Games - Arcanine

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Arcanine (ウインディ Windie in Japanese, Arkani in German and Arcanin in French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise.

Because Arcanine is considered a legendary beast (albeit with a small "l"), and is a cross of a few mythical, magical beings (most notably the dragon and the Chinese fu dog), its name is most likely a portmanteau of the words "arcane" (in the sense of "mystical") and "canine." Alternatively, because Arcanine is a Fire-type Pokémon, it may be a conjunction of "arson," the illegal act of setting property on fire, and "canine." The "Arc-" could also suggest arch meaning chief.

In English translation, Arcanine was originally going to be called Blaze.

Appearance/Biology

Arcanine is a canine pokemon with characteristics of dogs and tigers in its appearance. Its fur is generally orange, with black zig-zagging stripes, but its chest, mane, tail, and knees are covered in bushy white fur.

In the Pokémon world, Arcanine is one of the most admirable Pokémon. Many things contribute to this favorable impression: despite its imposing size, Arcanine is very agile and graceful. It can run as much as 6,200 miles (almost 10,000 kilometres) within 24 hours, all the while looking almost as if it is flying. As is the case with most Fire-type Pokémon, the fire burning within its body gives it strength. Its mane is said to be an object of exquisite beauty, and even its bark is described as "majestic" and "awe-inspiring".

Arcanine has been revered in this way from the ancient times and particularly in China, whose real-life ancient culture features divine entities resembling Arcanine in some respects. An ancient picture scroll reveals that Arcanine's passage through praries attracted people to its movement.

Arcanine's species is classified as "Legendary" in the Pokédex, although the word is probably used in an entirely different context than with the actual Legendary Pokémon.

In the video games

Arcanine cannot be found in the wild in any of the Pokémon video games, except for Pokémon Snap, where it appears but cannot be caught. It can, however, be evolved from a Growlithe at any time using a Fire Stone. Therefore, the availability of Growlithe and a Fire stone dictates the availability of Arcanine.

Arcanine's stats are all very well rounded. They have a total of 555, which rivals the stat totals of Legendary Pokémon. (Mew and Celebi for example have a stat total of 600, while Articuno and Entei have a total of 580). Arcanine can also learn many powerful attacks from when it is a Growlithe, as well as from Technical Machines.

Since Arcanine is both powerful and fast (especially when taking into account its Extremespeed attack), it is a widely used Pokémon in direct offense. The choice of when to evolve a Growlithe into an Arcanine is important, since it changes the way it can learn some attacks.

In Pokemon Snap, Arcanine may jump out of the three erupting volcanoes at the end of the Volcano level, if a Pester Ball is thrown inside accurately enough.

In the Animé

Arcanine is one of Gary Oak's Pokémon. They are also used by the police force, along with Growlithe.

In one episode, May sets out to capture an Arcanine with her Squirtle before Drew does with his Flygon.

Team Rocket member James also has a pet Arcanine (formerly a Growlithe) at his parent's house, named Growlie.

In episode 2 (Pokémon Emergency) of the first season, Arcanine is briefly depicted on a plaque/ancient-tablet in the Pokémon Center along with Ho-oh, Zapdos, and Articuno. There is much debate and confusion as to just what these four pokemon have in common, if anything.

In the trading card game

Arcanine's appearances in the card game include:

Base Set
Gym Challenge (as Blaine's Arcanine)
Aquapolis
Skyridge
EX: Sandstorm

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