pokémon Scarlet | Area Zero |
Pokémon Violet |
Base Stats[]
HP | 115 |
Attack | 131 |
Defense | 131 |
Sp. Attack | 53 |
Sp. Defense | 53 |
Speed | 87 |
Total | 570 |
Moveset[]
Gallery[]
Renders[]
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Trivia[]
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Great Tusk.
- Great Tusk, along with Iron Treads, are the only Paradox Pokémon not to be used by the AI Professors in their battles with the player; they are instead encountered as Titan Pokémon.
- Great Tusk has the highest base Defense and the lowest base Special Defense stats of all Paradox Pokémon.
- Great Tusk is the only purple Pokémon introduced in the ninth generation.
Paradox Pokémon | |
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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 |
Titan Pokémon | |
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Paldea | Klawf • Bombirdier • Orthworm • Great Tusk (Scarlet) • Iron Treads (Violet) • Dondozo and Tatsugiri |
Kitakami | Okidogi • Munkidori • Fezandipiti |