Kabutops

Kabutops
Kabuto
141
Aerodactyl
Ability	Swift Swim Battle Armor Weak Armor (Hidden)
First game	Pokémon Red and Blue
Creator	Game Freak

Kabutops <sup>(JPJapanese: カブトプス

Romaji: Kabutops)</sup> is a species of Pokémon in the series of the same name. It is a dual-type Rock/Water Pokémon that made its first appearance in the first generation games Red and Blue. It evolves from Kabuto starting at level 40.

Physiology and Behaviour

Kabutops is a bipedal Pokémon with a skeletal build. It has a flat, half-circular head with a point on each side and two small eyes on the front. It is mostly brown, except for its light gray chest and abdomen. There is a ridge down its back with three flat spines on either side and it has a flat, pointed tail. Instead of hands, its forearms have large, sharp, gray scythes. Its thin legs are brown lead to small feet with two large gray claws.

Before it went extinct, Kabutops was in the process of evolving into a land dweller as evident by changes in its gills and legs. This change is thought to be due to its prey moving onto land as well. In its ocean home Kabutops could tuck up its limbs to help it swim extremely fast, up to roughly 29 knots. It used its sharp scythes to slice enemies and drink their internal fluids. Any leftovers left behind by Kabutops are consumed by other Pokémon. It is unknown what led to Kabutops's extinction.

Appearances

Other Pokémon games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Kabutops and two Omastar are the bosses in Brine Cave. They attacked the player and partner without warning but Chatot protected them. Wigglytuff later reveals that they had previously attacked them in a past exploration, and Chatot had saved him.

In-game information

Pokédex entries

Title	Entry
First Pokémon generation
Pokémon Red and Blue	Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains the body fluids.
Pokémon Yellow	A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.
Pokémon Stadium	Swims very quickly. It tears at its foe with sickle-like forelegs and drains the foe's body fluids entirely.
Second Pokémon generation
Pokémon Gold	In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Pokémon Silver	With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.
Pokémon Crystal	It was able to swim quickly through the water by compactly folding up its razor-sharp sickles.
Third Pokémon generation
Pokémon Ruby	Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Pokémon Sapphire	Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Pokémon Emerald	Kabutops once swam underwater to hunt for prey. It was apparently evolving from being a water dweller to living on land as evident from changes in its gills and legs.
Pokémon FireRed	It swims freely through water. It catches prey with its scythe-like arms and drains the victim's fluids.
Pokémon LeafGreen	Its sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with its claws and drains their fluids.
Fourth Pokémon generation
Pokémon Diamond	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon Pearl	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon Platinum	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon HeartGold	In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Pokémon SoulSilver	With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokémon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.
Fifth Pokémon generation
Pokémon Black	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon White	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon Black 2	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon White 2	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Sixth Pokémon generation
Pokémon X	In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.
Pokémon Y	A slim and fast swimmer. It slices its prey with its sharp sickles and drinks the body fluids.
Pokémon Omega Ruby	Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire	Kabutops swam underwater to hunt for its prey in ancient times. The Pokémon was apparently evolving from being a water-dweller to living on land as evident from the beginnings of change in its gills and legs.
Seventh Pokémon generation
Pokémon Ultra Sun	Its body had begun to change so it could function on land. But it didn't adapt in time and went extinct.
Pokémon Ultra Moon	It swims at speeds of roughly 29 knots, quickly closing in on its prey and slashing into them with its scythes to finish them off.
Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu	A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.
Pokémon Let's Go Eevee	A slim and fast swimmer. It sliced its prey with its sharp sickles and drank the body fluids.
Eighth Pokémon generation
Pokémon Sword	Kabutops slices its prey apart and sucks out the fluids. The discarded body parts become food for other Pokémon.
Pokémon Shield	The cause behind the extinction of this species is unknown. Kabutops were aggressive Pokémon that inhabited warm seas.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Pokémon Shining Pearl	It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.

Game locations

In the main games, Kabutops is only available by evolving Kabuto.

Evolution

Kabuto	Reach level 40.	Kabutops

Base Stats

Base Stats
HP	60
Attack	115
Defense	105
Sp. Attack	65
Sp. Defense	70
Speed	80
Total	495

Gallery

Sprites

Sprites
Red Green	Red Blue	Yellow
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Ruby Sapphire File:PKMNRS141.png File:PKMNRS141-S.png	Emerald File:PKMNE141.gif File:PKMNE141-S.gif	Fire Leaf File:PKMNFRLG141.png File:PKMNFRLG141-S.png
Diamond Pearl File:PKMNDP141-S.png	Platinum File:PKMNP141.png File:PKMNP141-S.png	Heart Soul File:PKMNHGSS141.png File:PKMNHGSS141-S.png
Black White File:PKMNBW141-S.png	Black 2 White 2 File:PKMNBW2141.png File:PKMNBW2141-S.png	X Y File:PKMNXY141-S.png
Pikachu Eevee File:PKMNLGPE141-S.png	Sword Shield File:PKMNSS141-S.png	Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl File:PKMNBDSP141.png File:PKMNBDSP141-S.png

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Red and Green beta, Kabutops was originally known as Lantis. This is derived from the word "Atlantis".
• The radio drama The Birth of Mewtwo contains an announcement about Kabutops's discovery by a Pokémon academic circle, where it is believed to be the oldest Pokémon discovered and said to have retained its original form since 2 million years ago.
• Kabutops has a scientific name, Kabutops maximus, which was stated in Fossil Fools. The only other Pokémon with a known scientific name is Oddish, with Oddium Wanderus. The name Kabutops maximus does have real meaning; when translated, it means "the largest kabuto-face", referring to the size and shape of Kabutops's head.