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Girafarig (キリンリキ Kirinriki in Japanese, also called Girafarig in German and French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise.

Girafarig's name is a palindrome, which refers to it having heads on both of its ends. The "Giraf" part refers to its resemblance to giraffes. The same premise is used in its Japanese name, Kirinriki - "kirin" is the Japanese word for "giraffe".

Appearance

Girafarig is shaped somewhat like a very short-necked giraffe (similar to an okapi), with a similar head shape, and a much smaller black spherical head on the end of its tail. Its front half is orange-brown with dark brown spots, and its back half is the reverse of this, dark brown with orange-brown spots. It has a reddish snout and reddish spikes running down its neck.

Biology

Girafarig's most notable feature is the fact that it has an extra head at the end of its tail. The small head is equipped with a rudimentary brain, which can fulfill basic functions like keeping the head alert while Girafarig's main brain is resting in sleep but is not developed enough for actually thinking.

Since it can't cogitate, the smaller head's reactions are instead based on instinct. Girafarig's tail-head reacts especially well to aural and olfactory stimuli. An alluring smell, for example, will cause it to bite at the perceived food; therefore, anyone approaching Girafarig from behind should be careful not to get too close, lest he gets bitten. Similarly, when Girafarig eats, the smaller head mimics the chewing and swallowing motions exercised by the main head.

In the video games

In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Girafarig is found in Route 43. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, it is encountered in the Safari Zone. It is the only normal type Pokémon to have an additional type that isn't flying. This helps balance out its statistics, as the normal type prevents it from being injured by ghost-type attacks, and it learns psychic moves which are super-effective aginst fighting pokemon.

Girafarig has slightly above average special attack, speed, and (uncommonly for a Psychic-type Pokémon) physical attack. It learns a couple of normal and Psychic-type attacks on its own, (although it does not learn Psychic itself naturally), as well as the Dark-type Crunch attack.

Girafarig also learns Baton Pass, which switches it with another Pokémon while retaining any statistical augmentations from moves such as Agility and Amnesia, both of which Girafarig can also learn. This makes Girafarig a popular Baton Passer, as its offensive stats are not quite as high compared to other Psychic-type Pokémon.

In the Animé

Girafarig was featured in episode #158 ("The Psychic Sidekicks"). It belonged to a girl named Cherrie who was trying to connect with it on a psychic level. It made an additional appearance in the third movie, Spell of the Unown, where it battled Ash's Pokémon during the opening credits. Also, in episode #406 ("A Judgement Brawl") a trainer named Morrison uses a Girafarig to against Ash's team in the second round of the Ever Grande tournament.

In the trading card game

Girafarig has been seen only occasionally in the Pokémon trading card game, in all cases as a Basic Pokémon:

Neo Genesis (Psychic-type)
Neo Destiny (Colorless)
Aquapolis (Psychic-type)
EX Dragon (Psychic-type)
EX Legend Maker (Psychic-type)

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